Having issues with adrenaline

[Bombastinator]

This is sort of a continuation of another thread in PC gaming, but pertains more specifically to the hardware I think.  
So I was told I should lock my fps to 60 for a specific game I am running (fallout 4) because I’m having speed issues, so I went to adrenaline which has handy settings for such things, and learned it needed an update.  So I attempted that.  Here my troubles begin:

 

I downloaded the installer and ran it, but it turns out it’s not actually an installer;  it’s a system checker and downloader which then downloads the installer itself.  The problem seems to be here:  it removed my old adrenaline, then started to download the new one, but it restarts about a third of the way through the download so it is not completed and I have no adrenaline at all now.  The thing says it will restart, so this is somewhat expected, but the problem is it doesn’t pick up the tread and continue installing.  It just presents my PIN code.

 

so the result is I can’t launch the app to fix anything.

 

 

specs: (in case it matters) 

CPU:

 12700 (non-k, non-f)

GPU:  

xfx 310 SWFT 6800xt

mobo:

MSI mag b660 wifi ddr4

ram:  

2x16 t force vulcan(or something like that?)  some cheapass bottom shelf Uber slow CAS 3200mhz ddr4 (needs XMP on to do anything other than default 2166)

Storage:

1 Samsung evo 980 pro 2tb (boot.  I have not so far as I can tell had “the issue” and updating the firmware was fraught with problems) 

1 Samsung evo 2tb 970 plus 2tb (steam drive)

1 4tb HDD (backup. Not really setup yet for it though.  It’s just sitting there) 

Monitor:

gigabyte m32U

OS:

win11 euro student (unactivated) 

peripherals:

 cheapass keyboard, mouse USB3.1 hub, 3.1 external bay for the HDD, the bliKVMHAT is not attached at the moment.

Edited February 28, 2023 by Bombastinator

[RONOTHAN##]

DDU and reinstall the AMD driver, downloading it directly from AMD. AMD's in driver updater has never once worked for me, causing basically this exact issue the 3 times I've tried using it. The DDU and reinstall method is pretty reliable though, so it's just what I default to now. 

[BiotechBen]

16 minutes ago, RONOTHAN## said:

DDU and reinstall the AMD driver, downloading it directly from AMD. AMD's in driver updater has never once worked for me, causing basically this exact issue the 3 times I've tried using it. The DDU and reinstall method is pretty reliable though, so it's just what I default to now. 

Most of the time the in-app updater works just fine for me, I'd say maybe 1/10 times it gives me trouble, so I've pretty much just resorted to going straight from AMD's site as well.

[191x7]

1 hour ago, Bombastinator said:

This is sort of a continuation of another thread in PC gaming, but pertains more specifically to the hardware I think.  
So I was told I should lock my fps to 60 for a specific game I am running (fallout 4) because I’m having speed issues, so I went to adrenaline which has handy settings for such things, and learned it needed an update.  So I attempted that.  Here my troubles begin:

 

I downloaded the installer and ran it, but it turns out it’s not actually an installer;  it’s a system checker and downloader which then downloads the installer itself.  The problem seems to be here:  it removed my old adrenaline, then started to download the new one, but it restarts about a third of the way through the download so it is not completed and I have no adrenaline at all now.  The thing says it will restart, so this is somewhat expected, but the problem is it doesn’t pick up the tread and continue installing.  It just presents my PIN code.

 

so the result is I can’t launch the app to fix anything.

 

 

specs: (in case it matters) 

CPU:

 12700 (non-k, non-f)

GPU:  

xfx 310 SWFT 6800xt

mobo:

MSI mag b660 wifi ddr4

ram:  

2x16 t force vulcan(or something like that?)  some cheapass bottom shelf Uber slow CAS 3200mhz ddr4 (needs XMP on to do anything other than default 2166)

Storage:

1 Samsung evo 980 pro 2tb (boot.  I have not so far as I can tell had “the issue” and updating the firmware was fraught with problems) 

1 Samsung evo 2tb 970 plus 2tb (steam drive)

1 4tb HDD (backup. Not really setup yet for it though.  It’s just sitting there) 

Monitor:

gigabyte m32U

OS:

win11 euro student (unactivated) 

peripherals:

 cheapass keyboard, mouse USB3.1 hub, 3.1 external bay for the HDD, the bliKVMHAT is not attached at the moment.

Here you go:

https://www.amd.com/en/support/graphics/amd-radeon-6000-series/amd-radeon-6800-series/amd-radeon-rx-6800

[Bombastinator]

2 hours ago, RONOTHAN## said:

DDU and reinstall the AMD driver, downloading it directly from AMD. AMD's in driver updater has never once worked for me, causing basically this exact issue the 3 times I've tried using it. The DDU and reinstall method is pretty reliable though, so it's just what I default to now. 

I will try this.  I went to AMD originally though and what they had was this thing. Did you go anywhere special or different?  I’m hoping to get the full adrenaline and have it work though. The idea is to use one of its features to limit fps.  The game is too old to have a control mechanism it seems.

Edited February 28, 2023 by Bombastinator

[191x7]

5 minutes ago, Bombastinator said:

I will try this.  I went to AMD originally though and what they had was this thing. Did you go anywhere special or different?  I’m hoping to get the full adrenaline and have it work though. The idea is to use one of its features to limit fps.  The game is too old to have a control mechanism it seems.

Fallout 4 is limited to 60fps internally, you shouldn't need to make additional limits. And it's not that old, 2015 was just 8 years ago. Wait what, it feels a lot newer to me...
Sometimes I think of some old games as rather new, probably because I started gaming some 30 years ago. 

[Bombastinator]

Downloading now…. I notice there’s a PRO edition as well which is slightly larger.  What is involved with that?  I’d never heard of such before.

[Bombastinator]

Waugh it did it again!