AMD drivers ruined my PC

[Lazar_99]

So i updated my graphics drivers and now my PC is astonishingly bad in games. When i play left 4 dead 2 lan it all works well at 60+ fps but when i look at fire i get a large fps drop, before i installed these drivers i never had any fps drops when i look at fire. Also in shift 2 unleashed i get average 60+fps and now i get somewhat non playable 30 fps. I mean seriously i definitely regret buying an AMD card. And what's worse i'm more confused when i try to download drivers, there are a tons of cr*p and trying to figure out which version i have and which i need is a pain in the neck. I have an AMD radeon 6850. Any of you guys think something else is the problem let me know. I'm all ears for something that can lift my spirits now.

 

[paddys09]

:lol: at the thread title (Im sure its not as funny for you at the moment, sorry)

Just go to your control panel and remove catalyst, should remove all your drivers too.

Select one of the older revisions from this list. Hopefully you can remember when it last worked, theyre all dated anyway so should just be trial and error

http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/windows/previous/Pages/radeonaiw_vista64.aspx

 

[paddys09]

provided you are using 64 bit 7 or vista ....if not heres the link to 32 bit versions:

http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/windows/previous/Pages/radeonaiw_vista32.aspx

 

[Lazar_99]

What was your old card? If you had an Nvidia card before switching to an AMD card, you need to make sure (via driver sweepers or manual uninstall of the stuff that the uninstaller leaves behind) there are no Nvidia files on your computer.

Personally, I do a clean windows install when I switch companies either way. Also dunno what confused you about downloading their drivers... you just select your GPU series and OS from the dropdown menu on their site and you just download what it takes you to - it's pretty difficult to mess that up if you know what your hardware is.

There are problems with AMD drivers, but what you're describing sounds more like user error to me.

I also did a OS reinstall after i replaced the card. I've been using this 6850 for 4 months now

 

[Lazar_99]

What was your old card? If you had an Nvidia card before switching to an AMD card, you need to make sure (via driver sweepers or manual uninstall of the stuff that the uninstaller leaves behind) there are no Nvidia files on your computer.

Personally, I do a clean windows install when I switch companies either way. Also dunno what confused you about downloading their drivers... you just select your GPU series and OS from the dropdown menu on their site and you just download what it takes you to - it's pretty difficult to mess that up if you know what your hardware is.

There are problems with AMD drivers, but what you're describing sounds more like user error to me.

Also i know that. I know every bit of info about my PC, entering my OS and all that stuff was easy. What i don't know is what to download. When i first downloaded drivers there was only 1 option but now there are 4 downloads. How can it be my fault that everything just started going bad after i installed the drivers... well technically it is my fault because i was the one who installed them. I never had a problem with nvidia cards before and this is the first and probably last time i use AMD cards.

 

[Lazar_99]

:lol: at the thread title (Im sure its not as funny for you at the moment, sorry)

Just go to your control panel and remove catalyst, should remove all your drivers too.

Select one of the older revisions from this list. Hopefully you can remember when it last worked, theyre all dated anyway so should just be trial and error

http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/windows/previous/Pages/radeonaiw_vista64.aspx

I know the title sounds kinda funny. But why doesn't AMD make it simple like Nvidia does. Just enter info and the download begins. AMD just keeps in riddles with their versions and i don't even know what amd catalyst is. First time with AMD cards.

 

[boju]

yea try rolling back if nothing else fixes it. Obviously driver problems.

Can try lower shader quality for a test or mess around with the ccc 3d settings.

All in all it appears to be an endless cycle with AMD drivers where a magic version would be released then only to be a set back again with the next iteration. It's like the consumer is expected to know more than average to fix any occurring problems that might come to pass with certain games. Or at least follow up on other people's complaints for fixes and at times very difficult to do so because there hasn’t been enough time for people to report with new drivers.

If it isn’t broke don’t fix, or buy Nvidia their drivers to date are quite the rock solid. Thats with my experience however.

 

[boju]

in catalyst control center it has all the info you need, versions numbers etc.

