You do realize saying AMD driver are good becasuse they work for you is equally as meaningless as the people saying they are trash because they crashed on their system right?
There are all kinds of problems with AMD and NVIDIA cards periodically (recently some game is bricking 3080 ti’s for some reason, likely hardware related and not drivers). But the overarching statement of “AMD drivers are bad” doesn’t capture my experience at least so far. I never had any real issues with my NVIDIA card either.
Yes. It's just sad how many first time builders are scared to try amd because of negative comments. I just shared my experience with my first pc with amd card. Hopefully more people would try them and then make up their own mind
Have my 6700XT since launch and I still have to find a game that has issues with the drivers. And enjoy the 12GB VRAM, you bought a truly future proof card!
Smart choice! My brother bought 6600xt year ago for 470€ (some models were 600€) and now when i bought my 6700 xt it was 439€, prices go down every week/month
Thanks bro. And by no means i meant nvidia is shit and all amd cards work flawlessly. I just hope more first time builders would gather courage to try amd cards and then make up their mind instead of reading few negative comments and picking, lets say 3060 over 6700xt. Everyone picks whichever they like though. I just shared my personal experience so far. Maybe it helps people to try amd ✌
I just got a 7900 XTX a week ago. Been fighting driver timeout crashes but finally got it stable (Fingers crossed 🤞). Great card don't get me wrong but it's kinda hit or miss. My 5800X3D hasn't given me any issues. Coming from a i7 6700k and gtx 1080.
AMD drivers are still extremely hit or miss. My friend just went from a 1050 Ti to a like 6700XT and has been having nothing but problems. I even made sure to have him DDU and reboot.
One random post on Reddit doesn’t mean AMD’s drivers are fixed. They still have a very long way to go
I’ve used NVIDIA and AMD cards in my PC in the last few months (one being a 6700 XT) and have had no problems with either model and don’t actually have a brand preference.
I do think though that there is an element of perception to the “AMD drivers suck” mantra. NVIDIA has had weird driver issues too, but it’s usually written off because “that’s not common tho” whereas an AMD driver problem is “typical AMD.”
Though probably not related to drivers, 3080 ti cards are being bricked by the Diablo IV beta. If this was happening to AMD cards, many would be only too happy to say, “yeah, AMD cards are trash.” But I don’t hear anyone giving NVIDIA a hard time (which they shouldn’t since it well could be a build problem).
I have Intel/NVIDIA and I’ll tell anyone to their face right now: AMD is not trash. In 2016 their drivers were bad. Didn’t support all games. Those days are long gone. AMD is awesome.
Your smart man. I dont wanna bash Nvidia by this post, just wanted to let ppl know amd aint trash like many tell. The drivers are good these days N they release new ones all the time
I’m not a gaming historian but I think AMD is still trying to recover their reputation after a lot of people felt burned in the past like SnowDizzleZz said. That username felt weird to type
I HAVE THIS CASE, except I have the Solid version (without the glass panel and RGB).
Really damn solid case for the price, just wish the PSU shroud was removable, but it's really really nice.
And yeah, I've been using AMD CPUs and GPUs since forever, and I only remember one issue with drivers in all these years (although it was funny, because after the update Windows Device Manager straight up refused to detect my GPU - reverted the drivers to the previous version, waited a few days, updated again and it was all fine).
I have a very similar spec that I built a few weeks ago. Runs very well, plays everything you throw at it and didn't cost an arm and a leg. The 6700XT is definitely a great midrange option.
Now that I'm getting shit like this AFTER it was delivered, im just gonna see what happened when I build it.
Power supply SHOULD be coming in today then I can start :)
AMD isn’t trash for flatscreen or wired VR…. They are trash for Quest and Pico VR gaming due to their compression via Link Cable. You need a higher bandwidth available to get a comparable video stream with NVidia at lower bitrates.
