Installing drivers for a blackscreening Amd GPU

[michael2002]

Hi guys.i want to test an amd gpu in my pc because my friend wants to buy it but the the guy we are buying from says it blackscreens because it needs drivers (R9 280x)
I have a Ryzen 5 2600 that cannot work without a dedicated Gpu and now i want to know should i pre install the drivers before installing the card or something else ?
Thank you

 

[jaslion]

Hi guys.i want to test an amd gpu in my pc because my friend wants to buy it but the the guy we are buying from says it blackscreens because it needs drivers (R9 280x)
I have a Ryzen 5 2600 that cannot work without a dedicated Gpu and now i want to know should i pre install the drivers before installing the card or something else ?
Thank you

That card should not blackscreen because of lack of drivers. Windows has basic drivers that allow the card to display basic graphics on the screen so that you can go get the drivers.

 

[michael2002]

Oh i see so simply puting the card should show as display adapter.i wasnt sure because i have no amd card experience.why do you think it blackscreens?it turns on and everything

 

[RARRAF]

reason for black screen would be PSU related tell me what PSU do you have

 

[michael2002]

I have a 500 watt antec psu .but i havent tried it in my pc yet.but my friend had a 400 w so you think it might be that?

 

[RARRAF]

the AMD cards are very power hungry I would try the 500
also do a complete wipe of drivers is always good
GRAPHICS Driver problems
Download the latest drivers for your GPU place them on your desktop get Display Driver Uninstaller from here
https://www.wagnardsoft.com/
remove everything after restarting it will probably be 640x480 not great instal your AMD/NVIDIA drivers and hopefully should fix your problem