Changing out cards to ATI, game reinstalls?

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Hey all, curious about it, changing from an old Chaintech Ti4600 to a ATI x800xl,
400mhz, 256@980mhz/256 bits, AGP, should be as much of a card as a 6800gt
but I wonder... if I do this will I need to reinstall all games using opengL, because
of the games relation to the driver? My game types in heavy 3D are all FPS, quake
I-II, Doom3, many Q-III WWII games and so forth...? Card is on the way.

TIA
 
It depends on the game. Some games do an autoconfig in the background when
run for the first time. Of these, a few don't have the ability to detect
hardware changes.

Try running your existing games after swapping out the cards (and installing
drivers, obviously). If a game crashes or runs slower than you expect,
reinstall that specific game.
 
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