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I saw it with my own eyes. Games were crashing and there was an instability. Graphics were loading slowly, there were fps drops (nothing to do with bottleneck). I am using RTX 4080 Super right now. No crashes, no slow load, no fps drops. Everything is stable. I want you to know that I didn't come here to badmouth AMD Radeon. I just couldn't handle it with those instability because I was NVIDIA user over 15 year no problems 15 year imagine. I want you to know that I talked to 1000 people almost about this problem and did everything they said but nothing happened crashes after crashes. Maybe there is a problem with the card, I don't know, I'll put it aside for now when I need to sell it, I'll sell it later or send RMA. Thanks people.
It’s fine, just so long you don’t know why the GPU didn’t work you have no right to say this is about Radeon vs Nvidia and Nvidia is better. You realise there are thousands of people who have 0 issues with Radeon cards right? It’s no wonder the other guy is calling you a troll, because you’re not making much sense.

1) the card could be broken, absolutely possible

2) it could be numerous other issues like a broken OS or bad PSU and other things.

3) as long as you don’t KNOW what it was it is very bad that you make broad accusations about Radeon instead of saying “well I got another GPU card now, this one works”

4) the issue here is you make it about Radeon vs GeForce but it is probably just “a broken card vs a good card”, it’s not about the GPU brand, it’s about something else, and this is very very likely the case.

5) in the end you are just repeating the nonsense old “bad rep” of Radeon which doesn’t have substantial facts to back it up, just a lot of nonsense. But then again that was about drivers, this here is clearly much more likely a broken GPU issue which also happens to Nvidia and other brands.

6) even the alleged “Radeon drivers are bad” issue was overblown by trolls and people who are simply at fault themselves, simply by being biased, as those same people would next time fault themselves when they have issues with Nvidia, and not say it was a Nvidia driver issue. Oh and trust me Nvidia drivers aren’t perfect either. They are a bit better and that’s it, it’s not a night and day difference or something like that. I used Radeon drivers over 10 years ago and they were fine. Today’s drivers are way better than those of over 10 years ago. No way on earth Radeon drivers are bad, they’re just maybe not as good as Nvidia drivers are - but again, this is about something else probably and not drivers. It reeks of a broken GPU, which happens, and that’s life, and no brand has a perfect track record with working devices.
 
I currently use a 650W PSU with my 4090, never had a single problem. Wattage is fine, but quality is perhaps even more important with PSUs.
I'll second that. Some ATX 2.x models are simply better at handling transient spikes, with little regard to their nominal wattage. This is likely due to employing higher quality electronics, or better overall design with oversized/redundant components.

For a couple of months I ran the 7900XTX in my profile rig with a Seasonic GX-650. I didn't see a single issue while benchmarking over a dozen games with uncapped frame rate, across multiple resolutions and settings. The highest power consumption at the wall was around 500 W for the whole system.

Did the GPU spike above that value momentarily, without my wattmeter registering it? Most probably. Did the PSU handle it just fine? Yep.
Would a mid-tier 650 W unit behave the same? Highly doubtful.
 
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Would a mid-tier 650 W unit behave the same? Highly doubtful.
And it’s even worse when people here say their 850W PSU couldn’t do it, and didn’t the other guy say his 1000W PSU wasn’t good enough as well? So either those PSUs are like half dead or they are of bad quality, it’s quite puzzling to me, because they have more than enough wattage to handle it and the 7900XTX for example has better energy management than a 6900 XT which was infamous for having massive spikes, which the 7900 XTX doesn’t have as both AMD and Nvidia learned from the last gen and fixed these issues. Otherwise you can bet your butt that I couldn’t drive a 4090 with a 650W PSU.
 
This might help you, it fixed stuff for me after i tested all my PC parts and nothing was fixing the issue, i had some problems with WoW.

Multi-Plane Overlay (MPO - Windows feature) causes freezing/flickering/stuttering/driver crash.
I am not sure why its affecting only some and not everybody but you can do your own research.

