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Hello. I currently use an amd gpu. I've been offered an rtx 3060 at a really low price and I have the opportunity to test it for a few days, also.

I will use amd's cleanup utility for my card before installing the nvidia driver. If I don't keep the card, I will have to remove it (not installing GeForce experience, just the driver).

Now I don't wat to use ddu, so what will be the best way? Obviously I can uninstall it manually, but what if I make a restore point before using amd's utility? Will reverting to it undo all the changes safely?

Thanks for reading.

Edit: using windows 11

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Restore Points in Windows allow you to create a quasi "point in time" snapshot of the computer's current state. It's not for files. Rather, it's for any time you install a new program, driver, Windows update, etc.

Using System Restore to create a Restore Point before you use AMD's utility will achieve what you need.

  • Create Restore Point.
  • Power off computer and replace the GPU.
  • Use computer and test new card.
  • Once done, power off computer and replace the GPU with the one you're keeping.
  • Use System Restore to recover to the prior Restore Point.

I'd argue that Display Driver Uninstaller is potentially faster than using System Restore. But I haven't used System Restore since the Windows 7 days and it was really slow back then (also was using HDDs, too). System Restore is probably just as effective now.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Great! Thanks for the confirmation.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

What is your reason for not wanting to use DDU? I know an AMD tester and they use DDU in house to reset for testing.

You should use DDU but barring that, just use the built in uninstall function in the respective drivers installer.

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