Changing from nVidia to AMD; What is involved???

I currently have a nearly-new EVGA/invidia video-card and drivers installed; this card has been nothing but a constant source of headaches; $70-plus total waste.

My wife's identical machine has a Gigabyte/AMD card that easily outperforms my invidia and has never given any problems; it just does it's job and does it well.

Thus, I have ordered an identical Gigabyte/AMD card to replace the invidia in my machine.

My question is, so far as the drivers are concerned, what procedure should I follow when I replace the invidia with the AMD; do I uninstall the invidia drivers just before shutting down the machine for card replacement or what ?

Thanks for reading.

Remove drivers using DDU (display driver uninstaller). Remove card. Install new card. Install new drivers.

I made the NVidia to AMD change a few years ago. Never looked back. Most folks here seem to be Nvidia boosters with a few AMD'ers. I've just had good luck with AMD boards and gotten lots of value and performance for the money.

HAVOC said:

Remove drivers using DDU (display driver uninstaller). Remove card. Install new card. Install new drivers.

Thanks! That is simple enough; I even already have DDU.

chefduane said:

I made the NVidia to AMD change a few years ago. Never looked back. Most folks here seem to be Nvidia boosters with a few AMD'ers. I've just had good luck with AMD boards and gotten lots of value and performance for the money.

With the experience I have had, both with the invidia card and EVGA support, I will never buy another.

My experience is exactly why I bought AMD for the wife and then another for me.

Just the opposite for me, I never really had any issues with ATI (now AMD) cards. I've read about problems (with ATI) while deciding on parts for my first build and decided on NVidia, haven't had a problem yet.
My friend and I just built him a PC and he chose AMD, he hasn't had any issues either. Both companies have really improved their offerings.

One thing I recommend is to wait before installing the newest driver. I usually wait about a month or two and see what bugs show up with the newest one.

Someone asked which invidia card has caused me nothing but problems; random screen blackouts that there seems to be no fix for and crashing photo programs just at the crucial "save as" moment.

EVGA GeForce GT 730 2GB GDDR5 64bit DVI/HDMI/VGA Low Profile Graphics Card 02G-P3-3733-KR

If I were paid $2/hour for all the time I have wasted on this card, I could retire.