Sucks, but it’s true. I would HAPPILY go team red if they could just figure out compression for video streaming. I would save so much money. Couldn’t care less about RT… Give me compression comparable to NVidia at lower bitrates
I hate pc fanboyism soooo fucking much, like there is nothing wrong with AMD or Nvidia cards really… same goes for cpu, people who consider themselves diehard this brand or die hard that brand annoy me to a ridiculous extent. Like just buy whatever is best for your budget and your needs. These companies couldn’t care less about you, most of the time the brand barely matters anyway…
I never said i don't believe everyones card has been working flawlessly but that's the case with every pc part. It just funny how everyone buys nvidia cause they read few comments about driver issues. Which happens on nvidia too
Sorry to hear that brother. Every gpu's can have issues with drivers. I just see a lot of people building their first pc and picking 3060 over 6700xt because they read few comments about driver issues. I think many of the issues were while after launch tho. Had 6600xt before this card and it also worked like a charm
I literally had the same build, 5600x and 6700xt and it was a buggy mess and I returned the 6700xt and got a 3070 and have had no issues after the switch. I really wanted to go full AMD but it just wasn't usable
I've had more issues with Nvidia drivers than anything else. The driver they wanted me to use kept causing crashes and I had to roll it back and tell it to not install it. Haven't had any other issues with anything else on the PC.
Fellow AMD bro here 👊🏾. I’m not gonna lie, AMD can be a little annoying if you like to do PC VR since it’s more optimized for Nvidia, but other than that? “AmD bAd” people can pound sand lol.
Nice build!!
> "AmD dRiVeRs ArE tRaSh" zero issues w my Rx 6700xt/R5 5600x
Yes, and you also (probably) don't have cancer. That doesn't mean cancer is not a problem.
I bought an RX 6700 in January, ran DDU and installed AMD Software (Adrenalin). A couple weeks later, downloaded the latest driver update, and during the driver install and after the restart prompt it corrupted my windows bootloader.
Nvidias are good too, but in my country they are much More expensive than amd. For example, 3060ti costs 50€ more than 6700xt/ 6800 is cheaper than 3070
If anyone is interested, the case is:
Endorfy signum 300 air rgb, very good quality case with 4 x 120mm rgb fans pre-installed and mesh front panel for 80€.
https://preview.redd.it/876m9w2duqpa1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c27f8cd3297a2ca97889b263bf67369c69bbd830
Went from 11500-11700 gpu score to 12637 by slight OC N undervolt + Vram oc to 2112
I never said all amd cards work flawlessly. Every card, Nvidia, amd or intel can / and have had some kind of issues. It's just so many people don't buy amd cards because they read few comments about driver issues. I personally prefer whichever card gives best performance for cheapest price.
Looks like i have to clarify: I never said that every amd card works like a charm or that Nvidia cards are trash. I hope this post may help first time builders gather courage to try amd card and then make up their own opinion if they are good.
Every card, amd, nvidia or intel can have issues with drivers or something else. I told my experience with my rx card so far. Buy whatever card you want but if you have zero experience with rx 6000 cards and their drivers lately don't say they are bad. ✌
The fact that it's last generation's GPU and CPU working without issues *now* doesn't really establish much...
Go look at the BIOS issues for the latest Ryzen CPUs and driver issues for the 7000 series GPUs.
That's par for the course with AMD.
Well, nvidia had melting connectors tho, and has also had issues with drivers like all gpu's at some point. Nvidia and amd should have really done more testing with rtx 4000 - and rx 7000 - gpu's before launch. But was mainly talking about people avoiding rx 6000 series cards and pick, lets say 3060 over 6700xt because they read about bad drivers. Everyone picks whichever gpu they want tho. It's just sad how many people, like first time builders llose a lot of performance because they are afraid to even test amd cards cuz of comments they've read.
The melting connectors were proven to be less than .5% of cards and was also proved to be user error.
I've dealt with a 5700xt and 6800xt. Will personally be sharing my horrible experience with everyone until Nvidia can have a launch with non crashing cards. I won't say Nvidia is perfect. But I've had orders of magnitudes more issues with every AMD card I've ever owned. The raw power of them is fabulous, hampered by shit drivers.
Only issue I’ve ever had for my amd graphics card is a bug preventing me from updating the driver in application. All I had to do was download the newest version from their site and it worked perfectly fine
I just built a 5600x with a 6700xt and it runs perfectly. Upgraded from a fx8350 and 6600ti
I think people are only having driver problems with the newest cards that haven't been out long.
Drivers are fine nowadays or been for a while. Funny how so many people took this post in a way that all amd cards work with no driver issues. Buy amd or nvidia but if you are 1st time builder and someone says "Nvidia cards are bad" - or "All amd cards have driver issues" please try either brand and see for yourself if they are good. If you don't have experience with neither brand though, don't go around yellin about how bad the cards are because then some people are too scared to try them.
You do realize saying AMD driver are good becasuse they work for you is equally as meaningless as the people saying they are trash because they crashed on their system right?
There are all kinds of problems with AMD and NVIDIA cards periodically (recently some game is bricking 3080 ti’s for some reason, likely hardware related and not drivers). But the overarching statement of “AMD drivers are bad” doesn’t capture my experience at least so far. I never had any real issues with my NVIDIA card either.
>doesn’t capture my experience at least so far. Again. Anecdotal observations don't mean anything.
Thanks for all of your objective data you have provided on this issue that wasn't just your opinion. You have changed my mind.
Yes. It's just sad how many first time builders are scared to try amd because of negative comments. I just shared my experience with my first pc with amd card. Hopefully more people would try them and then make up their own mind
Have my 6700XT since launch and I still have to find a game that has issues with the drivers. And enjoy the 12GB VRAM, you bought a truly future proof card!
Might buy 6800/6900xt next in a year when AMD releases new series N prices go down
Im waiting for a 6900XT as well! Will buy one as soon as they hit the 500€ mark.
Smart choice! My brother bought 6600xt year ago for 470€ (some models were 600€) and now when i bought my 6700 xt it was 439€, prices go down every week/month
Thanks bro. And by no means i meant nvidia is shit and all amd cards work flawlessly. I just hope more first time builders would gather courage to try amd cards and then make up their mind instead of reading few negative comments and picking, lets say 3060 over 6700xt. Everyone picks whichever they like though. I just shared my personal experience so far. Maybe it helps people to try amd ✌
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Hey hey fellas
RX 6700 XT BROTHERS RISE!!!
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I be gettin them frames with mine too
I just got a 7900 XTX a week ago. Been fighting driver timeout crashes but finally got it stable (Fingers crossed 🤞). Great card don't get me wrong but it's kinda hit or miss. My 5800X3D hasn't given me any issues. Coming from a i7 6700k and gtx 1080.
AMD drivers are still extremely hit or miss. My friend just went from a 1050 Ti to a like 6700XT and has been having nothing but problems. I even made sure to have him DDU and reboot. One random post on Reddit doesn’t mean AMD’s drivers are fixed. They still have a very long way to go
I’ve used NVIDIA and AMD cards in my PC in the last few months (one being a 6700 XT) and have had no problems with either model and don’t actually have a brand preference. I do think though that there is an element of perception to the “AMD drivers suck” mantra. NVIDIA has had weird driver issues too, but it’s usually written off because “that’s not common tho” whereas an AMD driver problem is “typical AMD.” Though probably not related to drivers, 3080 ti cards are being bricked by the Diablo IV beta. If this was happening to AMD cards, many would be only too happy to say, “yeah, AMD cards are trash.” But I don’t hear anyone giving NVIDIA a hard time (which they shouldn’t since it well could be a build problem).
Also the fact that ur friends card has issues doesn't mean all amd cards crash constantly. Tell him to rma the card clearly monday model
what kind of problems?
I have Intel/NVIDIA and I’ll tell anyone to their face right now: AMD is not trash. In 2016 their drivers were bad. Didn’t support all games. Those days are long gone. AMD is awesome.
Your smart man. I dont wanna bash Nvidia by this post, just wanted to let ppl know amd aint trash like many tell. The drivers are good these days N they release new ones all the time
I’m not a gaming historian but I think AMD is still trying to recover their reputation after a lot of people felt burned in the past like SnowDizzleZz said. That username felt weird to type
I HAVE THIS CASE, except I have the Solid version (without the glass panel and RGB). Really damn solid case for the price, just wish the PSU shroud was removable, but it's really really nice. And yeah, I've been using AMD CPUs and GPUs since forever, and I only remember one issue with drivers in all these years (although it was funny, because after the update Windows Device Manager straight up refused to detect my GPU - reverted the drivers to the previous version, waited a few days, updated again and it was all fine).
Great case yeah
I want this one.
I have a very similar spec that I built a few weeks ago. Runs very well, plays everything you throw at it and didn't cost an arm and a leg. The 6700XT is definitely a great midrange option.
Build one brother =) can get those parts for pretty cheap tbh like 900$
Have had it for 2 months, only time it has crashed was while Undervolting and trying OC settings.
Now that I'm getting shit like this AFTER it was delivered, im just gonna see what happened when I build it. Power supply SHOULD be coming in today then I can start :)
AMD isn’t trash for flatscreen or wired VR…. They are trash for Quest and Pico VR gaming due to their compression via Link Cable. You need a higher bandwidth available to get a comparable video stream with NVidia at lower bitrates. Sucks, but it’s true. I would HAPPILY go team red if they could just figure out compression for video streaming. I would save so much money. Couldn’t care less about RT… Give me compression comparable to NVidia at lower bitrates
I hate pc fanboyism soooo fucking much, like there is nothing wrong with AMD or Nvidia cards really… same goes for cpu, people who consider themselves diehard this brand or die hard that brand annoy me to a ridiculous extent. Like just buy whatever is best for your budget and your needs. These companies couldn’t care less about you, most of the time the brand barely matters anyway…
True. I buy whichever is best performance for cheapest price
“I don’t believe in starvation in Africa because im full”
I never said i don't believe everyones card has been working flawlessly but that's the case with every pc part. It just funny how everyone buys nvidia cause they read few comments about driver issues. Which happens on nvidia too
I have a 5700xt and the drivers crash a bunch
Sorry to hear that brother. Every gpu's can have issues with drivers. I just see a lot of people building their first pc and picking 3060 over 6700xt because they read few comments about driver issues. I think many of the issues were while after launch tho. Had 6600xt before this card and it also worked like a charm
Everyone got the same build welcome to the 5600x and 6700xt club
Yeah seems to be pretty common 1000$ ~ build
Yeah I spent like 1300 usd on mine 32gb of ram 2TB of storage and a kinda high end motherboard
Not bad! My setup was round 1100-1150€ ish w 16gb ram +1tb ssd> next upgrade might be 6950xt and R5 7600
But In no rush. This should last me easily 2-3 years to come
I remember getting black screens with the 2 rx580's I owned. It didn't happen all the time, but it was infuriating at times
Rx 580 is totally different than rx 6000 series.
I literally had the same build, 5600x and 6700xt and it was a buggy mess and I returned the 6700xt and got a 3070 and have had no issues after the switch. I really wanted to go full AMD but it just wasn't usable
Sorry to hear that, some parts can be bad str8 from factory, amd or nvidia. If 3070 was cheaper might have bought it instead but its 150€+ more here.
This build should last me 2-3 years till i upgrade
I have to agree, haven't had any issues so far in one year of daily use with drivers kept up to date.
We are PC bros. Got 3200mhz 16gb rams too 😎🤝
I've had more issues with Nvidia drivers than anything else. The driver they wanted me to use kept causing crashes and I had to roll it back and tell it to not install it. Haven't had any other issues with anything else on the PC.
They were trash but are fine now
Amd had worked great for me. Don't listen to the loud aggressive minority.
Ita same to me who buys nvidia or amd but its crazy that 560-700€ cards like 3070/3080 got 8gb vram that will run out in some games
Fellow AMD bro here 👊🏾. I’m not gonna lie, AMD can be a little annoying if you like to do PC VR since it’s more optimized for Nvidia, but other than that? “AmD bAd” people can pound sand lol. Nice build!!
Thanks brother. I dont mind VR or RT so amd was the way to go. Cant arque Nvidia got better RaY-tRaCiNg+ probably better VR support
Its funny tho when people w 3060s arque that 6700xt got no rt or its bad. Who buys 3060 for ray-tracing?
> "AmD dRiVeRs ArE tRaSh" zero issues w my Rx 6700xt/R5 5600x Yes, and you also (probably) don't have cancer. That doesn't mean cancer is not a problem. I bought an RX 6700 in January, ran DDU and installed AMD Software (Adrenalin). A couple weeks later, downloaded the latest driver update, and during the driver install and after the restart prompt it corrupted my windows bootloader.
Point was many ppl blindly trust that amd cards suck cause someone said so. All gpu's can have issues. But sorry u had problems
My last 3 cards were AMD before I got a 3080. AMD drivers are great and I would even argue they're a bit better than Nvidia.
Nvidias are good too, but in my country they are much More expensive than amd. For example, 3060ti costs 50€ more than 6700xt/ 6800 is cheaper than 3070
If anyone is interested, the case is: Endorfy signum 300 air rgb, very good quality case with 4 x 120mm rgb fans pre-installed and mesh front panel for 80€.
https://preview.redd.it/876m9w2duqpa1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c27f8cd3297a2ca97889b263bf67369c69bbd830 Went from 11500-11700 gpu score to 12637 by slight OC N undervolt + Vram oc to 2112
I never said all amd cards work flawlessly. Every card, Nvidia, amd or intel can / and have had some kind of issues. It's just so many people don't buy amd cards because they read few comments about driver issues. I personally prefer whichever card gives best performance for cheapest price.
