Can a graphics card alter drivers just by installing?

[Sadiq_3]

I've recently purchased an msi gtx 1060 and I plugged it in to test it out. Long story short, I needed a new power supply. However, I switched back to my old gt 760 until the power supply arrives. Did putting that new card in alter my drivers? I am 100% sure everything is plugged in.

 

[cryoburner]

Long story short, I needed a new power supply.

A GTX 1060 should actually have lower power requirements than a GTX 760 (120 watt vs. 170 watt TDP). If your existing power supply worked fine with your 760, it would most likely be able to handle a 1060.

Your post seems to be missing some information though. You left out what the problem actually is. Is the computer not booting, not displaying anything, or something else? You might want to make sure your card is seated in the PCI slot properly.

As for your question, technically, Windows could detect the new hardware and install drivers for it. I would expect both cards to use the same set of drivers though.

 

[atomicWAR]

When installing a new GPU I highly recommend using DDU in safe mode to remove the drivers before installing fresh drivers. Yeah you could just drop in the new GPU being the same vendor but even this can create issues.

http://www.guru3d.com/files-details/display-driver-uninstaller-download.html

 

[Sadiq_3]

Sorry about the lack of infotmation; the audio cable wasn't working. Everything looks in tact including my mother board so I doubt anything's broken. I even bought a new audio cable just to br safe.

 

[atomicWAR]

Did you check your audio devices to make sure your motherboard's audio is picked and not the GPU's?

 

[Sadiq_3]

Also, the poeer supply lacked the necessary pins to power up the graphics card.

 

[Sadiq_3]

I switched back to my original gpu so I assume I did. Also, the strange thing is that when I plug in my headsets, the audio jack knows I did. However, when I go to audio devices and whatnot, it will say not plugged in.

 

[Sadiq_3]

Also, how straight forward and easy to use is this DDU? Do I just install and go or..?

 

[atomicWAR]

Also, how straight forward and easy to use is this DDU? Do I just install and go or..?

very easy to use. Ideally you want to do it in safe mode. IE type in msconfig in Run (right click start menu for run)...go to boot tab and choose safe mode (with or without networking). Reboot then click on DDU and choose new GPU install and run. It should reboot in normal mode and everything should be good.

 

[Sadiq_3]

Alright, I'll be sure to do that once the power supply arrives, back to my current issue. Will the disc needed to install new drivers work in safe mode? Also do the drivers include audio drivers?

 

[Karadjgne]

Nvidia core drivers are all the same, mostly directX etc. The biggest differences come in the extras, mainly game optimizations, and it's these that should be replaced as what's optimized for 1 card will be different for a more powerful card. This is why when installing the new gpu drivers, it should be custom, not express. On a page right after that choice is an option for clean install. What express does is only replace older versions of drivers, and add any new optimizations, it doesn't change or overwrite anything it sees as already installed. This can lead to issues unless you are just updating. Custom allows clean install, which removes all the drivers and optimizations, installing fresh copies.

No, changing your hardware doesn't change the drivers. What it can do is revert to default settings as the new gpu isn't fully recognized as such, relying on core drivers. However, the 760 is pre-maxwell and the 1060 is pascal, so anything other than the core drivers is going to be in conflict as power requirements, instruction sets, optimizations etc for the 2 cards are different. This includes the gpu bios, which is legacy on the 760 and Eufi on the 1060 which can and frequently does cause many conflicts.

Best bet is use DDU or at a minimum custom/clean install of the correct drivers for your card.

Psu should in no way be an issue since recommended psu is 500w for a gtx760 and 450w for a 1060 unless you have some really oddball cpu like the FX9590, in which case you can add 400w to both those requirements.

 

[Sadiq_3]

My power supply simply lacked the pins is all. I'm sure if I would havr had a different name brand power supply it would have worked. Thank you guys for your help, I will test this out once the power supply comes; fingers crossed!

 

[Karadjgne]

1. Don't use the supplied gpu disc, any drivers on it were out of date the day after the disc was made. Download a current new version from nvidia website and save it to desktop before swapping gpu. Then after DDU has done its work, click on the new driver set and it'll self install.

2) yes, gpu drivers do include additional sound drivers, but these are not the same as the core sound drivers that should already be installed from the motherboard software. For a current new version, go to the motherboard vendor website and install any updates needed, this'll probably include Lan, USB, audio etc. New versions of windows can and do conflict with some older drivers, especially Lan and audio as windows tries to use the most current drivers, conflicting with what it deems as out-of-date drivers.
So do any updates you can from the vendors website first, then DDU, then new gpu. Should settle any conflicts.

 

[Sadiq_3]

I have a ga-78lmt-s2; I just type that and drivers I suppose?

 

[Sadiq_3]

After installing the drivers, do you just run them and that is all or id there more to it than that?

 

[Karadjgne]

When you go to Gigabyte website, go to support, look up your motherboard and it'll have a listing of all the updates done. Pick the newest/last and follow the installation directions. You might get lucky and get an all in one motherboard suite