After a very long video card ordeal, an 8800gts will be here on Friday. I just checked nVidia's site and the recommended driver is 169.21. I'm upgrading from a 7900gs, which also is suggested to run with 169.21. I'm currently using an older driver which has never given me any problems. My question, and I think this should be fine but just want to confirm, can I update the driver with the 7900 in the box to 169.21, and then just swap the cards when the 8800 arrives...and not have to install the driver after I put the 8800 in? I would think that when I boot up, the GTS should be up and running with the 169.21 driver already installed.Appreciate your comments.Todd

that should be no problem. I did much the same thing last week, upgrading from a 7600GS to an 8800GT...works perfectly with the 169.21...and what a world of difference. Of course, I also added a new asus p5k mobo and the q6600 cpu...with 2megs ddr3 ram.Now, I'm trying to learn how to oc everything without blowing apart my rig....:-)Sherm

Never swap a card and not uninstall/reinstall the driversEven if its the same driver, uninstall first, power down.. install the new card, boot up and make sure any BIOS changes that may need to be addressed, are, then boot into Windows, cancel the new hardware found wizard and install the old/new driversYou can NOT properly upgrade a video card and leave the drivers in the system. they will NOT register correctly.

I was about to write that I did not switch drivers...which is true, but now that you mention it....I did reinstall the drivers...so, I bow to your more accurate and dependable advice. sorry for any confusion. Sherm