A little help with video drivers/Driver Sweeper please.


  1. Anesthetize
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    Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit.
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    A little help with video drivers/Driver Sweeper please.


    Hey :)

    So I need a little help installing new video drivers. I have a new version of DriverSweeper installed. And I think I understand that you have to uninstall (clean) the older drivers with Driver Sweeper, restart the computer in safe mode, clean again, restart the computer properly then install the new drivers. But when I open Driver Sweeper I see this:

    Nvidia Chipset
    Nvidia Display
    Nvidia PhysX

    Which of those do I need to 'clean'?

    Thanks for any help. And please correct me if my descriptions on cleaning/installing drivers is wrong, so I know how to do it properly :)
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  3. Ivan the SoSo
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    windows 10 pro 64 bit
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    I would just install the drivers first, then if there was a problem then use driver sweeper, reinstall....
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  4. Anesthetize
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    Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit.
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    That's the thing, I'm getting a lot of issues right now, and I'm not sure if it's because of dodgy drivers or if the GPU is damaged. So I need a clean install of these new drivers to see if that fixes anything.

    So I'd appreciate some help with Driver Sweeper :)
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  6. Zen00
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    Windows 7 Ultimate x64
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    Anesthetize said:
    Nvidia Chipset
    Nvidia Display
    Nvidia PhysX

    Which of those do I need to 'clean'?
    You'll want to remove the Nvidia Display, and Nvidia PhysX drivers. The Chipset is for people with old Nvidia motherboards, before they lost the right to keep making them.
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