AMD Radeon drivers reliable enough to warrant buying one

[realscot]

I just switched from a 1080ti to a 7900XTX, quite a jump I know. Last few cards have been Nvidia and was a little worried about AMD software as my friend had issues when he got his 6800 last year. Well I needn't have worried, DDU nvidia stuff, installed AMD suite and everything just worked first time.
1 big change I would like to note, I have an Alienware 38 QD-OLED since release paired with my 1080ti, and when alt+tab it took an eternity, the monitor would go blank and several seconds later picture would come back. Nothing I tried fixed this and I just assumed it was specific to this monitor.
Well now that i'm team red, alt+tab is instantanious again. It works as it should, I shouldn't have to try and troubleshoot something so simple, its a black mark for Nvidia as far as i'm concerned.

 

[AthlonXP1800]

In 2004 I bought a Geforce 6800 Ultra and it died so now I guess all Nvidia gpus are rubbish and break....

Interesting. In 2004 I bought BFG Geforce 6800 GT imported from USA, it worked fine for about 6 months then it died during gaming then I arranged RMA and posted card back to BFG in USA. I was impressed with BFG RMA took 2 weeks for brand new sealed BFG Geforce 6800 GT box delivered to me. The replacement worked fine after 6 months and sold it on ebay when I upgraded to Geforce 7800 GTX. No not all Nvidia GPUs break and died since I bought first Nvidia card Geforce 4 Ti 4600 in 2002, none of it are rubbish!

 

[gpuerrilla]

The strange observation about this is that between both of you the geforce cards were failing (6800 series) and somehow it twists into the product at the time being good? The service you got from BFG was fantastic which was the board partner (not nvidia) and looks like the same fate as the more recent EVGA issue.

 

[gpuerrilla]

This fella is quite active when it comes to AMD. Luckily the timing of such a thread and this comment cross paths conveniently:

Spoiler: Is it the card?

god damn drivers

 

[AgedIdiot]

Was a little concerned when I bought my 6800xt back in May 2023 but I need not have worried regular solid updates.

 

[Marak]

There is (or was, haven't played for a while) a bug with DX12 on WoW (both retail and classic versions) which caused a recoverable driver crash randomly. This was on the 7900XT/X models only I think.

Other than that one issue I've had no other problems with AMD drivers at all.

 

[Cyber-Mav]

As long as you don't need opengl or do productivity work on it amd card will be ok.

(That opengl fix was only for specific cards and doesnt work in all scenarios)

 

[SpudMaster]

Interesting. In 2004 I bought BFG Geforce 6800 GT imported from USA, it worked fine for about 6 months then it died during gaming then I arranged RMA and posted card back to BFG in USA. I was impressed with BFG RMA took 2 weeks for brand new sealed BFG Geforce 6800 GT box delivered to me. The replacement worked fine after 6 months and sold it on ebay when I upgraded to Geforce 7800 GTX. No not all Nvidia GPUs break and died since I bought first Nvidia card Geforce 4 Ti 4600 in 2002, none of it are rubbish!

My first Nvidia card was also a Geforce 4 Ti 4600. Leadtek Winfast A250Ulra or something along those lines

 

[tommybhoy]

Are their drivers now very solid and reliable ?

Spoiler

We're you in that CS2 team?

 

[cosmogenesis]

Spoiler

We're you in that CS2 team?

lol - if only I was good enough to make it

 

[tommybhoy]

lol - if only I was good enough to make it

Fwiw, had been running NV for 10yrs plus and went 79XTX a year ago (out with the lead AMD has even over the new NV CP that'll get better with time too I imagine) it's the same experience, it's just as stable as NV was.

 

[gpuerrilla]

Its not mind blowing is it? When a driver seems dodgy you uninstall and go back to the one that was fine. Just like nvidia users do. Check the driver thread and you will see people have same issues regardless of brand. If a model has a problem you would know about it easily - especially on here. As @tommybhoy mentioned though its good to see the xp control panel finally getting a change!

 

[BUDFORCE]

I think AMD software is better than Nvidia if anything.

 

[humbug]

I recently switched from an RTX 2070S to an RX 7800 XT.

Nvidia drivers were pretty solid for me and so far the AMD drivers have been just as solid.

 

[pugheaven]

Hardly any problems in years tbh...

 

[200sols]

Had my 7900xtx a few months and drivers have been fine for me. The software actually seems pretty decent.

 

[adidan]

I'd be more concerned with an Nvidia card catching fire in the future rather than AMD drivers.

 

[RBImGuy]

Nvidia had issues for soon a year with path of exile due to drivers.
ppl with nvidia cards constantly get issues due to those drivers

my amd set up runs the game flawlessly

 

[cosmogenesis]

I’ve only had the occasional crash with Nvidia and on the whole they have been very reliable. All sorts of AMD issues over the years but no bought in the last 10 bit from I can gather here AMD are a lot better now

 

[RavenXXX2]

Jumped to radeon from geforce a few months back, hassle free experience.