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Yup, should be getting my 9800 pro tomorrow to replace my ti4200. Just wondering besides a format and reistall is there a good proceedure to remove the nivida drivers? I've search here and there and the only thing I was able to come up with is this: (a repley to a guy doing about the same thing)

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just did this exact same thing a few days ago. All I did was booted into
safe mode. Uninstalled the drivers via the Add/Remove programs. Rebooted
into Safe Mode again.. At this point it wanted to reinstall the GeForce.
Once done, I didn't reboot. Instead, I went into the Device Manager and
remove the GeForce. Opened up Regedit. Deleted the following keys:
Hklm/Software/Nvidia and Hkcu/Software/Nvidia. Next, I did a search using
these parameters "nv*.*" (without quotes) BECAREFUL. ONLY REMOVE NVIDIA
FILES ONLY. IF IN DOUBT, CHECK FOR THE CORPORATION IN THE PROPERTIES. Then I
deleted all of the nv files in Windows/System, System32,
LastGoodConfiguration, and Backup directories. I turned off the computer,
yanked the GF3 and installed the 9800 Pro, and restarted normally. Cancel
the installation process. Run the Catalyst 3.7 install package from ATI's
website. Of course, if you don't have DX 9 installed, you should run that
before the driver installation.
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Does that sound about right? Anything else I should know? Not sure how old that reply is and also woundering what cats to use.. current?

Nvidia does make a driver removal tool. I made the switch from Nvidia to ATI a while back and used the tool. At first it seemed like it worked well but over the next few days I kept noticing more buggy-ness. The install was well over two years old so I bite the bullet and formated.

I just went into the control panel and removed the drivers that way
then just installed my 9800, then installed the new cats

Only prob i have is with one game (tribes2) in OGL with AA turned on on the menu screens, everything else runs flawlessly

and always make sure you remove the drivers for the previous card before removing it (M$ is Dos's retarded brother ,GUI's make all the difference)
some other great tools that should be part of MS or respected developer
http://download.guru3d.com/detonator-rip/
http://www.guru3d.com/detonator-destroyer/
drive cleaner is also nice http://www.driverheaven.net/forumdisplay.php?forumid=78

Originally posted by Koo Koo Mouse
Does that sound about right? Anything else I should know? Not sure how old that reply is and also woundering what cats to use.. current?

and as long as MS runs the world that will always be true for any upgrade(any other method is just luck)