The AMD Driver Thread

savagesam117 · 15 Feb 2015 at 23:40

Boot into safe mode, run driver sweeper and then, remove old card, put new one in and install the latest Drivers, 14.12 atm.

Then have some fun!

hobohouseparty · 16 Feb 2015 at 00:12

savagesam117 said:
Boot into safe mode, run driver sweeper and then, remove old card, put new one in and install the latest Drivers, 14.12 atm.

Then have some fun!

As simple as that? Brilliant.

Its arriving tomorrow so looking forward to getting to grips with it. Thanks for the info.

LoadsaMoney · 16 Feb 2015 at 00:41

humbug said:
The grass is not necessarily greener on the other side.

Indeed, as still be getting driver problems, just with a Nvidia card instead.

tommybhoy · 16 Feb 2015 at 01:03

hobohouseparty said:
Hi all,

Just looking for a little help regarding a first AMD install please

I would remove everything Nvidia via NCP(don't reboot)>Power down swap gpu's>Power up and wait for MS legacy drivers to install>Reboot and Install Omega driver>Reboot.

savagesam117 said:
Boot into safe mode, run driver sweeper and then, remove old card, put new one in and install the latest Drivers, 14.12 atm

Then you run the risk of:

DS/DDu are great tools but can cause problems.

savagesam117 · 16 Feb 2015 at 01:05

tommybhoy said:
I would remove everything Nvidia via NCP(don't reboot)>Power down swap gpu's>Power up and wait for MS legacy drivers to install>Reboot and Install Omega driver>Reboot.

Then you run the risk of:

DS/DDu are great tools but can cause problems.

Ah right, i didn't have this problem when i done my brothers. Fair enough, well it's up to you

tommybhoy · 16 Feb 2015 at 01:10

AMDMatt said:
I think it might be time for a 'How Well Does Crossfire Scale' thread covering performance from one gpu, to two gpu's to four gpus. Sounds like a fun little project!

Get It Done Lt!

AMDMatt said:
I've also seen the new drivers in action with an improved Dying Light Crossfire profile and it was working well on QuadFire too at 4k.

Oh you dirty tease you!

tommybhoy · 16 Feb 2015 at 02:01

savagesam117 said:
Ah right, i didn't have this problem when i done my brothers. Fair enough, well it's up to you

Used DDu to remove everything Nvidia and when I took it out my 670 from my 290X rig, and reinstalled my 290x mgpu, and Ethan Carter throws up that nvtt64.dll, it might not happen to all but ymmv.

Looking like an OS instal to fix, but im too lazy for that.

Don't get me wrong, using DDu on Amd driver updates works fantastic 99/100, for the unfortunate 1, then it's corrupt OS time.

jwilliamson47 · 16 Feb 2015 at 11:03

AMDMatt said:
I think it might be time for a 'How Well Does Crossfire Scale' thread covering performance from one gpu, to two gpu's to four gpus. Sounds like a fun little project!

Hi Matt

Sometimes when I load MSI Afterburner, the PC just freezes, do you reckon there's a setting to fix something in there? E.G force constant voltage? or disable something?

savagesam117 · 16 Feb 2015 at 11:42

jwilliamson47 said:
Hi Matt

Sometimes when I load MSI Afterburner, the PC just freezes, do you reckon there's a setting to fix something in there? E.G force constant voltage? or disable something?

I had this problem the other day, I had to clear my graphics drivers and afterburner then install them again and it was fine

ChrisD. · 16 Feb 2015 at 11:46

McShave said:
I'm not quite at the rioting stage yet, but it's a sad state of affairs for AMD to have no proper crossfire support for the newest games. Waiting months upon end and being given no time scale for a fix is getting increasingly infuriating.

I've spent near to £200 on games in the past few months that run poorly. I understand it's not always just down to AMD (as in the case of Ubistutter games). I'm just really wondering why I should stay with AMD on my next upgrade. I'd love my next buy to be a pair of 390Xs but I have the feeling I'd get shafted trying to play new games.

Crossfire has enough problems as it is, but if this is the way it's going to be I might have to switch to the dark side.

After having lots of problems with my 290X's in several games, and no fixes in sight after months and months of waiting, I finally bit the bullet and bought a 980. I don't mean to bash AMD, but I have no regrets. I wish I'd have done it sooner.

LtMatt · 16 Feb 2015 at 11:47

jwilliamson47 said:
Hi Matt

Sometimes when I load MSI Afterburner, the PC just freezes, do you reckon there's a setting to fix something in there? E.G force constant voltage? or disable something?

Sounds like some hardware might not be stable on your computer, as afterburner should not normally cause a lockup. Are you running everything (including your cpu and memory) at stock clocks?

snips86x · 16 Feb 2015 at 11:47

AMDMatt said:
I think it might be time for a 'How Well Does Crossfire Scale' thread covering performance from one gpu, to two gpu's to four gpus. Sounds like a fun little project!

That would be good!

I'm weighing up getting a 295x2 or another 290p and would love to see the difference (if there is one)!

jwilliamson47 · 16 Feb 2015 at 11:51

AMDMatt said:
Sounds like some hardware might not be stable on your computer, as afterburner should not normally cause a lockup. Are you running everything (including your cpu and memory) at stock clocks?

Yep turned everything down to stock so I could test the GPUs.

Even though memtest came through fine, I'll try some different RAM

slick rick · 16 Feb 2015 at 11:53

snips86x said:
That would be good!

I'm weighing up getting a 295x2 or another 290p and would love to see the difference (if there is one)!

You wont regret getting a 295x2, at the price they are now they are astonishing value. It just oozes quality IMO.

I paid £440 each for my MSI gaming 290x's last year and picked up a Gigabyte 295x2 a couple of months ago for £500! :eek:

jwilliamson47 · 16 Feb 2015 at 12:03

Just tried Thief, benchmark says around 60, in game I get this lol...

savagesam117 · 16 Feb 2015 at 12:03

Them 295x2's are gorgeous cards, I'd love to have a pair in crossfire.

I know it would be totally pointless and I know amd have a big crossover so could you ctoss fire a 7850 with a 290x as I've seen people say stuff like that when I've searched something about crossfire and yahoo answers or something has come up.

Just out of curiosity

shankly1985 · 16 Feb 2015 at 12:09

jwilliamson47 said:
Just tried Thief, benchmark says around 60, in game I get this lol...

Yeah the benchmark is more demanding than the game.. With Mantle my frame rate very rarely drop below 200fps

slick rick · 16 Feb 2015 at 12:11

savagesam117 said:
Them 295x2's are gorgeous cards, I'd love to have a pair in crossfire.

I know it would be totally pointless and I know amd have a big crossover so could you ctoss fire a 7850 with a 290x as I've seen people say stuff like that when I've searched something about crossfire and yahoo answers or something has come up.

Just out of curiosity

As far as I know you need to crossfire similar GPU'S, so the Hawaii family will work together, Tahiti will work together, but Hawaii and Tahiti will not.

jwilliamson47 · 16 Feb 2015 at 12:12

shankly1985 said:
Yeah the benchmark is more demanding than the game.. With Mantle my frame rate very rarely drop below 200fps

Runs nice and smooth!

shankly1985 · 16 Feb 2015 at 12:14

jwilliamson47 said:
Runs nice and smooth!

Yeah..