Upgraded CPU and GPU and now computer is slow

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Firerescue214

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Dec 16, 2016
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So i'm NOT extremely knowledgable with computers. I know basics enough where I can research parts I want to use to upgrade then and install them. I had an AMD Raedon R7 GPU and decided to upgrade it to play better games. Upgraded to MSI RX 480. Computer was UTTERLY slow after this. I thought it was a CPU issue not being able to handle it (i had an FX-4300) so I upgraded to an FX-8350. This helped but my computer is still slow (booting, simple tasks such as google chrome, itunes, notepad, etc). Also when I boot my computer says it can not handle the CPU and has to downgrade it so to say. What do I have to do to end this chaos, I am curious is this could be a motherboard issue or a RAM issue.

Thank you

CPU- AMD FX-8350
GPU- MSI gaming X RX480
MOBO- AMD 760G chipset
8GB ram
EVGA 700B power supply
 
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Syntalkas

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Nov 3, 2015
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This seems like a new GPU with old or generic drivers issue. Did you install the latest drivers for your new GPU?
If not I recommend you download Display Driver Uninstaller, completely uninstall any GPU driver leftovers and then install the appropriate drivers from the official AMD site.
 
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Firerescue214

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Dec 16, 2016
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Just got new motherboard. Installed, works nice and fast no issues, so thank you guys. But now I bring you another issue. Upon boot up everything is enlarged (icons, cursor, toolbar, etc.) any fix to this?
 
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