[SOLVED] Can a GPU cause very slow boot?

mact

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W10. AMD 3700X CPU. M2 pcie 4.0 system drive. Using a new RX5700X GPU the machine takes maybe 5 minutes to boot, with the whirling icon indicating the system is busy doing something. I switch it for an RX580 and all goes smoothly. I was/am using the drivers chosen by AMD's "automatic" app.