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i recently purchases a AMD radeon R9 290x second hand and i cant seem to install the specific drivers for this GPU  i tried running Amds clean up utility and that ran so i tried install again and it didnt work 

just starts install and it crashes out no errors no nothing just nope 

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If you have previously had a different dedicated GPU (slot in card), try running the DDU utility. It more fully gets rid of old drivers. 

https://www.guru3d.com/files-details/display-driver-uninstaller-download.html

 

It looks a little daunting, but follow the instructions carefully and you should be done in under 10 mins.

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15 minutes ago, chrisserung said:

If you have previously had a different dedicated GPU (slot in card), try running the DDU utility. It more fully gets rid of old drivers. 

https://www.guru3d.com/files-details/display-driver-uninstaller-download.html

 

It looks a little daunting, but follow the instructions carefully and you should be done in under 10 mins.

ive done the ddu so my computer has restarted and now i should instal the drivers right?

 

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