AMD GPU gamers only - your opinion on AMD drivers?

[Mussels]

People covet the old Logitech G15 for having an LCD display that could show stats. AMD Link is basically that on steroids.

I've seen a lot of people sticking old phones or tablets inside their case with streaming stats as an overkill nerd feature, this could be used for that quite well.

 

[INSTG8R]

People covet the old Logitech G15 for having an LCD display that could show stats. AMD Link is basically that on steroids.

G19 user here I use AIDA64 even has RTSS on it too. That’s just page 1 I have a GPU page, voltages, fans etc

 

[Lindatje]

It sounds like AMD has really upped their features, i've never even heard of half this stuff

AMD link sends stats to your phone? sick

Its not new, it is only 2+ years old....

 

[RimbowFish]

Drivers are pretty bad, at least for RX580 cards, a lot of crashes and weird behaviors

 

[delshay]

I believe AIDA64 supports some of "Matrix Orbital" displays. But please check before you buy to confirm, because I can't remember if it was this program or some other program that supports some of Matrix Orbital displays..

 

[INSTG8R]

I believe AIDA64 supports some of "Matrix Orbital" displays. But please check before you buy to confirm, because I can't remember if it was this program or some other program that supports some of Matrix Orbital displays..

It does I just checked

 

[delshay]

It does I just checked

Wow, I just check just now. It now supports my Matrix Orbital GTT touch screen display after a long time without support. Purchasing now as of typing this.

THX.

EDIT: I have it, three year licence for three PCs, even thou I only have two PCs.

EDIT2: I have to read the terms & conditions as I will never own more than two PC. So not sure if I can give one away.

EDIT3: Same with my very expensive antivirus. I only have two PCs but it covers three. It's been a waste for over 12 years. £99.89 per year.

 

[Kikovic]

I have an Rx 5700 Evoke Gp. And for the moment with the latest drivers no issues. Before i had my share of issues with green screen and flickering, and black screens.
Only issue i'm still having is that with my 144hz screen, at 144hz the memory clock of my card doesn't idle. If i set it to 120hz what i did the clock idles.

 

[Deleted member 24505]

Wow, I just check just now. It now supports my Matrix Orbital GTT touch screen display after a long time without support. Purchasing now as of typing this.

THX.

EDIT: I have it, three year licence for three PCs, even thou I only have two PCs.

EDIT2: I have to read the terms & conditions as I will never own more than two PC. So not sure if I can give one away.

Just looked nice displays them, gonna get one for my machine i think.

 

[delshay]

This link is useful mostly for those who want full fan control. Vega & Fury users may also find this handy. I believe you can still use the old programs with the most up-to-date drivers.


OLD AMD DISPLAY DRIVERS LINK BELOW

Videocards - ATI Catalyst Windows 7 | 8 | 10

Videocards - ATI Catalyst (Windows 7 | 8 | 10)

www.guru3d.com

 

[kruk]

Drivers are pretty bad, at least for RX580 cards, a lot of crashes and weird behaviors

This is a common sign of GPU bios misconfiguration, unstable clocks at the given voltage, weak PSU or hardware damage. If you modded the BIOS, revert it to default. If that doesn't help, try to reduce the GPU clock speeds by 50 MHz until you reach stability, and then increase them by 10 MHz and test until it starts crashing again. This way you'll reach max speed at which your GPU is stable at. You can also try this with memory clocks. If there are still problems, maybe do a clean Windows install or test it in another PC with better PSU.

If stock BIOS, downclocking, clean install or test in another PC fails to produce stable results, it's highly probable that your GPU is damaged.

 

[Hattu]

My son had RX580/8GB, i think he had almost zero issues with it. There was a short period of time, when the whole system crashed when doing something heavy. I replaced a new PSU for him and the crashes were gone. Biggest issue that i can remember was low fps. Later he bought RTX2070 for that reason. And now he's dreaming for RTX3070 or what ever AMD brings to the table at the same price and performance range.

My latest own experience from the red team might be 9800pro, so...

 

[delshay]

Matrix Orbital FTT Display

For the first time I have this display working. It can display so much LIVE information that I no longer need to use Radeon overlay, or install CPUZ, GPUZ or any other monitoring software. AIDA64 has just bought all together in one package.. I just need to figure out how to get this in my start-up sequence & figure out other stuff.

 

[delshay]

We now have a new "JayzTwoCents" Video on how to add LCD display to your computer case (see link below). But I want to point out what my display is used for.

The external display is used to track errors on the 939 platform. When you undervolt, underclock, overvolt,, overclock at some point you will hit an error. Some of the errors are temperature related. I can look at the display & say for an example @60c CPU core starts to error out, causing computer freeze or BSOD, not forgetting fan(s) speed also taken into account.

My point here is, with an LCD screen you can monitor every single vital part of your computer including RAM, VRM & SSD temperature, how much SSD space is used, fan speed, wattage used, voltages, ect, ect, the list is so long, I could not fit all the vital information I wanted on my display, screen is too small.

It's important to have all this information on start-up as over time your computer may start to overheat due to many different factors. It could just be just ambient temperature has changed, ie hot summer months.

Anyway I say protect your computer, it's not cheap.

EDIT: Here I monitor everything that has a temperature sensor. This way problems can be caught before it get's out of hand. Monitoring the health of my computer is more important than other fancy features like FPS.

Health come's first & if there is enough LCD space left over, then have fancy features.