To disable download this reg from Nvidia:

or edit with regedit yourself:
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Dwm]
“OverlayTestMode”=dword:00000005

You can also try this tool with multiple fixes:
 
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I saw it with my own eyes. Games were crashing and there was an instability. Graphics were loading slowly, there were fps drops (nothing to do with bottleneck). I am using RTX 4080 Super right now. No crashes, no slow load, no fps drops. Everything is stable. I want you to know that I didn't come here to badmouth AMD Radeon. I just couldn't handle it with those instability because I was NVIDIA user over 15 year no problems 15 year imagine. I want you to know that I talked to 1000 people almost about this problem and did everything they said but nothing happened crashes after crashes. Maybe there is a problem with the card, I don't know, I'll put it aside for now when I need to sell it, I'll sell it later or send RMA. Thanks people.
You've probably had a problem with Windows but not your card, Radeon's software (Adrenaline) relies on Windows more than Nvidia.
On the other hand, you are switching from Nvidia to Radeon and you have to do a lot of cleanups/reinstalls/installs to get it working well. The easiest way is to just reinstall Windows.
People who hate their purchases as a bad product (Nvidia/AMD/Intel) mostly don't know how to manage Windows because it's necessary sometimes.
Yes, I can agree that using Nvidia is the easiest way, but that doesn't make Radeon a bad product, you just don't know how to make it work.

Of course, there's always a chance you just have bad luck and have a problematic device, but that can happen with any device.
 
You've probably had a problem with Windows but not your card, Radeon's software (Adrenaline) relies on Windows more than Nvidia.
On the other hand, you are switching from Nvidia to Radeon and you have to do a lot of cleanups/reinstalls/installs to get it working well. The easiest way is to just reinstall Windows.
People who hate their purchases as a bad product (Nvidia/AMD/Intel) mostly don't know how to manage Windows because it's necessary sometimes.
Yes, I can agree that using Nvidia is the easiest way, but that doesn't make Radeon a bad product, you just don't know how to make it work.

Of course, there's always a chance you just have bad luck and have a problematic device, but that can happen with any device.
When switching from nvidia to ATi, I've had to do a fresh OS, it seems crap gets left over from uninstalling drivers or registry entries left in or modified and not reverted back to stock.

Then there is this
 
When switching from nvidia to ATi, I've had to do a fresh OS, it seems crap gets left over from uninstalling drivers or registry entries left in or modified and not reverted back to stock.
Yes, if the user is competent enough, he can fix it, but reinstalling is a faster option. Windows will work "somehow", but that's not always welcome.
Windows 11 is even more crippled after hardware changes...
 
Yes, if the user is competent enough, he can fix it, but reinstalling is a faster option. Windows will work "somehow", but that's not always welcome.
Windows 11 is even more crippled after hardware changes...
There is a certain amount of times an os can be installed, otherwise calling ms is the other solution but i believe some have figured out a bypass for that.
 
There is a certain amount of times an os can be installed, otherwise calling ms is the other solution but i believe some have figured out a bypass for that.
If you change motherboard yes, you need to call them.
 
I would try a windows reinstall if all the other suggestion didn't work.

I'm on a Corsair AX850 Titanium and was running a sapphire reference model 7900XTX which was 2x8 pin no issues and just replaced that card with a XFX magnetic air version which is now 3x8 pin and also solid.

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If you change motherboard yes, you need to call them.
Don’t know if anything changed lately but that wasn’t the case some years ago.

Purchased Win10 (retail) like 7-8 years ago (2016-2017). I switched to AM4 platform 2019 and did a fresh install of that windows 10. I had the disk but did a flash drive installation method and entered the CD key. Windows activation worked successfully. It was registered to my Microsoft account from purchase. No questions asked.
I guess that if I was using 2 to installations of the same Win it would cause issues.
Upgraded to win11 about 7 months ago. Same 2019 system (board).
 
If you change motherboard yes, you need to call them.

