Jan 21 2008
How do I go from ATI card to Nvidia card?
Jacob W asked:
The card capable of playing crysis can just install the card without problem.
An nvidia card capable of playing crysis can just install the card capable of playing crysis can just install an ati motherboard would like to install the card.
Nvidia card capable of playing crysis can just install the card without problem.
January 24th, 2008 at 11:16 am
Yes as long as it fits the slot and you disable onboard graphics.
January 25th, 2008 at 9:59 pm
no first you have to remove the ati video drivers. just the vid drivers. then ya can use the nvidia drivers. don’t worry microsoft has drivers good enough to use till you get the nvidia ones in. but be sure to leave the other ati drivers in it especially the chipset drivers
January 27th, 2008 at 12:08 pm
In deciding on a card you must decide if you have enough budget to buy another power supply for a powerful card… Then you have to decide which one. If you choose to go with a 8800 or bigger nvidia or 2600 or bigger ATI you will need more power than the average 350W power supply. If you buy a power supply try to choose a power supply with the PCIEx16 6pin or 8pin connectors made onto the PSU the way you need it. They come with any multiples 6pin or 8pin you might need or run into with different configurations… Like my 3870 needs only 1 6pin connector, but my 4870, in my gaming rig takes 2 6pin connectors. Some other graphics cards have 8pin plugs also. Now if you get one like the 3870, it would really be no problem to just use the pigtail that comes with the card and just connect it to one of the rails, or strands of 4pin molex, one strand equals a rail… But like on my 4870 it is pushing the limit to put 2 pigtials on 2 rails with the power consumption of that card… There have been a many fires from putting too much power draw onto a wimpy PSU…
Now it doesn’t matter if you go from ATI to Nvidia or Nvidia to ATI you always want to follow this proceedure for changing graphic controllers.
First off you have to go into control panel/Add remove programs, then uninstall the ATI install manager. From there it will uninstall the whole driver program and Catalyst control center… Go ahead and go to the nvidia website and choose the latest driver for your card, just download it to desktop. Now let the computer restart itself, when it reaches desktop then shut it down… Unplug the computer and go inside the ccase. Now install the card plug up any power plugs you might need for your application, then plug the monitor into your card. Now reboot the computer and go into bios and check on your onboard graphics settings. See if there is a way to cut it off, sometimes if you leave it on, there will be shared memory still being reserved for the onboard graphics even though you aren’t using them. Save exit and now when you reach desktop install the drivers you downloaded. Always download drivers for cards. ATI and Nvidia update grahics drivers almost monthly to the day, so by the time you pop your manufacture’s disc into your drive, those drivers are most likely outdated… Let the computer restart and when it reaches desktop you are done… Just go into hardware manager and see if need to disable onboard controller from there as well… You should be set now, when you decide which card you are going with…