Question Upgrading from Zotac GTX 660 TI to EVGA GTX 1650 Super

[keybard22]

I have brought the EVGA 1650 Super 4GB GDDR6 when it was discounted 2-3 weeks back to replace the Zotac 660 Ti currently in my desktop. I need to know if creating a system restore point would allow for reinstalling the Zotac card if there are issues installing the EVGA card (the restore point if activated, would it recreate/install the Zotac drivers)? I mention restore point creation as DDU would remove entirely the 660 Ti drivers and I do not know if using a restore would safely recreate them if I have to put the Zotac back in. I saw an older post saying that when upgrading use the DDU software, but I am not changing the type of card (Nvidia) but the 660 Ti uses Kepler architecture and the 1650 Super uses Turing. I read that as long as the type of card was the same I could just upgrade the Geforce drivers and it would be fine for the average computer user but others say to use DDU to create a relative blank slate for the new card in order to avoid potential conflicts.
Aside from the above what would the best EVGA 1650 Super install path? Do I enter safe mode to use the EVGA drivers to uninstall completely the Zotac drivers, then install the EVGA drivers after rebooting into safe mode again? Do I enter safe mode and just upgrade the geforce software and drivers that exist, with the EVGA drivers? Do I do the DDU route in safe mode; wiping out the Zotac installation then in another safe mode install the EVGA card drivers?

 

[ThatVietGuy]

The drivers are all Nvidia, they do not come in "Zotac" or "EVGA" flavors.

Download the latest drivers from Nvidia's website, use DDU to uninstall the old drivers in Safe Mode, and install the new drivers. It seems you're overthinking this.

If you have to reinstall the old GPU for whatever reason, just download the proper drivers for the 660 ti from Nvidia's website and reinstall after using DDU.

 

[keybard22]

All right consider this closed.

 

[Karadjgne]

You'll use DDU in safe mode, as safe mode does not use any drivers other than system necessary drivers, and if you've ever tried to delete something in use it doesn't happen. So safe mode allows All the drivers, registry entries and associated links to be removed without conflict.

Windows has base nvidia whea drivers native, those are not touched, so on reboot you'll get basic 2D functionality. That's when you install the new driver package which contains the 3D drivers for gaming use. You don't need to be in safe mode to install.