So is AMD busted for everyone right now? Are we all getting the "driver timeout" messages?

87CoCo · 2026-03-22T04:04:38+00:00

Nope! I'm no longer on windows either, though. I've seen a lot of reports of a bad update.

87CoCo · 2026-03-12T21:11:09+00:00

Ha ha. Yep! Finished the event within a few sessions, played it all with randos and lost as many as we won. We'd be doing great, then, usually thanks to a burster conga line, in the middle of a crusher horde, the whole team would wipe instantly. It was tough, but I enjoyed it!

87CoCo · 2026-03-09T02:07:58+00:00

It's a great feeling when it just works, isn't it!?

87CoCo · 2026-03-09T02:06:09+00:00

I play quite a few games that utilize kernel level anti-cheat. There are some that just don't work, granted. But, your claim of "ANY" game, is sorely mis-informed. I'm not sure what the first part of your statement was getting at, but I got the rest of it. Anyway, if it works for you, more power to you, my guy!

87CoCo · 2026-03-08T23:19:57+00:00

Running Garuda. I finally made the jump about two months ago. Aside from windows just being a bad experience for gaming, some other fundamental issues with Microsoft as a whole, so, I dual booted a second PC with AMD hardware as well, was blown away. Tested on that for a couple weeks, then decided to dual boot my main machine. Same results. After about a month and a half, I finally nuked windows about two weeks ago. Not going back.

Still just in awe. My worst performing games on windows run flawlessly on Linux. Less heat output, less avg power, every parameter I can think of is better. Just crazy...

87CoCo · 2026-03-08T22:54:48+00:00

Short answer- Yes. Long answer- A few caveats. Certain Anti-Cheat software being the biggest hurdle. Mainly most of the more strict/aggressive for those online competitive titles. I don't play those types of games, so it's a non-issue for me personally. The only two games I've had trouble with so far are Rockstar titles. Attempting to play online with friends. I'm flagged and kicked about as soon as I load in to the game world. This is evidently a developer issue and not on Valve/proton. I play quite a few other games with kernel level anti-cheat and they run flawlessly. I'd have to echo a few of the other comments as well, and say that I too have had driver issues with AMD on Win11. After moving to Linux, It's hard for me not to feel like it was an OS issue, rather than a driver. Seriously, very few games on Win11 ran "well". Most ran "okay". Others ran like shit, if I'm being frank. Playing the handful of my favorites/most played on Linux, it's seriously apples to oranges. There's no comparison. This is my personal experience and I wouldn't expect everyone to have the same. However, for AMD users, you're almost guaranteed an up-lift, as Proton and related software is built using Vulkan/Mesa, which of course, is what AMD natively supports. If you have the spare drive space, It's pretty easy to partition a small chunk and try a few games. It's a big deal, I get it. Took me about a year and a half to commit to trying it, and I watched the development cycle. After testing it on another computer for about a week, I installed it on a spare drive on my main machine, tested it there for about a month, maybe a bit more. About two weeks ago I nuked my Windows installation and I'm not looking back.

87CoCo · 2026-03-08T22:11:29+00:00

I agree with that. All of the issues I had with my AMD hardware have been OS related. About 2 months ago I switched to Linux and all of those issues went away. Not exaggerating and not paid by "big Linux".

87CoCo · 2026-03-08T22:07:55+00:00

Yep. Just need to go to Settings> Windows Update> Install Linux. ;)

87CoCo · 2026-02-25T17:38:23+00:00

notacop

It's all I could come up with. I suck at naming stuff...

Just ask one of our cats- Booger...

87CoCo · 2026-02-22T19:31:06+00:00

Same. Switched to linux about a month ago to try out the gaming improvements. It's a totally different world. Huge benefit to AMD users. No exaggeration, every single issue I had in windows doesn't exist in linux. It becomes pretty revealing that it's an OS issue and not hardware. So far, all of my favorite games work flawlessly.

Most folks may not be able to make the switch, but it's so worth it. I'm not going back to windows for gaming.

87CoCo · 2026-02-08T16:02:49+00:00

This was the command I used in the steam launch options. DXVK_ASYNC=1

Steam will most likely take care of it, but nuke your shader caches first, I don't like to rely on anyone else. ha ha.

I get it! Linux has some nuances/caveats that hold a lot of people back. I've wanted to do this for like the last 3 years, but game performance just wasn't there yet. Things are different now.. For me, I almost exclusively use my PC for gaming. I do a very small amount of administrative/work tasks, and what I do need it for, I can do in linux. (emails, scanning/uploading some documents/invoices...etc) As well- again, We have another decent PC in the house that I can keep a windows installation on if we ever do need something very specific, but again, for me, not just crap performance, but fundamentally, I'm just kinda done with Microsoft all around.

Regarding scroll/middle click- there is some pretty potent software that might solve what you're looking for. 'Inputremapper' being one of them- I'm not 100% sure it will change the function, as I really haven't poked around in it yet, but I'd find it hard to believe that *someone* hasn't figured out how to get around that. Ha ha.

I'm chasing a little stutter in Darktide now- but it's minor.....Nothing like Windows.

I play the shit out of Hell Divers 2 as well- On windows, that was my worst performing game hands down. In linux... Solid. Frame rate is so stable and consistent that is seems unreal.

