Going from ATI onboard to Nvidia dedicated vid card.. is it this easy?

binskipy2u · 2010-09-05 02:50:01

pacman -R xf86-video-ati

then pacman -S xf86-video-nvidia?

or is there a "different" way..

i have onboard video hd2400 ati pciE but it's vga. I just got a new 23" AOC 60,000:1 FULLHD lcd.. but i cant take advantage of it all, unless i have a DVI connection on the video card.. i found a nice cheap 512 ddr2 nvidia for 39.99 w/ dvi (since I dont play games, I think the ddr2 older video card will be more then enough for watching videos, doing graphics)

so I'm asking how do i go about going from ati to nvidia.. is there more to it then I asked above? or is there a sequence of steps i should take so that i can actually get my computer running w/o screwing up being able to see what I'm doing..

thanks in advance

btw, any mods reading this(or if anyone knows how to show the mods that ive added this statement, please show them), i can NOT apologize enough for losing my cool, being rude, ignorant and making a total imbecile of myself on this forum.. if there's any other way I can publically apologize , let me know.. I will do it.. cause that is NOT the person I am.. again Sorry !!! please accept my apology

anonymous_user · 2010-09-05 03:36:26

Heres what I would do:

1. pacman -R xf86-video-ati
2. Shutdown, install Nvidia card into system, and connect the monitor to the new card
3. Boot the system and disable the ATI graphics in the BIOS
4. pacman -S nvidia

binskipy2u · 2010-09-05 03:38:03

ok i have a 64bit system.. any differences in what you've said?

.. sorry i forgot that point..

karol · 2010-09-05 03:40:44

binskipy2u wrote:

ok i have a 64bit system.. any differences in what you've said?
.. sorry i forgot that point..

I'd add a fifth point: reboot before starting X.

I don't think it matters whether you have 32-bit or 64-bit system.
Can you disable your onboard card in bios?

binskipy2u · 2010-09-05 03:43:43

im not sure.. i know back in the day with onboard agp and you added a dedicated agp you had to go into bios and disable onboard agp..
same with onboard sound.. when adding a pci sound card..
dont know if its the case with newer computers, its possible after putting in the pcie card, itll disable the onboard anyway..
ill know more when i actually get the card.. for 40bucks and having true DVI to DVI is worth the price..
specially like i said i dont play games

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#1 2010-09-05 02:50:01

Going from ATI onboard to Nvidia dedicated vid card.. is it this easy?

#2 2010-09-05 03:36:26

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