Updating through catalyst control center is easy to install/update aswell. Just click on the update software tab and of it goes.

 

[zloginet]

So i updated my graphics drivers and now my PC is astonishingly bad in games. When i play left 4 dead 2 lan it all works well at 60+ fps but when i look at fire i get a large fps drop, before i installed these drivers i never had any fps drops when i look at fire. Also in shift 2 unleashed i get average 60+fps and now i get somewhat non playable 30 fps. I mean seriously i definitely regret buying an AMD card. And what's worse i'm more confused when i try to download drivers, there are a tons of cr*p and trying to figure out which version i have and which i need is a pain in the neck. I have an AMD radeon 6850. Any of you guys think something else is the problem let me know. I'm all ears for something that can lift my spirits now.

OP, exactly why I don't take yours nor most peoples reviews on newegg etc to heart..... i have yet to have THAT BAD of a driver issue with AMD... I wish you the best of luck...

 

[paddys09]

I know the title sounds kinda funny. But why doesn't AMD make it simple like Nvidia does. Just enter info and the download begins. AMD just keeps in riddles with their versions and i don't even know what amd catalyst is. First time with AMD cards.

I have no idea, nothing against their GPU's, but I see the driver issues over and over again. I ended up using drivers from the windows catalog on on one of my older cards as no version of catalyst would work with it, kept on getting weird texture glitches in games. Don't let it put you off though the GPU's are great

 

[jitpublisher]

So i updated my graphics drivers and now my PC is astonishingly bad in games. When i play left 4 dead 2 lan it all works well at 60+ fps but when i look at fire i get a large fps drop, before i installed these drivers i never had any fps drops when i look at fire. Also in shift 2 unleashed i get average 60+fps and now i get somewhat non playable 30 fps. I mean seriously i definitely regret buying an AMD card. And what's worse i'm more confused when i try to download drivers, there are a tons of cr*p and trying to figure out which version i have and which i need is a pain in the neck. I have an AMD radeon 6850. Any of you guys think something else is the problem let me know. I'm all ears for something that can lift my spirits now.

Never had any problems with AMD GPU's or installing the drivers, however I am sure that some folks with certain configurations and special circumstances have all sorts of issues.

 

[paddys09]

OP, exactly why I don't take yours nor most peoples reviews on newegg etc to heart..... i have yet to have THAT BAD of a driver issue with AMD... I wish you the best of luck...

exactly..... don't take it to heart. Nvidia mess it up quite alot aswell.

 

[vrumor]

Never had any problems with AMD GPU's or installing the drivers, however I am sure that some folks with certain configurations and special circumstances have all sorts of issues.

Or ones that have absolutely no idea what they are doin

 

[Lazar_99]

yea try rolling back if nothing else fixes it. Obviously driver problems.

Can try lower shader quality for a test or mess around with the ccc 3d settings.

All in all it appears to be an endless cycle with AMD drivers where a magic version would be released then only to be a set back again with the next iteration. It's like the consumer is expected to know more than average to fix any occurring problems that might come to pass with certain games. Or at least follow up on other people's complaints for fixes and at times very difficult to do so because there hasn’t been enough time for people to report with new drivers.

If it isn’t broke don’t fix, or buy Nvidia their drivers to date are quite the rock solid. Thats with my experience however.

Well i wish i could go back in time and avoid AMD cards. Now i'm stuck with this and i have other components that need replacing, next time i'll buy nvidia even though they are more expensive its better to avoid problems like AMD drivers. I tried in the AMD vision engine control center to lower everything to performance but still nothing.

 

[Lazar_99]

Or ones that have absolutely no idea what they are doin

Well i'm a beginner with AMD software and cards so don't give a guy a hard time for being new to it. First time with AMD cards... though they are a life saver when it comes to CPU's because they are a lot cheaper

 

[Mousemonkey]

Well i'm a beginner with AMD software and cards so don't give a guy a hard time for being new to it. First time with AMD cards... though they are a life saver when it comes to CPU's because they are a lot cheaper

AMD's graphic driver installation process may become more "Nvidia like" in time but until then you will have to put up with what they are doing at the moment.

