Could not switch to discrete graphic card AMD Radeon HD 6470M from Intel HD 3000. Switchable graphics options missing in context menu, what do i do?

My laptop HP Pavilion G6-1068SE has Intel HD 3000 On Board Graphics along with 1GB discrete Radeon HD 6470M graphics. When I did a fresh install of Windows 10 x64, Windows Update automatically installed latest Catalyst Control Center along with the necessary display drivers for Intel HD 3000 (On-board Graphics). What I expected under display … Read more

GPU stopped working after reinstalling windows

I recently reinstalled Windows 10 and my AMD Radeon HD 7400M stopped working. After reinstalling Windows there was a notification telling me to change the video settings from AMD Catalyst Control settings. My GPU drivers were the latest one. When I ran Adobe After Effects CC for the first time, it said that a GPU … Read more

Black screen during and after watching video

Cause: I have a problem with my new Windows 10 PC that during streaming a video the entire screen goes black at a random point during the video. This occurred multiple times when watching a trailer using the Steam application (full screen) and also in Microsoft Edge when streaming an Adobe Flash video (not full … Read more

Driver issues Sapphire Nitro+ RX 470 8G

I recently replaced my old broken card with a Sapphire Nitro+ RX 470 8G. At the beginning it seemed to work after I removed some old drivers etc. But once i restarted the computer, no signal were coming from the GPU. I have then reinstalled windows 10 to eliminate any errors from it. At the … Read more

Gaming Computer crashes to solid-colored screen when Steam application is installed

Specs: Bazooka motherboard, Gigabyte AMD rx480 GPU, Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5 GHz Processor Main Features: 64 bit Quad-Core Processor Cache Per Processor: 6 MB L3 Cache Memory: 8 GB DDR4 Storage: 2 TB SATA III 7200 RPM + 120 GB SSD Optical Drive: 24x DVD±R/±RW Dual Layer Drive Graphics: AMD Radeon RX 480 8 GB … Read more

Generic non pnp monitor custom resolution

I’ve ran into a problem with my monitor when updating it to the latest AMD drivers. normally my resolution is 1920×1080, but now since the driver update it’s downed to 1600×1200. In the advanced screensettings I can’t see the option for the 1920×1080 resolution. This is not the first time that I had this problem. … Read more

Auto GPU selection based on program running

I have two GPUs, a GTX 960 and a RX 480. I wanna to use 960 to play games but use 480 to decode video with MPC-BE + madVR. How can I achieve that with a auto selection powered by what program I’m on focus/running? EDIT: both card runs on a desktop computer Answer According … Read more

Remote Desktop Connection – Stuck running @ 30 Hz?

I use a freesync monitor and when I run RDC to either my laptop or a hyper-v session I’ve noticed that freesync kicks in (borderless windowed mode) and will go between 30->60(doubled from LFC?)->75(my display refresh rate) and all over the place. I end up having to disable Freesync which is not ideal. Is there … Read more