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ATI Drivers (Quick Question)

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teatime0315

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Just wondering, would I need to reformat my computer if I recently purchased an ATI 6950 1gb? I currently own the 4850.

Or could I just take out the 4850 put in the 6950 and expect it to work flawlessly.
 
No. Just un-install your current driver, reboot into safe mode and run Driver Sweeper. Then shutdown, put in the new card, and boot back up into Windows and install the latest 11.5 drivers.

Putting in the new card without reinstalling the drivers will likely give you some issues. I ran into a few when I took out my 5870(fan died) and put in a 4890, mainly games not wanting to load up.
 
You don't really need to use driver sweeper. It's for people who has an OCD on driver installations...lol
 
You don't HAVE to use it, no.

Better to take an extra 2 minutes to be sure you won't have ANY driver conflicts though, right?
 
teatime0315 said:
Just wondering, would I need to reformat my computer if I recently purchased an ATI 6950 1gb? I currently own the 4850.

Or could I just take out the 4850 put in the 6950 and expect it to work flawlessly.
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Usually you don't need to. Just express uninstall the driver. Boot into safemode use driver sweeper clean out all the AMD/ATI files. Then use CCleaner and you're good. If that doesn't work and you are experiencing lower FPS than you should, reformat. Other elements might be at work.
 
upgraded from 4870 to 5870, all i did was pop out hte 4870 and pop in the 5870 CCC recognised the new driver, and updated accordingly, and then i installed the latest drivers over them.
 
Download newest Catalyst package.

Go to control panel, use Catalyst uninstaller and uninstall current driver.

Safe mode and use a DriverCleaner. (some say this is not necessary.....but heck, it takes 2 minutes)

Shut down and replace card.

Boot up and install new driver package.:D
 
Why on earth would you need to run driversweeper? Seriously? It's the same bloody vendor ffs.

In theory you shouldn't even need to reinstall. But if you must, just uninstall the old with the built-in uninstaller, reboot, install new, reboot again. That's it.

Honestly people make the simplest things harder than they should be.
 
Yeap going from Ati to Ati you shouldn't need to do anything quite honestly.

From nvidia to ati or viceversa, sure, but same chip vendor to same chip vendor = nyet.
 
magoo said:
Here's what AMD has to say: uninstall:http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/Pages/index.aspx

Install :http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/Pages/index.aspx

Short of drivercleaner, it's what I have listed above.:D




Yeah boy........drivercleaner breaks me out in a sweat.:eek:
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The point is, the above guide does not include Drivercleaner/sweeper or any other shite. Whether it takes an additional 30 seconds or 30 minutes it's still unnecessary, and can easily cause more problems than it *may* fix.

This isn't 1999 now. Vendor driver packages work rather well these days in terms of installing/uninstalling, unless of course the system is screwed from people messing with it.
 
and can easily cause more problems than it *may* fix.
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Not for nothing, but name me two.
Unless you pick the wrong drivers to clean by mistake.

I've never encountered a problem with DriverCleaner.:D

That being said, AMD>AMD one probably doesn't need to, same as well now with nvidia's clean install program.
 
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