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    Cant intall drivers!!!

    I cant intall my gpu driver (AMD) on my windows 7 Toshiba SATELLITE L850D-139, i tried everything, i searched for so many drivers and still cant figuer it out. I tried the amd cataclyst and the crimson these 2 were recomended on amd site for the specific gpus but when i restart the laptop the...
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    Solved! AMD A12 9830P Laptop

    Are there any laptops out there sorting 17.3" screen or high that are using AMDs A12 9830P APU. Many thanks any answers grateful.
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    Solved! AMD graphic card driver BSOD

    My laptop has AMD Radeon HD 6520G. It is old but good enough for me to play my fav games. Few days ago i thought it is good idea to reset the laptop at least once after buying it so i cleared my hard drives and installed windows7. Problems came after installing graphic driver. First i...
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    Solved! AMD barely supports their Raven Ridge Mobile APUs and we consumers have to pay for it...

    This is both a rant and a cry for help as I recently bought an HP EliteBook 755 G5 with the Ryzen 7 PRO 2700U and have been dealing with endless issues that couldn't be fixed (yet) even after contacting AMD and HP. HP claims that they will be able to fix the issue by replacing some hardware...
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    Solved! Is this computer viable for gaming?

    I’m planning on purchasing a new computer and I need two things out of it; touchscreen functionality for digital art, and good enough specs to decently run modern games. I don’t need an ultra advanced, crazy powerful machine; just something that can get the job done. I found a computer that I’m...
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    Solved! I have a problem. Why does my sd card only accepts media file?? How can i fix this??i need to store some apps on it (Samsung s

    The sd card deletes my app and sometimes my photos amd other things
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    Problem with AMD HD8870M on Samsung Laptop Series 7

    Hello everyone! So I have a problem with my dedicated AMD graphic card on my Samsung Laptop (specs and model down below). I'm running windows 10 (tried to downgrade to win 8, the original system, but it didn't change anything) and while running more GPU intensive games or processes in general...
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    Lenovo Ideapad 330 - 14AST Is it any good ?

    I'm looking to buy a cheap laptop, and I found Lenovo Ideapad 330, it got either AMD A4-9125, or Intel N4000, so I'm here to ask, is it a good laptop for college stuff (word, excel, powerpoint, streaming, etc) ? if it is, then which should I buy ? the AMD one, or the Intel one ...
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    Solved! Looking for a good laptop for slight gaming and engineering work

    So i have query between 1. amd ryzen 5 + vega 8 graphics 2. i3 7th gen + mx130 3. i5 8th gen + radeon 520 4. i3 8th gen + no graphic s card Also, will 8gb ram be sufficient For 2 years?
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    What is better processor for video editing core i3 or amd a9

    Lenovo ideapad 330 core i3 8th gen 4gb ram,2gb radeon 530 or Lenovo ideapad 330 amd a9 8gb ram,2gb radeon
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    Solved! I clean uninstalled amd drivers and then again install the drivers and I screwed.

    So I have AMD radeon r5 m330 graphics card and I thought of updating it but whenever I used to update, It automatically rolls back to its previous version so then I thought of clean uninstalling it and again installing the latest version of amd graphics card suitable for my laptop. But now...
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    Solved! Amd 530 support

    Can my amd raedon 530 support a 144hz monitor?
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    Recently I have installed updated graphics driver Amd Radeon HD 7670M to the latest version, and popping up the Blue screen of

    Recently I have installed updated graphics driver Amd Radeon HD 7670M to the latest version, and popping up the Blue screen of death with error atikmpag.sys. First put Windows 10 on 8.1 then. What to do?
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    Best processor between amd a9 or intel core i3

    Best processor between amd a9 or intel core i3
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    Solved! AMD RADEON335 DDR3 4GB RAM for high graphics design

    Hi, Is AMD RADEON M335 4GB DDR3 sufficient for building design softwares that use high graphics? Thank you,
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    Solved! Upgrading Lifebook A3130 for better performance.

