AMD RADEON 460 Nitro

[29famous]

I was at friends house and me and him were trying to figure out how to update his AMD RADEON 460 Nitro we downloaded the driver from AMD website for his exact card we started the install and we both became worried because neither of us have done this before so we cancelled it it stopped soon after. After playing a match of the Fortnite we were met with the your PC ran into a problem the blue screen we don't know what to do

[m0n4rchy]

1 minute ago, 29famous said:

I was at friends house and me and him were trying to figure out how to update his AMD RADEON 460 Nitro we downloaded the driver from AMD website for his exact card we started the install and we both became worried because neither of us have done this before so we cancelled it it stopped soon after. After playing a match of the Fortnite we were met with the your PC ran into a problem the blue screen we don't know what to do

Welcome to the LTT forum.

 

If you didn't feel comfortable updating the driver, why did you start it in the first place?

[29famous]

1 minute ago, m0n4rchy said:

Welcome to the LTT forum.

 

If you didn't feel comfortable updating the driver, why did you start it in the first place?

He wanted to go through with it since his fortnite game while streaming it would freeze so we wanted to see if updating it would make it better 

 

FYI were updating the Driver  

[29famous]

Also his pc still works pefectly fine after but is there anything we should 

[m0n4rchy]

1 minute ago, 29famous said:

He wanted to go through with it since his fortnite game while streaming it would freeze so we wanted to see if updating it would make it better 

 

FYI were updating the Driver  

If you mean right now, then alright. For future reference, if you don't feel like updating a GPU driver, then don't.

 

Just now, 29famous said:

Also his pc still works pefectly fine after but is there anything we should 

Just give the GPU a good workout (in your case, stream and play Fortnite) for a while, and if it doesn't freeze or crash with the new driver installed, then congratulations, you've updated your driver, and increased stability.

[29famous]

Just now, m0n4rchy said:

If you mean right now, then alright. For future reference, if you don't feel like updating a GPU driver, then don't.

 

Just give the GPU a good workout (in your case, stream and play Fortnite) for a while, and if it doesn't freeze or crash with the new driver installed, then congratulations, you've updated your driver, and increased stability.

We stopped the installation so it didn't update then it ran into a problem with the blue screen on Windows 10 then it updated and tis work now but the freezing has happen to him before do you guys know how too fix that 

 

Im pretty sure his specs are 

i7 6700k 

16 gb ram DDR4

AMD RADEON 460 Nitro 

 

but why is it freezing 

[m0n4rchy]

Just now, 29famous said:

We stopped the installation so it didn't update then it ran into a problem with the blue screen on Windows 10 then it updated and tis work now but the freezing has happen to him before do you guys know how too fix that 

 

Im pretty sure his specs are 

i7 6700k 

16 gb ram DDR4

AMD RADEON 460 Nitro 

 

but why is it freezing 

Is it specifically only during Fortnite?

 

My first piece of advice (since you already updated the GPU driver) would be to update the BIOS.

 

P.S, that RX 460 is holding back the 6700K.

[Fasauceome]

2 minutes ago, 29famous said:

We stopped the installation so it didn't update then it ran into a problem with the blue screen on Windows 10 then it updated and tis work now but the freezing has happen to him before do you guys know how too fix that 

 

Im pretty sure his specs are 

i7 6700k 

16 gb ram DDR4

AMD RADEON 460 Nitro 

 

but why is it freezing 

I would say it's freezing because the RX 460 is not particularly powerful. Getting a used 570 would help greatly.

[m0n4rchy]

Just now, fasauceome said:

I would say it's freezing because the RX 460 is not particularly powerful. Getting a used 570 would help greatly.

...actually it's probably that. I attached that as a side note, while fasauceome here said that was the cause. Yeah, the 460 is way more suited to something like a Pentium or an i3. Try that first, actually.

[29famous]

Ok so the RX 460 is holding back the 6700k making it freeze so he should look into a better GPU

 

[m0n4rchy]

Just now, 29famous said:

Ok so the RX 460 is holding back the 6700k making it freeze so he should look into a better GPU

 

Yes, that's exactly what we're saying. Even over 3 years later, the 6700K is still a very powerful CPU that doesn't need replacing, especially for gaming.

[29famous]

What would be a good budget GPU? that can stream and play

[Fasauceome]

1 minute ago, 29famous said:

What would be a good budget GPU? that can stream and play

The i7 is handling the streaming, so just get a used 980/970 from eBay for a decent price, or the 570 I mentioned above. Those should all be cheap.

[m0n4rchy]

1 minute ago, fasauceome said:

The i7 is handling the streaming, so just get a used 980/970 from eBay for a decent price, or the 570 I mentioned above. Those should all be cheap.

He doesn't need something more powerful than a GTX 1070 or RX Vega 56. If he's going new, I'd recommend a GTX 1060 or RX 580. If used, like fasauceome said, GTX 970/980 is good too.

[29famous]

So what about like a 1050 ti or RX 560?

[m0n4rchy]

1 minute ago, 29famous said:

So what about like a 1050 ti or RX 560?

The 1050 TI beats out the 560 in almost every game.

[29famous]

Just now, m0n4rchy said:

The 1050 TI beats out the 560 in almost every game.

So on fortnite could he play like on high or epic and stream without lagging 

[Firewrath9]

2 minutes ago, m0n4rchy said:

The 1050 TI beats out the 560 in almost every game.

buts its not much of an upgrade from a 460 which is basically a 560...

 

what is your budget?

what resolution?

for 1080p MAX settings, I would recommend at least a RX 580 or a GTX 1060 6gb. A 1070/1070ti/Vega 56 are for 1440p MAX or 1080p 100+ FPS MAX.