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I've been loyal to nvidia since the riva days Ms. MoonDance.... Only other company I ever bought graphic cards from was 3Dfx back in the voodoo days... Before nvidia bought them.... 
Long time nVidia fan myself. I keep getting quality, long term performance from them so I can't bring myself to trust anything else. And their driver installs are smooth enough that a non-techie doesn't freak out or screw it up.
Is it still necessary to un-install the drivers before updating?
I was a long-time nVidia man myself, but I got a killer deal on a system last spring and couldn't pass it up, so I ended up with an ATI card for the time being, figuring I could always upgrade down the road. I really like that driver updates are extremely painless. The card does very well for the few games I play. As long as it will run Minecraft and LFD2 (and a few older games), I'm pretty happy.
It's not necessary Frick sir, but suggested... The new drivers make it very easy though...
What card(s) are you running Ms. MoonDance and Gardner sir?
What card(s) are you running Ms. MoonDance and Gardner sir?
ATI has come a long way with driver support. At one time I'd only buy nVidia for that reason but now I just go for the best bang for the buck. I do know that the high end nVidia cards were having issues with heat output, power consumption, and fan noise. I don't know if that's been taken care of or not since it's been a while since I last looked in to building a new PC.
nVidia has upped their game in the heat/power consumption front. It's now a toss-up on the high-end cards. In fact, it's pretty much a toss-up on midrange and budget cards, too.
I have a 5770 1GB in my system and it's a good compromise for what I do, which amounts to a lot of photo processing of large RAW files (budding photog here; 8GB DDR3 does more for me than any video card will) and light gaming.
I have a 5770 1GB in my system and it's a good compromise for what I do, which amounts to a lot of photo processing of large RAW files (budding photog here; 8GB DDR3 does more for me than any video card will) and light gaming.
To revisit the numerous suggestions that we install Malware Bytes and MS Security Essentials -- I just did that. MB found 2 things. MSSE is running a scan now. So is this a total replacement for McAfee? Should I uninstall that now?
OK here's what I don't get. Why "immediately" as if it is doing harm?
I would suggest leaving Malware Bytes on. I use it on my home computer along side Security Essentials and have seen no problems. Malware Bytes is really just scanning for Malware and is not really a true virus scanner. If you look at Malware Bytes webpage, it says it is designed to work with other running virus scanners.
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