Question Is there a real difference between 16 gb and 20 gb of video ram for gaming

[briblo1982]

I'm done with radeon. I've tried everyhing and it still won't work. So I'm going to buy a geforce rtx 4080 super and stay with nvidia. Radeon is not working for me.

 

[O_Mighty_One]

Right now, you wouldn't be able to tell a difference. Nothing should take anything over 14GB on the absolute maximum settings. However 4 years down the road you may notice spikes in lag on higher settings in addition to lack of regular RAM because of resizable bar and such. Primarily it comes down to how often you upgrade. just curious, would here be a point in trying to fix the problems with your current card rather than buying a new one with a possible set of other problems?

 

[briblo1982]

I have already tried every suggestion to fix the problem. I can't get rid of the problem. It keeps saying Default performance tuning settings have been restored due to an unexpected system failure

 

[briblo1982]

I have tried the following
1. disable copilot
2.disabled xmp memory profile in my board
3. changed power supply from corsair 850w to corsair rm1000e power supply
4. I've had the card for a year and still getting this error
5. Sent into the company to see if it needs to be fixed or not. They sent a replacement anyway. Still same thing
6. I don't know what else to do here. I've basically replaced everything

 

[ohio_buckeye]

So I’m guessing you have a 7900xt? What is the system doing? My Radeon cards have been great over the past few years.

 

[briblo1982]

Is the signature not showing my specs?

Intel Core i9 12900k/12tb Seagate Hard Drive/Asus Gt 501 gaming case
Gigabye Aorus Ice AX z790 Gaming Motherboard
Corsair RM1000E Power Supply/Corsair Vengeance DDR 5 32GB 6000mhz
Samsung 970 Plus 1TB M2 Drive/ 12tb Seagate Barracuda SATA hard drives
20GB XFX Speedster MERC310 Radeon 7900 XT/Corsair Elite H150i Cooler
LG 27" 4K White Monitor/ID Cooling Zoomflow 3 case Fans

IT KEEPS SHOWING Default performance tuning settings have been restored due to an unexpected system failure

 

[geofelt]

The way vram is used by nvidia drivers and radeon drivers is different.
Think of vram as system ram.
If you have enough to hold what you use most of the time, you are ok.
I doubt that you would be able to tell any difference in performance without a synthetic benchmark.

 

[CoderCat]

Tried updating Drivers? What OS are you running? I assume Win 11?

Have you tried creating a storage partition and installing windows/linux onto there? If so, does the error persist?

 

[briblo1982]

I have the latest drivers installed. I'm running windows 11 pro edition. I have tried to create a storage partition and it didn't changed anything

 

[stuff and nonesense]

I have already tried every suggestion to fix the problem. I can't get rid of the problem. It keeps saying Default performance tuning settings have been restored due to an unexpected system failure

So you are overclocking the card and it detects a glitch. It then protects itself and resets to defaults?

Try dialling back your OC.

 

[briblo1982]

So you are overclocking the card and it detects a glitch. It then protects itself and resets to defaults?

Try dialling back your OC.

I don't even know how to overclock the graphics card

 

[miha2]

1. Create a system restore (google for it; it's super easy)
2. Download and then run DDU in safe mode. This will get rid of any signs of the GPU driver installation. Uninstall any AMD GPU-related software in the safe mode as well.
3. Reinstall the graphics driver anew. It's best to re-download it; maybe there was a glitch somewhere.
4. Check Windows for updates
5. Open Command Prompt and run dism /online /cleanup-image /scanhealth (type it and hit "Enter to run) wait for it to finish, and then run dism /online /cleanup-image /restorehealth . It may be a good idea to make it a step 1, but... It shouldn't hurt to do a fresh install of the drivers)
6. Get some antivirus (it's OK to try the trial version at this point) and scan for viruses. The entire system, not only hard drives (it'll check RAM and some other places that are available to malware but not to a regular user)
7. Send the results here

(Please note these are only the recommendations, so you can skip whatever you want, if you don't want to/afraid to/what else to run any of these)

Also, as stupid as it may sound... make sure your video output cable is plugged into the GPU, not into motherboard. I had this experience with a user...

 

[briblo1982]

1. Create a system restore (google for it; it's super easy)
2. Download and then run DDU in safe mode. This will get rid of any signs of the GPU driver installation. Uninstall any AMD GPU-related software in the safe mode as well.
3. Reinstall the graphics driver anew. It's best to re-download it; maybe there was a glitch somewhere.
4. Check Windows for updates
5. Open Command Prompt and run dism /online /cleanup-image /scanhealth (type it and hit "Enter to run) wait for it to finish, and then run dism /online /cleanup-image /restorehealth . It may be a good idea to make it a step 1, but... It shouldn't hurt to do a fresh install of the drivers)
6. Get some antivirus (it's OK to try the trial version at this point) and scan for viruses. The entire system, not only hard drives (it'll check RAM and some other places that are available to malware but not to a regular user)
7. Send the results here

(Please note these are only the recommendations, so you can skip whatever you want, if you don't want to/afraid to/what else to run any of these)

Also, as stupid as it may sound... make sure your video output cable is plugged into the GPU, not into motherboard. I had this experience with a user

I have already did these as a suggestion and still nothing I use the windows defender to check for viruses. Thank you

 

[briblo1982]

If it wasn't plugged into the gpu i would have no video at all

 

[stuff and nonesense]

I have already tried every suggestion to fix the problem. I can't get rid of the problem. It keeps saying Default performance tuning settings have been restored due to an unexpected system failure

I get that message when the GPU has reset itself to defaults after a software glitch.

