1070 -> 3060

NickTheBiz · 27 May 2021 at 12:30

Chaps

Do I need to uninstall anything or can I just remove one and put in the other and Nvidia drivers will recognise the change?

Captain_Bosh · 27 May 2021 at 12:32

Definitley uninstall the old drivers. I'd usually use DDU to remove them but probably fine just installing normally as you are sticking with Nvidia.

Aretak · 27 May 2021 at 12:41

You can uninstall the old drivers for maximum peace of mind, but you don't need to. Nvidia's drivers will pick up the new card just fine and keep all your settings in place.

NickTheBiz · 27 May 2021 at 12:45

LOL, slightly contrasting opinions there

Thanks both

turbot1984 · 27 May 2021 at 12:46

Captain_Bosh said:
Definitley uninstall the old drivers. I'd usually use DDU to remove them but probably fine just installing normally as you are sticking with Nvidia.

+1 on that, should be a good speed bump over 1070

NutritioN · 27 May 2021 at 12:58

Often some strong opinions on not using DDU due to it being overly aggressive for a simple change.

Only thing to watch out for that I've experienced is, that a Nvidia card swap, even to another slot with the same card will trigger a driver install/setup and sometimes Windows update gets there first and installs its own driver instead of the latest one you had.

So yeah, I wouldn't do a driver uninstall in your case, but I would run the latest driver setup from Nvidia after it has rebooted and settled in. But you can check which driver has been installed yourself before you bother anyway.

Captain_Bosh · 27 May 2021 at 13:02

At the end of the day you might be fine just installing over the old drivers, but if you do run into problems you then have the installation as a possible problem to rule out so it is best practice to just do it properly from the outset considering it will probably take less than 5 minutes to do.

turbot1984 · 27 May 2021 at 13:09

Captain_Bosh said:
At the end of the day you might be fine just installing over the old drivers, but if you do run into problems you then have the installation as a possible problem to rule out so it is best practice to just do it properly from the outset considering it will probably take less than 5 minutes to do.

Seems better than it used to be letting GeForce do its own 'clean' install?

Mr Paul · 27 May 2021 at 13:11

Personally I would

*uninstall the old drivers
*remove your old 1070
*insert the 3060
*boot into Windows and install the drivers.

watercooledman · 27 May 2021 at 13:16

Install new card leave drivers they will find the card.

Try a few benchmarks for performance

Zefan · 27 May 2021 at 13:20

Just slap it in. It's designed to just work. Only use DDU if you have issues, it can cause more problems than it solves.

SKILL · 27 May 2021 at 14:52

I did the same change a couple of months back, didn't both with DDU or anything, chucked it in, booted up and then bothered to download/install the latest drivers. All works fine.

DDU was really designed for AMD/ATI <-> nvidia swaps way back in the day, it's really not necessary unless you have issues. I've even gone nvidia -> AMD (old so using windows update drivers) -> different AMD (newer AMD drivers) -> nvidia on W10 without DDU or anything and it just worked.

nvidia -> nvidia, even way back on XP, worked fine 99.99% of the time.

CuriousTomCat · 27 May 2021 at 19:00

DDU is for fixing driver problems. I've used it myself to fix problems.

Don't use it when there isn't a problem.

no_1_dave · 27 May 2021 at 19:33

Just swap them over, don't need to uninstall drivers
It will pick up the new card on boot
Reboot again afterwards and all will be golden

If you do want to uninstall, just put the new card in and install drivers whilst also ticking the 'clean install' option

I know this from the other week swapping back & forth between 3080 and 3090, didn't need to reinstall anything

Raiden85 · 28 May 2021 at 04:34

As long as the current drivers are up to date all the cards going back as far as the 600 series use the same current 466.47 driver anyway so uninstalling is pretty much pointless, just remove the old card and pop in the new one and you should be fine.

Only need to reinstall the driver if your having issues.

NickTheBiz · 28 May 2021 at 07:21

I uninstalled nothing. Swapped the card. Booted up (144Hz wasn't turned on clearly), ran Windows update, installed new drives, rebooted. All good in the hood

Is there any major changes between the cards I should be aware of? Things I need to change? What colour scheme should I go for in the Nvidia panel?

Aretak · 28 May 2021 at 10:08

NickTheBiz said:
I uninstalled nothing. Swapped the card. Booted up (144Hz wasn't turned on clearly), ran Windows update, installed new drives, rebooted. All good in the hood

Is there any major changes between the cards I should be aware of? Things I need to change? What colour scheme should I go for in the Nvidia panel?

Everything should be the same. The options are pretty much universal all the way from Kepler through to Ampere. It's usually pretty good at setting itself correctly by default these days for colours and such.

NickTheBiz · 28 May 2021 at 11:51

Aretak said:
Everything should be the same. The options are pretty much universal all the way from Kepler through to Ampere. It's usually pretty good at setting itself correctly by default these days for colours and such.

Cheers mate.

Cooler running · 28 May 2021 at 12:13

NickTheBiz said:
I uninstalled nothing. Swapped the card. Booted up (144Hz wasn't turned on clearly), ran Windows update, installed new drives, rebooted. All good in the hood

Is there any major changes between the cards I should be aware of? Things I need to change? What colour scheme should I go for in the Nvidia panel?

Yes, not sure why people were telling you to uninstall drivers. For sure swap the card over first, then maybe update them later.

Ultraman1966 · 30 May 2021 at 09:04

FYI, I went from a 2060 super to a 3080 FE this weekend and all I did was update the Nvidia drivers after boot up.