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
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.
Microsoft Support articles:
- Use System Restore | For Windows 10, but applies to Windows 11 (https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/use-system-restore-a5ae3ed9-07c4-fd56-45ee-096777ecd14e)
- Recovery Options Windows | Click Windows 11 and scroll down to section “Restore from a system restore point” (https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/recovery-options-in-windows-31ce2444-7de3-818c-d626-e3b5a3024da5#WindowsVersion=Windows_11)
Great! Thanks for the confirmation.
Use DDU to uninstall drivers
https://www.guru3d.com/files-details/display-driver-uninstaller-download.html
You can use NVCleanstall to install nvidia drivers
