Man this thread saved me too! My computer was locking up and rebooting randomely and I had a huge list of DCOM errors in event viewer after I installed my 6600GT.
I really thought the new card was fucked up even bought a 650W PSU because I thought that was the problem...
Today I did a clean install and it seems to be going smooth as hell now!
It's actually pretty retarded that you have to do a whole clean install just because Ati and Nvidia have issues...
MaCaBr3 wrote:Man this thread saved me too! My computer was locking up and rebooting randomely and I had a huge list of DCOM errors in event viewer after I installed my 6600GT.
I really thought the new card was fucked up even bought a 650W PSU because I thought that was the problem...
Today I did a clean install and it seems to be going smooth as hell now!
It's actually pretty retarded that you have to do a whole clean install just because Ati and Nvidia have issues...
but a fresh install is cheaper then buying that 650 Watt PSU, sucks that you bought that PSU, but then again you won't have power issues you shouldv'e posted your issue in here.
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MaCaBr3 wrote:
It's actually pretty retarded that you have to do a whole clean install just because Ati and Nvidia have issues...
Its not as simple as you'd think. Graphics drivers are some of the lowest level drivers in your OS. They run in kernel mode and bury references to themselves all over the registry.
MaCaBr3 wrote:Man this thread saved me too! My computer was locking up and rebooting randomely and I had a huge list of DCOM errors in event viewer after I installed my 6600GT.
I really thought the new card was fucked up even bought a 650W PSU because I thought that was the problem...
Today I did a clean install and it seems to be going smooth as hell now!
It's actually pretty retarded that you have to do a whole clean install just because Ati and Nvidia have issues...
but a fresh install is cheaper then buying that 650 Watt PSU, sucks that you bought that PSU, but then again you won't have power issues you shouldv'e posted your issue in here.
Actually, I needed a new tbh, I'm running 4HD, 1 CD-RW, 1 DVD-R, a 6600GT and a Audigy 2 ZS.
My old PSU was only 350Watt and the new one only costed me like 40€
YourGrandpa wrote:I thought it was a given that a clean install of windows was needed when you do a major hardware change.
Both true and not true. changing processors and RAM will bear no difference in hardware performance i believe. optical drives should have no performance idfference. As for HDDs depends on if you are adding one or replacing one. Sound cards, maybe, motherboards definatly, most of the time I doubt windows will run if you just change the mobo. Yes a fresh install is always best to do about once a year or so, I do it in the summer when I have all the time I need and no school work to worry about.
Graphics cards will render the most issues when changed without a fresh install. Driver Cleaner and whatnot are mostly used to help rid yourself of some bad drivers, but not rid yourself of drivers to make way for completely new ones
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RAM and CPUs do not require any software. There primary functions are handled by the motherboard, so it would only be obvious that the O/S wouldn't be affected by swapping them.
I would recommend a fresh O/S install for everthing else.
YourGrandpa wrote:RAM and CPUs do not require any software. There primary functions are handled by the motherboard, so it would only be obvious that the O/S wouldn't be affected by swapping them.
I would recommend a fresh O/S install for everthing else.
AMD cpu drivers installed by microsoft upgrade and during installation
mjrpes wrote:Huh, I've never heard it mentioned to reinstall windows for a video card upgrade.... I would think card manufacturers would put a big notice in huge font about this if performance were to degrade so much by going to a new card on the same install of windows.
I do have an extra hard drive lying around, so I could install windows on it to check performance out.
EDIT: thx, I'll try those links out first.
I thought they should too, and then I realized that would be bad for buisness. If you are shopping for a card and you have an ATI card and you see that for the best performance you need to reinstall Windows or at least run a few programs to get performance from the nVIDIA card you might decide just to buy another ATI card. Of course we are the types of people who like reinstalls and killing off all the baddies from ATI, but other people prolly don't want to take the time.
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YourGrandpa wrote:RAM and CPUs do not require any software. There primary functions are handled by the motherboard, so it would only be obvious that the O/S wouldn't be affected by swapping them.
I would recommend a fresh O/S install for everthing else.
AMD cpu drivers installed by microsoft upgrade and during installation
thats only for cool&quiet sacklady.
i think windows configures directx depending on the specs of your vid card(sm1.3, 1.4 2.0 etc). so it really might not be ati or nvidia but microsoft not reconfiguring dx properly when switching.
you shouldv'e posted your issue in here.
