October 10, 20205 yr I currently have a GTX 1080 that I will be replacing soon with a 3090 and would like to know what the proper way to go about doing this. Do I need to uninstall my current NVIDIA drivers and revert back to default drivers before swapping out my GPU? I want to be sure I'm doing this correctly. ASUS ROG Maximus Hero XII ▪︎ Intel i9-10900K ▪︎ NVIDIA RTX 3090 FE ▪︎ 64GB Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro ▪︎ Windows 10 Pro (21H1) ▪︎ Samsung 970 EVO Pro 1TB NVME SSD (OS Drive) ▪︎ Samsung 860 EVO 2TB SATA SSD ▪︎ Seagate 4TB SATA HDD ▪︎ Corsair RMx 850W PSU
October 10, 20205 yr What I've done (and had no issues so far) is uninstall drivers and anything nVidia related (through the Control Panel), turn off the machine and plug in the new card then install the new drivers. Good luck! MSI Pro Z690-A DDR4 | i5 13600KF | G.Skill Ripjaws V 32GB 3600MHz | RTX 3080 (12GB) | Samsung 980 M.2 NVMe 500GB | Samsung 980 M.2 NVMe 1TB | Samsung 850EVO 500GB | Crucial P3+ 2TB NVMe | 2TB Seagate HDD | Deepcool AK500 CPU Cooler | Thrustmaster T16000M HOTAS | CH Yoke | Various Winctrl hardware | 21:9 1440p UW monitor | Win 11 23H2 build | MSFS2020 | Tony K.
October 10, 20205 yr Author Is there any special utility/application that you need to do to uninstall the drivers cleanly? I heard ppl using something like DDU (Display Driver Uninstaller) app to get the job done. Not sure what else to use to uninstall my current nvidia drivers and get it back to a default state. ASUS ROG Maximus Hero XII ▪︎ Intel i9-10900K ▪︎ NVIDIA RTX 3090 FE ▪︎ 64GB Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro ▪︎ Windows 10 Pro (21H1) ▪︎ Samsung 970 EVO Pro 1TB NVME SSD (OS Drive) ▪︎ Samsung 860 EVO 2TB SATA SSD ▪︎ Seagate 4TB SATA HDD ▪︎ Corsair RMx 850W PSU
October 10, 20205 yr Going from Nvidia to Nvidia is easy, just uninstall the current drivers before shutting it down and then run the new driver installer once you are back up with the new card in. There's really not much to it. i7-13700KF, 32gb DDR4 3200, RTX 4080, Win 11, MSFS 2024
October 10, 20205 yr DDU is a great tool to use because it will rid your system of any reminates of the current driver. They have released the new nvidia driver for the newer cards. So great to have a program to help clear the files. I use it every time I switch drivers which 3090 are you hoping to buy. Steve
October 10, 20205 yr Author 1 hour ago, Dave_YVR said: Going from Nvidia to Nvidia is easy, just uninstall the current drivers before shutting it down and then run the new driver installer once you are back up with the new card in. There's really not much to it. Thanks, I am just being a bit cautious since this is a new system I just built. I want to make sure I am doing things properly to avoid any headaches down the road later. 28 minutes ago, sluihn said: which 3090 are you hoping to buy. Steve The 3090 Founders Edition Edited October 10, 20205 yr by captain420 ASUS ROG Maximus Hero XII ▪︎ Intel i9-10900K ▪︎ NVIDIA RTX 3090 FE ▪︎ 64GB Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro ▪︎ Windows 10 Pro (21H1) ▪︎ Samsung 970 EVO Pro 1TB NVME SSD (OS Drive) ▪︎ Samsung 860 EVO 2TB SATA SSD ▪︎ Seagate 4TB SATA HDD ▪︎ Corsair RMx 850W PSU
October 10, 20205 yr Indeed there are shorter methods, i get home with the new video card, install it, turn on the PC and install the newer drivers. That's it, if it doesn't ask me to reboot, i don't even reboot and start using it. I never had any issues and every application works as expected. I wonder why such complication on simple things. CASE: Fractal Terra Silver CPU: AMD R5 7800X3D 5.0Ghz RAM: 32GB DDR5 6000 GPU: nVidia RTX 4070 Ti SUPER · SSDs: Samsung 990 PRO 2TB M.2 PCIe · PNY XLR8 CS3040 2TB M.2 PCIe · VIDEO: LG-32GK650F QHD 32" 144Hz FREE/G-SYNC · MISC: Thrustmaster TCA Airbus Joystick + Throttle Quadrant · MSFS2024 · Windows 11
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