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Whats the best way to change a graphics card?

I build pcs from new all the time so im in familiar territory. But on occasions I have changed a graphics card in windows 2k or xp and the pc's thrown a fit. Maybe its because I have not un-installed the drivers full first and put the new card in im not sure I can not remember really.

So I have a Radeon 7500 (64mb) and uprating it to a g-force 5200 (128mb). ok this isnt much of a jump but its a work pc and the graphics have been jumpy recently and I think the graphics needs slight improvement.

1) Do i uninstall the radeon 7500 drivers
2) Shut down
3) Swap old card for new 5200
4) Boot
5) Install drivers?

Thanks

Mat

IanTh

set the pc to vga in display properties

shut down

install new card

install driver job done

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auraorange

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One thing i was thinking where maybe ive gone wrong before is:

I class removing drivers as uninstalling the device from device manager.

Is this correct or should I go elsewhere to uninstall them?

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Mat

JohnnyCanuck

Removing the card from device manager still leaves the drivers installed. I know that some drivers will still attempt to load unless they are removed from "add or remove software". This can cause problems so uninstall the drivers from "add or remove software" as well.

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Hunty

Agreed with above.

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