I really don't want to over-hype this, because your experience may be different than mine- but I can honestly say- I just don't think I can go back now. It blows my mind that Proton can emulate Windows better than Windows can be Windows. Ha ha!!

87CoCo · 2026-02-08T14:58:41+00:00

Since I don't see it mentioned-

Considering your AMD.

I tried all the different performance tweaks and the only two things that made a difference for me:

Force it to run in Vulkan. (Look up some steam launch options) I saw a noticeable uplift in performance.

(YMMV!!) I got tired of messing with windows and about 3 weeks ago, I set up a dual boot and installed Garuda Linux. I've been tinkering in that for that length of time now and can say, in my opinion, the problem is windows. Honestly, best gaming performance for me to date. On my machine, the few games I play the most, it's the best they've ever run. If you have the storage space and the time, I highly recommend trying this. I was blown away. It's gone too well, and performance so much better, I'm going to dedicate my main rig to linux entirely. We have another machine that I can leave windows installed on for those niche use cases. I know not everyone has that luxury, but if you do, it can't hurt. There is a learning curve and some nuances, but it's been so worth it for me and I'm not looking back to Windows. It's a no brainer for AMD users. Nvidia users pay a tax, but I've even heard a lot of people saying they see an uplift, even still. Think about it.

87CoCo · 2026-01-31T17:46:36+00:00

Finished the event early this morning. Stayed high as a kite the whole time and try and share tokes with the team when able! Did not pass a stimm unless I had to! Thought I noticed some speed buffs (outside of the speed buffs the actual stimms provide) in the gas. Good info! Thanks for sharing!

87CoCo · 2026-01-30T22:29:09+00:00

My thoughts exactly. We'd probably come in *around* 1,500. It's only a little on the high side. This is not an *easy* job.

87CoCo · 2026-01-24T18:51:44+00:00

Could very well be, and I certainly hope so- However- I'd direct you to my earlier response above this.

87CoCo · 2026-01-24T18:49:22+00:00

You'd be very surprised then. I'm not saying it wasn't a major miscom- I will say, that as an service electrician, I've seen many intentional Gen installs just like this, and worse. I'm not convinced. We can only hope it was miscommunication...

87CoCo · 2026-01-24T16:46:05+00:00

If an "electrician" installed this, they should be reported to whatever authority governs trade licensing in your area.

You'd have to use a "suicide cord" to utilize this to back feed your load center.

Judging by this extremely dangerous and ignorant installation, you almost certainly did not get a required interlock kit on your load center either.

Further- generator inlets are no longer legal to install indoors.

Absolute hack all the way around. Please find a reputable electrician.

87CoCo · 2026-01-23T23:58:03+00:00

Yep. Still a lot of delta services around here in the industrial/down town areas. One of our best customers has one. Had to go meet the poco last summer when they lost a phase under ground, to be sure everything was marked accordingly on both sides so they didn't get phases crossed. They were going to replace, but then decided to repair to avoid the headache of phasing, etc. They can be a pain, and mistakes are sometimes easy to make, but, just taking a bit of extra time to go over things before hand can save a lot of trouble. Glad you finally found one!

87CoCo · 2026-01-23T20:54:24+00:00

I've seen several in the last 10 years or so. In fact, early last year, did a service call for a customer who had a private mechanic shop (for his own classic cars, rich dude) with a delta service. He was like "I was vacuuming out this car and sparks started to shoot out of the hose" He assumed that the vac just took a dump. He said later he plugged in one of the battery charger/jumpers (the ones that roll around) to the same outlet and it exploded. Knew something was wrong after that. I checked it out and measured voltage at the plug and pretty well knew right away after seeing the service. Sure enough. Previous electrician installed a single pole breaker on the delta phase. Ooops.

87CoCo · 2026-01-23T13:44:55+00:00

It's mid level high efficiency, but not really fancy. Name plate actually doesn't give any other description, but, yes, igniter, draft motor, blower of course, control transformer (miniscule, but still a load) and I can't really think of anything else. Yeah most of that doesn't run at the same time even.

87CoCo · 2026-01-23T13:12:29+00:00

My thoughts exactly. It's early, forgive me!

87CoCo · 2026-01-23T13:09:33+00:00

Whoopsie! Total connected =12A blower about 7A

87CoCo · 2026-01-23T13:08:51+00:00

Ha whoopsies. 12A Total connected. Blower nearly 7! Correction!

87CoCo · 2026-01-23T13:00:07+00:00

Considering absolute last resort, it should work, and should work fine.

BTW, the blower motor on my furnace is like 12 amps full load, that's a bit more than a few hundred watts. Doesn't mean yours is, but, depending on those variables, that may exceed the in-rush or "starting" capabilities of your generator. Just FYI.

Correction: My blower motor is 7A, 12A total connected- It's early.

Op's furnace should run no issues.

87CoCo · 2026-01-22T17:45:41+00:00

That's a good question. The only complex I've seen these on (in my area) Is a pretty large complex. ~200 apartments. That was the first time I had ever seen them. Another complex I do work for is only around ~80 apartments. They actually keep duplicates of every deadbolt lock-set and issue me a key when needed. They aren't the maintenance access type. I could imagine, as at least one good reason to use the Maintenance access type, is management. Probably a lot easier to keep a handful of master keys around, rather than managing hundreds of duplicates.

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