With that, you have completed the process of a full uninstall and a clean new install of your Nvidia GPU drivers.

After you complete your driver installation we would recommend you restart your PC just in case. You should disable any power saving features which affect this - see the Power Options section of the TweakGuides Tweaking Companion for more details on the various power management settings. If you’re looking for a clean uninstall of your graphics drivers for whatever reason, Display Driver Uninstaller could be your knight in shining armour.Also note that Windows power management may affect your link width and cause it to fluctuate. In our test, everything proceeded smoothly, leaving us with a basic display adapter that allowed us to download and install a brand new driver without having to worry about what was left behind.

It’ll also disable Windows from automatically detecting and installing a new driver as soon as you’ve rebooted, allowing you to then install your driver of choice. Once complete, Display Driver Uninstaller is capable of booting back into normal mode automatically. Click one, then wait while the tool does its work. Once there, you have three choices: remove and reboot and remove and do nothing are mainly for removing corrupt installs, while remove and shutdown is for those who are fitting a new card. While Intel support is still in its infancy, both NVIDIA and AMD support is well established.įire up the app and it’ll prompt you to boot into Safe mode to make sure the removal is clean – it’ll even do this for you automatically, a nice touch.

It claims to thoroughly remove drivers and leftover files and Registry entries from NVIDIA, AMD and Intel graphics chipsets. This is where Display Driver Uninstaller comes into play. If you’re upgrading or replacing your card how can you be sure the installer has removed all traces of the previous driver from existence? And what happens if your installation corrupts to the point the installer isn’t capable of either installing over the top of itself or removing the corrupt installation? One of the trickiest tasks can be removing or updating graphics drivers.

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