APU and nvidia

[blair]

Hi have a APU here and the pc is using the intergrated GPU, however the guy wantes a more powerfull nvidia card, will he need to remove all the AMD drivers for the APU gpu or just install the nvidia ones as well?

 

[ObscureParadox]

Hi there,

I would say that it would be best to remove the AMD drivers completely as it will surely be a problem in the long run with two conflicting drivers. I have also got to ask what he would need a more powerful Nvidia graphics card for with an APU. I would hope it isn't something like a gaming rig because the APUs really don't have that much processing power compared to their Intel counterparts.

 

[blair]

Its for a rc flight simulator with required spec from 7 years ago but apparently it does not work with amd well with AA turned on so even thought the apu blows the required specs out the water he's complaining he can't run it maxed out at 1080p.

 

[ObscureParadox]

Has he tried overclocking it yet? Seems like a lot of wasted money for one game if he hasn't.

Also I don't really know much about the game since I have never played it, but is there any chance that the game uses a lot of Vram for the massive map ect? If so he could just turn up the amount of shared ram too.

 

[NeverBackDown]

Try it without the nvidia card first? Then see if he will need a newer gpu..

also it being a 7yr old game. Software support is most likely the issue and not directly amd.

 

[Damien c]

My grandads pc uses a AMD APU, with a Nvidia GTX680 and the only AMD drivers installed on his pc are for the motherboard and cpu.

The Graphics portion of the cpu is turned off in the bios, to avoid any driver conflicts and he is playing games just fine, still need to get him a copy of Battlefield 4 yet to really put his pc under some pressure, to see how the cpu copes with it.

You should be fine with a Nvidia card but just remember to turn off the cpu based graphics in the bios and remove the AMD graphics drivers.

 

[blair]

Its phoenix 4 flight sim is a 2d image really but apparently with AA turned on amd cards cause the game to stutter.

 

[Netroxen]

I'm pretty sure the chipset drivers usually take care of the IGPU, however to be on the safe side, make sure things like Catalyst and any related drivers are uninstalled...