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Going From a 7200 to a 9600XT, Complete OS Reinstall?
Hi all,
I'm finally going to update my decrepit 64MB 7200 with a 128MB 9600XT. Am I going to have to reinstall the OS like I usually do for a new video card? Or can I get away with just using ATI's removal tool on the old drivers and installing the new Catalyst driver for the 9600? Or can I get away with just uninstalling the old driver and installing the new one, without the removal utility since they're both ATI cards? |
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"Billy S" wrote in message ... Hi all, I'm finally going to update my decrepit 64MB 7200 with a 128MB 9600XT. Am I going to have to reinstall the OS like I usually do for a new video card? Or can I get away with just using ATI's removal tool on the old drivers and installing the new Catalyst driver for the 9600? Or can I get away with just uninstalling the old driver and installing the new one, without the removal utility since they're both ATI cards? You shouldn't need to do anything - they use the same drivers. Just uninstall the 7200 and then let the system detect the 9600 and point it to where the ATI drivers are located. Tony |
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On Mon, 22 Dec 2003 18:24:03 -0000, "TMack"
wrote: "Billy S" wrote in message .. . Hi all, I'm finally going to update my decrepit 64MB 7200 with a 128MB 9600XT. Am I going to have to reinstall the OS like I usually do for a new video card? Or can I get away with just using ATI's removal tool on the old drivers and installing the new Catalyst driver for the 9600? Or can I get away with just uninstalling the old driver and installing the new one, without the removal utility since they're both ATI cards? You shouldn't need to do anything - they use the same drivers. Just uninstall the 7200 and then let the system detect the 9600 and point it to where the ATI drivers are located. Even though they use the same driver PACKAGE, don't you think that the install probably unwraps different drivers according to which Radeon you have installed? Don't get me wrong, I'm not arguing as I have no idea , but I would think that a 7200 has to at least use a SLIGHTLY different driver set than a 9600XT... |
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"Billy S" wrote in message ... On Mon, 22 Dec 2003 18:24:03 -0000, "TMack" wrote: "Billy S" wrote in message .. . Hi all, I'm finally going to update my decrepit 64MB 7200 with a 128MB 9600XT. Am I going to have to reinstall the OS like I usually do for a new video card? Or can I get away with just using ATI's removal tool on the old drivers and installing the new Catalyst driver for the 9600? Or can I get away with just uninstalling the old driver and installing the new one, without the removal utility since they're both ATI cards? You shouldn't need to do anything - they use the same drivers. Just uninstall the 7200 and then let the system detect the 9600 and point it to where the ATI drivers are located. Even though they use the same driver PACKAGE, don't you think that the install probably unwraps different drivers according to which Radeon you have installed? Don't get me wrong, I'm not arguing as I have no idea , but I would think that a 7200 has to at least use a SLIGHTLY different driver set than a 9600XT... The inf file will allocate the correct files regardless. I have never had a problem sustituting one ATI card for another - I have gone from 8500LE to 9500 to 9700 to 9700 Pro without having to reinstall anything at the time of changing the cards. Tony |
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On Mon, 22 Dec 2003 08:42:41 -0600, Billy S
wrote: Hi all, I'm finally going to update my decrepit 64MB 7200 with a 128MB 9600XT. Am I going to have to reinstall the OS like I usually do for a new video card? Or can I get away with just using ATI's removal tool on the old drivers and installing the new Catalyst driver for the 9600? Or can I get away with just uninstalling the old driver and installing the new one, without the removal utility since they're both ATI cards? Download and install the latst 3.10 drivers... then change the cards... No OS reinstall is required... -- Remember when real men used Real computers!? When 512K of video RAM was a lot! Death to Palladium & WPA!! |
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"Darthy" wrote in message ... On Mon, 22 Dec 2003 08:42:41 -0600, Billy S wrote: Hi all, I'm finally going to update my decrepit 64MB 7200 with a 128MB 9600XT. Am I going to have to reinstall the OS like I usually do for a new video card? Or can I get away with just using ATI's removal tool on the old drivers and installing the new Catalyst driver for the 9600? Or can I get away with just uninstalling the old driver and installing the new one, without the removal utility since they're both ATI cards? Download and install the latst 3.10 drivers... then change the cards... No OS reinstall is required... No doubt, I didn't get that drastic taking out an nvidia card and sticking in the 9700... geez.. No problems. |
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