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Is it safe to buy AMD again?

I kind of suspect Windows tbh.

Anyone getting any crashes on Windows 11?

Mine seems pretty stable.

It's possible to use the Windows basic graphics drivers just by rolling it back from device manager. I suppose if you still get crashes during normal use (browsing the web or using software) with these drivers, it's very likely to be a hardware problem (but could still be the power supply).
 
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FredFlint said:
My way of thinking is: Get a good PSU, use one cable for each 8/6 pin plug and don’t install crapware, set the drives to default, don’t use overlays and other utils and things should just work. I’ve had AMD GPUs from 970 Pro, 980 Pro, 2*6990M crossfire in laptop, 290X, Fury X, 480XT, 5700XT, 6900XT and they all mostly worked without issues. Almost all the crashes I have had happened when I was using a util to check temp/frequency’s. The worst bug was with the Fury X, the drivers would not install, I had to use device manager to update drivers for around a year! it stll worked fine though.
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This 100% and buy a decent HDMI or display port cable not the crappy ones they give you free with most monitors.
The above also goes for Nvidia cards as-well to be fair.
 
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Poneros said:
RDNA 3 has been possibly the worst generation in Radeon's history, but certainly in the last 10 years. It's very hard to recommend (and I say that as someone's who's only ever bought Radeon).
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RDNA 3 is more than just two very expensive cards that just whales and top 5% net worth individuals buy. Wait until the full stack is out before making that judgment.
 
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sparkymark75 said:
If you all react like this to every purchase you make that goes faulty, there can’t be much left in the world for you to buy!
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Makes you wonder at times. Not sure about the issues with RDNA3 as its new so might be some issues, but certainly I know plenty of people with and RDNA1 and RDNA2 cards which seem mostly fine.
 
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Klo said:
RDNA 3 is more than just two very expensive cards that just whales and top 5% net worth individuals buy. Wait until the full stack is out before making that judgment.
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I don't need to wait for the full stack because I can infer from current performance & leaked specs what the rest of the cards will be like. The only thing that could possibly change that is if they go very aggressive on pricing, but I highly doubt that as they've not done it since the Polaris days. Moreover I'd argue that it's the higher-end of the market that matters most with new generations, because for the mid/lower-end you're already going to have the used market of last gen, or stock-clearing sales of the old gen etc. So the value proposition cards are already available that early even before they launch the new mid/low-end.
AMD would have had a chance to make a dent here and really put NV on its bum but they're both knee-capping the cards with 128-bit 8 GB on the lower end, so unfortunately it all looks very lame.
 
sparkymark75 said:
If you all react like this to every purchase you make that goes faulty, there can’t be much left in the world for you to buy!
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I had faulty vrm's on an evga 1080 and black screens on drivers not to mention flickering windows on a certain app that only got fixed with the most recent driver, I'm never ever buying Nvidia ever again!
 
Blackjack Davy said:
I had faulty vrm's on an evga 1080 and black screens on drivers not to mention flickering windows on a certain app that only got fixed with the most recent driver, I'm never ever buying Nvidia ever again!
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Lol. Unfortunately this is what AMD have to put up with where Nvidia get a pass. That's what happens when you allow your mindshare to erode like AMD have.

AMD want to be seen as premium etc, but they need to do a lot of work to earn it.

The other day I was chatting to someone that seemed to know a little bit more about computers than the avaraged Joe and he did not even know about AMD. Just Intel and Nvidia.
 
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I don't need to wait for the full stack because I can infer from current performance & leaked specs what the rest of the cards will be like. The only thing that could possibly change that is if they go very aggressive on pricing, but I highly doubt that as they've not done it since the Polaris days. Moreover I'd argue that it's the higher-end of the market that matters most with new generations, because for the mid/lower-end you're already going to have the used market of last gen, or stock-clearing sales of the old gen etc. So the value proposition cards are already available that early even before they launch the new mid/low-end.
AMD would have had a chance to make a dent here and really put NV on its bum but they're both knee-capping the cards with 128-bit 8 GB on the lower end, so unfortunately it all looks very lame.
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Nvidia are doing the same:
www.techpowerup.com

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 Specs

NVIDIA AD107, 2640 MHz, 2560 Cores, 80 TMUs, 32 ROPs, 6144 MB GDDR6, 2250 MHz, 96 bit
www.techpowerup.com
www.techpowerup.com

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 AD106 Specs

NVIDIA AD106, 2460 MHz, 3072 Cores, 96 TMUs, 48 ROPs, 8192 MB GDDR6, 2125 MHz, 128 bit
www.techpowerup.com

128 bit bus and 8GB of VRAM. The RTX3050 costs more than an RX6600!
 
Marine-RX179 said:
"Back to the Future"?

Na..."Forward to the Past"

:cry: :p:D
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CAT-THE-FIFTH said:
Nvidia are doing the same:
www.techpowerup.com

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 Specs

NVIDIA AD107, 2640 MHz, 2560 Cores, 80 TMUs, 32 ROPs, 6144 MB GDDR6, 2250 MHz, 96 bit
www.techpowerup.com
www.techpowerup.com

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 AD106 Specs

NVIDIA AD106, 2460 MHz, 3072 Cores, 96 TMUs, 48 ROPs, 8192 MB GDDR6, 2125 MHz, 128 bit
www.techpowerup.com

128 bit bus and 8GB of VRAM. The RTX3050 costs more than an RX6600!
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The lower end of the market is unfortunately a giant mess and neither company seems to care to do anything good with it. It seems to have been stuck in time ever since just before Polaris launched when 290(x)s were going for 200ish (EOL sales). Imo there's really only a real market >$500 in the sense of getting anything meaningful for the money gen on gen.
 
I really wanted a full amd build to remind me of the days when I built my first machine.

But my decision was based simply on the reliability of their hw and drivers. Too much noise around them. So just stuck with Nvidia again.

No problems with my 3080fe. But I don't game as much as I thought I would recently so perhaps not experienced problems other have.
 
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