Question What should I do about my GPU drivers?

[TheDefaultGuy]

Hi all!, newbie in terms of GPU stuff be kind lol.
earlier this day, I was gifted a cheap GPU as an upgrade for my GT 1030 which I'm excited about, its just that "AISURIX" brand name GPU, likely refurbished/recycled. it's a GTX 1050 4Gb DDR5 (non Ti but 4Gb yes), before I mess with it, should I completely wipe my current GPU drivers for GT 1030?
(which is version 32.0.15.6094 according to Device Manager)
then plug the 1050 then install a new driver?
or I could just plug it in an use it as is, or plug the 1050, download a new driver from nVidia website, without removing the old driver then install it?
What should I do?, id appreciate a detailed guide as I don't want to mess this up, and if I miss any details, please do remind me in the replies, I'll reply as soon as I can, Thanks in advance!

 

[RAIDGoblin]

if you know what drivers the new card needs just install them, I don't think it matters if there are other drivers on your PC, and I don't think it's possible to mess this up. However both cards are nvidia so it will likely just work if you do nothing, because the other drivers are nvidia, but it's still best to have the most up to date drivers

someone else with more knowledge on software could back me up tho, I'm a linux user and I don't know how stuff works in windows or if it is different

 

[CountMike]

Hi all!, newbie in terms of GPU stuff be kind lol.
earlier this day, I was gifted a cheap GPU as an upgrade for my GT 1030 which I'm excited about, its just that "AISURIX" brand name GPU, likely refurbished/recycled. it's a GTX 1050 4Gb DDR5 (non Ti but 4Gb yes), before I mess with it, should I completely wipe my current GPU drivers for GT 1030?
(which is version 32.0.15.6094 according to Device Manager)
then plug the 1050 then install a new driver?
or I could just plug it in an use it as is, or plug the 1050, download a new driver from nVidia website, without removing the old driver then install it?
What should I do?, id appreciate a detailed guide as I don't want to mess this up, and if I miss any details, please do remind me in the replies, I'll reply as soon as I can, Thanks in advance!

It's same generation GPU so it should work on 1030 drivers, you can update them later on.

 

[TheDefaultGuy]

if you know what drivers the new card needs just install them, I don't think it matters if there are other drivers on your PC, and I don't think it's possible to mess this up. However both cards are nvidia so it will likely just work if you do nothing, because the other drivers are nvidia, but it's still best to have the most up to date drivers

someone else with more knowledge on software could back me up tho, I'm a linux user and I don't know how stuff works in windows or if it is different

Thanks for the reply! ill see what i can do

 

[RAIDGoblin]

Thanks for the reply! ill see what i can do

no worries, good luck with the upgrade

 

[TheDefaultGuy]

It's same generation GPU so it should work on 1030 drivers, you can update them later on.

Update, i have installed the GPU, here are some issues i found

1st, as soon as i plug it, it didnt display anything, then i hold the power button, it automatically restarted and finally worked, adjusted its image automatically too.

Then i ran some errands and put my PC in Hibernate mode as i usually do, came back, powered it on, it got stuck in turning itself off and on repeatedly, unplugged it from the power, cleared CMOS, removed RAM, booted fine after.

then i decided to install the latest driver available for it on nVidia website, the version of drivers it had on it was i think 560 something, then the latest was 566.14 something, downloaded it, installed it, finished, tested my game War Thunder, the FPS somehow got worse, its having some sort of hiccups, it was about 80-100 FPS on medium/custom settings, it got down to 20-31FPS, then i Alt+Tab, it returned to normal FPS, then again and again.

Turned it off, put it back on my desk after some troubleshooting, playing some youtube video, it had some stutters, video and audio.

Now i dont know if the Driver update messed it up or something, im not sure anymore i have clicked the "Roll back driver" option on device manager, not sure if it fixes it, or i should just DDU