First time upgrading a graphics card. Could it be this easy?

[Brucifer]

I'll be upgrading from a GT 720 to a GT 740 (not the best card, but I managed to get a still-sealed one for just $30 from a friend, so why not). A lot of instructional videos conduct themselves under the assumption that you are installing a card in to a system that did not have one previously, but my situation is different. I have just a couple of questions.

 

1. Both the 720 and 740 are Kepler cards. With that in mind, do I really need to change/update much in the way of drivers before taking out the 720 and putting in the 740 (aka, are drivers really that different per-card)?

 

If so, in what order should I do things? If not, then can I simply plug the new card in and be good-to-go?

 

[Hunter259]

You can just plug and play but some people don't like that. Use DDU to uninstall the old drivers and then install the new ones with the GT 740. I think plug and play is just fine tho.

[imreloadin]

1 minute ago, Seralious said:

I'll be upgrading from a GT 720 to a GT 740 (not the best card, but I managed to get a still-sealed one for just $30 from a friend, so why not). A lot of instructional videos conduct themselves under the assumption that you are installing a card in to a system that did not have one previously, but my situation is different. I have just a couple of questions.

 

1. Both the 720 and 740 are Kepler cards. With that in mind, do I really need to change/update much in the way of drivers before taking out the 720 and putting in the 740 (aka, are drivers really that different per-card)?

 

If so, in what order should I do things? If not, then can I simply plug the new card in and be good-to-go?

 

I believe that the drivers should be the same between the GT series if I remember correctly.

 

If you want to be safe just uninstall them using DDU (Display Driver Uninstaller) here: http://www.wagnardmobile.com/

 

Then install the new drivers from Nvidia's website for the GT 740 and you should be golden.

[kappakali]

That's my card.

 

If you don't want to just plug and play then use GeForce Experience (you can look it up and download it from nvidias website) and just update your drivers from there.

[saladcrack]

No with the same "type" (Nvidia or AMD) you do not need to uninstall and install drivers.  Just take the old out and put the new in and you should be good to go.

[Brucifer]

Thanks for the answers, gents!