Don’t know if anything changed lately but that wasn’t the case some years ago.

Purchased Win10 (retail) like 7-8 years ago (2016-2017). I switched to AM4 platform 2019 and did a fresh install of that windows 10. I had the disk but did a flash drive installation method and entered the CD key. Windows activation worked successfully. It was registered to my Microsoft account from purchase. No questions asked.
I guess that if I was using 2 to installations of the same Win it would cause issues.
Upgraded to win11 about 7 months ago. Same 2019 system (board).
This was on XP having to reinstall several times back in the day. Same exact hardware, no change. I think after like 6 or 10 reinstalls over a certain period of time the OS would mandate to call MS and I would just tell them a harddrive failed and had to change it. They would tell me the code to enter and the os would activate. I only ever reinstalled 7 like twice so never had a problem.
 
BTW I remember I did a fresh reinstall Win10 somewhere around 2021-2022

Overall not too many times
 
Windows Pro have 3 hardware changes.
 
BTW I remember I did a fresh reinstall Win10 somewhere around 2021-2022

Overall not too many times
Yeah i think it deals with how many times over a certain amount of time. I had a copy of 7 home on my Skt A, and I put it on a 754 Athlon 64 system like a decade later, I intend on removing it on the skt a eventually or doing a different copy and find AGP GART drivers for that nf2 mobo to have full agp capability in 7.

Windows Pro have 3 hardware changes.
I do recall that
 
BTW I remember I did a fresh reinstall Win10 somewhere around 2021-2022

Overall not too many times
Reinstalling and hardware changes are different things, you can reinstall many times but there are other programs that can suffer from that :)
This is one of the easiest ways to "fix" windows that is quick and can fix some problems, but not all. This is not a true reinstall.

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Reinstalling and hardware changes are different things, you can reinstall many times but there are other programs that can suffer from that :)
This is one of the easiest ways to "fix" windows that is quick and can fix some problems, but not all. This is not a true reinstall.

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This is where I like System Retore which was originally found in Windows Millenium Edition, it is still there but You have to go looking for it in W10 and 11.
 
This is where I like System Retore which was originally found in Windows Millenium Edition, it is still there but You have to go looking for it in W10 and 11.
System Restore still works, but is not good for SSD/NVME life :)
 
System Restore still works, but is not good for SSD/NVME life :)
I donk think reinstalling numerous times on an os is good for them either, but it's why i have the os on the ssd and everything else on a hdd for fault tolerance
 
@ColonelKurtz Try doing a CMOS reset, no PBO adjustments or anything then see if you get crashes. To me it sounds like a curve optimizer issue.

PS: I didnt read the whole thread, just skimmed it.
 
When switching from nvidia to ATi, I've had to do a fresh OS, it seems crap gets left over from uninstalling drivers or registry entries left in or modified and not reverted back to stock.

Then there is this

The AMD and NVIDIA drivers should be able to coexist perfectly, some configurations (such as my laptop) actually require both drivers to be installed.
 
That's why you buy a high capacity power supply suitable for the power-guzzling monster inside your case :D

These aftermarket triple input 7900 XTX models can pull as much if not more power and current than a 4090



Sucks, but still less than ideal IMO
That is simply not true
 
This sounds like a troll post TBH, OP comes with a problem and then literally the same day apparently buys a new GPU and confirms everything works fine "AMD never again blah blah.

I agree! You gotto love the drama though... FREE ENTERTAINMENT!!

I usually take people at face value until they throw in something completely absurd.....

.....I want you to know that I talked to 1000 people almost about this problem and did everything they said but nothing happened crashes after crashes....

What? not one of those 1000 people suggested a fresh Win install? or, return the card for a replacement? The least we can do is commit to an exchange or even a refund and get the same model from a different Make before concluding "AMD never again blah blah". Even that would be harsh if others with the same or similar cards are reporting positive feedback. Yep something doesn't add up.
 
People mentioned piracy and looks like OP solved his issue. Points and a thread lock.
 
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