Additionally, if you’re experiencing issues with any driver that you’re currently using, I’d recommend removing the drivers from the registry and driver store as well.ģ. However, if you’re upgrading to a beta driver or you’re planning on switching GPU vendors (Nvidia to AMD or vice versa), you’ll probably want to go through a more thorough driver removal. If you’re only doing an update to your current driver, you shouldn’t have any issues installing the new driver if you’re too lazy to do more. Removing AMD/ATI or Nvidia drivers from the driver storeĪt this point, your GPU’s driver and software utility should be uninstalled.
Nvidia or AMD may sometimes install multiple applications, so don’t forget to uninstall everything. Find your AMD/ATI Catalyst or Nvidia Graphics driver, double click it and follow the steps in the driver’s uninstall utility. Type in “Programs and Features” (Windows 8 users may have to click on the Settings tab at the right) in the search box and click on “Programs and Features” when it pops up.ģ. Find your AMD/ATI Catalyst or Nvidia Graphics driver, double click it and follow the steps in the driver’s uninstall utility. Nvidia or AMD may sometimes install multiple applications, so don’t forget to uninstall everything.Ģ. Click on “Uninstall a Program” or “Programs and Features”Ĥ. The newer driver utilities from both AMD and Nvidia are pretty good at removing most of the stuff that they install.ģ. First, let’s first uninstall your GPU drivers the typical way – through the GPU driver software’s provided uninstall utility. Uninstalling the AMD/ATI or Nvidia DriversĪlright then. If you have no idea what you’re doing, please take your system to a professional. and I take no responsibility for any problems that may arise from you using this guide. This guide is provided for informational purposes only.
Now before we begin, I have to go through the obligatory disclaimer. Generally this isn’t the case, but in situations where you’re dealing with Beta drivers or switching between GPUs from different vendors, there’s a good chance that some of these issues may pop up in one way or another. While many of you simply uninstall your graphics driver in the Programs and Features menu in the Control Panel (and this is fine in many cases), removing drivers in such a way leaves behind extra registry keys and drivers in the driver store, which may sometimes cause issues s uch as blue screens, driver install hangs, weird display bugs, unusually low performance, and other annoying bugs. Because I generally only use one testbench for testing so that benchmark results can be compared between different GPUs, I’m constantly faced with the need to properly uninstall old AMD or Nvidia GPU drivers. As a GPU reviewer, I spend a ton of time testing both AMD and Nvidia GPUs using a variety of GPU drivers.
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