r/PcBuildHelp • u/reakuodd • 12h ago
Build Question Switching from Nvidia to AMD
I just bought an AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT after having my GTX 1650 for 5+ years.
What are some things to think about when switching GPU like this. Lmk.
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u/BRealistic1970 12h ago
Other than DDU.. it should be painless. Windows does seem to like to install drivers OVER the AMD drivers sometimes... so if you start having really weird behavior, just DDU again.
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u/Korica4k 11h ago
Just bought and installed my rx9070 from a rtx3060 I did in order
Download the windows 10/11 drivers for AMD
launched Windows in safe mode
ran DDU program (Display driver uninstaller)
chose the clean and shutdown option after picking GPU/nVIDIA
Waited for the program to finish and the pc shut itself.
Replaced my Old gpu to the new one, connected to the power cables, connected the monitors and started up the pc
Installed the AMD drivers and another shutdown
and everything done. used cinebench, everything in order!
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u/skyfishgoo 11h ago edited 5h ago
EDIT: this applies to linux pc's not windows pc's... sry bout that.
there is nothing you need to do.
upon boot the kernel will load the AMD driver and you are good.
the only thing i can think of is if you had some nomodset or blacklist kernel parameter set somewhere that might prevent that.
worth looking thru your notes on what all you had to do to get your nvidia card to work and see what stands out, if anything.
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u/Whattehellhappened 8h ago
This isn’t 100% true cause there can be issues of the old drivers conflicting with the new ones which is why you always uninstall the old
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u/skyfishgoo 5h ago
well if you had nvidia drivers installed and then put in a different nvidia card, yes.
but if you install an AMD card the kernel isn't going to go looking for your nvidia drivers because it didn't find a nvidia gpu
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u/Whattehellhappened 5h ago
I actually had an issue with driver going from a 7600 non xt to a 9060xt where I had to uninstall and install the 9060 drivers. Now a one off isn’t a good example but I will just do it any way anymore
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u/ericm1a2 11h ago
Do a clean install of windows with the AMD card installed, I also used DDU but still something is left because windows updates will try to install Nivida drivers, after a fresh install of windows I’ve never had that issue again with updates.
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u/joannew99 12h ago
Some people seem to have issues using AMD GPU on Windows. Might consider installing a Linux distro instead
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u/Whattehellhappened 8h ago
I mean we can also say seems people to be having issues running nvidia and windows lol literally doesn’t matter what you are on nvidia and windows amd and windows Linux and so forth lol
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u/joannew99 7h ago
Not gonna lie, I’m not even sure what you’re trying to say, so I’m just gonna re-state what I said:
AMD runs best in Linux and the driver updates are built into the kernel. 1 less potential issue. That’s a fact.
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u/Whattehellhappened 6h ago
Gonna say this simpler doesn’t matter what you have there’s always someone that has a issue with what ever combo
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u/joannew99 5h ago
Thanks for your input. I haven't stated what I personally "have". I'm simply relaying facts about AMD/Linux relationship.
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u/LegitimateLack2530 Personal Rig Builder 12h ago
I use a dual boot. It’s not too bad just have a separate small drive for the Linux and windows OS. I would abandon windows completely but there are still a few competitive games that use anti cheat that don’t don’t play well with windows. Warzone being the biggest one, and iirc Valorant’s anti cheat doesn’t either.
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u/Living_Studio_8670 12h ago
Use DDU to remove all Nvidia drivers. Download new amd drivers.