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The AMD Driver Thread

I'm curious though...why haven't RTG incorporated AMD CleanUp Utility into Radeon Settings? Perhaps include some warning, "Not needed for every driver update unless you are experiencing issues" or something?

They already have its under advanced within the installation of the driver.
The one posted above goes even further and I am sure its for everything AMD chipset etc
 
Lets play nicely now chaps! I think the points we're all making are valid but this is a complex issue that is more than just down to AMD bad drivers. I don't think anyone is denying the issues aren't there - they absolutely are. What we're questioning is a) how much of it is down to genuine AMD bugs as opposed other factors such as Windows, incompatible hardware, user error etc., and b) how much of the negative press and comments has been manufactured and hyped by the nvidia biased community, and possibly by nvidia themselves. The latter is a bit conspiracy theorist admittedly but this is a multi billion dollar industry so why would corporations not take advantage of their competitors' weaknesses? Nvidia did lose some market share in GPU sales in Q4 and will want AMD's reputation to be weakened ahead of their big Navi launch. Anyway, I really hope that AMD hang on in there as strong competition is good us all, whether we bleed red or green. One thing is for sure, 2020 promises to be interesting and exciting year for us GPU enthusiasts if covid-19 doesn't scupper it all!
 
Lets play nicely now chaps! I think the points we're all making are valid but this is a complex issue that is more than just down to AMD bad drivers. I don't think anyone is denying the issues aren't there - they absolutely are. What we're questioning is a) how much of it is down to genuine AMD bugs as opposed other factors such as Windows, incompatible hardware, user error etc..

Both Nvidia and AMD have driver issues, they list up when they release new drivers. Both have issues with specific games that are a pain if you happen to be the person that experiences the problem. But, the black screen issues and current problems with Navi are above and beyond the normal driver issues for AMD. Just like the Space invaders issue that Nvidia had when Turing launched was outside the normal. And you know what, you had the people on the Nvidia side saying the exact same things that the AMD fans are saying in this thread. that it was user error, problems with windows 10, that it was AMD fanboys pretending to have Turing cards with Space Invaders etc.

b) how much of the negative press and comments has been manufactured and hyped by the nvidia biased community, and possibly by nvidia themselves. The latter is a bit conspiracy theorist admittedly but this is a multi billion dollar industry so why would corporations not take advantage of their competitors' weaknesses?

Anyone that genuinely believes this to be the case needs to get therapy. And I would treat anyone that believes this to be true about the same as I would treat someone who believes the Earth is flat.

This brand defending and BS deflection when there are genuine problems is stupid beyond belief. And it's all I see in this thread lately. This is the AMD driver thread, yet all people seem to do lately is bash Nvidia's drivers. That just shows the mentality of people on this forum. It's a point scoring competition.

We shouldn't be defending these companies. If a few people lie on a poll, who cares? The more pressure we put on these Multinationals, who don't a damn about us, the quicker our problems get fixed and the better our gaming experiences will be.
 
This brand defending and BS deflection when there are genuine problems is stupid beyond belief. And it's all I see in this thread lately. This is the AMD driver thread, yet all people seem to do lately is bash Nvidia's drivers. That just shows the mentality of people on this forum. It's a point scoring competition.
Yep. Dealing with this with EastCoastHandle right now. Then he recons he won. It's like are you for real.
 
Yep. Dealing with this with EastCoastHandle right now. Then he recons he won. It's like are you for real.
You lose, I won. It's that simple. Blathering about it equates talking to yourself "who does he thing he is..." kind of stuff.

Who can take you seriously when everything you read about the issues is just a wall of text and you lose all comprehension on the subject you try to imply you know of. Then lie about it which you admit in your strawman.

St3vo is right it is a complex issue. To dumb it down to just drivers, when evidence suggests otherwise, in an AMD driver thread lacks sound judgement. I mean come on here. You are mad/upset that your statement was rebuked in an AMD driver thread. Then become triggered because your posts aren't taken seriously. I call it a tragic comedy, LOL.

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I've been using 20.2.2 and haven't experienced any issues. I do like how the clock frequency is more stable now. I've read that you can lock it now? I haven't tried that yet.

Currently I'm undervolting around 1090mv and see 2050MHz. Which is pretty good IMO. In Division 2 the drivers do really seem to shine.
 
