- Mar 9, 2015
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Hi all,
Looking to possibly upgrade my video card and haven't went through the procedure in a long time. So, I'm looking for a bit of advice and a recommendation.
1: the upgrade process...
I know "back in the day" there were all kinds of issues with not un-installing drivers prior to installing new drivers or cards. Is this still an issue? I know it's not with just a straight driver upgrade, but how about with switching to a new card? How about in the case of switching between brands?
Anyone have any tips, or is there a guide out there that people around here think is a good place to take a look?
2: New card...
Currently in my system is:
GeForce GTX260
Intel i7 930 (2.8 GHz)
6 GB Ram
Win7 Pro x64
I'd imagine throwing anything super powered in there will quickly leave me CPU bound, so I'm looking for any type of advice on maybe a good mid or upper tier solution for my case. The primary reason for the upgrade is for gaming, work software is all running fine currently.
3: My history...
Been into PCs for a long time, built my first one in the mid 90s and built all my own up until about 2004 or 2005. Been buying mostly off the shelf, or more accurately, custom-configured rigs since then. At one time I was on top of all the chipsets, memory types, knew all the nomenclature, but I am WAY out of the loop these days, lol!
Trying to keep this a fairly smooth operation as this computer is my main work desktop, so I can't afford to be down for an extended period of time.
Thanks in advance for any and all replies!!
Looking to possibly upgrade my video card and haven't went through the procedure in a long time. So, I'm looking for a bit of advice and a recommendation.
1: the upgrade process...
I know "back in the day" there were all kinds of issues with not un-installing drivers prior to installing new drivers or cards. Is this still an issue? I know it's not with just a straight driver upgrade, but how about with switching to a new card? How about in the case of switching between brands?
Anyone have any tips, or is there a guide out there that people around here think is a good place to take a look?
2: New card...
Currently in my system is:
GeForce GTX260
Intel i7 930 (2.8 GHz)
6 GB Ram
Win7 Pro x64
I'd imagine throwing anything super powered in there will quickly leave me CPU bound, so I'm looking for any type of advice on maybe a good mid or upper tier solution for my case. The primary reason for the upgrade is for gaming, work software is all running fine currently.
3: My history...
Been into PCs for a long time, built my first one in the mid 90s and built all my own up until about 2004 or 2005. Been buying mostly off the shelf, or more accurately, custom-configured rigs since then. At one time I was on top of all the chipsets, memory types, knew all the nomenclature, but I am WAY out of the loop these days, lol!
Trying to keep this a fairly smooth operation as this computer is my main work desktop, so I can't afford to be down for an extended period of time.
Thanks in advance for any and all replies!!