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Old January 18, 2010, 10:21 AM
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Hey all,
I've just received my 5850 (sapphire) at my lunch break. I'm planning on setting it up tonight, hopefully that will go well. I currently have a 9600GT card and I was wondering if it's safe to take that out, replace it with the ati and uninstall the drivers or is there some particular order that I should do it in? Any help is appreciated, thanks!
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Old January 18, 2010, 10:28 AM
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Hey all,
I've just received my 5850 (sapphire) at my lunch break. I'm planning on setting it up tonight, hopefully that will go well. I currently have a 9600GT card and I was wondering if it's safe to take that out, replace it with the ati and uninstall the drivers or is there some particular order that I should do it in? Any help is appreciated, thanks!
Uninstall the drivers, reboot into safe mode, clean them out to make sure using a program like Driversweeper, shut down, install the 5850, restart, install new drivers... Profit?
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Old January 18, 2010, 10:29 AM
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Uninstall the drivers, shut down the PC, swap the cards, install the new drivers. That should be all you need to do.
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Old January 18, 2010, 02:52 PM
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Thanks guys worked perfectly.I thought I would be that easy but I wanted to make sure.
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