7970 New drivers problems

[Stav Kats]

I was using the same drivers on my XFX 7970 for so long, but yesterday I decided to update them. I used AMD's clean up utility and installed new drivers using the auto-detect system. They were installed correctly but after a while I saw a flicker on my screen. I thought it wasn't something and I kept on using my computer. But then, after a few minutes another came. And then after a few more minutes another sudden screen flicker appeared. So I understood that something's wrong with the drivers. In my attempt to fix that I installed a bunch of other drivers from AMD, but nothing changed. It flickers out of the blue, with no relation to heat or GPU usage. 

Also, just a few minutes ago, my drivers crashed and my windows explorer(using Windows 7-64bit) changed to the white "safe modish" look.

What do you think that is happening with my system? Is it common? Should I install even older drivers, like 15.7.1?

 

Thanks in advance!

[Enderman]

try increasing the voltage or lowering the clock speed to increase stability

 

then try older drivers

 

then if none of that works you probably need a new GPU

[MrTiC]

Use DDU

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

[LabRat]

maybe the new drivers stressed the card too much?

couldn't do a rollback in the device manager?

been to windows updates lately?

[Hero7750]

10 minutes ago, LabRat said:

maybe the new drivers stressed the card too much?

couldn't do a rollback in the device manager?

been to windows updates lately?

i get some flickering too while using the latest driver on my r9 390 and r9 290 machine, it could just be driver bugs.

[Delicieuxz]

I suggest making a thread on AMD's driver support forum: https://community.amd.com/community/support-forums/drivers-software

 

There's also a Report Issue feature in Crimson driver panel, if you first click the Preferences tab, at the bottom of the home panel.

[Stav Kats]

9 hours ago, MrTiC said:

Use DDU

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

 

9 hours ago, Enderman said:

try increasing the voltage or lowering the clock speed to increase stability

 

then try older drivers

 

then if none of that works you probably need a new GPU

 

9 hours ago, LabRat said:

maybe the new drivers stressed the card too much?

couldn't do a rollback in the device manager?

been to windows updates lately?

 

8 hours ago, Hero7750 said:

i get some flickering too while using the latest driver on my r9 390 and r9 290 machine, it could just be driver bugs.

 

8 hours ago, Delicieuxz said:

I suggest making a thread on AMD's driver support forum: https://community.amd.com/community/support-forums/drivers-software

 

There's also a Report Issue feature in Crimson driver panel, if you first click the Preferences tab, at the bottom of the home panel.

Thanks for all your help guys. Installing older drivers fixed my problem but does this mean that I will never be able to update to a newer driver? Am I stuck to this and only this one?  

[Delicieuxz]

That might depend on whether you report the issue to AMD or not.

[Enderman]

6 hours ago, Stav Kats said:

 

 

 

 

Thanks for all your help guys. Installing older drivers fixed my problem but does this mean that I will never be able to update to a newer driver? Am I stuck to this and only this one?  

you can try updating to the next one they release and it will probably work fine

[LabRat]

1 hour ago, Enderman said:

you can try updating to the next one they release and it will probably work fine

don't say that.

[Enderman]

3 minutes ago, LabRat said:

don't say that.

???

what?

why?

 

wtf?

[Hero7750]

7 hours ago, Stav Kats said:

 

 

 

 

Thanks for all your help guys. Installing older drivers fixed my problem but does this mean that I will never be able to update to a newer driver? Am I stuck to this and only this one?  

no when they release a new driver you can upgrade to that one

[BrightCandle]

6 minutes ago, Hero7750 said:

no when they release a new driver you can upgrade to that one

Given they respond to and fix the bug. Its been a bug on my Fury card for a really long time, at least a year now and I reported it right away.

[LabRat]

1 hour ago, Enderman said:

???

what?

why?

 

wtf?

I've had new drivers destroy cards. saying the next one will be okay is no guarantee. then you need to take into account the different architecture of the cards. and the fact that AMD and nvidia have been petering out support for the older cards. times are changing .

