Installing new GPU question

[q_k_y]

If I am upgrading from an RX 560 to an RX 580, do I need to use DDU and reinstall drivers?

[𝔇ave]

i wouldn't think so but it would be a good idea to renew the driver for the rx 580. you don't really need to use DDU unless you are changing vendors or architectures

[Cyber2B]

Originally posted by unholy ☭:

If I am upgrading from an RX 560 to an RX 580, do I need to use DDU and reinstall drivers?

Nope, RX 560 and 580 use the exact same drivers therefore you don't need to reinstall them.

DDU is only used when switching from Nvidia to AMD or Intel to AMD.

https://www.amd.com/en/support/kb/release-notes/rn-rad-win-18-12-2-pix

[-=SOF=-WID99]

Originally posted by PuertoRicanStripeHeadedTanager:

The 580 is just an overclocked 570 which is just an overclocked 560. So I heard.

no its not the RX 580 chips have more pixel shaders
http://www.pchardwarelinks.com/video.htm

the rx 570 has 2048
the Rx 580 has 2304
the rx 590 has 2304 i think your thinking of the rx 590 with a polaris 30 chip and is the fastest polaris chip out ..you want better get a vega card

BTW the rx 560 used a totally different Chip it uses a polaris 21 Chip and is much slower

personally i would always use DDU when installing a new vid card and reinstall my drivers

[Autumn_]

Originally posted by PuertoRicanStripeHeadedTanager:

The 580 is just an overclocked 570 which is just an overclocked 560. So I heard.

Youre thinking of the rx 580 is an overclocked rx 480. (And same for the 60, and 70 cards.)

[tacoshy]

Originally posted by EpicFace™:

Originally posted by unholy ☭:

If I am upgrading from an RX 560 to an RX 580, do I need to use DDU and reinstall drivers?

Nope, RX 560 and 580 use the exact same drivers therefore you don't need to reinstall them.

correct

Originally posted by EpicFace™:

Originally posted by unholy ☭:

If I am upgrading from an RX 560 to an RX 580, do I need to use DDU and reinstall drivers?

DDU is only used when switching from Nvidia to AMD or Intel to AMD.

Wrong - you always need it when changing drivers. Can be a Driver roll back, can be an upgrade from Nvidia Pascal to Nvidia RTX ... can be a lot of things. Not limited to changing GPU's of different companies.

Originally posted by Autumn:

Originally posted by PuertoRicanStripeHeadedTanager:

The 580 is just an overclocked 570 which is just an overclocked 560. So I heard.

Youre thinking of the rx 580 is an overclocked rx 480. (And same for the 60, and 70 cards.)

exactly

[Cyber2B]

Originally posted by tacoshy:

Originally posted by EpicFace™:

Nope, RX 560 and 580 use the exact same drivers therefore you don't need to reinstall them.

correct

Originally posted by EpicFace™:

DDU is only used when switching from Nvidia to AMD or Intel to AMD.

Wrong - you always need it when changing drivers. Can be a Driver roll back, can be an upgrade from Nvidia Pascal to Nvidia RTX ... can be a lot of things. Not limited to changing GPU's of different companies.

Originally posted by Autumn:

Youre thinking of the rx 580 is an overclocked rx 480. (And same for the 60, and 70 cards.)

exactly

DDU is better then rolling back drivers, sometimes the corrupted drivers don't get deleted. If you only had to do rollback drivers DDU would have never existed or have been made in the first place.

[tacoshy]

exactly and thats why the statement that you only need DDU when upgrading from AMD to Nvidia is simply wrong. Soemtimes you simply need it to roll abck drievrs (use DDU to remove current drivers and reinstallign an older one)

[Aliquis Freedom & Ethnopluralism]

No I don't think you need to do anything. But you could if you want to clear things out.

[r.linder]

Originally posted by PuertoRicanStripeHeadedTanager:

The 580 is just an overclocked 570 which is just an overclocked 560. So I heard.

5XX cards are "refreshed" overclocks of their 4XX series predecessors.
If you're talking about the same generation, that's not overclocking, it's binning which is completely different.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Download DDU

Download latest gpu driver suite from amd.com

Disconnect PCs LAN or WIFI
Run DDU and select Safe Mode > Restart option.

Once in safe mode wait for ddu to load up, select gpu > amd > clean and shutdown.

Then once powered off, switch gpus, be sure to seat it fully, connect the gpu power cables and monitor cable.

Then power on PC and once in Windows, right click the new amd driver suite you downloads, click Run As Admin and go through the install process, once it completes, reboot once more and then reconnect your LAN/WIFI

[Ad Hominem]

They should use the same driver. I would DDU if you have issues after the upgrade. Or if you want to be super thorough,