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    Switching from 560m to 6970m- what to do with my GPU drivers?

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by Dusk Star, Jan 24, 2013.

  1. Dusk Star

    Dusk Star Notebook Consultant

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    Hey all, I've got a Dell tech coming out soon with a 6970m to replace my current (misbehaving) 560m, and I was wondering if you had a recommended "best" way to get rid of all the Nvidia software/drivers off my laptop and which AMD drivers to install? (I think he might be doing a motherboard swap, too... *shudder*)

    And by "misbehaving", I mean it has a bad habit of turning the screen into a mass of flickering pastel-colored triangles during games. Which requires a reboot to stop. This being my second green GPU with issues, I asked to change to the AMD side of things.

    So, driver recommendations?
     
    Dusk Star, Jan 24, 2013
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    Meaker@Sager Company Representative

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    Just remove your graphics drivers through windows before the card gets removed and install the new ones when you have it in.
     
    Meaker@Sager, Jan 24, 2013
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    bigtonyman Desktop Powa!!!

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    ^^ do what he said and you should be good to go. :)
     
    bigtonyman, Jan 24, 2013
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  4. Dusk Star

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    Just checking there wasn't a particular way to wipe the drivers! Thanks!
     
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    You can try something like DriverSweeper to remove the registry entries.
     
    Alienware-L_Porras, Jan 25, 2013
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