AMD drivers ruined my PC

[Lazar_99]

If you build your own PC (or even if you just upgrade one that someone else built), you're going to have to troubleshoot. Sorry - it just goes with the territory. AMD or Nvidia doesn't matter on that one. Just take a look over the forums - there's just as many people troubleshooting Nvidia related problems are there are AMD related problems.

This PC was built 2009/2010 and i myself built it. Now i'm building a new one and it seems the new hardware is starting to malfunction

 

[verbalizer]

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$

I'm not a basher of AMD HD Radeon, I like the HD 7870 and might play with one.
I'm just not really a fan from past experiences with them.
I ran Eyefinity and CF-X in the past.

I'm just a nVidia guy.
but I'm NOT A KEPLER FAN...

 

[verbalizer]

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

😗

 

[RussK1]

1) Download Driver Sweeper here.
2) Download Catalyst 12.6 drivers HERE. but don't install.
3) Download CAP HERE.
4) Custom uninstall all AMD software through Control Panel, select everything and reboot.
5) Run Driver Sweeper and clean AMD drivers and reboot.
6) Re-install CCC and reboot.
7) Install the CAP profile and reboot.
8) Done and happy hunting!
I know it seems like a pain but it will solve the driver problems. If not then there's an underlying problem which isn't driver related.

 

[Lazar_99]

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

Well this 6850 is slow anyways. I think it was the correct price considering how slow it is.

 

[Mousemonkey]

If you build your own PC (or even if you just upgrade one that someone else built), you're going to have to troubleshoot. Sorry - it just goes with the territory. AMD or Nvidia doesn't matter on that one. Just take a look over the forums - there's just as many people troubleshooting Nvidia related problems are there are AMD related problems.

If ATi/AMD's drivers were so stellar then there would be no need for AMD to change the way they do things, and yet they have decided to change the way they do things. Why is that?

 

[Lazar_99]

1) Download Driver Sweeper here.
2) Download Catalyst 12.6 drivers HERE. but don't install.
3) Download CAP HERE.
4) Custom uninstall all AMD software through Control Panel, select everything and reboot.
5) Run Driver Sweeper and clean AMD drivers and reboot.
6) Re-install CCC and reboot.
7) Install the CAP profile and reboot.
8) Done and happy hunting!
I know it seems like a pain but it will solve the driver problems. If not then there's an underlying problem which isn't driver related.

Well this half way solved the problem. I now get more fps in games than with the problem. I mean i don't get large fps drops but this still isn't as good as before. I'm gonna reinstall my OS and see if that works

 

[RussK1]

Well this half way solved the problem. I now get more fps in games than with the problem. I mean i don't get large fps drops but this still isn't as good as before. I'm gonna reinstall my OS and see if that works

Did you install any new software/hardware recently? On the software side, it could be something as simple as something running in the background. Being you only have a x3 CPU and something like a resource hogging AV (like Norton) may be a problem.

 

[Lazar_99]

Did you install any new software/hardware recently? On the software side, it could be something as simple as something running in the background. Being you only have a x3 CPU and something like a resource hogging AV (like Norton) may be a problem.

Hell no, i don't use norton. I use NOD32. And i use game booster while playing games so it closes all unnecessary programs in the background

 

[verbalizer]

try it without 'game booster' too.

 

[RussK1]

try it without 'game booster' too.

+1

 

[Lazar_99]

try it without 'game booster' too.

I did and get the same fps. I usually don't have unnecessary programs running

 

[RussK1]

Have you checked cpu usage while playing?

 

[Lazar_99]

Have you checked cpu usage while playing?

The cpu is bottlenecking enough as it is. The last thing i need is the GPU slowing down even more. The CPU is always around 80%

 

[Lazar_99]

That's not good... could easily be why you're not seeing the performance you expect. What is your CPU?

Athlon II X3 455

 

[RussK1]

Athlon II X3 455

That cpu can be unlocked into a Phenom II x4 B55 but unfortunately your Biostar N68S3+ doesn't have UCC.

[flash=853,480]http://www.youtube.com/v/VGKBXgbmCOk?version=3&hl=en_US[/flash]

 

[RussK1]

Athlon II X3 455

That cpu can be unlocked into a Phenom II but unfortunately your Biostar N68S3+ doesn't have UCC.

