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My GPU doesn't appear to be working. GPU-Z recognises it but as you can see in one of my attachments but device manager won't find it. I installed drivers from CD that came with the card but Catalyst control centre only recognises the CPU. Oh yeah and the monitor is attached directly to the hdmi port on the GPU. It works but in 1920x1080 instead of full 2560x1080. What am I doing wrong? It seems it is attached properly if it can carry the data off motherboard...

>installed drivers from the CD

NEVER do that.  Always install the drivers from the AMD website.

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My GPU doesn't appear to be working. GPU-Z recognises it but as you can see in one of my attachments but device manager won't find it. I installed drivers from CD that came with the card but Catalyst control centre only recognises the CPU. Oh yeah and the monitor is attached directly to the hdmi port on the GPU. It works but in 1920x1080 instead of full 2560x1080. What am I doing wrong? It seems it is attached properly if it can carry the data off motherboard...

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My GPU doesn't appear to be working. GPU-Z recognises it but as you can see in one of my attachments but device manager won't find it. I installed drivers from CD that came with the card but Catalyst control centre only recognises the CPU. Oh yeah and the monitor is attached directly to the hdmi port on the GPU. It works but in 1920x1080 instead of full 2560x1080. What am I doing wrong? It seems it is attached properly if it can carry the data off motherboard...

>installed drivers from the CD

NEVER do that.  Always install the drivers from the AMD website.

QUOTE ME OR I PROBABLY WON'T SEE YOUR RESPONSE 

My Setup:

 

Desktop

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CPU: Ryzen 9 3900X  CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15  Motherboard: Asus Prime X370-PRO  RAM: 32GB Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 @3200MHz  GPU: EVGA RTX 2080 FTW3 ULTRA (+50 core +400 memory)  Storage: 1050GB Crucial MX300, 1TB Crucial MX500  PSU: EVGA Supernova 750 P2  Chassis: NZXT Noctis 450 White/Blue OS: Windows 10 Professional  Displays: Asus MG279Q FreeSync OC, LG 27GL850-B

 

Main Laptop:

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Laptop: Sager NP 8678-S  CPU: Intel Core i7 6820HK @ 2.7GHz  RAM: 32GB DDR4 @ 2133MHz  GPU: GTX 980m 8GB  Storage: 250GB Samsung 850 EVO M.2 + 1TB Samsung 850 Pro + 1TB 7200RPM HGST HDD  OS: Windows 10 Pro  Chassis: Clevo P670RG  Audio: HyperX Cloud II Gunmetal, Audio Technica ATH-M50s, JBL Creature II

 

Thinkpad T420:

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CPU: i5 2520M  RAM: 8GB DDR3  Storage: 275GB Crucial MX30

 

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What are your full specs?

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AMD FX 6350, Sapphire R9 285, Gigabyte 970 motherboard. I guess everything else matters very little.

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>installed drivers from the CD

NEVER do that.  Always install the drivers from the AMD website.

 

I guess I'll try that, I doubt it'll just start working.

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>installed drivers from the CD

NEVER do that.  Always install the drivers from the AMD website.

 

Oh my god that actually fucking worked. I can't thank you enough sir, thought AMD was decent enough to know how to put a driver on a CD appears I was wrong.

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Oh my god that actually fucking worked. I can't thank you enough sir, thought AMD was decent enough to know how to put a driver on a CD appears I was wrong.

It's not AMD that puts the driver on the CD.  It's the manufacturer.  and could you set my answer as solved?

QUOTE ME OR I PROBABLY WON'T SEE YOUR RESPONSE 

My Setup:

 

Desktop

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CPU: Ryzen 9 3900X  CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15  Motherboard: Asus Prime X370-PRO  RAM: 32GB Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 @3200MHz  GPU: EVGA RTX 2080 FTW3 ULTRA (+50 core +400 memory)  Storage: 1050GB Crucial MX300, 1TB Crucial MX500  PSU: EVGA Supernova 750 P2  Chassis: NZXT Noctis 450 White/Blue OS: Windows 10 Professional  Displays: Asus MG279Q FreeSync OC, LG 27GL850-B

 

Main Laptop:

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Laptop: Sager NP 8678-S  CPU: Intel Core i7 6820HK @ 2.7GHz  RAM: 32GB DDR4 @ 2133MHz  GPU: GTX 980m 8GB  Storage: 250GB Samsung 850 EVO M.2 + 1TB Samsung 850 Pro + 1TB 7200RPM HGST HDD  OS: Windows 10 Pro  Chassis: Clevo P670RG  Audio: HyperX Cloud II Gunmetal, Audio Technica ATH-M50s, JBL Creature II

 

Thinkpad T420:

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CPU: i5 2520M  RAM: 8GB DDR3  Storage: 275GB Crucial MX30

 

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Ofc I could, just had to restart the damn thing before I could remember to mark it.

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