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What do you mean the earth's not flat? :eek:

There's some very strong opinions today. I don't think anyone truly believes nvidia have orchestrated an act of industrial sabotage over AMD any more than they believe the driver issues to be made up. Least of all me - I had 2 black screens in the last 48 hours on my vega 56. What we are confused about is why, time and time again users, commentators and PC hardware reviewers, keep coming forward to say that they not having issues at all. Root cause of this issue has to be more complex than the AMD driver alone. To brand those of us questioning that discrepancy as fanboys and flat earthers is just nonsense
 
You lose, I won. It's that simple. Blathering about it equates talking to yourself "who does he thing he is..." kind of stuff.

Who can take you seriously when everything you read about the issues is just a wall of text and you lose all comprehension on the subject you try to imply you know of. Then lie about it which you admit.

St3vo is right it is a complex issue. To dumb it down to just drivers, when evidence suggests otherwise, in an AMD driver thread lacks sound judgement. I mean come on here. You are mad/upset that your statement was rebuked in an AMD driver thread. Then become triggered because your posts aren't taken seriously. I call it a tragic comedy, LOL.

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I've been using 20.2.2 and haven't experienced any issues. I do like how the click frequency is more stable now. I've read that you can lock it now? I haven't tried that yet.

Currently I'm undercoating around 1090mv and see 2050MHz. Which is pretty good IMO. In Division 2 the drivers do really seem to shine.
Now you are sounding like a child. I win you lose na na na naaa naaaaaaa.

You won nothing. You just keep embarrassing yourself. I asked you a simple question, how did I strawman? Prove it. You could not and then went in to full on child mode.
 
What do you mean the earth's not flat? :eek:

There's some very strong opinions today. I don't think anyone truly believes nvidia have orchestrated an act of industrial sabotage over AMD any more than they believe the driver issues to be made up. Least of all me - I had 2 black screens in the last 48 hours on my vega 56. What we are confused about is why, time and time again users, commentators and PC hardware reviewers, keep coming forward to say that they not having issues at all. Root cause of this issue has to be more complex than the AMD driver alone. To brand those of us questioning that discrepancy as fanboys and flat earthers is just nonsense

They came in here to intentionally pick a fight with us
 
The other point of confusion and suspicion is the timing. These driver issues have been ongoing since the 5700 launch last July so why has it all come to a head now? Yes it could be that the user base has grown and the noise has reached fever pitch or that user patience has run out after the initial high hopes for the 2020 driver release (which had possibly made things worse rather than better). There are a lot of things that just don't add up which is why the speculation and debate has been so lively. Let's keep the personal attacks out of it though please
 
I've just bought an AMD 570 for my HTPC. It's working fine but it is overscanning at both 4k and 1080p. I can't find the overscan / HDMI scaling in the fancy, bloated driver software anywhere? There is a GPU scaling on/off option but I think that is when it is not at a native res. Any ideas how I can deal with the overscan? The TV doesn't seem to have an option for it anywhere either.
 
Does anyone here know about the black screen issues when using freesync on the 2018 samsung Q8DN after updating the tv to the latest firmware?

People on av forums are reporting black screen if you use freesync in ultimate mode on my Tv. They say only basic mode works now. Basic mode is pretty usless the range is only something like 80-120 where as ultimate goes down to around 40-120.

Is there a way round this?

I can't test because I only have a gtx 1080 and 280x in the house.
 
I've just bought an AMD 570 for my HTPC. It's working fine but it is overscanning at both 4k and 1080p. I can't find the overscan / HDMI scaling in the fancy, bloated driver software anywhere? There is a GPU scaling on/off option but I think that is when it is not at a native res. Any ideas how I can deal with the overscan? The TV doesn't seem to have an option for it anywhere either.

Are you sure it's in 60hz, im sure mine used to overscan when it wasn't in 60.
 
Anyone else finding the 20.2.2 driver to be unstable? I've had 3 driver crashes in as many days - 2 requiring hard reset. I only had 1 in a month on 20.2.1. I've re-installed with an AMD factory reset (their inbuilt attempt at DDU) but the UI crashed while setting up my game profiles so that doesn't bode well. Might revert back to 20.2.1 if it continues
 
Anyone else finding the 20.2.2 driver to be unstable? I've had 3 driver crashes in as many days - 2 requiring hard reset. I only had 1 in a month on 20.2.1. I've re-installed with an AMD factory reset (their inbuilt attempt at DDU) but the UI crashed while setting up my game profiles so that doesn't bode well. Might revert back to 20.2.1 if it continues

I have found these drivers to be superb, It has fixed the graphical issues I was seeing in the menus on COD MW and everything is working absolutely spot on!
I am very impressed with the 5700XT AE edition card.
 
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