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Do I Even Need AMD's Drivers?

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  • Graphics Cards
  • Drivers
  • AMD
  • X64
  • Displays
  • Windows 8
  • Minecraft
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March 31, 2014 5:40:11 PM

Hey, so I've got a HD 7770, and recently I've been getting the "display driver AMD driver stopped responding and has successfully recovered" error message, no matter what I'm doing (surprisingly, it NEVER occurs while playing the game Minecraft, but does even crash on the desktop), and no amount of troubleshooting in the WORLD has been able to fix it. I am replacing my potentially faulty PSU, and I just uninstalled my AMD drivers and restarted. Since I can use the GPU now, do I even need to install AMD's drivers?

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March 31, 2014 5:43:11 PM

Also, I just went to staggeringbeauty.com and did the screen flash thing, which normally would obliterate AMD's drivers, and it ran no lag, no problem WITHOUT the AMD drivers. Surely they can't be a detriment to my performance?
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March 31, 2014 5:45:00 PM

The GPU might not be getting enough power. So when that happens the GPU becomes unstable and crashes when anything even remotely GPU intensive happens. Please give me the specs of your power supply.
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March 31, 2014 5:54:11 PM

theonerm2 said:
The GPU might not be getting enough power. So when that happens the GPU becomes unstable and crashes when anything even remotely GPU intensive happens. Please give me the specs of your power supply.

Sure thing: Ultra LSP Series V2 550W PSU. Yeah I know, but I'm replacing it with the CX430 from Corsair. Think that'll fix anything?
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March 31, 2014 6:48:11 PM

Silibant said:
theonerm2 said:
The GPU might not be getting enough power. So when that happens the GPU becomes unstable and crashes when anything even remotely GPU intensive happens. Please give me the specs of your power supply.

Sure thing: Ultra LSP Series V2 550W PSU. Yeah I know, but I'm replacing it with the CX430 from Corsair. Think that'll fix anything?


Try to upgrade to the latest drivers or try an older driver first. Perhaps the driver is not working well with your card. Anyway you're taking a risk by spending money on PC parts without fully knowing what's wrong. Your GPU could be at fault, your power supply could be at fault, even your motherboard could be causing the error. Also you have to have a driver with your graphics card. If you don't install one from AMD then Windows installs a crappy generic driver that you can't do much with. Test your parts in another computer if you can. That will better help you isolate the problem.
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April 1, 2014 7:49:06 AM

theonerm2 said:
Silibant said:
theonerm2 said:
The GPU might not be getting enough power. So when that happens the GPU becomes unstable and crashes when anything even remotely GPU intensive happens. Please give me the specs of your power supply.

Sure thing: Ultra LSP Series V2 550W PSU. Yeah I know, but I'm replacing it with the CX430 from Corsair. Think that'll fix anything?


Try to upgrade to the latest drivers or try an older driver first. Perhaps the driver is not working well with your card. Anyway you're taking a risk by spending money on PC parts without fully knowing what's wrong. Your GPU could be at fault, your power supply could be at fault, even your motherboard could be causing the error. Also you have to have a driver with your graphics card. If you don't install one from AMD then Windows installs a crappy generic driver that you can't do much with. Test your parts in another computer if you can. That will better help you isolate the problem.

Thanks. Here's a list of components I know for a fact are not at fault: the graphics card itself, and the motherboard. I RMA'd the GPU, and ASUS gave me the same exact one (I know because I left the blue plastic shield on the crossfire nub and it was still there); as to the motherboard: I have used other GPUs with it to test the PCIe bus/lane, they worked fine. That leaves us at either PSU or software, and as the PSU has been rated as awful by a lot of people and the software would consistently crash, I feel as though both may be at fault. Thus the replacement by a certifiably good Corsair product that is above what I need, and the uninstallation. As to the "crappy generic drivers", they seem to be working well so far. What advantages does AMD's provide?

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April 1, 2014 12:39:16 PM

Silibant said:
theonerm2 said:
Silibant said:
theonerm2 said:
The GPU might not be getting enough power. So when that happens the GPU becomes unstable and crashes when anything even remotely GPU intensive happens. Please give me the specs of your power supply.

Sure thing: Ultra LSP Series V2 550W PSU. Yeah I know, but I'm replacing it with the CX430 from Corsair. Think that'll fix anything?


Try to upgrade to the latest drivers or try an older driver first. Perhaps the driver is not working well with your card. Anyway you're taking a risk by spending money on PC parts without fully knowing what's wrong. Your GPU could be at fault, your power supply could be at fault, even your motherboard could be causing the error. Also you have to have a driver with your graphics card. If you don't install one from AMD then Windows installs a crappy generic driver that you can't do much with. Test your parts in another computer if you can. That will better help you isolate the problem.

Thanks. Here's a list of components I know for a fact are not at fault: the graphics card itself, and the motherboard. I RMA'd the GPU, and ASUS gave me the same exact one (I know because I left the blue plastic shield on the crossfire nub and it was still there); as to the motherboard: I have used other GPUs with it to test the PCIe bus/lane, they worked fine. That leaves us at either PSU or software, and as the PSU has been rated as awful by a lot of people and the software would consistently crash, I feel as though both may be at fault. Thus the replacement by a certifiably good Corsair product that is above what I need, and the uninstallation. As to the "crappy generic drivers", they seem to be working well so far. What advantages does AMD's provide?



Windows update may have installed an older driver from AMD and it may be more compatible with your system.The crappy driver that I'm talking about is when Windows can't find any other driver through local storage or on windows update. It shows up as a little caution sign in device manager when it's like that. Check to see if the caution symbol is there and you'll know if windows update has installed a driver for you if you see no little caution symbols. I like Corsair, Antec, and Seasonic powersupplies the most. If you can afford it I'd recommend you get the Antec Neo Eco 620C powersupply. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168... It's a nice powersupply that will give you room to upgrade. Just remember, you can keep a good powersupply for over a decade but a bad powersupply will only last months.
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April 1, 2014 12:48:06 PM

I'm starting fresh quote-wise so the thread's not a mile long (or 1609.34 meters). Device Manager doesn't show that, so I'm good there. I guess you're right, and I'm glad that whole thing worked. Also, I can't afford that PSU, but I'll keep it in mind. I was wondering: what's so bad about Ultras? I haven't experienced any crashes since then, and it's still in the system. I even ran 3DMark AND a Batman benchmark, so I'd imagine the PSU was pretty stressed. Any ideas? Maybe I just got a good one?
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April 1, 2014 4:27:26 PM

Unless there is a problem with the PSU then it should be fine for what you have. The +12v rail only has 30 amps on it which isn't terrible but it's not that good for running higher end graphics cards. If you can smell a burning smell after you have played a game for a while it's the PSU burning out. It's happened to me before. So I got me a TX750 even though it was overkill I thought I might SLI some day. Which I did SLI GTX 470's but now I sold them and got a GTX 770.
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April 1, 2014 4:50:49 PM

theonerm2 said:
Unless there is a problem with the PSU then it should be fine for what you have. The +12v rail only has 30 amps on it which isn't terrible but it's not that good for running higher end graphics cards. If you can smell a burning smell after you have played a game for a while it's the PSU burning out. It's happened to me before. So I got me a TX750 even though it was overkill I thought I might SLI some day. Which I did SLI GTX 470's but now I sold them and got a GTX 770.


Yeah, SR-71 Blackbird also told me about the 30 amps thing, and from his perspective, it "should be replaced immediately". Looks like that Corsair wasn't a waste of cash after all. Thanks for all your help on this.
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