Installing XP using generic vid card

stabber · 02-13-04, 08:56 AM

Question. I want to install xp professional on my main machine. I previously had an Nvidia ti4200 on there, so thats why a fresh install is in order.

My video card I ordered (radeon 9600xt), will not be here until Monday. I dont want to wait until then. Would it be ok to use a generic PCI video card to install XP, and then switch to my 9600xt agp when it comes??? That way all detonator drivers will be gone.

Any other suggestions? These are the spare video cards I have laying around to use:

2 generic pci video cards
1 asus ATI chipset agp 2x card
1 Nvidia MX420 pci video card

Barn_Angel · 02-13-04, 09:02 AM

i say just wait till monday, why rush today what you can ut off till you have what you need to do it? a pci video card usually will use generic drivers, but i still dont see a reason to rush.

Matthias99 · 02-13-04, 12:36 PM

I swapped from an NVIDIA to an ATI card using Driver Cleaner 2 to strip all the NVIDIA crap out. Worked just fine for me. I personally see little reason to ever reinstall NT-based OSes.

Aslan · 02-13-04, 01:23 PM

I personally would wait (or at least try to wait

) until Monday, but I doubt either of your generic PCI video cards will cause any problems. I went from a 4 meg Matrox PCI card to a 9800 Pro without any issues.

Matthias99's suggestion would also work, but it might be a little more problematic than using a non-nVidia based card at first. However, if you use the Driver Cleaner 2 as mentioned, I doubt you'll see any issues.

violineb · 02-13-04, 03:13 PM

Wait, or, don't wait doesn't matter as long as you use something like driver cleaner. Shouldn't cause any problems I think. Then again all I've ever switched between is a 9500 and 9700 which is essentially identical :/

Chris · 02-13-04, 03:34 PM

You dont really need to re-install just make sure you remove the nvidia drivers properly and you wont have any grief. Driver conflicts usually only happen when the old drivers are not removed thorughly, and in the off chance that you do get any problems just use a third party utility to remove any drivers ther eplenty of little proggys out there.
I would just install any of those cards until the new card come's.

-Chris

02-13-04, 08:56 AM	Thread Starter #1
stabber Member Join Date: Jan 2004	Installing XP using generic vid card Question. I want to install xp professional on my main machine. I previously had an Nvidia ti4200 on there, so thats why a fresh install is in order. My video card I ordered (radeon 9600xt), will not be here until Monday. I dont want to wait until then. Would it be ok to use a generic PCI video card to install XP, and then switch to my 9600xt agp when it comes??? That way all detonator drivers will be gone. Any other suggestions? These are the spare video cards I have laying around to use: 2 generic pci video cards 1 asus ATI chipset agp 2x card 1 Nvidia MX420 pci video card
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02-13-04, 09:02 AM	#2
Barn_Angel Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Maine	i say just wait till monday, why rush today what you can ut off till you have what you need to do it? a pci video card usually will use generic drivers, but i still dont see a reason to rush.
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02-13-04, 12:36 PM	#3
Matthias99 Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: North Attleboro, MA	I swapped from an NVIDIA to an ATI card using Driver Cleaner 2 to strip all the NVIDIA crap out. Worked just fine for me. I personally see little reason to ever reinstall NT-based OSes.
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02-13-04, 01:23 PM	#4
Aslan Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: North Vancouver, Canada	I personally would wait (or at least try to wait ) until Monday, but I doubt either of your generic PCI video cards will cause any problems. I went from a 4 meg Matrox PCI card to a 9800 Pro without any issues. Matthias99's suggestion would also work, but it might be a little more problematic than using a non-nVidia based card at first. However, if you use the Driver Cleaner 2 as mentioned, I doubt you'll see any issues. __________________ RIP Tanya 1986-2008 . . . . . . .. . . ... . .
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violineb Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Living in Baltimore/Studying in Bloomington, IN	Wait, or, don't wait doesn't matter as long as you use something like driver cleaner. Shouldn't cause any problems I think. Then again all I've ever switched between is a 9500 and 9700 which is essentially identical :/ __________________ MY HEATWARE 27-0-0 Main Rig: M4A79T-Deluxe, AMD 720, 2GB OCZ 1333, Radeon 4870 1GB, 2x Seagate 7200.12 RAID 0. Mods:PSX-Modded Laptop Dock Mini PC
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02-13-04, 03:34 PM	#6
Chris Member Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: England, UK	You dont really need to re-install just make sure you remove the nvidia drivers properly and you wont have any grief. Driver conflicts usually only happen when the old drivers are not removed thorughly, and in the off chance that you do get any problems just use a third party utility to remove any drivers ther eplenty of little proggys out there. I would just install any of those cards until the new card come's. -Chris __________________ *Folding@Home Team32*
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