Graphics Cards

[crockett]

Hi everyone. New to this site. Every new graphics card I try makes win 10 very sluggish. I’ve tried 3 different cards as well as tried different driver versions. My old card doesn’t affect win 10 performance at all. My psu is a thermaltake rated at 650w. One of the cards I tried was a Radeon rx 550. It requires less power but still makes win 10 sluggish. I made sure to plug the new card in the x16 slot. I also used DDU to remove any previous drivers. My old card is a gigabyte gpu and my motherboard is also a gigabyte.

Rig:

i7 930 @ 280ghz

32GB DDR 3 Ram

PSU thermaltake 650w

Gigabyte motherboard

Windows 10 Pro 64bit

Cards I tried:

Radeon RX 550

Radeon RX 580

Geforce GTX 1060

[Hardwood]

I've heard of similar issues caused by the monitor being set at 50hz (it's default) instead of it's maximum.

or just try a different monitor.

[crockett · Accepted solution]

Thanks for your input Hardwood. The issue ended up being my on board ram. To anyone who is having these symptoms please use memtest86 and check for faulty ram. I should have checked this way sooner.