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Hi,

I plan on upgrading my GTS 250 with a GTX 570.
My current driver is GeForce 280.26 Driver.

Based on the site documentation, the driver supports both the GTS 250 and GTX 570.
Does this mean that I could just swap the old GPU with the new one and not do anything else?
Or is it BETTER to remove the driver before removing the old and reapply it once the new one is installed?

I don't have the new GPU yet and been reading up as a precaution before doing anything.
# I noticed there are a lot of driver related problem so I'm a bit cautious.

Current system: Win7 64-bit ENProbably, but it you put the new card in and the driver doesn't work, then it will still work enough for you to uninstall and install the new one. Quote from: quaxo on September 27, 2011, 06:21:55 AM

Probably, but it you put the new card in and the driver doesn't work, then it will still work enough for you to uninstall and install the new one.
You never need to uninstall DRIVERS.  Windows just won't use them if they are not needed.  In this case, drivers MAY need to be reinstalled because it's a different nVidia GPU.Even though the card uses the same driver, during driver installation the software interacts with the hardware. While I agree the old driver does not need to be uninstalled (since it's the same version), it's probably a good idea to reinstall it after you put in the new card.Thanks everyone for the responses, they're GREATLY appreciated.


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