Windows 10 doesn't like newer GPUs

[Filip Georgievski]

As i started this thread let me talk about my experience with it.
Since im an AMD GPU lover, preferably Sapphire GPUs, i did upgrade my 2 6770s with a Vapor R9 280x just about now and it is all good.
But before this i had a heck of a bad few days with a Dual X R9 280x which would not run stable on my rig.
From artifacting to crashing to freezing to BSODing, nothing anybody mentioned helped, until today, when i got my replacement Vapor R9 280X.
Now my rig is fine, Vapor is happy and running well.
Now i've come to realise that neither my psu, nor my old board or parts were the problem.
It was in fact the Windows 10, which did not help me.

Post your own story about this and comment freely.

+1 to Hantol for making this "crappy" PSU that can run a 300w GPU with 2 x 8 pin power plugs.

 

[Athlon2K15]

I have a 390x on Windows 10 that works just fine.

 

[NdMk2o1o]

So the replacement doesn't exhibit any of the same symptoms but you blame Windows 10... that's sound logic right there..
Don't get me wrong Windows 10 has it's faults, but blaming something on it solely when it seems that wasn't actually the issue doesn't give your argument much credit... just go back to Windows 7 and blame it on the fairies when you next have a hardware problem

If anything.... coming from NV cards for the last couple of years from when I last had an AMD GPU (7950) which worked flawlessly I'd be more inclined to look at AMD and how they have managed to bork so many of their top end cards in a few generations, I don't care for tweaking, trying different drivers just to get a GPU to work "right" it should do that out of the box and my own personal experience with a R9 290 has been torrid to say the least, that's only amplified by the many other R9 29/28/38/39* threads I have seen on here in recent weeks.

Having been out of the game for a year or 2 I really thought people were being harsh on AMD with all the bashing I have seen going on thought having experienced so many issues myself in such a short time, I can't help but think maybe the NV bias was right and AMD really did drop the ball somewhere along the way...

 

[Kursah]

So you got a replacement graphics card due to a likely faulty card and you're blaming Windows 10???

Did I read that right?

 

[dorsetknob]

you have just swapped a R9 280x for a R9 280x Saying win 10 was the problem with the 1st R9 280x and its not a problem with the second R9 280X

Seems to me that Nothing has changed via the o/s still same win 10
opinion your 1st card had a problem >>>>>>>>>>>>>> your second did not

therefore your thread title is "PURE FUD "
Thread should be locked or deleted

 

[95Viper]

Windows 10 doesn't like newer GPUs

 

[OneMoar]

lol I don't even ... I bet he didn't even bother to install the proper drivers

 

[Countryside]

you have just swapped a R9 280x for a R9 280x Saying win 10 was the problem with the 1st R9 280x and its not a problem with the second R9 280X

Seems to me that Nothing has changed via the o/s still same win 10
opinion your 1st card had a problem >>>>>>>>>>>>>> your second did not

therefore your thread title is "PURE FUD "
Thread should be locked or deleted

 

[newtekie1]

Plus the 280X isn't really a newer GPU. It's been on the market in one form or another for over 4 years now...

 

[AlienIsGOD]

.................... and the OP is gone....

 

[Countryside]

Oky dear members its not nice to beat the man whos lying on the ground.
Lets keep it civil.

 

[dorsetknob]

Post your own story about this and comment freely.

do you get the impression he wants to be TROLLED

 

[Countryside]

do you get the impression he wants to be TROLLED

Whatever floats your boat

 

[NdMk2o1o]

do you get the impression he wants to be TROLLED

I get the impression obvious troll is obvious... lol just makes no sense

 

[alucasa]

Oky dear members its not nice to beat the man whos lying on the ground.
Let keep it civil.

May I laugh at least?

 

[Filip Georgievski]

Hehe. Nice one, still....
Lets up the game shall we?
Lets say, i did instal over 20 different drivers not to mention cd drivers, trying it on my rig, plus same to a friend's rig having Windows 10.

 

[NdMk2o1o]

Hehe. Nice one, still....
Lets up the game shall we?
Lets say, i did instal over 20 different drivers not to mention cd drivers, trying it on my rig, plus same to a friend's rig having Windows 10.

Hmmmm. let's say you got a replacement GPU and that solved all your problems.... weird right?

 

[Countryside]

May I laugh at least?

Loudly please.

 

[Filip Georgievski]

And im glad, but Dual X not stable, Vapor stable, same card, different clocks, power requirements and voltages.

Edit: Card wasnt faulty, guy who gave it to me tested it today on a Win 7 rig saying: Ou card is good, tested it for 3 hours stress test, and after that gaming a little and no issues.