 

[Lazar_99]

I restored the computer to an earlier time and the problem still persists. I'm gonna flash my BIOS and see if that fixes it

 

[Lazar_99]

That's like dropping a nuke to kill a mosquito.

Did you follow the steps to completely uninstall from that link above and then try reinstalling your old driver that you know worked?

I don't have the old driver installation, all i have is this one

 

[verbalizer]

Never had any problems with AMD GPU's or installing the drivers, however I am sure that some folks with certain configurations and special circumstances have all sorts of issues.

😛
be nice..

 

[verbalizer]

There's 3 downloads on the driver page:
-The newest driver
-A beta driver
-Catalyst Application Profiles (for crossfire mostly)

What's so hard about figuring out which of those you want?

Anyways, one LEGIT complaint you can make about AMD is that they don't make auto-updating their drivers easy (and I think this is the core of your problem). You pretty much always need to do a clean uninstall of your drivers by following something like this:
http://www.overclock.net/t/988215/how-to-properly-uninstall-ati-amd-software-drivers-for-graphics-cards

before updating or rolling back your driver install.

Legitimate complaint: "Updating AMD drivers can be needlessly buggy."
Illegitimate complaints: "It's too hard to figure out what driver to download." & "AMD's driver killed my performance on everything."

+1

That's like dropping a nuke to kill a mosquito.

Did you follow the steps to completely uninstall from that link above and then try reinstalling your old driver that you know worked?

:lol:

 

[Lazar_99]

Nah never mind. It looks like i'm stuck with this turd of a 6850 radeon seeing as i can't return it. Next time i will avoid AMD graphics cards like the devil cause' i don't want to have problems i have now. Seriously i've never had a problem like this with nvidia. Had a GTS 250 before this and i might just put it back and try to sell the 6850 on ebay or something

 

[verbalizer]

Nah never mind. It looks like i'm stuck with this turd of a 6850 radeon seeing as i can't return it. Next time i will avoid AMD graphics cards like the devil cause' i don't want to have problems i have now. Seriously i've never had a problem like this with nvidia. Had a GTS 250 before this and i might just put it back and try to sell the 6850 on ebay or something

if the driver-sweeper doesn't work then blowing up the install by reformatting and fresh install might be the only way
to see if it's hardware or software (driver corruption).
might be drastic but it's a troubleshooting step.

cheers.

 

[Lazar_99]

Maybe you should actually follow these steps:
http://www.overclock.net/t/988215/how-to-properly-uninstall-ati-amd-software-drivers-for-graphics-cards

And then reinstall your driver (windows 7 64 bit driver link below):
http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/windows/Pages/radeonaiw_vista64.aspx

It's not AMD's fault that you don't want to troubleshoot.

Well if they didn't mess up the drivers i wouldn't need to troubleshoot

 

[Lazar_99]

if the driver-sweeper doesn't work then blowing up the install by reformatting and fresh install might be the only way
to see if it's hardware or software (driver corruption).
might be drastic but it's a troubleshooting step.

cheers.

It seems that i have to reinstall my OS again... I wanted to avoid that because i had a lot of stuff i can't save but it better not be a hardware problem because if i go to the shop i will get a GTX 560 which i should have got instead of this bucked arse 6850.
that considers i return the 6850. Jeezus what have i gotten myself into. The reason i got this turd was because it was 120$ and i never had an AMD graphics card so i thought i should give it a try. And the other main reason is that the GTX 560 was still above 200$

 

[Mousemonkey]

It seems that i have to reinstall my OS again... I wanted to avoid that because i had a lot of stuff i can't save but it better not be a hardware problem because if i go to the shop i will get a GTX 560 which i should have got instead of this bucked arse 6850.
that considers i return the 6850. Jeezus what have i gotten myself into. The reason i got this turd was because it was 120$ and i never had an AMD graphics card so i thought i should give it a try. And the other main reason is that the GTX 560 was still above 200$

Better price/performance ratio, that's all that matters! :lol: