I recently built a new PC, and it's been nothing but a headache. I have an XFX Radeon RX480, and I think it's been the root of all my problems.
Ever since I built this thing, my games always freeze, black screen, and crash. Almost as if it's switching to a different graphics source (such as the integrated GFX), causing my games to crash. It did it a little bit at the start, and a temporary fix was to restart. After that it was a dice roll. But it's gotten progressively worse. Now it's pretty much guaranteed to crash with the message "application has been blocked from using graphics hardware".
I've run out of options. So, as a last resort, I did a rollback on my display drivers, hoping that was my problem - a faulty update. It still crashed. So, I figured why not just update it back. Much to my expectation, it still crashed. I decided to go with my temporary fix and just restart it. Well, ever since, I can't connect to my monitor. It was literally on and working a second ago, and now it won't even connect.
I plugged my cords into the other slots near the USB ports, nothing. Got my old PC and plugged it up, it worked. Maybe it's a problem with the ports? I took it to my TV and plugged it in via HDMI, still nothing.
What exactly is wrong with my GFX card?
Ever since I built this thing, my games always freeze, black screen, and crash. Almost as if it's switching to a different graphics source (such as the integrated GFX), causing my games to crash. It did it a little bit at the start, and a temporary fix was to restart. After that it was a dice roll. But it's gotten progressively worse. Now it's pretty much guaranteed to crash with the message "application has been blocked from using graphics hardware".
I've run out of options. So, as a last resort, I did a rollback on my display drivers, hoping that was my problem - a faulty update. It still crashed. So, I figured why not just update it back. Much to my expectation, it still crashed. I decided to go with my temporary fix and just restart it. Well, ever since, I can't connect to my monitor. It was literally on and working a second ago, and now it won't even connect.
I plugged my cords into the other slots near the USB ports, nothing. Got my old PC and plugged it up, it worked. Maybe it's a problem with the ports? I took it to my TV and plugged it in via HDMI, still nothing.
What exactly is wrong with my GFX card?
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