    I have an old Lifebook A3130 with 2G ram 120hdd, AMD Turion64 running Vista. I've checked the prices to go from 2G to 4G ($10) and 120 SSD ($25). SO I'm looking at dumping Vista for something better. I then see this in the specs: "The system can support up to 4GB of physical memory, but the...
  17. arcanaxion

    Switchable Graphics 0% Usage

    Laptop: HP15AC652TX CPU (Display): i5-6200U GPU (Render): AMD Radeon R5 M330 Whenever running any program (e.g. Undertale, Nox), the GPU 0 in Task Manager (Intel HD Graphics) runs high while GPU 1 (AMD Radeon) is at 0%. On GPU-Z, the core clock speed is fixed at 300 MHz, regardless of whether...
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    Best video card

    Dell i7 7 th generation with amd r7 445 or dell i7 8th generation with amd 530
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    Comparison Laptop using integrated or dedicated GPU

    Hello, I want to know which is better between the Stoney Ridge A9-9425 AMD® processor with dedicated GPU AMD + RadeonTM R5 M420 Compared to AMD® Ryzen ™ 3 2200U Processor with integrated GPU AMD Radeon ™ Vega 3 Graphics GPU. Thanks
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    Intel equivalent to fortnite recommend requirements

    What is the Intel equivalent (for laptops) of fortnite recommend system requirements: Nvidia GTX 660 or AMD Radeon HD 7870 equivalent DX11 GPU, 2 GByte VRAM
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    Toshiba satellite c645d-SP4134l AMD v

    I have a toshiba satellite c645d-SP4134l comes with virtualization the thing is that when entering the bios I do not have the option to activate it that I do?
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    Dell inspiron 5575 amd ryzen 3 lagging

    i bought a dell inspiron 5575 ( ryzen 3 2200u with vega 3 gpu) two days ago and it came with windows 10 home pre installed but it is slow and lagging and takes a lot of time to load application. please help as to what i should do, it is not performing like a new laptop should. i updated the...
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    Dell Inspiron 15 3000 with HD AMD AB-9200 and Radeon R4

    Very slow video performance. Using Windows 10. Any tweaks available to improve performance?
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    Performance of Ryzen 5 1600 vs Core i7 8750H laptop?

    Which one will be faster? I have tried to find benchmarks comparing but I have not seen any benchmarks that clarify this question. The reason for askingGL702ZC is because I am thinking getting either of the following laptops: - ASUS ROG Strix GL702ZC - HP Omen 15-dc0805no My main requirements...
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    Bitcoin mining, is it worth it?

    So my gaming pc has a 1070 in it and I download nicehash and it's getting 59 cents a day. Lol I have a couple of r9 280x sapphire with a mobo 8g ddr3 750psu and a hdd. Is it worth it to get the old pc up and running as a mining rig? There's also several 280x around my area for about 80 bucks so...
  26. Requesterofhelp

    AMD Relive not working.

    I'm having trouble enabling AMD relive. It used to work, but now evertime I start up my PC windows defender says it stopped amddvr from changing my videos or something along the lines of that. I tried to whitelist it, but I can't select the folder, as it has nothing in it. I try to enable it...
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    will this computer run VR well?

    HP Pavilion Gaming PC Desktop Computer, AMD Ryzen 5 2400G, AMD Radeon RX 580, 8GB RAM, 1TB hard drive, Windows 10 (690-0020, Black)
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    AMD Radeon HD 8750M, GPU performance 0%

    Hello all. This is my first time posting so excuse my possible improper etiquette. Anyways... like I said in the title I have an AMD Radeon HD 8750m graphics card on my Samsung Laptop, Additional specs include 8 GB of ram and also and Intel core i5-3230M CPU @ 2.60GHz i tried couple of games...
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    Hp envy 13 x360 upgrade

    Thinking of getting a hp envy 13" x360 with the mobile amd ryzen 7. It states that it comes with 8gb of ram but was wondering if it's possible to upgrade this to 16gb? Thanks in advance
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    AMD Radeon HD 6470m max 93c when playing CS:GO

    AMD Radeon HD 6470m max 93c when playing CS:GO.I play the game at least 1-4h a day. I've played that game for a week. Is it safe to play at that high temperature? Can you tell me what is the max safe temperature for this GPU? My laptop is HP Elitebook 8560p.
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    Supposed to be solid laptop doesn't perform as expected

    Hi I bought this brand new HP Notebook 15 model bw039no From my understanding it should be more than enough for my needs, but it can't handle even web browser (it is not my internet) without suffering great deals of lag and delay. Laptop is constantly using high amounts of processing power...
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    Solved! AMD Gaming Problem

    Hello , I have 645 G1 laptop with AMD A6 5350 2.9 GHZ and HD 8450 AMD Ram : 8 GB but i have a lag Problem in many games i try in my laptop , although i update all GPU Drivers
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    Does anyone have issues with the AMD 18.8.2 driver?

