Quoted:So we bought our kids an Alienware X51R2 (Yes I know we overpaid for what it is) and they want us to upgrade the Graphics card from a GTX 745 which is a surprisingly weak card to the AMD R9 270X which Dell endorses and sells in the higher priced units.
At the direction of Dell's tech team we purchased the R9 270X Graphics card and 330 watt PSU from Dell's website and they said it is a direct plug in. My question is after I plug the new card in do I need to also install drivers? if so, where do I get them and how do I do this?
Thanks for the advice I really have no clue what I'm doing but I can take direction well
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UH ya, you are going from Nvidia green to ATI RED with that changeout, powersupply sounds too weak to me, I build custom computers as a hobby, and used to for a living.
Power Supply is like gas for your car, cheap watery gas equals blown engine.
I would go with something 500 to 600 watts, like a Corsair or something, make sure you have the correct cables to match your card. Some cards take 1 or 2 6pin or 8 pin connectors. the 270 is a weak card also btw. Frankly I would just get the new Nvidia 970, no driver change needed, maybe an update.
Otherwise a fresh windows install is the way to go when you change from NVidia drivers to ATI drivers. Heh I am old school and call AMD ATI still!!! You will have weird issues you cannot chase down SOMETIMES, if you don't.
Otherwise remove old drivers. reboot, run DRIVERCLEAN and reboot then reinstall your Amd/ATI drivers. Go to AMDs website and get drivers there. Personally I always do a fresh Windows install when doing a brand change.
A little something I run from about 3 years ago. Still whupping ass.
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