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evanlp

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After installing my new CPU (AMD FX 8370) and GPU (MSI AMD RX 480) my computer is running slower than it was before. It takes a long time to open up applications, surf the web, starting up and shutting down, and just basic computing. Although, when I play games like BF1 and GTA V, it is perfect; no low fps or high temps. Sometimes on start up, it's just a blue screen and only my mouse appears and requires me to shut it down manually. I have reset the CMOS and BIOS, ran a virus & malware scan, tried my old cpu and gpu, and still no fix. I made sure everything was seated correctly and have found nothing unusual.
  • Specs
    MSI 970 Gaming Motherboard
    Corsair RM 850X PSU
    Corsair H80i v2 Water Cooler
    (2x) 4G AMPO DDR3 RAM
    Skyline 07-G Full Tower Case
    Windows 10 Home
    Old cpu: AMD FX 6100
    Old gpu: MSI R9 280X
 
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Ya it's fast, doesn't hurt anything if you don't have much on the system.
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Wait, Updated, i just looked you went from a AMD card to a Nvidia, did you use the the installed and just uninstall or use a 3rd party ?

NM i'm tripping, I thought your motherboard was a 970 GTX, Sorry been a long day.
 
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evanlp

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Yea, thats what ill do
(edit): i have an AMD card still
 
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Ya it's fast, doesn't hurt anything if you don't have much on the system.
 
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evanlp

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Oh it'll be awhile, ill keep you posted, thx again.
 
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evanlp

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Before I ran the reset, I plugged in my old gpu and afterwards everything works! but up until i plugged in my new gpu, it was back to normal, so its definitely the gpu that causing the problems...might need to RMA it
 
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dudeman509

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Hmm. Try this: leave old GPU in, uninstall all graphics drivers. Shut down system, reboot with new GPU installed. Install new drivers.
 
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evanlp

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Thanks for your reply! I just tried it and no dice. However, whenever I download the latest AMD Crimson driver, I notice it gets much slower than having no drivers at all. Maybe the software is the problem as well? Should I reinstall the OS with the new gpu in this time and see if that somehow fixes it, as it did for my old gpu?
 
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dudeman509

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Yeah, worth a shot. Try a different version of the Catalyst drivers first and see if that makes any difference. The latest AMD drivers have caused some really weird issues for my laptop with a R7 260M, so I rolled back to the previous version.
 
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evanlp

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I tried a different version and installed the AMD drivers before the crimson update (15.11.1) and no luck, so I reinstalled my OS again but with my new gpu and its fixed, but I have no drivers installed for anything because I'm afraid that's what's causing my problems.
edit: decided to update drivers to latest verision of AMD and everything works! Thanks for your guys help! Just had to reinstall the OS that's all.
 
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