    So my computer (HP Pavilion x360 Convertible 15-br0xx) stopped running any graphically intensive applications (Dirt 3 and My Summer Car) and I got the error Application mysummercar.ex has been blocked from accessing graphics hardware. After removing my Intel Graphics Driver and AMD Graphics...
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    Dedicated GPU is not getting detected anywhere.

    Product Name: HP Pavilion 15-ab028tx Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 (64-bit) My laptop has "AMD R7 M360" as dedicated GPU. Everything is going fine for last 2.5+ years but from last few weeks I started getting lots of BSOD (Blue Screen of Death). And the description of BSOD says that...
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    AMD A8 Quad core good for gaming?

    I am looking for a decent gaming laptop and I found one in my price range. I was wondering if the AMD A8 processor can run games such as SimplePlanes, GTA V, Steam games, etc. If not, is there any other good laptops that have a good enough processor?
  36. N

    I need help with buying hardware

    What combination do you think is better for gaming? 1. Intel® Core™ i5 Dual Core Processor 7200U + nVidia GeForce 940MX 2GB DDR5 2. AMD Ryzen 5 2500U + Radeon Vega 8 3. Intel Core i3-6006U + GeForce MX150 IM not expecting to run the newest AAA titles, just want to play some fairly...
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    I am planing purchase of an HP 17" touchscreen laptop Need win7

    I am contemplating the purchase of an HP 17" touchscreen laptop, AMD 3 processor & 6 Vega graphics. I am 84 and barely get by with win7. Is i t possible to change back from the installed w10? Any similar laptops which would be better? thanks, JOEL
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    "Thread stuck in device driver" When i unplug it or use it unplugged!

    I get around 5 minutes and then it crashes. I get blue screened and it says "thread stuck in device driver", Looked it up but most of the advice is updating your gpu and monitor drivers which didn't make a difference and changing battery which isn't the Issue! It started 2 days ago and just...
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    HP Envy Ryzen

    Hello, my hp envy x360 AMD Ryzen's internal storage is 256 GB PCIe® NVMe™ M.2 SSD, I wonder is it possible to upgrade it from 256GB to 1TB?
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    HP Envy Ryzen vs Lenovo Flex Intel (Buying decision)

    Hello everyone I'm planning on buying a laptop for college, but it has been difficult for me to decide between those two, so I was hoping you could give me some new insights based on your knowledge/experience HP Envy...
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    Fresh windows 7. Can't find drivers

    First off, I'm not good with computers. I have an old Toshiba Satellite 755D-14M which has been laying in a storage compartment for a few years. I recently brought it back to light with a fresh install of W7. But when I try to download any drivers for it, they're nowhere to be found. For example...
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    Absolutely insane static when running games/listening/producing music through USB Audio Interface in new PC

    So over four years ago I bought an Alienware x51, it served me well for a very long time, I used it as my main production/gaming PC until like 2 days ago. I had my two Yamaha HS5s hooked up to a behringer Uphoria 404hd, and that, via USB connected to my PC. I still have that same setup, but a...
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    Laptop not using dedicated gpu

    Wassup, I recently got the lenovo IdeaPad 320 Which has an amd 530 graphics card Plus an intel hd 620 onboard graphics I installed windows 10 on this laptop and installed the latest intel and amd graphics drivers But whenever i try to play a game it automatically runs on the intel you onboard...
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    AMD dual graphics

    Hey. I have little problem. I have lenovo z50-75 laptop.CPU: amd a8-7100 radeon r5, 8 compute cores 4c+4g 1.8GHz-3.0GHz GPU: amd radeon R5 integrated and amd radeon R6 m255dx switchable. RAM: 8GB. I can't find how select r6 for games.
  45. Karim2001

    I5 7200u with a Nividia 940MX or I7 7500u with an AMD 530?

    I5 7200u with a Nividia 940MX or I7 7500u with an AMD 530?
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    Downgraded to Windows 7. How to force install drivers? [SOLVED]

    I Really Hate Windows 10. So i decided to downgrade to windows 7 knowing the consequences, i had my usb 3.0 and wifi drivers on a CD so everything worked fine. Except my graphics drivers are not compatible with Windows 7. so i was wondering if i can force install them or something. I have a...
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    Dell 15R 7520SE AMD Graphic Driver Fault

    Laptop brand: Dell Brand model: 15R 7520SE Operating system: Windows 7 Ultimate x64 (Newer Version @ Windows 10 Pro) Problems: BSOD after install AMD Driver. Situations: All drivers are up to date, but my AMD Graphics Driver seems not working so fine...I have test all version of Windows from...
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    can i upgrade my Laptop's Processor ?

