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Shingyboy said:
I think part of the point of FSR is that it is meant to upscale the resolution in a way that gives you more FPS whilst also making it impossible to tell the difference between if it is upscaled or not, I suggest you give it a try to see if you can even tell the difference or not.
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TBH I haven't looked into it much but I thought what you described is the other thing where you set resolution in game below monitor and then it upscales (Super resolution)? Then there is another one. Find it a bit baffling tbh, seems to be very similar naming for a few things.

Example, I enable Adaptive Sync Compatbile in display options as I have a GSYNC monitor. Then I see 'Enhanced Sync' that claims to do the same thing, and somewhere I cant find there was different options for VRR like AMD optimised etc etc
 
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Noxia said:
TBH I haven't looked into it much but I thought what you described is the other thing where you set resolution in game below monitor and then it upscales (Super resolution)? Then there is another one. Find it a bit baffling tbh, seems to be very similar naming for a few things.

Example, I enable Adaptive Sync Compatbile in display options as I have a GSYNC monitor. Then I see 'Enhanced Sync' that claims to do the same thing, and somewhere I cant find there was different options for VRR like AMD optimised etc etc
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Take a quick look at this link https://www.tomshardware.com/reference/amd-fsr-fidelityfx-super-resolution-explained or google what is fsr and it should be the first link. It gives kind of a decent explanation of what FSR is, how it works and how it compares to nVidia's DLSS.

The options for variable refresh rate are in the AMD adrenalin software. You would go to the graphics tab > global display > adaptive sync compatible and activate that. It sounds like you have already activated it though to me. This option is meant to help with screen tearing and has nothing to do with getting more frames per second or visual fidelity though.

Do you have a gsync monitor or gysync compatible? one has an actual hardware monitor on the monitor itself and the other uses open standard Adaptive-Sync protocols that exist in DisplayPort, HDMI and USB-C. If it has a gsync module have you made sure that it is a gsync 2.0 module? Those ones are compatible with AMD GPUs but gsync 1.0 are not.
 
Shingyboy said:
Take a quick look at this link https://www.tomshardware.com/reference/amd-fsr-fidelityfx-super-resolution-explained or google what is fsr and it should be the first link. It gives kind of a decent explanation of what FSR is, how it works and how it compares to nVidia's DLSS.

The options for variable refresh rate are in the AMD adrenalin software. You would go to the graphics tab > global display > adaptive sync compatible and activate that. It sounds like you have already activated it though to me. This option is meant to help with screen tearing and has nothing to do with getting more frames per second or visual fidelity though.

Do you have a gsync monitor or gysync compatible? one has an actual hardware monitor on the monitor itself and the other uses open standard Adaptive-Sync protocols that exist in DisplayPort, HDMI and USB-C. If it has a gsync module have you made sure that it is a gsync 2.0 module? Those ones are compatible with AMD GPUs but gsync 1.0 are not.
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Oh ok this is making more sense now. My monitor says GSYNC Ultimate (it's the AW3423DW) so not sure, but that side of things seems fine.
I think I can basically ignore most of it after all that. Thanks for helping. I suspect if I were in a position where I had to rely on FSR to make something playable, I'd look to upgrade at that point.
 
Noxia said:
Oh ok this is making more sense now. My monitor says GSYNC Ultimate (it's the AW3423DW) so not sure, but that side of things seems fine.
I think I can basically ignore most of it after all that. Thanks for helping. I suspect if I were in a position where I had to rely on FSR to make something playable, I'd look to upgrade at that point.
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If I remember correctly GYNC Ultimate should be GSYNC 2.0 which are compatible with AMD cards, I remember seeing an article from 2019 I think which is when nVidia said that their newer modules would support AMD cards as well so I think you are alright there. I personally have not used FSR myself but yes I think it could be useful in certain situations but not mandatory, definitely nice that the technology exists though.
 
I am getting a REALLY annoying issue with this card. Sometimes my screen will just go black and about a minute later it comes back on and there is a message to say about a driver timeout. Last time it happened I couldn't get the screen back so had to reset, there doesn't seem to be any pattern to it other than it mainly happens on desktop. Is this the sort of nonsense people refer to with AMD stuff? Drivers up to date and this is a pretty much fresh install of windows (i did fresh install when I got card)
 
Noxia said:
I am getting a REALLY annoying issue with this card. Sometimes my screen will just go black and about a minute later it comes back on and there is a message to say about a driver timeout. Last time it happened I couldn't get the screen back so had to reset, there doesn't seem to be any pattern to it other than it mainly happens on desktop. Is this the sort of nonsense people refer to with AMD stuff? Drivers up to date and this is a pretty much fresh install of windows (i did fresh install when I got card)
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probably more of an asrock thing, afaik they are known for barebones basic af items so its prob manufactured low quality
 
Alt0153 said:
probably more of an asrock thing, afaik they are known for barebones basic af items so its prob manufactured low quality
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I knew this applied for motherboards and assumed on cards too but for the price took a punt. I'm happy with it in all other aspects. Weird how it only started happening recently too. Guess I'll just monitor it, all I can do, and sometimes doesn't happen at all. Too infrequent to think it might be faulty in any way tbh.
 
Noxia said:
I am getting a REALLY annoying issue with this card. Sometimes my screen will just go black and about a minute later it comes back on and there is a message to say about a driver timeout. Last time it happened I couldn't get the screen back so had to reset, there doesn't seem to be any pattern to it other than it mainly happens on desktop. Is this the sort of nonsense people refer to with AMD stuff? Drivers up to date and this is a pretty much fresh install of windows (i did fresh install when I got card)
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Dodgy driver install maybe?
 
Noxia said:
I am getting a REALLY annoying issue with this card. Sometimes my screen will just go black and about a minute later it comes back on and there is a message to say about a driver timeout. Last time it happened I couldn't get the screen back so had to reset, there doesn't seem to be any pattern to it other than it mainly happens on desktop. Is this the sort of nonsense people refer to with AMD stuff? Drivers up to date and this is a pretty much fresh install of windows (i did fresh install when I got card)
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Have you tried uninstall and reinstalling AMD drivers using DDU?
 
Something isn't right with my card. I'm getting juddering or stuttering in games. I'm getting great FPS, maxing all games out at 120fp but GPU is showing a temperature of 80c to 90c in COD:MW2 benchmark. I did have problems with games crashing to the desktop with an AMD timeout message but a fresh install using DDU solved that.

It might just be a problem with MW2.
 
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I've not had a single issue with my card. It was a complete new build so everything installed from fresh. Not a single crash in MW2 either, though I've predominantly been playing multiplayer, just had the occasional game of Groundwar/Invasion/DMZ.
 
I'm still getting driver crashes, even after a fresh install. Games load with a low FPS, which looks like a picture slideshow. The Callisto Protocol does that and then crashes to desktop with a UE4 error box and AMD driver timeout message.
 
SamG said:
I'm still getting driver crashes, even after a fresh install. Games load with a low FPS, which looks like a picture slideshow. The Callisto Protocol does that and then crashes to desktop with a UE4 error box and AMD driver timeout message.
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if its still new and your old gpu didnt do that its prob time for a rma
 
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