AMD GPU gamers only - your opinion on AMD drivers?

[INSTG8R]

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).

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I buy it direct from them and always get a renewal discount.

 

[Durvelle27]

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

I never noticed that

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.

I sold my 5700 XT with plans to get the 6800 XT

 

[INSTG8R]

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.

Sapphire literally make AMD branded cards back since they were ATI literally my only choice. I’m in Norway so I generally use Komplett

 

[delshay]

I buy it direct from them and always get a renewal discount.

OK.
I will register my product with them & see what discount I get in three years time. Best to stay on-topic from now on before someone complains.

 

[Chrispy_]

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 4K60 and 1440p@165Hz and I have never found a game that looked that much better in 4K than it does at 1440p.
Sure, some things are a bit crisper but once you add antialiasing, film grain, shader effects, reshade or fidelity fx - the actual resolution isn't the limiting factor, it's the quality of the art assets and developer sytle choices.

I'll play casual stuff and console titles at 4k60 but for any serious gaming I will pick the 1440p high refresh every. damn. time.

5700XT is okay for 1440p@75Hz but you will probably want more GPU for a high-refresh monitor. 2070S was the sweet spot this generation that I settled on so the Radeon 6700 variant holds a lot of promise and the 3070 is great, if expensive and probably overkill at the moment.

As long as Navi22 (the baby silicon to what the 6800/6900 series are built on) still has 70% the performance of the vanilla RX 6800 then I think we're in good shape for a $400 win from AMD. If not, I forsee people like us ponying up an extra hundred for the RTX 3070.

 

[Mussels]

This thread served its purpose, i cant find anyone with AMD issues that were not resolved by a driver update for a specific title, or an outright RMA. Some people blamed AMD drivers when they just had faulty cards it seems.

6800XT or 6900XT will be coming my way, 3080 pre order cancelled.

 

[bug]

This thread served its purpose, i cant find anyone with AMD issues that were not resolved by a driver update for a specific title, or an outright RMA. Some people blamed AMD drivers when they just had faulty cards it seems.

At least @EarthDog disagrees

 

[wolf]

600XT or 6900XT will be coming my way, 3080 pre order cancelled.

Intersting! Not going to wait on full impartial reviews on non zen3 cpus to make the decision hey? I mean no shade at all they look sweet so far, but still a lot of unknowns.

 

[ne6togadno]

ust 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.

mindfactory.de

on the topic
hd4850, 7970, 290x and now vega 64. never had issues that i've remembered with drivers.
once in a while monitor loses signal from gpu and enters energy save mode when i start one particular game. turning monitor off and on again (best it crowd advice ever ) fixes the problem and it is so rare that i cant arse myself to find what cause it.

 

[More Sly]

mindfactory.de

I love mindfactory, they're usually my first stop but I've noticed they don't have any of the new cards. No listings at all.

 

[ne6togadno]

I love mindfactory, they're usually my first stop but I've noticed they don't have any of the new cards. No listings at all.

new cards were announced to be available 18.11. which is 2 weeks from now. plenty of time for listings to show up.
if you check they dont have listings for ryzen 5000 cpus either. and they should be available tomorrow.

 

[ratirt]

Sapphire literally make AMD branded cards back since they were ATI literally my only choice. I’m in Norway so I generally use Komplett

Yeah. Sapphire is the way to go. BTW, I always check all the stores. Proshop, Netonnet, komplett and Elkjop You can get some discounts in the outlets etc. I always look if there's anything interesting.
I got my 5600XT at netonnet for mere 3390NOK

This thread served its purpose, i cant find anyone with AMD issues that were not resolved by a driver update for a specific title, or an outright RMA. Some people blamed AMD drivers when they just had faulty cards it seems.

6800XT or 6900XT will be coming my way, 3080 pre order cancelled.

You cancelled it? Are you happy these were not available and you didn't get one in time. Asking since, it would seem you have changed your mind and you are going AMD instead.
Or maybe you are tired of waiting for the NV card? In my area, the stocks are scheduled for January 25th

 

[INSTG8R]

Yeah. Sapphire is the way to go. BTW, I always check all the stores. Proshop, Netonnet, komplett and Elkjop You can get some discounts in the outlets etc. I always look if there's anything interesting.
I got my 5600XT at netonnet for mere 3390NOK

Got my Nitro+ Vega from Proshop was the only one in Norway. My current Nitro+ 5700XT is from Komplett as is the rest of my current rig.

 

[Mussels]

Intersting! Not going to wait on full impartial reviews on non zen3 cpus to make the decision hey? I mean no shade at all they look sweet so far, but still a lot of unknowns.

whats the alternative, another 2-3 month wait for an nvidia GPU?

I found it odd how the Nvidia cards were all basic models and no fancy ones, now we know why - they dont have the stock to spare.

 

[Hachi_Roku256563]

i have hards cards from the ati rage xl to the rx 580
only poor driver i had was vega 8
that thing is grabage
the rest where perfect

 

[wolf]

whats the alternative, another 2-3 month wait for an nvidia GPU?

Well in fairness the wait/stock levels/demand on RX6000 cards is unknown, but I also don't know what your estimated wait was. Just a curiosity, I am VERY keen to see how RX6000 performs and stir up the joint giving everyone better deals.

 

[Hachi_Roku256563]

if the 6000 cards come out i may jump up the the 5700xt

 

[Chrispy_]

i have hards cards from the ati rage xl to the rx 580
only poor driver i had was vega 8
that thing is grabage
the rest where perfect

Ah yes. I can agree with this, my 2700U was a compatibility trainwreck for the first 3 months. I almost refunded it to buy something with an MX150 instead.

Ah yes. I can agree with this, my 2700U was a compatibility trainwreck for the first 3 months. I almost refunded it to buy something with an MX150 instead.
It's still occasionally doing weird stuff with old games (GW2, for example gives me random CTDs, and SS2 (original) wasn't happy with vsync on) so I'm not convinced AMD's IGPs get the love they need from the driver team.

 

[Mussels]

Actually thats a good point, my AMD APU systems always had a lot more driver issues, especially the laptop models (switching between GPU's was a nightmare, and one day the drivers rebadged the dGPU and broke crossfire on the laptop from that driver onward)

 

[Hachi_Roku256563]

my desktop model just got turned off its terrible at swapping between 580 and vega