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Radeon to nVidea

Postby Mobius » Sat Mar 18, 2006 12:23 am

All-righty, I am finally upgrading my dying ATI Radeon 9800 Pro 256 to an XFX GeForce 6800 GT and I was wondering if anyone had links to or knew a method to correctly switch the drivers from ATI to nVidea drivers?

Thanks. ;D ;)
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Re: Radeon to nVidea

Postby congo » Sat Mar 18, 2006 1:23 am

Just uninstall the ATI drivers from add remove programs in control panel, reboot, and run the install disk you recieved with your video card or load a driver from nVidia's website.

Enjoy the new card.
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Re: Radeon to nVidea

Postby Mobius » Sat Mar 18, 2006 9:34 am

Great, thanks. ;) :)
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Re: Radeon to nVidea

Postby Tom. » Sat Mar 18, 2006 9:41 am

I would have upgraded to a better Ati Raedon
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Re: Radeon to nVidea

Postby Mobius » Sat Mar 18, 2006 10:14 am

Well, if you can find me a better Radeon card with an arctic cooler or equivalent for $100, I'll take it. :D ;)
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Re: Radeon to nVidea

Postby ctjoyce » Sat Mar 18, 2006 10:27 pm

Well to get a better Radeon, you would have to look in the $200 range. Also be warned that the best cooling on the market is Zalman. ThermalTake is probibly the worst.

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Re: Radeon to nVidea

Postby Mobius » Sat Mar 18, 2006 10:47 pm

Well to get a better Radeon, you would have to look in the $200 range. Also be warned that the best cooling on the market is Zalman. ThermalTake is probibly the worst.

My point exactly, my brother is selling me his almost new 6800 GT with an arctic cooler for $100.  I was going to wait to buy anything new until next fall when I hopefully build a new computer, but this was too good a deal to pass up. ;D ;)
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Re: Radeon to nVidea

Postby congo » Sun Mar 19, 2006 2:13 am

Wise choice Mobius, nothing wrong with that nVidia card anyway, it's a good upgrade for you, certainly more powerful than my card.

You know, this is yet another fine example of how an nVidia purchase always gives you more bang for the buck.















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Re: Radeon to nVidea

Postby ctjoyce » Sun Mar 19, 2006 11:31 am

I know congo 8) Just remember that we still hold the GPU highground (until you overclockers get a hold of the 7900s and rip the X1900s to shreads).

But I really cant bash nVidia anymore, as I may be getting a 7800GT or 7900GT for my birthday. Just remember kids, ATi= Amazing image quality, nVidia=Higher frames. Choose wisely ;)

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Re: Radeon to nVidea

Postby wealthysoup » Sun Mar 19, 2006 12:10 pm

still prefer Nvidia since my 9800 pro NEVER worked on the detail it should have without overheating and crashing the whole comp :(
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Re: Radeon to nVidea

Postby ctjoyce » Sun Mar 19, 2006 1:24 pm

Well then it wasn't the chips fault, it was the cooling in your case ;)

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Re: Radeon to nVidea

Postby wealthysoup » Mon Mar 20, 2006 2:42 pm

still...a piece of hardware should work even with your case off, and it should also work in "standard" case conditions
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Re: Radeon to nVidea

Postby waspiflab » Mon Mar 20, 2006 2:53 pm

Should have got an 6800 ultra as they are out of production now and you can pick one up pretty cheap.
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Re: Radeon to nVidea

Postby ctjoyce » Mon Mar 20, 2006 3:17 pm

But he got it for $100 flat mate ;) The only card that can tutch that is the 6600.

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