Quick question on removing display drivers

[Naudian]

After i got my pc (with only onboard graphics), i installed a 9600xt, but there is a "NVIDIA Windows 2000/XP Display Drivers" in my Add/Remove Programs list (dont know why thats there).

I had installed the latest catalyst/drivers from ATI before noticing that these NVIDIA drivers were there and i wanna make sure its safe to remove the NVIDIA drivers (or if i even have to).

And maybe someone could tell me why i had these drivers if my pc has never seen an NVIDIA card before. Does it need them for its onboard shebang er whaaaa? Me such a nubster...

 

[[Matt]]

do you have an nforce motherboard?

 

[Lateralus]

do you have an nforce motherboard?

Yup most likely. i have a nforce 2 mobo as well. so don't worry i still have my display drivers there, but i recommend leave it there

 

[Black-Falcon]

I say you should unistall them, because the nForce drivers are named "NVIDIA Drivers". And I think if you install the catalyst drivers over the NVIDIA ones, bad things will come.

 

[bosox188]

Get Driver Cleaner 3, it will get rid of the old drivers and mine is version 3 and it has 3 different choices for Nvidia when you select which drivers to look for and clean: Nforce Chipset, Nvidia, and Nvidia Stereo. So I think you may be able to get rid of the display drivers and keep the Nforce ones. I do recommend getting rid of the display drivers because ATi and Nvidia mix about as well as gasoline and a flaming match. Those Nvidia drivers could be bringing down your performance by a lot.