[Enderman]

13 minutes ago, LabRat said:

I've had new drivers destroy cards. saying the next one will be okay is no guarantee. then you need to take into account the different architecture of the cards. and the fact that AMD and nvidia have been petering out support for the older cards. times are changing .

lol drivers do not destroy cards

the last time that happened was over 5 years ago, stop spreading BS

 

the 7970 is not an old card and all the new drivers still support it

 

I have had problems with drivers in the past which made me revert to an older driver, the next time nvidia released a driver I updated and the issue was gone

 

there is absolutely no problem with updating to newer drivers

you need to stop spreading paranoia, because nothing bad happens from updating to a newer version

 

and idk wtf you're talking about with architecture, drivers are made to support the different architectures

thats why you download the drivers for YOUR card and not some other card

clearly you have little experience updating GPU drivers

[LabRat]

18 minutes ago, Enderman said:

lol drivers do not destroy cards

the last time that happened was over 5 years ago, stop spreading BS

 

the 7970 is not an old card and all the new drivers still support it

 

I have had problems with drivers in the past which made me revert to an older driver, the next time nvidia released a driver I updated and the issue was gone

 

there is absolutely no problem with updating to newer drivers

you need to stop spreading paranoia, because nothing bad happens from updating to a newer version

 

and idk wtf you're talking about with architecture, drivers are made to support the different architectures

thats why you download the drivers for YOUR card and not some other card

clearly you have little experience updating GPU drivers

sorry, but you're wrong!

[metasynergy]

@Stav Kats
I also updated my drivers to 16.5.3. I started seeing issues (horizontal lines i have learned to associate with vram errors). I will try not to drag the story out, but I: rolled back overclock, completely wiped my boot SSD, and many other things but the error persisted. I downloaded 16.3.2 which they still have available because for some reason the May 22nd release doesn't support APUs or something. Kind of as a last hope before taking my system apart one piece at a time to see what needed replacing. I'm super stoked it worked.

Be sure to hang on to whatever driver you found that works for you, it is nearly impossible to find AMD drivers once they take them off the support site.

In answer to your later question about ever being able to update, I think that they will release a more solid update later that is more stable. This update is a hotfix and I think we are usually lucky if they fix more problems than they create. If you NEED to update drivers (remember, you usually don't unless for new game features or stability) then submit a ticket with your issue. They are pretty good about fixing issues and getting them into subsequent patches, but they have to know what is happening first.

 

I hope this helps!

[Stav Kats]

9 hours ago, metasynergy said:

@Stav Kats
I also updated my drivers to 16.5.3. I started seeing issues (horizontal lines i have learned to associate with vram errors). I will try not to drag the story out, but I: rolled back overclock, completely wiped my boot SSD, and many other things but the error persisted. I downloaded 16.3.2 which they still have available because for some reason the May 22nd release doesn't support APUs or something. Kind of as a last hope before taking my system apart one piece at a time to see what needed replacing. I'm super stoked it worked.

Be sure to hang on to whatever driver you found that works for you, it is nearly impossible to find AMD drivers once they take them off the support site.

In answer to your later question about ever being able to update, I think that they will release a more solid update later that is more stable. This update is a hotfix and I think we are usually lucky if they fix more problems than they create. If you NEED to update drivers (remember, you usually don't unless for new game features or stability) then submit a ticket with your issue. They are pretty good about fixing issues and getting them into subsequent patches, but they have to know what is happening first.

 

I hope this helps!

I had to go all the way back to 15.7  

All the 16.x.x drivers prompted an error about Qt5Core.dll missing from Radeon Settings and I couldn't fix it, so I went back to the Catalyst days and I have no problems now.

[metasynergy]

7 hours ago, Stav Kats said:

I had to go all the way back to 15.7  

All the 16.x.x drivers prompted an error about Qt5Core.dll missing from Radeon Settings and I couldn't fix it, so I went back to the Catalyst days and I have no problems now.

In that case... I might just start saving up for the new cards in November if I were you. I'm on a 4k monitor, so I'm super done with my XFX 7950, traded with my little brother for his R9 290 until I can upgrade.  If you think about it as saving like $70 a month, it shouldn't be that bad to save up for a card.

[huracan]

Hey there i don't know if the problem u have is fixed or not, but apparently the crimson 16.6.1 hot fix driver is out and in the release note they said and i quote "Display flickering or corruption may be experienced when playing videos in a web browser."

 

so you might want to try out the new drivers it might fix the problem.

[CurryCalgs]

mantle is broken on alot of cards with the hotfix drivers but the march drivers are the safest ones you can run. 

[Stav Kats]

23 hours ago, huracan said:

Hey there i don't know if the problem u have is fixed or not, but apparently the crimson 16.6.1 hot fix driver is out and in the release note they said and i quote "Display flickering or corruption may be experienced when playing videos in a web browser."

 

so you might want to try out the new drivers it might fix the problem.

Thanks for telling me about the update. I installed it and it seems to be running a-okay!