Upgrading GPU, anything i need to do?

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confused.brit
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Upgrading GPU, anything i need to do?

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So i just acquired a second hand GPU

Still an Nvidia like my previous one, but im going form a GTX 960 to a Founders Ed 1060 (6gb)

I know i have to uninstall drivers, then reinstall with the new card, anything i need to do to F@H?

Obviously going to wait until current WU finishes so it doesnt effect the computations

Ps this is Windows 10, in case that effects the instructions
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It sounds to me like you are all ready!

(I need to swap out my 1050ti LP card with a 1650 LP card)
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The FINISH function is great to clear out the active WU, There's a chance that your current WU would continue after the hardware change and driver update, but I wouldn't risk it.
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Thanks fellas
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Should work, worst case is that you might need to reinstall the client after an uninstall w/data. Indexes for card location can change after a driver update if the driver code between different generations of cards is sufficiently different.
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JimboPalmer wrote:(I need to swap out my 1050ti LP card with a 1650 LP card)
I hope yours goes as well as mine! I went from 190,000 PPD to 320,000 PPD
New graphics card and more RAM, while I was in there with the graphics card.
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