The Radeon VII Owners Thread

Kaapstad · 11 Feb 2019 at 10:35

Colzy said:
Also my proof from a few days ago..

sorry can't seem to embed from google drive:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1PmldBAL8W_9Zjzsyyd7l1gQ-KD8nQ2TZ

Welcome and on TROH.

The Roll of Honour.

Date 11/02/2019, Make AMD Reference, Colzy, Link
Date 09/02/2019, Make AMD Reference, artur_k, Link
Date 09/02/2019, Make AMD Reference, Dicehunter, Link
Date 09/02/2019, Make AMD Reference, Illuminist, Link
Date 09/02/2019, Make AMD Reference, vapor matt, Link
Date 08/02/2019, Make AMD Reference, spook2575, Link
Date 08/02/2019, Make AMD Reference, L-Digital82, Link
Date 08/02/2019, Make AMD Reference, Uzu, Link
Date 08/02/2019, Make AMD Reference, drskiba, Link
Date 08/02/2019, Make AMD Reference, nashathedog, Link
Date 08/02/2019, Make AMD Reference, Chud_Jenny, Link
Date 08/02/2019, Make AMD Reference, Bloot, Link
Date 08/02/2019, Make AMD Reference, Vince, Link
Date 08/02/2019, Make AMD Reference, zoffster1, Link
Date 08/02/2019, Make AMD Reference, FordneyMcCumber, Link
Date 08/02/2019, Make AMD Reference, Vish Petrol, Link
Date 08/02/2019, Make AMD Reference, Dave2150, Link

To get on the Roll of Honour all you have to do is post a pic with your user name on it of your Radeon VII.

Illuminist · 11 Feb 2019 at 10:40

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Chud_Jenny said:
Morning all!
Just reading through whats been said over night.
When you run DDU in safe mode it removes the Graphics drivers but at the same time the Chipset driver too! It doesn't remove the chipset in normal windows mode.
So step 1 would be DDU in safe mode.
2: Back into windows, https://www.amd.com/en/support/chipsets/amd-socket-am4/x470 install chipset driver and restart.
3: https://www.amd.com/en/support/grap...amd-radeon-2nd-generation-vega/amd-radeon-vii install that on custom and restart.

At this point you should on paper have a good set of drivers.

I'd do your bios too: X470 AORUS ULTRA GAMING looking at your info.
https://www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/X470-AORUS-ULTRA-GAMING-rev-10#support-dl-bios
F6.

Another thing people more than likely are not aware of since Vega is how the card reacts after a hard lock crash. They do a UEFI boot now so after a crash a normal restart isn't good enough. You need to power the system down, as in flick the PSU switch off or at the wall and empty the caps of power (press the power botton with the power off). It stops issues.

Already have the latest bios, I did install the chipset, then the drivers instantly I got strange lines on the screen and games still crash

Colzy · 11 Feb 2019 at 10:45

Thanks - first time I've actually done that. Not many of us! Then again it's been a long time since I've had reasonably top of the line components.

Vince · 11 Feb 2019 at 10:46

Illuminist said:
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Already have the latest bios, I did install the chipset, then the drivers instantly I got strange lines on the screen and games still crash

If anybody had issues it was always going to be you or badger.. two of the most unlucky fellas I know.

Colzy · 11 Feb 2019 at 10:49

Illuminist said:
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Already have the latest bios, I did install the chipset, then the drivers instantly I got strange lines on the screen and games still crash

Do you get strange lines during boot or only once you're in windows/games?

Illuminist · 11 Feb 2019 at 10:50

Vince said:
If anybody had issues it was always going to be you or badger.. two of the most unlucky fellas I know.

Well thanks for the support vince, Mr 1250mhz

Illuminist · 11 Feb 2019 at 10:51

Colzy said:
Do you get strange lines during boot or only once you're in windows/games?