JayzTwoCents fitting an LCD Display, but mine is fitter in the normal 5.25 inch bay & plugs into motherboard USB header.

 

[NDown]

Radeon VII and Vega56 here

for the past 3 years, i've had 2 frustrating blackscreens, both caused by Windows 10 updates

Been using 8.1 since then, not a single driver crashes. I cant speak for the 5000 series cards and the upcoming RDNA2 though.

Driver been good for the Vega cards

 

[More Sly]

I switched to team red years ago specifically because of NVIDIA driver issues. I've been running my R9 390 since 2016 and am also looking into upgrading. I had some artifact issues in Fallout 4 when I first upgraded, but never a hitch since.

After seeing the prices, I'm leaning towards an RTX 3070 to be perfectly honest. Ray tracing is tempting, but I'm holding out for 6700 xt info. Might also go with last gen AMD if the sales are tempting enough. I really want to upgrade to 1440p and while last gen does it, it doesn't really do it well.

 

[INSTG8R]

I switched to team red years ago specifically because of NVIDIA driver issues. I've been running my R9 390 since 2016 and am also looking into upgrading. I had some artifact issues in Fallout 4 when I first upgraded, but never a hitch since.

After seeing the prices, I'm leaning towards an RTX 3070 to be perfectly honest. Ray tracing is tempting, but I'm holding out for 6700 xt info. Might also go with last gen AMD if the sales are tempting enough. I really want to upgrade to 1440p and while last gen does it, it doesn't really do it well.

5700XT is a pretty decent 1440 card need to make some sacrifices here mad there but I’m also waiting for 6700XT numbers but the vanilla 6800 has my eye right now.

Wow, I just check just now. It now supports my Matrix Orbital GTT touch screen display after a long time without support. Purchasing now as of typing this.

THX.

EDIT: I have it, three year licence for three PCs, even thou I only have two PCs.

EDIT2: I have to read the terms & conditions as I will never own more than two PC. So not sure if I can give one away.

EDIT3: Same with my very expensive antivirus. I only have two PCs but it covers three. It's been a waste for over 12 years. £99.89 per year.

I share my license with a close friend we alternate who pays to renew it each year. But I’ve been paying for it since it was Everest and I had a G15

 

[More Sly]

5700XT is a pretty decent 1440 card need to make some sacrifices here mad there but I’m also waiting for 6700XT numbers but the vanilla 6800 has my eye right now.


I share my license with a close friend we alternate who pays to renew it each year. But I’ve been paying for it since it was Everest and I had a G15

I'd love the 8* ranges, either 3080 or 6800, but I think they're just out of a reasonable price for me given that I need a new monitor too.

I'll be overjoyed with 1440p on ultra, so I think I'm sticking with the 7* ranges. Big hesitation with last gen is the frames on some of the recent heavy hitters. Unless some big sales happen, I'll spend $150 more for everything stable above 60FPS on ultra. Ensures card viability for at least 4 years imo (high/tweaked towards the end).

EDIT: Just noticed you're also a canuck in Europe! Any advice on where to go for the new cards? I'm not keen on Saturn, but they seem to be the best option for now.

 

[delshay]

I share my license with a close friend we alternate who pays to renew it each year. But I’ve been paying for it since it was Everest and I had a G15

I bought the three year Extreme license off AIDA64 Website full price.

BUT HOLD ON. I bought the Engineer version off EBAY for less than £2.00 UKP in the last few hours.
Now this is sick. The Extreme version expires in 2023, but the Engineer license expires in 2024.
Anyone getting AIDA64 from EBAY, get the Engineer version, which is the better version out of the two as it will show you "DDR SPD Timings". (see below).

 

[Deleted member 24505]

I'd love the 8* ranges, either 3080 or 6800, but I think they're just out of a reasonable price for me given that I need a new monitor too.

I'll be overjoyed with 1440p on ultra, so I think I'm sticking with the 7* ranges. Big hesitation with last gen is the frames on some of the recent heavy hitters. Unless some big sales happen, I'll spend $150 more for everything stable above 60FPS on ultra. Ensures card viability for at least 4 years imo (high/tweaked towards the end).

EDIT: Just noticed you're also a canuck in Europe! Any advice on where to go for the new cards? I'm not keen on Saturn, but they seem to be the best option for now.

I have a 5700xt red devil, just switched to 1440. have to say i love it on windows, destop is much more spacious, and games look better. I don't seem to need so much anti aliasing, but i am only running games on high. uninstalled fallout 4 as i was getting only 40fps, but i seem to remember it's a bit of a unoptimised mess. I am looking at either a 6800 red or 3070 green myself

 

[Durvelle27]

No issues with my 5700 XT

 

[EarthDog]

No issues with my 5700 XT

Wow.. haven't seen you since you took the blues on! Must be working hard behind the scenes...

 

[More Sly]

No issues with my 5700 XT

I'm definitely looking at fringe cases. Still need to get to RDR2, which seems to have trouble with last gen (according to the benchmarks I've seen) and I know I'll be running Cyberpunk really hard asap.

All in all they look like they're doing great, but my upgrade cycle is about 4 years, so barring a huge black friday markdown I'll probably want this gen and its leap.

 

[Durvelle27]

Wow.. haven't seen you since you took the blues on! Must be working hard behind the scenes...

Blues ????

 

[EarthDog]

Blues ????

You're a moderator if you haven't figured that out yet. Your bright blue name.