Installing new Nvidia Driver - Question?

Dinarius · 13-06-2008 8:50am #1

Windows XP Pro.

I have just downloaded a new driver for my Nvidia 7900 GS graphics card.

I'd like a clean installation rather than installing over the old driver.

If I uninstall the old driver first, what happens? How will I be able to view the screen in order to install the new one?

Thanks.

D.

Overheal · 13-06-2008 10:06am

your computer will default to its onboard graphics chipset. Every computer has one. your resolution will be either 800x600 or 640x480 until you install the new driver.

Anti · 13-06-2008 10:27am

Overheal wrote: »

your computer will default to its onboard graphics chipset. Every computer has one. your resolution will be either 800x600 or 640x480 until you install the new driver.

Not correct, not all motherboards have an onboard graphics chip.

What will actually happen is when you uninstall the nvidia driver the windows vga driver will kick in. Nothing bad will happen you just wont be able to play any games. i would reccomend you use a program called driver cleaner to removed all traces of the original driver, then install the new drivers after a reboot. 5 mins tops is what it will take.

Overheal · 13-06-2008 11:43am

thats what i meant

wouldnt think to call it the vga driver though.

Anti · 13-06-2008 12:55pm

hehe, easy mistake

Installing new Nvidia Driver - Question?

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