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Hello, I bought 2 weeks ago an XFX Radeon RX 480 Core Edition and I had problems with it from the start: the graphics card was freezing and restarting my PC when playing games on any driver newer than July 2016, Crimson 16.7.1
I had changed my power supply from Corsair CX500M to SilverStone SST-SX500-LG v 2.0 and the problem persisted, a problem I did not had with my Sapphire Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition which is strange because the TDP of the cards is the same.
I tried undervolting the GPU to 1050 in Wattman and tried it in MSI Afterburner too (not at the same time if you wanted to ask) and added 20 value to power control and it did let me play games without restarting the PC but only on the Crimson 16.7.1 driver.
I tried reinstalling drivers newer and older with DDU and with AMD Driver Uninstaller many times in Safe Mode and did not change anything.
I did not try other possible solution because I do not want to reinstall my Windows because of lack of free time. Right now I have returned the graphics card to Amazon and awaiting the refund but I need a new graphics card because I have to give the HD 7770 away. I wanted to get a GTX 1060 6GB instead until I realized I cannot use a Free Sync monitor, which I want to buy and is a must, and G Sync monitor are very expensive compared to Free Sync (at least 27 inch IPS 2560 by 1440). I wish to get an ultra wide monitor and the G Sync models are tears-inducing expensive. Should I try to get another RX 480 model ? Its heart breaking to see AMD mess up the RX 480 models, the unstable (but fixed ?) power consumption through PCI Express, drivers seems to be a miss too. I have a week and a half to decide and I am unsure what to do.
My budget is 300 £ and I want to game at max (not necessarily Ultra settings) quality at 2560 by 1440 or 2560 by 1080 at 40 to 60 FPS (with Free Sync there should be any difference in how it feels as long as it stays above 30 FPS).
I had changed my power supply from Corsair CX500M to SilverStone SST-SX500-LG v 2.0 and the problem persisted, a problem I did not had with my Sapphire Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition which is strange because the TDP of the cards is the same.
I tried undervolting the GPU to 1050 in Wattman and tried it in MSI Afterburner too (not at the same time if you wanted to ask) and added 20 value to power control and it did let me play games without restarting the PC but only on the Crimson 16.7.1 driver.
I tried reinstalling drivers newer and older with DDU and with AMD Driver Uninstaller many times in Safe Mode and did not change anything.
I did not try other possible solution because I do not want to reinstall my Windows because of lack of free time. Right now I have returned the graphics card to Amazon and awaiting the refund but I need a new graphics card because I have to give the HD 7770 away. I wanted to get a GTX 1060 6GB instead until I realized I cannot use a Free Sync monitor, which I want to buy and is a must, and G Sync monitor are very expensive compared to Free Sync (at least 27 inch IPS 2560 by 1440). I wish to get an ultra wide monitor and the G Sync models are tears-inducing expensive. Should I try to get another RX 480 model ? Its heart breaking to see AMD mess up the RX 480 models, the unstable (but fixed ?) power consumption through PCI Express, drivers seems to be a miss too. I have a week and a half to decide and I am unsure what to do.
My budget is 300 £ and I want to game at max (not necessarily Ultra settings) quality at 2560 by 1440 or 2560 by 1080 at 40 to 60 FPS (with Free Sync there should be any difference in how it feels as long as it stays above 30 FPS).