Hello,
Can someone help me? So far, I’ve had no success in getting AMD advantage laptops to run without serious issues let alone run better than my previous non-AMD laptop. From what I gather, it seems Windows is the culprit, in my case Win 11, so would anyone recommend I install Ubuntu OS on the next machine for better stability/optimization?
Please read on for more detail. (A more complete list of specs for every laptop mentioned will be at the bottom of this post - all 2022 releases)
So I had an Asus ROG Strix Scar 15 laptop in which mine was built with an intel core i9 CPU and nvidia 3070ti GPU but it’s hardware failed after a while and so I wanted to give an all AMD Advantage laptop a try since I figured it would run better and I want to support a good company.
I have since gone through two AMD Advantage laptops (first a Corsair Voyager a1600, then an Alienware M17 R5) and have had to return both of them due to poor performance, graphical glitches, or other weird malfunctions - the Alienware ended up in a never ending loop of rebooting itself upon start up.
I don’t know if it’s windows update (probably), windows home version compared to pro, the Radeon Software, the quality control of the laptops, or all of the above, but there was nothing advantageous about the laptops compared to the older one. If it’s the poor quality control of the laptops themselves, then those companies are doing a huge disservice to AMD. Either way, there were already compatibility issues straight out of the box for the drivers and Radeon Adrenalin software of each machine. I noticed after the most recent windows “update”, that’s when the more serious issues occurred.
I really want to make it work with AMD, I believe in them and would rather not support monopolies. I know about turning auto updates off by tweaking the system and rolling back to a previous version of windows, but those weren’t options for me on the last build. If anyone has any other suggestions, I’d greatly appreciate it. Thanks.
Asus Rog Strix Scar 15 G533ZW (non AMD)
CPU- Intel Core i9-12900H Processor - 24M Cache, up to 5.0 GHz, 14 cores (6 P-cores and 8 E-cores)
GPU- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti 8GB GDDR6 - ROG Boost up to 1460 MHz at 150W (125W + 25W with Dynamic Boost) Mux Switch
Hard Drive-1TB PCIe 4.0 NVMe M.2 Performance SSD
Memory-32GB DDR5 4800MHz RAM
Display-240Hz 3ms 15.6” Quad HD (2560 x 1440) IPS Type Display with 100% DCI-P3
Operating System-Windows 11, Professional
Corsair voyager a1600
CPU-AMD Ryzen™ 9 6900HS 3.3GHz / 5.0GHz
GPU-Radeon™ 6800M GPU 12GB GDDR6 16Gbps 1.35V
Hard Drive-2TB PCIe 4.0 M.2 NVMe SSD
Memory-32GB (2x16GB) DDR5-4800
Display-16.0", 16:10, 2560x1600, 240Hz, IPS, Anti-Glare, sRGB 100%, FreeSync Premium 125/200/250 3ms
Operating System-Windows 11, Home
Alienware M17 R5
CPU-AMD Ryzen™ 9 6900HX (20 MB total cache, 8 cores, 16 threads, up to 4.90 GHz Max Boost Clock)
GPU-AMD Radeon™ RX 6850M XT 12GB GDDR6
Hard Drive-1 TB, M.2, PCIe NVMe, SSD
Memory-32 GB, 2 x 16 GB, DDR5, 4800 MHz, dual-channel
Display-17.3" UHD 3840x2160, 120Hz, Non-Touch, 3ms, SmartAccess Graphics, AMD FreeSync, ComfortView Plus
Operating System-Windows 11, Home