Do you see any failure on the monitor when you are using it? (Speckled/artifacted images, brief black screens etc etc)

If not does it perform as expected for you in whatever games/applications you run?

As you don’t run overclocked it isn’t changing anything it’s just applying a reset to defaults which you haven’t altered.

It is recognising something is misbehaving in your PC (for instance… open Adrenaline drivers, close the Adrenaline dialog screen and run 3dMark 11. My pc fails to complete the initialisation and any settings changed in Adrenaline are reset to defaults. I get the message you see.
Running 3dMark without touching Adrenaline is faultless. I blame AMD Adrenaline driver program (not he drivers as such.. I could be wrong))

I don’t see any artefacts, black screens or stutters, the card works well (the example above notwithstanding- and that is software related)

 

[miha2]

If it wasn't plugged into the gpu i would have no video at all

Since you have 12900K, not KF, it has an integrated GPU. It's good to display a picture and play some basic games, but not any modern AAA titles. So you WOULD have video.

I use the windows defender to check for viruses.

Personal opinion, while many people claim that Windows Defender antivirus is good, to me, it's like driving an old van on a drag race vs something like Ferrari... It can do it, but... it may protect you only from well known malware, but not from any new or complex ones, that require more like Koenigsegg to find and clean the malware. A bad comparison, but you get the idea...

 

[briblo1982]

I never really had a problem with antivirus as far as malware goes. I don't have another antivirus to use sometimes the third party antivirus interfere with a lot of games

 

[miha2]

I never really had a problem with antivirus as far as malware goes. I don't have another antivirus to use sometimes the third party antivirus interfere with a lot of games

That's true, and not only for games. But these are false positives, and a good antivirus should never report those as malware, unless they actually carry one. Just read the reviews, compare them, and I'm sure you'll find the one that works for you just to try, to scan once and uninstall it.

My personal recommendation is Avira, 2nd best being Eset. And never ever install the free versions. While they may be good at scanning, they may be bad at something else. I think Avast was selling the user's personal information in order to keep the free product free. So... Make your choice, but be careful. Read reviews and everything else.

Concerning never having a problem with antivirus... Sometimes a malware can stay hidden for a long time, and then just attack at a random (or planned) moment, so you never know if you have one until it explodes and releases the actual malware... Or it can dig deep into the system files (including GPU driver... why not) and deal damage there. There are many, many different types of malware, and Windows Defender can be trusted only if you visit trustworthy websites and never download anything... Once again, personal opinion...

 

[Gaidax]

Windows Defender is absolutely fine, it's a well performing antivirus and anti-malware solution nowadays. And there are plenty tests to back that up.

I used and paid for BitDefender for years, but I dropped it 2 years ago, because at that point it was not worth the price over a baseline solution that did the job just fine.

For now, the various paid solutions are only good for additional features they provide, the baseline protection is pretty much the same across the board.

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As for the topic at hand, I used AMD cards for years - and frankly, there is always some kind of mess or disappointment with its drivers one way or another.

Now this case sounds more like the card itself being busted, it probably can't handle the factory OC for some reason, as your system seems to be just fine otherwise.

 

[briblo1982]

I sent it in to the video card company to have it checked out and they said they was nothing wrong with the card itself. So they sent me a replacement card just in case scenario

 

[briblo1982]

When I had the NVIDIA video card, I rarely encounter issues on anything (just saying in my experience. Now I know that everybody has a different experience with all equipment of a computer. This card doesn't seem to work with me. I had a better experience with the NVIDIA card.

 

[SkyNetRising]

Gigabye Aorus Ice AX z790 Gaming Motherboard
Corsair RM1000E Power Supply/Corsair Vengeance DDR 5 32GB 6000mhz
Samsung 970 Plus 1TB M2 Drive/ 12tb Seagate Barracuda SATA hard drives
20GB XFX Speedster MERC310 Radeon 7900 XT/Corsair Elite H150i Cooler
LG 27" 4K White Monitor/ID Cooling Zoomflow 3 case Fans

What is current BIOS version of your motherboard?
Update to latest version.

What is memory configuration of your system? How many ram modules?
Can you show screenshots from CPU-Z - memory and spd sections?
(upload to imgur.com and post link)

IT KEEPS SHOWING
Default performance tuning settings have been restored due to an unexpected system failure

Can you show a photo of this error?

 

[stuff and nonesense]

What is current BIOS version of your motherboard?
Update to latest version.

What is memory configuration of your system? How many ram modules?
Can you show screenshots from CPU-Z - memory and spd sections?
(upload to imgur.com and post link)

Can you show a photo of this error?

The error is shown in the Adrenaline utility under the notifications. Typically this portion of the utility gives system update info like drivers have been updated etc etc.