    Hi guys i wish u can help me. I want to upgrade this laptop to amd athlon x845 processor. Can I upgrade its Processor ? I. But still I want to upgrade its performance. my laptop configuration : Toshiba satelite L70 A 151 (i3 4000m , 6 gb . 1To .nvidia-740m ) and thnx :)
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    Can I run Fortnite?

    About to purchase a laptop from a friend and wondering if it will run fortnite.. here are the specs. 7th Gen A12 AMD A12-9700P, 2.5 GHz Quad Core, Turbo 3.4Ghz processor (2 MB cache) 12 GB DDR4 SDRAM RAM memory 1 TB Hard Disk Drive storage AMD Radeon R7 Graphics + Radeon R8 M435DX Dual...
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    What games can u run?

    What games can u run with amd radeon graphic, intel i5 2.30ghz and 6GB of RAM
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    Laptop Shutting Down - After Amd Cpu Upgrade

    My Acer Ferrari 4000 Laptop is shutting off as soon as I shortly launch a game such as Hitman or 3DMark benchmark. I upgraded my ML-30 to a ML-42 which boots up fine and I've left the computer running overnight, only once I put a significant load. I'm thinking it might be the gpu or something...
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    what games can i play with this laptop?

    Can i play any games on this laptops.. If can can you guys name out some games? AMD E2-9000 Accelerated Processor. AMD E2-9000 Accelerated Processor with AMD Radeon™ R2 Graphics 4GB RAM. 1TB ROM. Microsoft Windows 10 Windows 10 Ready to use. Display features: 15.6 inch screen. High...
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    AMD Switchable Graphics not always switching when needed

    Hi. My issue is that my LenovoY700 14isk doesn't always switch graphics cards from the onboard Intel graphics, to my more powerful AMD card, and I haven't quite been able to figure it out. I've seen lots of other threads about this, and I've followed the instructions listed on many of them, to...
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    AMD A4 9120 performance in minecraft

    can anyone give me a good estimate or speculation on how good this cpu can do in minecraft, any info is appreciated, thanks the cpu is AMD A4 9120
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    I need help to get a budget laptop

    Hello, I am about buying a budget laptop that I am going to use when I travel/study and I cant choose between an Intel based one (i5 8250U) and amd based (Ryzen 5 2500U). The intel based laptop (Lenovo Ideapad 320-15KIB) got 8gb ddr4, 1 TB HDD SATA and a 2gb gddr5 mx150 gpu, the amd one (Acer...
  56. K

    Hook up 2 channel amp with a subwoofer

    Hi, I already have these speakers: https://www.klipsch.com/products/reference-bookshelf-speakers?model=r-15m with this amp: https://www.amazon.com/SMSL-SA-36A-TPA3118D2-Amplifier-Black/dp/B017W13OR0 and I'm thinking about purchasing this subwoofer...
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    Which laptop is better?

    Hello. I'm looking for a low-end gaming laptop and have zeroed in on the following two laptops. Any help will be much appreciated. Acer Nitro AN515-31: Intel Core i5 - 8250U Nvidia GeForce Mx150 2GB DDR5 https://www.notebookcheck.net/Acer-Aspire-Nitro-5-AN515-31-59RD.288102.0.html Acer Nitro...
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    HP laptop - Buy Envy 13 AMD Ryzen 5 2500U or Pavilion 14 i5-8250U

    Hi Everyone, I am looking buying a laptop for college. So portability is a priority. I am looking at 2 HP laptops that are the same price. - HP Pavilion 14" x360 14 with i5-8250U, Intel UHD 620 or - HP Envy 13" x360 with AMD Ryzen 5 2500U Quad-Core, Radeon™ Vega 8 Graphics All other specs...
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    Fast Laptop Under $900

    Hello! I'm looking to get a new laptop for under $900. I'm looking for: 15 - 15.9" screen at 1080p 8th generation i5 or i7 CPU 1050Ti GPU SSD I found a couple laptops but wasn't sure if I could get a better one for a similar price. Can install an SSD on 1st one...
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    i have installed lower graphics driver than it was earlier, will it affect gaming performance?

    i have AMD radeon 550 and by mistake i installed AMD r5 330 which has lower performace will it affect gaming?