Newly bought 7800xt stutters on desktop. I tried everything including disabling ftmp as described here.
I even reinstalled windows and it stuttered even without the driver installed. Installing it didn't help at all.
The previous gpu was a 2060 super that randomly crashed in games but not in benchmarks. Right when starting the games. Everything pointed to an instablity in the GPU hence the upgrade to a 7800xt. However a clean install of windows with or without driver installed has the cursor skipping across the screen and any audio crackles. This includes the simple ping audio from windows. No weird spikes or dips in can be seen in task manager.
Furthermore the screen flashes green once or twice before the bios splashscreen that allows you to go into the bios.
Lastly occasionally the entire gpu driver won't start and attempting to start adrenalin gives an error that the driver is not supported by adrenalin. Disabling and enabling the gpu in device manager fixes this. But stuttering keeps happening.
By now I'm basically convinced that the gpu is just defective. I received it litterally two days ago and it only worked well once.
I have not yet tried other gpu's in the system since that requires my taking the entire motherboard out of the pc. For some reason, when in the case, the pcie lock won't disengage.
specs:
cpu: AMD 3600x
psu: coolermaster 550W (I'm aware that this is low. I have used psu calculators before upgrading which indicated no issues. The system did manage to run monster hunter world for an hour completely without issues right before it began to stutter.)
ram: 16gb ddr4
mobo: asus prime x470 pro
2 1080p monitors. one displayport, the other hdmi through a dvi adapter.
gpu: Gigabyte Radeon RX 7800 XT GAMING OC 16G
My fix:
Open the taskmanager, terminate all "AMD SOFTWARE" and "RADEON SETTINGS" tasks.
Afterwards, without rebooting, right-click on the Desktop and start the AMD Software again.
No more stuttering.
You have to scroll down a bit in the Taskmanager to find them all. Some start with "AMD Software" and some start with "Radeon Settings".
After you restarted the AMD Software that way, there should be no more stuttering, but it might come back. In that case, just repeat the process.
Furthermore I would check if you use already the High Power Energy Mode of Windows. Or even the Ultimate Powerplan.
I tried that. Didn't work. It even stutters on a fresh windows install with the amd software not even installed. I contacted the seller and send the card back as defective.
While I feel for your situation, Sir_Fridge, the 550W PSU might be cutting it close for a 7800XT, especially with overclocking (OC) features on the Gaming OC model. It could explain some of the instability. Maybe try undervolting the card in AMD Adrenaline if a different PSU isn't an option right now?
I did try that. It doesn't do anything. I tried putting it in another, basically identical pc, and it ran fine. So I'm gonna try some stuff with another power supply and motherboard. At this point one of those two has to be the issue.
I just finished assembling a new gaming rig & have been plagued by intermittent color flickers / stutters for the last 6 weeks. I tried everything & was going out of my mind until I finally tried lowering the display frequency to 60 Hz which solved the problem. Just wanted to let other people know it might help them stay sane.
This is my Rig:
- Asus TUF Gaming X670e Plus Wifi
- Asus Radeon RX 7800 XT 16 GB
- AMD 7800 3xd
- 2x32 GB DDR5 Kingston Fury Renegade 6800MT/s
- PN850D
- Samsung 990 PRO 1 TB
- WD Black SN850x 2 TB
- Cooler Master AIO ML360L
- Liam Li Lancool 216
- LG C1 55 “ OLED TV
This is what I tried first with no success:
- Checked RAM compatibility from manufacturer approved list
- Updated Bios
- Disabled DOCP on Bios
- Windows clean install
- Removed AMD Adrenaline & reinstalled without driver only software
- Removed Asus Armory crate & reinstalled
- Bought new 4K HDMI cable
- Teaked & reset all AMD options
- Disabled & re- enabled windows MPO from registry
Did you also checked the Displays internal menus options? Maybe you have to set the refreshrate also in your Display manually for a strange reason, with the buttons on the device itself.
Model number: OLED55C1PUB
Screen size: 55 inches
Resolution: 3,840 x 2,160
HDR: Dolby Vision, HDR10, HLG
Refresh rate: 120 Hz
Ports: 4 HDMI 2.1 (1 with eARC), 3 USB
Audio: 40W, 2.2 channel sound
Smart TV software: webOS
Size: 48.3 x 27.8 x 1.8 inches (w/o stand)
Weight: 41.7 pounds (w/o stand)
your device should work on 120 Hz, but only when all is HDMI 2.1.
I still get randomly phases where it starts to stutter, but then I just restart the AMD Software via the taskmanager, as i recommended above. I dont even have to shut down the game, i just ALT-TAB into the taskmanager. After restarting the AMD Software it works then usually for longer time, until the big mystery thing happens.