loafer87gt
Limp Gawd
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So my folks being the awesome parents they are got me a 5850 for Christmas. I am just wondering what the best way to go about installing the new card. I have read some people that say that a complete OS re-install is necessary when going from Nvidia to ATI, and other's who say they simply uninstalled the old Nvidia drivers, plugged in their new ATI card, and installed the ATI drivers when prompted. Just wondering what experiences the collective at [H]ard have had when going from team green to team red.
Also, I was thinking about keeping my old 8800GTX card to use for physx. Would I be best to remove my old card and make sure my 5850 is running smoothly before trying to get both cards to play together? To enable the secondary Nvidia physx card, do you need to have the Nvidia drivers installed alongside the ATI ones? Does this not confuse the heck out of the OS?
I am using Windows 7 Professional, by the way, on an Intel Bad Axe 2 motherboard.
Thanks in advance for any help!
J
Also, I was thinking about keeping my old 8800GTX card to use for physx. Would I be best to remove my old card and make sure my 5850 is running smoothly before trying to get both cards to play together? To enable the secondary Nvidia physx card, do you need to have the Nvidia drivers installed alongside the ATI ones? Does this not confuse the heck out of the OS?
I am using Windows 7 Professional, by the way, on an Intel Bad Axe 2 motherboard.
Thanks in advance for any help!
J