Only in Windows and not in benchmarks and only randomly sometimes every minute then sometimes nothing for an hour

I'm going to try a fresh Windows install today and if it doesn't help I'm RMA without a doubt

Vince · 11 Feb 2019 at 10:51

Illuminist said:
Well thanks for the support vince, Mr 1250mhz

I'm supporting.. I got your back buddy!! I recon amd put a lot of testing into this on x399 as it seems like a stable release from where I am sitting.

artur_k · 11 Feb 2019 at 10:54

Is there a way of stopping Memory auto overclock from bumping the clocks too high? It sets mine at 1273MHz and the games are crashing. I'd like to try around 1200. :confused:

Vince · 11 Feb 2019 at 10:56

artur_k said:
Is there a way of stopping Memory auto overclock from bumping the clocks too high? It sets mine at 1273MHz and the games are crashing. I'd like to try around 1200.

Weirdly yes.. up the voltage to the core and it will drag the memory back.

Colzy · 11 Feb 2019 at 10:56

Illuminist said:
Only in Windows and not in benchmarks and only randomly sometimes every minute then sometimes nothing for an hour

I'm going to try a fresh Windows install today and if it doesn't help I'm RMA without a doubt

Sounds like a plan. I know it'll be stable from before, but have you clocked back the 2700x (e.g. to stock) just to give the system's stability a bit more headroom?

Vince · 11 Feb 2019 at 11:05

Illuminist said:
Only in Windows and not in benchmarks and only randomly sometimes every minute then sometimes nothing for an hour

I'm going to try a fresh Windows install today and if it doesn't help I'm RMA without a doubt

When I get home (about an hour) and if amd have sorted my code I'm gonna stream some re2 so you can show me what happens.

Illuminist · 11 Feb 2019 at 11:32

Colzy said:
Sounds like a plan. I know it'll be stable from before, but have you clocked back the 2700x (e.g. to stock) just to give the system's stability a bit more headroom?

Yeah I tried putting the ram to looser timings and lowering the CPU clocks also... I'm going to re install windows right now, will report back in a little moment.
@Gibbo Just a wild shot in the dark , do you know anything about the problem the 3 of us + are having here?

Chud_Jenny · 11 Feb 2019 at 11:35

I'd try taking your monitor out of the equation, stick the system on a TV with HDMI or another monitor if you have one. I've experience awful screen blinking in the past when I had a r9 295x2. That was down to the driver.

Illuminist · 11 Feb 2019 at 11:49

Chud_Jenny said:
I'd try taking your monitor out of the equation, stick the system on a TV with HDMI or another monitor if you have one. I've experience awful screen blinking in the past when I had a r9 295x2. That was down to the driver.

I have 2 monitors here, happens with both

Vince · 11 Feb 2019 at 11:51

Illuminist said:
I have 2 monitors here, happens with both

I wonder if its a multi monitor issue. I once had similar with a dodgey 280x. What happens if you unplug a monitor?

Illuminist · 11 Feb 2019 at 12:26

I have reinstalled windows now, and installed the chipset drivers only for my motherboard about to install the gpu driver and then saw this ...

It says its already installed 19.2.1 . But there is no adrenaline interface, yet I can run games fine there is no glitches.
So confused right now. Do I install this one for the gpu?

Colzy · 11 Feb 2019 at 12:39

I was confused by this too. I did it the other way round though: I installed the radeon driver first (which gives me all the right programs) and then when I tried the chipset it was older drivers... so i didn't do it.

I've no idea if I should install chipset drivers or not or if it will bork the radeon drivers.

nashathedog · 11 Feb 2019 at 12:41

For anyone that's interested.

The Official AMD Radeon VII Q&A Session

The Official AMD Radeon VII Tech Briefing

Vince · 11 Feb 2019 at 12:42

Illuminist said:
I have reinstalled windows now, and installed the chipset drivers only for my motherboard about to install the gpu driver and then saw this ...

It says its already installed 19.2.1 . But there is no adrenaline interface, yet I can run games fine there is no glitches.
So confused right now. Do I install this one for the gpu?

I clicked on the downloaded driver on the right, then selected clean install. Worked a charm.