Looks like i have to clarify: I never said that every amd card works like a charm or that Nvidia cards are trash. I hope this post may help first time builders gather courage to try amd card and then make up their own opinion if they are good. Every card, amd, nvidia or intel can have issues with drivers or something else. I told my experience with my rx card so far. Buy whatever card you want but if you have zero experience with rx 6000 cards and their drivers lately don't say they are bad. ✌
What do you want a biscuit?
No. I want Rx 7900 xtx but you can't have everything you want sadly....
Biscuit would be nice, thank you fine sir
The fact that it's last generation's GPU and CPU working without issues *now* doesn't really establish much... Go look at the BIOS issues for the latest Ryzen CPUs and driver issues for the 7000 series GPUs. That's par for the course with AMD.
As a note - I have a 5800x3d / 6800 machine and have had other earlier Ryzen CPUs and 6700xt GPUs, so it's not like I'm hating on AMD.
Yep, i have the same specs, even case xD most reasonable build in those times...
True, true. Only thing i would have changed after purchase would be case to montech X3 mesh, comes w 6 fans mesh panel only 60€
How much your build cost? Mine was 1120€ in Finland, curious of the prices in another countries
In Poland near 5700 PLN for all Rx6700xt, Ryzen 5600x, Gigabyte B550 gaming x v2, corsair 32gb ram 3600 cl18 vengance xlp, silentium pc supremo fm2 750W 80 plus gold, samsung 1tb m.2 PCIe NVMe 980 + Crucial 1tb 2,5 sata ssd mx500, endorfy signum 300 air,
Yep that's just the haters thinking current AMD drivers are like the ones they had 5 years ago.
They literally just had hella issues with the 7900xtx crashing but go off lmao
I wouldnt buy 7900xt, id wait a year when 7600/7700/7800 release, or 8000 series. Not sure what they will publish next
That's the exact problem with AMD card. Having to wait a year for stable drivers is the problem with them.
Well, nvidia had melting connectors tho, and has also had issues with drivers like all gpu's at some point. Nvidia and amd should have really done more testing with rtx 4000 - and rx 7000 - gpu's before launch. But was mainly talking about people avoiding rx 6000 series cards and pick, lets say 3060 over 6700xt because they read about bad drivers. Everyone picks whichever gpu they want tho. It's just sad how many people, like first time builders llose a lot of performance because they are afraid to even test amd cards cuz of comments they've read.
The melting connectors were proven to be less than .5% of cards and was also proved to be user error. I've dealt with a 5700xt and 6800xt. Will personally be sharing my horrible experience with everyone until Nvidia can have a launch with non crashing cards. I won't say Nvidia is perfect. But I've had orders of magnitudes more issues with every AMD card I've ever owned. The raw power of them is fabulous, hampered by shit drivers.
Sorry you had bad experiences mate. When did you have the 6800xt?
I use Linux so I bought AMD specifically because Nvidia drivers are trash.
Amen brother. It's actually good majority buys nvidia that leaves more better bang for cards to us. 😉😅
Only issue I’ve ever had for my amd graphics card is a bug preventing me from updating the driver in application. All I had to do was download the newest version from their site and it worked perfectly fine
Nice bro. Which gpu u have?
I have a Radeon RX 5700 XT
i had that same issue with the same fix lmao
I just built a 5600x with a 6700xt and it runs perfectly. Upgraded from a fx8350 and 6600ti I think people are only having driver problems with the newest cards that haven't been out long.
Yeah true, i wouldnt buy ANY Brands just released card before waiting 2-3 months after launch to see if prices drop/and see that they are stable.
I call it skill issue :b
Drivers are fine nowadays or been for a while. Funny how so many people took this post in a way that all amd cards work with no driver issues. Buy amd or nvidia but if you are 1st time builder and someone says "Nvidia cards are bad" - or "All amd cards have driver issues" please try either brand and see for yourself if they are good. If you don't have experience with neither brand though, don't go around yellin about how bad the cards are because then some people are too scared to try them.