Upgrading to a new card...

Jobistober · 22-September-05, 09:59 PM

Hiya all,

I didn't look around to see if there was already a thread that discussed this or not, but here it goes:

I currently run an ATI 9600 non-Pro. I just bought an x800xt from a fellow Pimp and it'll be here in a few days. I was wondering, can I just uninstall the old 9600 drivers and install the new card? Or is there some special program I should run to completely clean all the old drivers and software off with? I know that if you upgrade from ATI to nVidia (or vise versa) you should run a special cleaning utility to make sure there aren't any leftover software to conflict with the new card (or correct me if I'm wrong).

Anyway, let me know what you guys think.

Cheers,
Jobi

Pissant · 22-September-05, 10:54 PM

yea go to ati.com and ther are a cleaning device there to clean out the old drivers

Jobistober · 23-September-05, 01:23 AM

thanks Pissant,

i figured there was something i should do before slappin' in that new card. Thanks again.

Cheers.

nev_payne · 23-September-05, 03:28 AM

thats why you hear about people having problems with screens/ windows crashing out after installing a new card. Just keeps everything clean and tidy before getting an upgrade

Jobistober · 23-September-05, 12:42 PM

yea, i already went and downloaded the "cat-uninstaller" from ati. thanks gents

Cheers,
Jobi

22-September-05, 09:59 PM	#1 (permalink)
Jobistober P'Hoe'toshop Fanatic Join Date: May 2005 Location: Colorado Posts: 2,640	Upgrading to a new card... Hiya all, I didn't look around to see if there was already a thread that discussed this or not, but here it goes: I currently run an ATI 9600 non-Pro. I just bought an x800xt from a fellow Pimp and it'll be here in a few days. I was wondering, can I just uninstall the old 9600 drivers and install the new card? Or is there some special program I should run to completely clean all the old drivers and software off with? I know that if you upgrade from ATI to nVidia (or vise versa) you should run a special cleaning utility to make sure there aren't any leftover software to conflict with the new card (or correct me if I'm wrong). Anyway, let me know what you guys think. Cheers, Jobi __________________

22-September-05, 10:54 PM	#2 (permalink)
Pissant Apex Techie Wannabe Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 16	yea go to ati.com and ther are a cleaning device there to clean out the old drivers __________________ Aspire x-quadpack: ati 9800 pro 128 mb OC\ Western Digital 120 gb harddrive\1 gb ram\ Antec truepower 450 watt powersupply\ AMD Athlon xp 2800+

23-September-05, 01:23 AM	#3 (permalink)
Jobistober P'Hoe'toshop Fanatic Join Date: May 2005 Location: Colorado Posts: 2,640	thanks Pissant, i figured there was something i should do before slappin' in that new card. Thanks again. Cheers. __________________

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nev_payne Apex Tech God Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Somerset, England UK........ News Threads: 8,143 Posts: 4,085	thats why you hear about people having problems with screens/ windows crashing out after installing a new card. Just keeps everything clean and tidy before getting an upgrade __________________ You have reached Nev's Voicemail. Please leave a message in the PM. Thank-you.

23-September-05, 12:42 PM	#5 (permalink)
Jobistober P'Hoe'toshop Fanatic Join Date: May 2005 Location: Colorado Posts: 2,640	yea, i already went and downloaded the "cat-uninstaller" from ati. thanks gents Cheers, Jobi __________________

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