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Edit: Clean install drivers, rolled back to 18.5.1. Not sure if the original problem is present or not, since it happened randomly before. All is well, but the colors still get washed out whenever I change settings in a game.
CPU: Core i5-3570k (3.4GHz)
GPU: Gigabyte Aorus 4GB RX 580
Motherboard: Gigabyte Z77X UD3H
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (GDDR5)
Hard Drive: WD Black 1 Terabyte (for games)
Hard Drive: HyperX 3K 120GB SSD (for OS/Some Programs)
Radeon Adrenalin Software: 18.6.1
I received my card on Saturday (purchased Wednesday). I tested it with Furmark for ~20 minutes, with no artifacts, acceptable temperatures ranges, etc. Typically I avoid long-term stress testing, and opt for a short 15-20 minute test, and then real world experience in games I'm actually going to play.
World of Warcraft had some minor shadow flicker/behavior. Chiefly the shadows would turn off if you looked at them from the proper angle, or sometimes 'flicker' if you could angle it right. There was also a minor issue where the skybox turned white and back to normal almost instantly, but never happened again. The shadow thing has occured before with other cards, so I'm not sure what it 'means' except for maybe being an issue with the game itself. The skybox never flicked before.
However: Fallout 4 has given me a minor issue I'm concerned with.
I left the computer (and game) running for about 10 minutes while I went to grab a package from the mail man. In this time, the screen 'turned off', as though it put the display to sleep (the computer is set to do this, but I've not seen it happen in a game before). I could not wake the screen.
When I put my head phones on, the games sounds were still playing, but very choppy with pieces missing. It sounded like the computer was struggling with the game somehow.I pressed the power button once, and the monitor came back on, but the game was still very laggy.
I tried to open the Task Manager to see if something had happened in the background. I found that Radeon Settings: Host Application, and Windows Explorer were chewing up ~30% CPU, and 25% CPU respectively, and everything was very laggy. I could not engage the start menu properly, while it would open, I couldn't select anything. I had to Ctrl-Alt-Delete and then power down from there.
I'm unclear if this is a hardware issue or a software issue. I can get an exchange on my card through NewEgg, but I don't want to do that if it's a software issue. I'm also not even sure what started the issue in the first place, because I wasn't there.
Could someone offer some advice?
Edit:
I forgot to add that gamma settings are not consistent. When I change graphics settings in a game, it becomes 'washed out' like the gamma is wrong. Alt-tabbing fixes this immediately, but it's a bit disconcerting as to why it happens.
Edit:
Checked Event Viewer.
5:53:55 PM
5:57:06 PM
I also have:
I don't have any personal idea what this means, if I'm being honest. It *looks* like "RadeonSettings.exe" was consuming more VRAM than Fallout 4. Which... sounds like a drivers issue, I guess, yeah. Unless I'm wrong?
I'm going to try to install an older set of drivers. Is there a way to use a different version of "RadeonSettings.exe" or should using older drivers manage that on it's own?
CPU: Core i5-3570k (3.4GHz)
GPU: Gigabyte Aorus 4GB RX 580
Motherboard: Gigabyte Z77X UD3H
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (GDDR5)
Hard Drive: WD Black 1 Terabyte (for games)
Hard Drive: HyperX 3K 120GB SSD (for OS/Some Programs)
Radeon Adrenalin Software: 18.6.1
I received my card on Saturday (purchased Wednesday). I tested it with Furmark for ~20 minutes, with no artifacts, acceptable temperatures ranges, etc. Typically I avoid long-term stress testing, and opt for a short 15-20 minute test, and then real world experience in games I'm actually going to play.
World of Warcraft had some minor shadow flicker/behavior. Chiefly the shadows would turn off if you looked at them from the proper angle, or sometimes 'flicker' if you could angle it right. There was also a minor issue where the skybox turned white and back to normal almost instantly, but never happened again. The shadow thing has occured before with other cards, so I'm not sure what it 'means' except for maybe being an issue with the game itself. The skybox never flicked before.
However: Fallout 4 has given me a minor issue I'm concerned with.
I left the computer (and game) running for about 10 minutes while I went to grab a package from the mail man. In this time, the screen 'turned off', as though it put the display to sleep (the computer is set to do this, but I've not seen it happen in a game before). I could not wake the screen.
When I put my head phones on, the games sounds were still playing, but very choppy with pieces missing. It sounded like the computer was struggling with the game somehow.I pressed the power button once, and the monitor came back on, but the game was still very laggy.
I tried to open the Task Manager to see if something had happened in the background. I found that Radeon Settings: Host Application, and Windows Explorer were chewing up ~30% CPU, and 25% CPU respectively, and everything was very laggy. I could not engage the start menu properly, while it would open, I couldn't select anything. I had to Ctrl-Alt-Delete and then power down from there.
I'm unclear if this is a hardware issue or a software issue. I can get an exchange on my card through NewEgg, but I don't want to do that if it's a software issue. I'm also not even sure what started the issue in the first place, because I wasn't there.
Could someone offer some advice?
Edit:
I forgot to add that gamma settings are not consistent. When I change graphics settings in a game, it becomes 'washed out' like the gamma is wrong. Alt-tabbing fixes this immediately, but it's a bit disconcerting as to why it happens.
Edit:
Checked Event Viewer.
5:53:55 PM
5:57:06 PM
I also have:
I don't have any personal idea what this means, if I'm being honest. It *looks* like "RadeonSettings.exe" was consuming more VRAM than Fallout 4. Which... sounds like a drivers issue, I guess, yeah. Unless I'm wrong?
I'm going to try to install an older set of drivers. Is there a way to use a different version of "RadeonSettings.exe" or should using older drivers manage that on it's own?
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