[flash=853,480]http://www.youtube.com/v/VGKBXgbmCOk?version=3&hl=en_US[/flash]

 

[Lazar_99]

That cpu can be unlocked into a Phenom II x4 B55 but unfortunately your Biostar N68S3+ doesn't have UCC.

[flash=853,480]http://www.youtube.com/v/VGKBXgbmCOk?version=3&hl=en_US[/flash]

Yea i know. I'm getting a new motherboard soon ( MSI 870S C45 FX V2) and i'm gonna unlock its 4th core temporarily until i get the money for a phenom II X4 965 BE

 

[verbalizer]

Yea i know. I'm getting a new motherboard soon ( MSI 870S C45 FX V2) and i'm gonna unlock its 4th core temporarily until i get the money for a phenom II X4 965 BE

we went through this on your other thread.
that motherboard sux and is on the bad board list for caps.....
https://spreadsheets.google.com/spreadsheet/pub?key=0AgN1D79Joo7tdE9xMUFlMEVWeFhuckJEVF9aMmtpUFE&gid=3

I've showed you once already and I picked out the better board for you.
making 'urbz' mad....

 

[verbalizer]

That is because AMD has more diversity in their Catalyst Control Center package for their products between integrated graphics, APUs, dedicated GPUs, mobile GPUs, professional GPUs, and chipsets. Nvidia is pretty much done with integrated graphics in the PC sector. They don't have an APU. They also have completely stopped chipset development. AMD has continued to broaden their product line in this sector while Nvidia has decided to "cut the fat." Two different strategies, two different companies. Also, keep in mind that the graphics side of AMD is what is propping them up at this moment.

All that aside, there is pretty much zero difference in the quality of AMD drivers vs Nvidia drivers in a single card configuration. If one was so much worse than the other, there would be WAY more talk about this on news sites and professional reviews. The complaints we tend to get on forums that turn into rants against one company or the other are due to one of two things: user error or fanboyism.

you sure about that.?

 

[paddys09]

I may have missed this, a fair few posts in this thread now, but you say you were an Nvidia guy before, Have you removed all the Nvidia drivers aswell?

 

[Lazar_99]

we went through this on your other thread.
that motherboard sux and is on the bad board list for caps.....
https://spreadsheets.google.com/spreadsheet/pub?key=0AgN1D79Joo7tdE9xMUFlMEVWeFhuckJEVF9aMmtpUFE&gid=3

I've showed you once already and I picked out the better board for you.
making 'urbz' mad....

How does that board have bad capacitors? I don't see any electrolytic capacitors, only solid capacitors.

 

[Lazar_99]

I may have missed this, a fair few posts in this thread now, but you say you were an Nvidia guy before, Have you removed all the Nvidia drivers aswell?

Dude i removed the drivers even before i removed the GTS 250 and later when i tried out the 6850 i reinstalled my OS

 

[Lazar_99]

Oh goodness, I guess I completely forgot about the TWO motherboards by ASUS that have an Nvidia chipset developed in the past 2 years:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131636
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131714

It was publicly announced back in 2009 that Nvidia ceased chipset development.

who is paying for this lol

 

[Mousemonkey]

That is because AMD has more diversity in their Catalyst Control Center package for their products between integrated graphics, APUs, dedicated GPUs, mobile GPUs, professional GPUs, and chipsets. Nvidia is pretty much done with integrated graphics in the PC sector. They don't have an APU. They also have completely stopped chipset development. AMD has continued to broaden their product line in this sector while Nvidia has decided to "cut the fat." Two different strategies, two different companies. Also, keep in mind that the graphics side of AMD is what is propping them up at this moment.

All that aside, there is pretty much zero difference in the quality of AMD drivers vs Nvidia drivers in a single card configuration. If one was so much worse than the other, there would be WAY more talk about this on news sites and professional reviews. The complaints we tend to get on forums that turn into rants against one company or the other are due to one of two things: user error or fanboyism.

Except that AMD did not cite that as one of the reasons but they did state that the current way meant that they had little to no development time between releases to the extent that there were several times that a "new" driver was simply the one from the last month but with a different version number.