 

[NdMk2o1o]

No... you had a bad card that was replaced under RMA and now you don't have any issues

 

[FreedomEclipse]

As i started this thread let me talk about my experience with it.
Since im an AMD GPU lover, preferably Sapphire GPUs, i did upgrade my 2 6770s with a Vapor R9 280x just about now and it is all good.
But before this i had a heck of a bad few days with a Dual X R9 280x which would not run stable on my rig.
From artifacting to crashing to freezing to BSODing, nothing anybody mentioned helped, until today, when i got my replacement Vapor R9 280X.
Now my rig is fine, Vapor is happy and running well.
Now i've come to realise that neither my psu, nor my old board or parts were the problem.
It was in fact the Windows 10, which did not help me.

Post your own story about this and comment freely.

+1 to Hantol for making this "crappy" PSU that can run a 300w GPU with 2 x 8 pin power plugs.

Well...

Who would have thought??

 

[ThE_MaD_ShOt]

290x here and not 1 problems from day 1 under win 10. Also when you can put 2 and 2 together and realize it wasn't win 10's fault, the clouds will break and moon beams will shine upon you and everything will be right in the world.

 

[Kursah]

And im glad, but Dual X not stable, Vapor stable, same card, different clocks, power requirements and voltages.

Edit: Card wasnt faulty, guy who gave it to me tested it today on a Win 7 rig saying: Ou card is good, tested it for 3 hours stress test, and after that gaming a little and no issues.

You should always divulge that kind information in the OP when you make the OP. Would've saved about 90% of the replies to this thread that's turned into a running joke at this point....all fun and games side...now that we have something to look at I'm semi-interested...if what you're saying is what happened.

So this Dual-X card is good under Win 7 eh? 3 hours you say? What stress test did he run? Was it DX9/10/11? Was it a test you attempted to duplicate in 10? What's to say he didn't run something lighter weight on the older DX9 and say it was good?

With these 20+ drivers you chose (which I really doubt unless you have a collection of all the beta drivers for the past several years too...)... did you bother to check the system event logs to see if there was anything else going on? Verify the driver was crashing which can be from card failure or any number of things?

Your details leave a lot left open to speculation and assumptions. And you know what they say about assumptions? They make an ASS out of U and ME.

You know what else you could do to prove your card is good? If you have a spare hard drive...pull your current OS drive or unplug... plug spare drive in its place...install Win 7 and prove if your card is truly stable in the older OS or not. I find it hard to believe your statement, one as pointed above you're on an old graphics card...might be new to you, but it's been around for some time...also I've installed many newer cards with Win10 with absolutely no issues like what you have stated...and hell I've ran quite a few older cards in 10 that probably have no place running 10.

I would imagine something else is up, or we still don't have the whole story yet...

 

[Jetster]

Its the card bro

 

[Filip Georgievski]

You should always divulge that kind information in the OP when you make the OP. Would've saved about 90% of the replies to this thread that's turned into a running joke at this point....all fun and games side...now that we have something to look at I'm semi-interested...if what you're saying is what happened.

So this Dual-X card is good under Win 7 eh? 3 hours you say? What stress test did he run? Was it DX9/10/11? Was it a test you attempted to duplicate in 10? What's to say he didn't run something lighter weight on the older DX9 and say it was good?

With these 20+ drivers you chose (which I really doubt unless you have a collection of all the beta drivers for the past several years too...)... did you bother to check the system event logs to see if there was anything else going on? Verify the driver was crashing which can be from card failure or any number of things?

Your details leave a lot left open to speculation and assumptions. And you know what they say about assumptions? They make an ASS out of U and ME.

You know what else you could do to prove your card is good? If you have a spare hard drive...pull your current OS drive or unplug... plug spare drive in its place...install Win 7 and prove if your card is truly stable in the older OS or not. I find it hard to believe your statement, one as pointed above you're on an old graphics card...might be new to you, but it's been around for some time...also I've installed many newer cards with Win10 with absolutely no issues like what you have stated...and hell I've ran quite a few older cards in 10 that probably have no place running 10.

I would imagine something else is up, or we still don't have the whole story yet...

1. Stress test - AIDA 64 Stability Test - Ran all parts of PC - DUAL X On 10 Ran about 2 min before Freezing - DUAL X on 7 Ran 3 hours and still no Freezing - Vapor ran 3 hours 2 rigs on 10 with no freezing.
2. 20+ Driver versions of Catalyst and Crimson all together - Event log was never checked, focused on potencial PSU problem or GPU problem (VRM, Voltages, Clocks)
3. No spare drives to use - Had a spare PSU to try for potencial problem, 2 actualy, and 1 more rig for rule out - Vapor works on both rigs with 10 - DUAL X did work on them but not stable after 2min stress test or sometime crashing right on boot, sometimes after boot.

Edit: DUAL X -When used under 7, only CD Drivers (13.xx) were used - stable. When used under 10, all sorts of drivers were used, worked best with 15.7.1 catalyst, but still not stable.
Vapor - When under both 7 and 10, with CD Drivers (13.xx) and now on my rig (15.7.1 catalyst) works stable.