reinstall windows when adding graphics card?

[Gilly]

ok ,so ive been told when adding new graphics card its best to reinstall windows and games

is this true ???

and what are the pros of doing this ,or is it a load of BS and doesnt matter?

 

[fseal]

Uh.. no?

I have NEVER done that.

In some rare instances it's important to do a clean uninstall of your old gtraphics card before installing the new one, but honestly I've never even run into a situation that required even doing that, and I've upgraded graphics cards on every MS OS there is (inluding W7 (7100)!)

 

[7echno7im]

no. The best thing to do is uninstall your drivers, shut the machine down, remove your video card, install new card, boot up, reinstall drivers, reboot.

 

[Gilly]

i know all drivers etc have to be deleted before adding card

so it is bs then

 

[mickey megabyte]

yes, it's 100% bs - reinstall is complete overkill, only do it if you get major problems with the new card.

enjoy your higher frame-rates!

 

[skunksmash]

no...... just make sure the old GPU drivers are gone, then install the new card...windows will detect the new H/W, then you can install the new driver.


thats it.