Nvidia to AMD

[Phllips]

so i just ordered a r9 290 and i was wondering what do i have to do with all the nvidia drivers on my system? and can not removing them properly do anything?

[DIV1D3]

There should be a program from Nvidia to uninstall all of the drivers from them, there is one from AMD so I'm just running on a guess. 

[Vampire2.0]

so i just ordered a r9 290 and i was wondering what do i have to do with all the nvidia drivers on my system? and can not removing them properly do anything?

I have booth amd gpu an nvidea gpu drivers on my pc and i don't have any problems with them.

[Phllips]

I have booth amd gpu an nvidea gpu drivers on my pc and i don't have any problems with them.

I was just thinking that it cant do anything because ive seen people with both brands of cards in one system (linus) but i also saw a something somewhere about someone having problems with it. i guess ill cross that bridge when i get to it thx, now my only problem is will it fit( my case is a pile of poo )

[.:MARK:.]

Connect to igpu an uninstall the nvidia programs and drivers and delete the hardware in device manager, then plug in AMD gpu and install drivers for that.

[RainColt]

I have booth amd gpu an nvidea gpu drivers on my pc and i don't have any problems with them.

I hate you and your nicest build, you bastard

[Vampire2.0]

I hate you and your nicest build, you bastard

thank you.

[jezza39]

Woooooaaahhhhh

 

1) Unistall everything from control panel relating to nVidia.

2) Install Driver Sweeper http://www.guru3d.com/content_page/guru3d_driver_sweeper.html

3) Boot in safe mode and run DS

4) Clean away any remaining NVidia stuff.

5) Install new GPU, install CCC & AMD Drivers

[Humbug]

Don't worry or over-analyze.

-Just uninstall the nvidia stuff from control panel.

-Shut down PC

-Remove Nvidia card

-Insert AMD card

-Boot up and then install AMD drivers.

 

If you really want to use driver sweeper you can do it after all of the above, there is no need to go into safe mode, or onboard graphics, or to try to use driver sweeper in the middle of all this.

 

Also let us know you impressions- switching from a 660 to a 290.

[papeles]

so i just ordered a r9 290 and i was wondering what do i have to do with all the nvidia drivers on my system? and can not removing them properly do anything?

There shouldn't be any problem, but if you even rly wanna clean gpu drivers from you pc, use this:

 

http://www.guru3d.com/files_get/display_driver_uninstaller_download,9.html

[GamerDude]

Seems a mod has come and cleaned up things, looks great now though my posts had been deleted as well. Oh well, as long as TS has the answer needed, that's fine by me. Stating my preference for driver installation again:

 

1. Start -> control panel -> uninstall a program -> nVidia graphics driver 33x.xx (or whatever version you happen to have) It will uninstall all nVidia display driver, I believe PhysX will be left alone unless you choose to uninstall it.

2. Upon reboot, run Driver Sweeper and clear your system of whatever that remains of the nVidia driver....and rebbot.

3. When system powers up (some suggest not being connected to the net as Windows would auto search and install driver), install Cat 14.3 or 14.4 and rebbot.

 

You can skip the above Steps 1 and 2 if you simply run DDU (Display Driver Uninstaller) which uninstalls the driver and clears your system of whatever that remains of the previous driver (sort of like running Steps 1 and 2 at one go). Hope this help. remember, a clean install is always better than overwriting an older driver as it eliminates whatever conflicts and/or issues that may crop up.

 

At TS, let us know how the switch went, and do ask if you have any issue. moving from a GTX660 to the R9 290 is one hella jump in graphics power. Best of luck to you, and enjoy that kickbutt card!