Fortunately, this fucking windows partition I only keep for VR with my shitty Oculus Rift CV1 reminds me how fucked up the alternative is. I can’t fucking wait to get a Steam Frame and ditch it.

  • CatZoomies@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    29 days ago

    I used to be a Windows user before switching to Linux, and upgrading a GPU is incredibly simple on Windows. You don’t need Display Driver Uninstaller, but it is ideal to use it for the best performance and remediating future incompatibilities.

    1. Download DDU. Download Nvidia driver (and not GeForce Experience)
    2. Reboot into Safe Mode.
    3. Open DDU.
    4. Pick the option that removes display drivers while shutting down the computer. This option is marked as “recommended” in the GUI.
    5. Wait for job to finish and computer will shut down.
    6. Open case.
    7. Replace with new GPU.
    8. Close case.
    9. Turn on computer.
    10. Open the new driver and wait for it to install.
    11. Done.

    Process is almost identical for AMD or Arc GPUs.

    I appreciate this is a meme, but if your computer behaves like that, it means it’s borked. I’d fix those other issues, too, and probably reinstall Windows. Most likely that user messed with things they shouldn’t have by following random guides and YouTube videos online. In my decades of using Windows, I never had those problems.