Is my discrete GPU broken?

Clint Mengolli

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So I have had this commputer for over a year now and today I was benchmarking my gpu (R5 235) to see wether it was better than my APU's inbuilt gpu (R7). So I took out my discrete card, (not the first time I have done so.) I tested the APU's gpu and put the discrete card back in because performance was better on the discrete card. I plugged it in, the card's fans are spinning, it gives a display and everything! You see, the issue is I was playing ROBLOX at MINIMUM settings and got 3fps.(I would get around 50fps on maximum). I tried checking the AMD catalyst control center, its not there, I checked wether my card is installed, THE HARDWARE PROGRAM CLAIMS THERE IS NOTHING THERE. What is going on? Please help me or my summer holiday will be a misery!Another thing is that I had a HDMI port and DVI port on 2 different screens. one to monitor, one to tv. Now I can only use one slot because it is saying there is nothing connected to the other one.
IM GETTING SO LOW FPS ON EVERY GAME EVEN WITH DISGUSTING GRAPHICS. I dont want to use my apu because some of the thermal paste is worn out and the GPU is not even that good compared to the discrete card.
 
Solution


Download and install the latest driver from AMDs website.

Clint Mengolli

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I have done that. Thats the weird thing. It is still displaying. No display is connected to the motherboard
 

Clint Mengolli

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It has had bad thermal pasting for a very long time and my fps and performance was not affected at all and temperatures are still stable. I dont know why my computer is not recognizing there is a graphics card even though it is being used but not used properly. I checked my device managers and it only has the apu graphics and has not registered the discrete card.

 

Clint Mengolli

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I can confirm that the monitor cables are connected to the graphics card. It is really strange. I do NOT understand what is going. The amount of times I have removed the card and used the APU graphics have been countless. But this time, this time was weird because I checked dxdiagnostics and it says it is using microsoft basic display driver.
 

RobCrezz

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Download and install the latest driver from AMDs website.
 
Solution

Clint Mengolli

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Jul 2, 2016
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Okay, I am doing that right now :D
 

Clint Mengolli

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Thank you so much! It seems that when I removed my discrete card, I was not even using the APU's graphics but using onboard graphics! Time to buy my thermal paste so I use the APU for gaming! My frames have almost doubled in Minecraft WITHOUT optifine. I truly thank you. I dont understand how Im using my discrete card as output but using the APU as the graphics XD Anyway, I am going to buy some thermal paste. BYE!
 

RobCrezz

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You sure you haven't just mistaken which is which?

What APU do you have? And what is the model of the graphics card?
 

Clint Mengolli

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My APU is the Radeon A10 7800

My GPU is the R5 235