help with MSI 6900xt. not compatible with your currently installed driver.

realBabelfish · 21 Nov 2021 at 21:04

Quartz said:
Are you running Windows in a VM?

nope. was a clean win10 home install.

realBabelfish · 22 Nov 2021 at 10:48

eeii said:
That MSI card looks like it has a lot of problems. To be honest for AMD I would only buy Sapphire, powercolor or as rock as the only make amd cards.

there seems to be a saphire one for 100 more on their website so going to see if i can send this back and get it. i cant find the 1400 3080ti that was available on sat and im not paying 1600+ for one.

jwilliamson47 · 22 Nov 2021 at 11:20

realBabelfish said:
there seems to be a saphire one for 100 more on their website so going to see if i can send this back and get it. i cant find the 1400 3080ti that was available on sat and im not paying 1600+ for one.

That one only has a 2-year warranty which might be an issue for some people. I have the Ventus 3080Ti ordered but I'm really concerned about the thermal performance, plus it's BIOS locked, so you can't add additional power.

realBabelfish · 22 Nov 2021 at 11:35

ok, called them they are processing a refund and return so i ordered this:

Sapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT 16GB NITRO+ OC SE Graphics Card

lets see if this helps. 100 more but i cant find a 3080ti for less than 1700 and im not paying that much

at least they are being very helpful and not arguing with refund

Cryfreeman · 22 Nov 2021 at 11:37

God this doesn’t sound great, can’t even test mine !

jwilliamson47 · 22 Nov 2021 at 11:54

I decided to keep the Ventus 3080Ti given the current market and should be fun to test. Really appreciate seeing comments on here as I almost went for the MSI 6900XT

Cryfreeman · 22 Nov 2021 at 12:21

Sod it, sending back and getting the Red Devil :cry:

realBabelfish · 22 Nov 2021 at 12:22

Cryfreeman said:
God this doesn’t sound great, can’t even test mine !

the annoying this is it seems to be a driver issue. when installing the driver i think windows is blocking it hence the black screen. i know the pc is running ok as i can hear music if its playing etc. lets hope this replacement is a bit better.

out of curiosity i could never get ryzen master to run. wonder if its linked?

realBabelfish · 22 Nov 2021 at 12:24

Cryfreeman said:
Sod it, sending back and getting the Red Devil

cool. we can see how we do as i got the saphire coming tomorrow. the powercolor was 50 more i believe. see which of us can get it working

at least they are cool with returns, i didnt want RMA hell for a week old card.
so yours black screen half way thru driver install right? but not crash?

realBabelfish · 22 Nov 2021 at 12:27

jwilliamson47 said:
I decided to keep the Ventus 3080Ti given the current market and should be fun to test. Really appreciate seeing comments on here as I almost went for the MSI 6900XT

im annoying i didnt pull the trigger on the 1400 3080ti i saw friday. but if the replacment works they seem to get same fps as a 3080ti in most games and much cheaper. i resent paying 1800 for a gfx card that can barely outdo a 500 quid new xbox haha. last card i had was a 970gtx and that was a fraction of the price and still plays most things in ultra even now. but im playing battlefield on lowest everything 1080p on a 32" 1440p monitor and my eyes are crying it looks so bad and the FPS oh my

jwilliamson47 · 22 Nov 2021 at 12:32

realBabelfish said:
im annoying i didnt pull the trigger on the 1400 3080ti i saw friday. but if the replacment works they seem to get same fps as a 3080ti in most games and much cheaper. i resent paying 1800 for a gfx card that can barely outdo a 500 quid new xbox haha. last card i had was a 970gtx and that was a fraction of the price and still plays most things in ultra even now. but im playing battlefield on lowest everything 1080p on a 32" 1440p monitor and my eyes are crying it looks so bad and the FPS oh my

Years ago, I used 970 SLI, it was immense when SLI worked nicely which wasn't often haha.

realBabelfish · 22 Nov 2021 at 12:42

jwilliamson47 said:
Years ago, I used 970 SLI, it was immense when SLI worked nicely which wasn't often haha.

yeah i was temped to buy a 2nd when they got cheap but most games work ok with it - i still get 150fps at 2k ultra in fifa lol. battlefield 5 hated it tho and 2042 is even worse. but still playable, JUST haha. just looks awful compared to what i had it looking like next week.
if we can get these working they are bargain compared to the 3080ti etc but still stupid money

annoyingly i fried my old cpu overclocking it too much on the BF beta, so upgraded to a 5600 radeon system, wish i'd just bought a 3080ti prebuilt now doh.

Cryfreeman · 22 Nov 2021 at 12:46

realBabelfish said:
cool. we can see how we do as i got the saphire coming tomorrow. the powercolor was 50 more i believe. see which of us can get it working
at least they are cool with returns, i didnt want RMA hell for a week old card.
so yours black screen half way thru driver install right? but not crash?

If I ever get some DDR5 to finish the build…

Cryfreeman · 22 Nov 2021 at 12:54

realBabelfish said:
cool. we can see how we do as i got the saphire coming tomorrow. the powercolor was 50 more i believe. see which of us can get it working
at least they are cool with returns, i didnt want RMA hell for a week old card.
so yours black screen half way thru driver install right? but not crash?

Aint even used mine, waiting for DDR5 to finish the build but sat here worried it’s a dud after reading things here. Have to pay the postage but feel better with it gone.

sparkymark75 · 22 Nov 2021 at 13:40

realBabelfish said:
ok, called them they are processing a refund and return so i ordered this:

Sapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT 16GB NITRO+ OC SE Graphics Card

lets see if this helps. 100 more but i cant find a 3080ti for less than 1700 and im not paying that much

at least they are being very helpful and not arguing with refund

Do you have to pay return postage? Are you returning it under distance selling or an RMA?

realBabelfish · 22 Nov 2021 at 13:44

they are picking mine up for refund so i dont think any costs to me? shouldnt be if faulty.

realBabelfish · 22 Nov 2021 at 13:47

Cryfreeman said:
If I ever get some DDR5 to finish the build…

ouch. and time is ticking i guess on that. i built this rig for battlefield. i seem to upgrade for that game haha. jyst couldnt afford it with bf5 which i came to late as had son and no time

varkanoid · 22 Nov 2021 at 14:04

realBabelfish said:
ouch. and time is ticking i guess on that. i built this rig for battlefield. i seem to upgrade for that game haha. jyst couldnt afford it with bf5 which i came to late as had son and no time

reading the reviews I wouldnt have bothered. Its a bug ridden mess. Would make the driver issue look like a walk in the park.

jwilliamson47 · 22 Nov 2021 at 14:22

The reviews on that retailer site doesn't seem too bad, maybe they didn't do thorough testing or just bad luck?

realBabelfish · 22 Nov 2021 at 14:38

varkanoid said:
reading the reviews I wouldnt have bothered. Its a bug ridden mess. Would make the driver issue look like a walk in the park.

its a bit buggy but i had been having fun on it to be honest. performance was the main problem for most but the 6900xt was keeping up with 3090 and 3080ti which aint bad considering the price difference.