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R9 290 Driver Woes

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  • r9 290
  • Drivers
  • AMD
  • Gigabyte
  • Graphics
  • Radeon
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September 27, 2014 9:26:25 PM

the AMD driver for my gigabyte r9 290 OC edition has spent the past few months of its existence laughing at me while I pull my hair out over the crashes and incompatibility and general glitchiness. Solutions? similar exeriences?

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September 27, 2014 9:31:07 PM

Quite often if you remove Catalyst Control Center then the drivers load and work OK.

Have you got any specific problems?
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September 27, 2014 9:34:08 PM

I often have various graphical errors in games, crashes and freezes. Upon reviewing crash logs, the problem is usually "your driver don't work". I reinstall, it changes nothing. I have reinstalled probably 4-5 times now.
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September 27, 2014 9:35:02 PM

Can the control center be removed without removing the AMD drivers (not the basic windows ones that let you see if you uninstall your drivers?)
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September 27, 2014 10:06:04 PM

Yes - just use uninstall programs
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September 27, 2014 10:07:47 PM

Did it. Why would that utility cause issues? Doesn't it just change settings that can be modified through the default windows programs anyway?
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September 27, 2014 10:09:06 PM

Doesn't always cause problems. But mostly you don't really need it anyway.
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September 27, 2014 10:21:04 PM

Sounds like a faulty card.
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September 27, 2014 11:51:29 PM

Could be, but maybe check a few other things first.

Any luck with driver installation with no CCC present?

In Control Panel, Device Manager, is your graphics card there and working properly?
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