Just build my first PC but have a problem .

Random011 · Aug 25, 2014

So everything seems fine except that I have a r9 290 in it and in dxdiag is says Intel HD graphics 4600 , in device manager when i go to display adapters they both pop up r9 200 series and intel HD and both are enabled . Should I disable the intel HD ?

smeezekitty · Aug 25, 2014

You probably should. If anything to make sure the R9 is detected rather than the Intel

Proofy · Aug 25, 2014

Did you plug your VGA/DVI/HDMI cable in the right connector?

Also download AMD Catalyst center if you didn't

K6-II · Aug 25, 2014

I know it sounds stupid but

1.Make sure you plugged your monitor cable into the r9 290
2.Go into Bios and disable the Intel HD graphics 4600

Z4T · Aug 25, 2014

Make sure your VGA/DVI/HDMI is plugged into the graphics card and not the motherboard.

See this picture, ignore the bad quality paint skills lol
http://i.imgur.com/oZXdNze.jpg

And also make sure you have the correct drivers installed, download from the manufacturers website (Asus, gigabyte, sapphire etc)

Proofy · Aug 25, 2014

Z4T :

HAHAHAH nice picture, totally explains everything xd...and I'm 99.9% sure that is the problem

Random011 · Aug 25, 2014

yes but using the hdmi , the overall picture becomes smaller , i have a 24" monitor , the hdmi makes it look like a 21"monitor there is black space all over the rectangular screen

Random011 · Aug 25, 2014

and no r9 290 doesnt have the standard vga plug

Z4T · Aug 25, 2014

Random011 :

Is the HDMI plug plugged into the R9 290 and not the motherboard?

Random011 · Aug 25, 2014

yes the r9 290 and it wont go full screen i tried using scaling but it didnt work

Proofy · Aug 25, 2014

I had hdmi also connected to my monitor and I also got black space over the rectangular screen... What I did is I bought DVI cable and replaced hdmi with it...

PS: DVI is much better than hdmi for gaming (hdmi for watching movies I'd say

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Z4T · Aug 25, 2014

Random011 :

Try using a DVI cable, your monitor may have came with one

Random011 · Aug 25, 2014

my monitor only came with d-sub cable i aint got any dvi cables

Major_Trouble · Aug 25, 2014

Random011 :

Yes but I am pretty sure your card came with a dvi-dsub adapter.

Proofy · Aug 25, 2014

If you can't find it just buy one.. it only costs about 10$

smeezekitty · Aug 25, 2014

I recommend DVI because a few reasons. One of which is that it isn't prone to underscan/overscan issues so much like HDMI
The cables are really common and cheap

Random011 · Aug 26, 2014

Ok everything seems to be ok now , i fixed everything mentioned above , but another ( hopefully software problem popped up ). So i have 8gigs of ram right ? , in task manager , it says that 50 or 60% is being used , even though i have almost nothing installed and all the tasks displayed in task manager only add up to 1 gig , so thats like 12% of RAM . I have windows 8 and i can store the processes by name , mem usage , cpu usage etc . i hope you know that and nothing takes more than 100mb and when I add the up together I get that 1gig of RAM usage but the total ram usage that the task manager is showing is 60% . Could this be a software releated or hardware releated issue ?

smeezekitty · Aug 26, 2014

Try this technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/ff700229.aspx

Random011 · Aug 26, 2014

worked after uninstalling intel rapid storage

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