Installing New Graphics Card

[Hexa Fox]

Hey guys,

I was hoping to locate some help on here as always. I just bought a MSI Radeon RX 480 Armor Edition to upgrade my current graphics card. I know I could have purchased better, but it was one sale and one of the fans for my previous graphic card was not working properly. Therefore, this will give me a chance to fix it and install it in another build later.

Already began to ramble... anyway I am trying to install the correct drivers on my system and sort of new to this stuff. I am looking at the Direct X Diagnostic Tool right now and for Main Driver it says: C:\WINDOWS\System32\DriverStore

This sounds like a default Microsoft driver to me, and was told that I do not want that. I was told that I wanted the software directly from the manufacturer which I already downloaded from the website. I used DDU to uninstall previous AMD Radeon drivers and rebooted the computer beforehand.

Basically, I just want to make certain that my computer is utilizing the driver that is developed to work along with my new graphics card. The one that comes from the manufacturer and not the Microsoft generic crap.

 

[DookieDraws]

Extract the driver you downloaded and simply install it. It will overwrite any generic driver installed.

 

[Hexa Fox]

Extract the driver you downloaded and simply install it. It will overwrite any generic driver installed.

I believe I already did that? I was prompted to restart my computer as well, and did so. However, the above driver is still listed. I am just assuming that is the Microsoft generic one or am I wrong?

 

[DookieDraws]

C:\WINDOWS\System32\DriverStore is not a driver, that's where Windows stores your system drivers.

To check your driver version, do the following:

1. From the Start menu, open the Run dialog box.
2. Type dxdiag.
3. Click on the Display tab of the dialog that opens to find graphics card information.

Since you mentioned that you had to restart you pc, you have most likely installed the latest version.

 

[Hexa Fox]

C:\WINDOWS\System32\DriverStore is not a driver, that's where Windows stores your system drivers.

To check your driver version, do the following:

1. From the Start menu, open the Run dialog box.
2. Type dxdiag.
3. Click on the Display tab of the dialog that opens to find graphics card information.

Since you mentioned that you had to restart you pc, you have most likely installed the latest version.

Yes that is what I am looking at, the above is what is listed. It just looks like a generic Microsoft driver to me, which I was told I do not want when running a custom built computer. It is strange (to me) because I have checked other computers in the house and they say something completely different. They usually do not make sense (mixture of letters and numbers).

I would imagine that you are correct though. Because when I booted up my computer after using DDU to remove the previous drivers my computer was in a much more standard resolution. It sort of looked like Safe Mode even though I do not believe it was. Anyway after I downloaded the driver listed for my card on the manufacturer website the screen resolution immediately changed leading me to believe it took over.

 

[Nordein]

C:\WINDOWS\System32\DriverStore is not a driver, that's where Windows stores your system drivers.

To check your driver version, do the following:

1. From the Start menu, open the Run dialog box.
2. Type dxdiag.
3. Click on the Display tab of the dialog that opens to find graphics card information.

Since you mentioned that you had to restart you pc, you have most likely installed the latest version.

Yes that is what I am looking at, the above is what is listed. It just looks like a generic Microsoft driver to me, which I was told I do not want when running a custom built computer. It is strange (to me) because I have checked other computers in the house and they say something completely different. They usually do not make sense (mixture of letters and numbers).

I would imagine that you are correct though. Because when I booted up my computer after using DDU to remove the previous drivers my computer was in a much more standard resolution. It sort of looked like Safe Mode even though I do not believe it was. Anyway after I downloaded the driver listed for my card on the manufacturer website the screen resolution immediately changed leading me to believe it took over.

It is true that Windows does have a basic graphics driver in order for the GPU to be operated until you get the official drivers needed. They are safe to be left alone. You do not have to worry about removing them.