AMD drivers lag my PC games and videos, can't seem to fix!!

Kilo7-

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I posted a previous thread here about the problem I've been having for over a week now; please take a quick moment to skim through it so you know the basis of my problem:
http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-2728985/acts-laggy-internet-fine.html.

I figured out its the AMD drivers. 15.7 and all below. I did a complete restore of my PC files. Before I installed the AMD drivers, I could watch YouTube videos in 1080p with no buffering just fine. AS SOON as I installed AMD 15.7, the lag was back. Videos wouldn't buffer at ANY quality, and my games would LAG. Wtf do I do? I need those drivers to play any of my games, and watch certain videos elsewhere besides YouTube, but they kill my computer with lag. Why? I've tried installing older drivers such as 15.5 and lower to make sure it wasnt just a 15.7 issue, but now they all slow my PC. I never once had this problem befroe, why suddenly does AMD kill my PC?
 
Solution
Before you update drivers you have to remove every trace of the older ones in order to avoid issues, try using DDU for that purpose:
http://www.wagnardmobile.com/DDU/

If you have not done that this could play a big role in your issues.

RCFProd

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Before you update drivers you have to remove every trace of the older ones in order to avoid issues, try using DDU for that purpose:
http://www.wagnardmobile.com/DDU/

If you have not done that this could play a big role in your issues.
 
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spdragoo

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No way that your GPU's drivers should be causing lag.

Since you just did a complete reinstall, did you a) make sure your Ethernet drivers are up-to-date, and b) make sure that your browser plug-ins are either up-to-date or not causing it? Did you also verify the lag by checking in multiple browers, to make sure it wasn't unique to Chrome/Firefox/IE/Safari/Opera/some other browser?