RX480 Driver keep crashing.

[yappiie]

FML luh. Gave AMD another chance aft so many years as an upgrade to my HTPC with 770. Now driver keep crashing even when watching movie.
Used DDU and fresh install twice liao. Sian.

**using 16.7.3 Crimson Driver**

 

[koicafex]

this is why i dun trust AMD xD red camp boohoo lol
lai lai 1080~

 

[yappiie]

this is why i dun trust AMD xD red camp boohoo lol
lai lai 1080~

green camp overpriced but much more reliable. maybe change 980ti to 1070 for my gaming pc?

 

[kaixax555]

this is why i dun trust AMD xD red camp boohoo lol
lai lai 1080~

koi like to stir

Let me just say la
my GTX970 crapped out 7 times yesterday

 

[ZrE0_Cha0s]

green camp overpriced but much more reliable. maybe change 980ti to 1070 for my gaming pc?

gp for GTX 1060. more better space for ur casing.

 

[yappiie]

gp for GTX 1060. more better space for ur casing.

sell rx480 for 1060? but no SLI support. Later next time change ATX cant do shiet

 

[yappiie]

if i roll back to previous driver will it help?

 

[kaixax555]

if i roll back to previous driver will it help?

try rolling back and see first

new is not always good, I still remember a while back newer NVidia drivers cooked some cards

 

[yappiie]

try rolling back and see first

new is not always good, I still remember a while back newer NVidia drivers cooked some cards

theres only 3 drivers for this card. 16.6.2/ 16.7.1/ 16.7.3.
-16.6.2 cooks card as pcie draw upto 90w.
-16.7.1 is the fix with bugs here and there. software cant really work properly. but fixed the pcie problem.
-16.7.3 is the driver that keep crashing. holy shiet which one should i roll back to????????????

 

[kaixax555]

theres only 3 drivers for this card. 16.6.2/ 16.7.1/ 16.7.3.
-16.6.2 cooks card as pcie draw upto 90w.
-16.7.1 is the fix with bugs here and there. software cant really work properly. but fixed the pcie problem.
-16.7.3 is the driver that keep crashing. holy fxxk which one should i roll back to????????????

16.7.1 first

just see if it gives you problems, if still got move back to 16.7.3

see first, cause drivers from both coys are really now
(coming from a user of both AMD and NVidia cards for about equal number of years)

 

[yappiie]

16.7.1 first

just see if it gives you problems, if still got move back to 16.7.3

see first, cause drivers from both coys are really now
(coming from a user of both AMD and NVidia cards for about equal number of years)

Last amd i use is HD4870. Ambient temp was great b4 hd4870 came. Aft it came room became oven. Change to 9600GT and never looked back till now.

 

[koicafex]

pretty sure last time their driver was more fked lol
now it's alot better le...nvidia on the other hand is getting bad xD

 

[Encrypted11]

Both consumer line driver are similar and not ultra stable (vs professional line drivers) in all use case. Specifically for game rendering they all work fine. The only part I'll really give credit to Nvidia is the vastly more reliable .inf validation process they've did with their installshield package.

AMD side has occasional omissions on specific hardware IDs, especially OEM systems causing updates to not install at all (script kiddies fix this day almost each release on guru3d forums). But retail desktop GPUs are largely unaffected by this catalyst install manager issue (AMD install manager now). In other words, this is a definite fk up.

Overall for a consumer who knows nothing about troubleshooting and driver updates, nvidia's driver packed into installshield is something you won't fk up with.

All this rambling aside, maybe screenies will help? 480 user myself. No stability issues in normal games and benchmarks. Except Wattman crashes (host application, not driver). Had 16.6.2 - 16.7.2 betas + 16.7.3 WHQL all ok....

 

[kaixax555]

Last amd i use is HD4870. Ambient temp was great b4 hd4870 came. Aft it came room became oven. Change to 9600GT and never looked back till now.

You have no idea how bad the Geforce FX series was compared to AMD/ATI's offerings at that time

Had a Geforce FX before so

 

[yusoffb01]

Last amd i use is HD4870. Ambient temp was great b4 hd4870 came. Aft it came room became oven. Change to 9600GT and never looked back till now.

You compare a high end card with double the performance. Of course 9600 cooler.

Its like saying you used to ride motorbike, then change to bicycle and you are happier because it use no fuel

And you're looking back now

 

[tigerwoods]

My previous amd 7850 always crashed , now using gtx960 never crash once

Sent from my Android using GAGT

 

[KnightDroid]

When in doubt, always use the oldest driver unless it doesn't work for you.

In the world of computing, the golden rules apply:

1. If it ain't spoilt, dun fix it.
2. If you install something, do a restart and test it.
3. Before installing something, backup or create waypoint.

So please allow yourself to be governed by the golden rules.

In times when you are stuck, always remember there are 1001 ways of doing things. E.g. use a USB to VGA adapter.

 

[Rogue]

RMA the card, and get a replacement RX 480.

 

[gld998]

pretty sure last time their driver was more fked lol
now it's alot better le...nvidia on the other hand is getting bad xD

sure or not? I m using latest driver boh tai chi ... I am using AMD crimson driver on another rig also problem rah

 

[gld998]

Last amd i use is HD4870. Ambient temp was great b4 hd4870 came. Aft it came room became oven. Change to 9600GT and never looked back till now.

now using r9 290 on crossfire. i admit is still damn hot. heng its in an air con room so not so bad