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November 10th, 2004, 09:49 PM
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I just bought a radeon 9800 for my system, but I have a few things I need to clear up before I put it in.
My old graphics card is an integrated geforce 2 mx. I need to know how to uninstall it and deactivate it so my system wont try to install it when I reboot.
Need to know the order in which to correctly remove the old card and install the new one.
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November 10th, 2004, 09:51 PM
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I'm pretty sure you have to disable it in bios | |
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November 10th, 2004, 09:55 PM
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What brand/model PC is it? Some have a jumper on the mobo to disable the onboard video, some are disabled in the BIOS.
For the most part, remove the driver in Add/Remove Programs and shut down. Install your new card and then either disable the onboard video via jumper or BIOS and boot back into Windows. Install your driver.
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November 10th, 2004, 09:56 PM
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i would get the program drivercleaner (free and gets rid of the nvidia left overs) | 
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November 10th, 2004, 09:56 PM
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There should be an option in the BIOS to disable the on-board graphics card. Once you disable the card from teh BIOS windows should automatically recognize that a new card is present when you put in the 9800, but you might have to uninstall the old driver using add/remove programs as previously stated. | |
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November 10th, 2004, 09:58 PM
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I almost forgot, some onboard video is even disabled by just installing another video card. Knowing the brand/model of the mobo at least would greatly help. As you can see, there are quite a few opinions on which is the correct way. | |
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November 10th, 2004, 11:39 PM
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It's an MSI 6367N4, it uses the nForce 420D chipset
Settings I found in the bios relating to video:
Shared Video Memory
8MB
16MB
32MB (current)
Disable
Default Video Adapter
PCI (current)
Onboard
AGP
I know that the settings say PCI video adapter but I don't have a PCI card, only the onboard
Any guess as to how much of an improvement I'll see in games with this upgrade? :P | |
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November 10th, 2004, 11:46 PM
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November 11th, 2004, 12:04 AM
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Set the memory to disabled.
As for the PCI setting, that's what it looks for first. You don't have a PCI video card, so you don't have to worry. You can set it to AGP, but you won't know a difference. | |
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November 11th, 2004, 12:11 AM
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Infact, I cant wait to see the difference in gaming between my 2 video cards. GF4MX420 old... 6800GT new... I expect there to be a noticable difference  | |
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