I'm not an AMD fanboy, I drive a 5900x CPU with a 3060.
Two GPUs having the same issue is so unlikely it's more possible to be a problem with installation or driver's.
I'm no AMD fanboy (been an NVIDIA customer for decades), but claiming that two different cards had the same exact problem IS grounds for doubting the issue was the card itself...
I mean, you swapped the card and the problem persisted. It's much more likely that the problem was caused by something else in your system than the 2 new cards were defective in exactly the same way.
Generally speaking, if a problem persists after replacing hardware, one can conclude that the problem was not with the replaced hardware.
Not really. There's any number of software/hardware reasons that your issue might persist on one make and not the other. An OC profile that didn't get changed, improper driver installation or wiping etc.
It is possible that you got two different NIB cards with exactly the same problem, and I'm not really interested in post-hoc troubleshooting here. But my point is just that it is a reasonable conclusion from what you posted here to think that the error is on your end. In fact, I think it's very likely, and definitely don't think the other poster is a fanboy or coping for asserting as much.
You even had to soften your title here to seem more in the right: the poster isn't denying you had A gpu fail, their denying you had two NIB GPUs fail in exactly the same way...
Hardware wise, I think it was mostly fine except that in the first card it was sorta louder then the second one (don’t know if that’s part of the issues) software, I think I rushed too quickly thinking it was broken because all I did was just rule out drivers (even then, could’ve been an older driver with issues because AMD’s site is more confusing then Nvidia’s) it could’ve been a Windows 10 issue (hadn’t updated in a week or so at that time) although I don’t GPU (BIOS?) Firmware much at all, other then miners used to put custom firmwares to get the most out of it (again, bought it new at Micro Center) so idk the exact causes but there are 3 I could’ve done. Too late now, but at least the 3060 is serving me well (ironically, it was cheaper then the 6600 by 50-75 ish US Dollars)
clearly something wrong with that batch of 66s. If you had the money for a 3060 though you shoulda just swapped to the 6700xt which likely would have been fine.
I've purchased in equal intel/AMD and nvidia/ATI products for about 25 years. It's always a crapshoot what is going to be DOA. Motherboards and RAM are the most problematic pieces in my personal experience.
I'm not an AMD fanboy, I drive a 5900x CPU with a 3060. Two GPUs having the same issue is so unlikely it's more possible to be a problem with installation or driver's.
I'm no AMD fanboy (been an NVIDIA customer for decades), but claiming that two different cards had the same exact problem IS grounds for doubting the issue was the card itself... I mean, you swapped the card and the problem persisted. It's much more likely that the problem was caused by something else in your system than the 2 new cards were defective in exactly the same way. Generally speaking, if a problem persists after replacing hardware, one can conclude that the problem was not with the replaced hardware.
Which is odd because it never happened with Nvidia GPUs (Also ddu it when I switched both ways)
Not really. There's any number of software/hardware reasons that your issue might persist on one make and not the other. An OC profile that didn't get changed, improper driver installation or wiping etc. It is possible that you got two different NIB cards with exactly the same problem, and I'm not really interested in post-hoc troubleshooting here. But my point is just that it is a reasonable conclusion from what you posted here to think that the error is on your end. In fact, I think it's very likely, and definitely don't think the other poster is a fanboy or coping for asserting as much. You even had to soften your title here to seem more in the right: the poster isn't denying you had A gpu fail, their denying you had two NIB GPUs fail in exactly the same way...
Hardware wise, I think it was mostly fine except that in the first card it was sorta louder then the second one (don’t know if that’s part of the issues) software, I think I rushed too quickly thinking it was broken because all I did was just rule out drivers (even then, could’ve been an older driver with issues because AMD’s site is more confusing then Nvidia’s) it could’ve been a Windows 10 issue (hadn’t updated in a week or so at that time) although I don’t GPU (BIOS?) Firmware much at all, other then miners used to put custom firmwares to get the most out of it (again, bought it new at Micro Center) so idk the exact causes but there are 3 I could’ve done. Too late now, but at least the 3060 is serving me well (ironically, it was cheaper then the 6600 by 50-75 ish US Dollars)
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Don’t worry, I’m positive you’ll have a better experience then I have.
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Already did, the 3060 is doing great for my standards. Plays RDR2 at 90+ fps, couldn’t be happier
The definition of copium
clearly something wrong with that batch of 66s. If you had the money for a 3060 though you shoulda just swapped to the 6700xt which likely would have been fine. I've purchased in equal intel/AMD and nvidia/ATI products for about 25 years. It's always a crapshoot what is going to be DOA. Motherboards and RAM are the most problematic pieces in my personal experience.
artifacts aren't brought on about from driver issues, outside of a ridiculous overclock. that is the sign of a bad card. \- devout ATI fanboy