Just wondered if I need to uninstall drivers first or can I just connect it up and use the Catalyst drivers for my old card? Thanks guys also getting a Coolermaster Scout case and new PSU from Ebuyer, it seemed like a very good deal.
My Computer
Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Self Built
OS
Windows 7 Home Premium (64 bit)
CPU
Intel I5 2500K 3.3Ghz Stock
Motherboard
Asus P8H 61-M LE USB 3
Memory
8Gig Kingston DDRIII HyperX Blue 1333 Mhz
Graphics Card(s)
AMD Sapphire 7870 2GB
Sound Card
Creative Fatality Pro
Monitor(s) Displays
27" BENQ LED
Screen Resolution
1920X1080
Hard Drives
1 x OCZ Agility 3 120GB SSD
1 x Seagate 250GB
1 x Western Digital 1000GB
1 x HP 500GB
I've not had to uninstall my NVidia graphics drivers when I've swapped my cards over, providing that the driver also supports the replacement card. I would expect that the same could be said for ATI as well.
4 x 4GB DDR3-1600 Corsair Vengeance CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9B (16GB)
Graphics Card(s)
MSI GeForce GTX770 Gaming OC 2GB
Sound Card
Realtek High Definition on board solution (ALC 898)
Monitor(s) Displays
ViewSonic VA1912w Widescreen (VGA)
Screen Resolution
1440x900
Hard Drives
OCZ Agility 3 SSD 120GB SATA III x2 (RAID 0)
Samsung HD501LJ 500GB SATA II x2
Hitachi HDS721010CLA332 1TB SATA II
Iomega 1.5TB Ext USB 2.0
WD 2.0TB Ext USB 3.0
I've not had to uninstall my NVidia graphics drivers when I've swapped my cards over, providing that the driver also supports the replacement card. I would expect that the same could be said for ATI as well.
Yeah I figured it wouldn't be a problem after all they are both using Catalyst 10.6 drivers but when installing for my 4670 it checked what card I have, hmmm I think I'll uninstall ATI software then plugin my new card to be on the safe side.
My Computer
Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Self Built
OS
Windows 7 Home Premium (64 bit)
CPU
Intel I5 2500K 3.3Ghz Stock
Motherboard
Asus P8H 61-M LE USB 3
Memory
8Gig Kingston DDRIII HyperX Blue 1333 Mhz
Graphics Card(s)
AMD Sapphire 7870 2GB
Sound Card
Creative Fatality Pro
Monitor(s) Displays
27" BENQ LED
Screen Resolution
1920X1080
Hard Drives
1 x OCZ Agility 3 120GB SSD
1 x Seagate 250GB
1 x Western Digital 1000GB
1 x HP 500GB
Alright new system is ready I thought there was something wrong at first it's toooo quiet LOL. I did as recommended and made sure everything ATI drivers were uninstalled first now palying around with 5770, it's awesome.
My Computer
Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Self Built
OS
Windows 7 Home Premium (64 bit)
CPU
Intel I5 2500K 3.3Ghz Stock
Motherboard
Asus P8H 61-M LE USB 3
Memory
8Gig Kingston DDRIII HyperX Blue 1333 Mhz
Graphics Card(s)
AMD Sapphire 7870 2GB
Sound Card
Creative Fatality Pro
Monitor(s) Displays
27" BENQ LED
Screen Resolution
1920X1080
Hard Drives
1 x OCZ Agility 3 120GB SSD
1 x Seagate 250GB
1 x Western Digital 1000GB
1 x HP 500GB
Alright new system is ready I thought there was something wrong at first it's toooo quiet LOL. I did as recommended and made sure everything ATI drivers were uninstalled first now palying around with 5770, it's awesome.
You wouldn't have needed to worry. You could have installed the new drivers right over it. Windows has a LOT of drivers installed but it doesn't matter if there isn't any hardware to use it.
Alright new system is ready I thought there was something wrong at first it's toooo quiet LOL. I did as recommended and made sure everything ATI drivers were uninstalled first now palying around with 5770, it's awesome.
You wouldn't have needed to worry. You could have installed the new drivers right over it. Windows has a LOT of drivers installed but it doesn't matter if there isn't any hardware to use it.
