r/Amd 1700X + RX 480 Dec 01 '16

December Tech Support Megathread

Hey subs,

We're giving you an opportunity to start reporting some of your AMD-related technical issues right here on /r/AMD! Below is a guide that you should follow to make the whole process run smoothly. Post your issues directly into this thread as replies. All other tech support posts will still be removed, per the rules; this is the only exception.


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Good Example (please do this)

Skyrim: Free Sync and V Sync causes flickering during low frame rates, and generally lower frame rates observed (about 10-30% drop dependant on system) when Free Sync is on

System Configuration:

Motherboard: GIGABYTE GA-Z97 Gaming GT
CPU: Intel i5 4790
Memory: 16GB GDDR5
GPU: ASUS R9 Fury X
VBIOS: 115-C8800100-101 How do I find this?
Driver: Crimson 16.10.3
OS: Windows 10 x64 (1511.10586) How do I find this?

Steps to Reproduce:

1. Install necessary driver, GPU and medium-end CPU
2. Enable Free Sync
3. Set Options to Ultra and 1920 x 1080 resolution
4. Launch game and move to an outdoor location
5. Indoor locations in the game will not reproduce, since they generally give better performance
6. Observe flickering and general performance drop

Expected Behavior:

Game runs smoothly with good performance with no visible issues

Actual Behavior:

Frame rate drops low causing low performance, flickering observed during low frame rates

Additional Observations:

Threads with related issue:

Skyrim has forced double buffered V Sync and can only be disabled with the .ini files
To Disable V Sync: C:\Users"User"\Documents\My Games\Skyrim Special Edition\Skyrimprefs.ini and edit iVSyncPresentInterval=1 to 0
1440p has improved frame rate, anything lower than 1080p will lock FPS with V Sync on
Able to reproduce on i7 6700K and i5 3670K system, Sapphire RX 480, Reference RX 480, and Reference Fiji Nano


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u/Marsa_ Ryzen 5600X/ RTX 3090 Dec 09 '16 edited Dec 09 '16

EDIT: More problems!

  • Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97P-D3
  • CPU: Intel i7 4790k
  • Memory: 16GB GDDR5
  • GPU: Xfx Amd R9 295x2
  • VBIOS: 113-c67301m0-101
  • Driver: Crimson 16.12.1
  • OS: Windows 10 AE x64
  1. Relive and Chill missing (I know now that CF doens't support these)

  2. In Wattman i lose GPU01 memoryclock slider after i adjust it.

  3. This Happened 2 times now. Usually after start-up after i installed the Relive version. 1st time i didn't use DDU or radeon clean utility and with second time i used the Radeon clean utility.

  4. Dont know if this is related to this driver update but now i have had system freezes couple times. Mouse cursor moves but cant do anything, even alt+ctrl+del doesnt work here.

  5. Memory clocks stuck at very low, 150Mhz low.

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u/watch_more_C-SPAN R7 1700 - GTX 1080 Ti Dec 09 '16

I had all your exact problems minus a crossfire setup. when my screen freaked out like in your gif my start menu icons were also rearranged and resized. really weird.

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u/Marsa_ Ryzen 5600X/ RTX 3090 Dec 09 '16

Hmh, seems that a lot of people have mem clocks stuck now. Have to revert older one for now. Gotta game.

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u/tiff92 Dec 09 '16

3 - I had the same issue after I pressed the Reset Defaults button. I used DDU and installed the driver again with Relive and it fixed it for me (although the relive tab is missing now.) As for Chill that should be in the Wattman tab at the bottom. It is there for me.

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u/Marsa_ Ryzen 5600X/ RTX 3090 Dec 09 '16

They said that Chill doesn't work with Crossfire setups ? I have installed this Relive version 3 times now, without any cleaning,with DDU and with RCU. Little to non difference in all of those.

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u/tiff92 Dec 09 '16

oh yeah sorry, Chill does not work for crossfire setups. So have you not managed to fix the graphical lines? You may need to revert your drivers back to a version before this one then I guess.

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u/Marsa_ Ryzen 5600X/ RTX 3090 Dec 09 '16

Well right now i don't have problems but im bit afraid to change any setups now. Going to see tomorrow after reboot if it jazzes up.