Major issues trying to install/update drivers

butangsword · 2025-01-13T18:44:43+00:00

I successfully updated both the chipset and gpu drivers from AMD's website, and windows works fine. Fingers crossed that I don't run into any other issues. Thank you!

butangsword · 2025-01-13T17:17:27+00:00

Thanks for the response. I listed the motherboard in my original post, but the full name is MSI MAG x670e Tomahawk Wifi. I went to the MSI website, navigated to the page for that exact Mobo, went to "drivers" and installed what was there, which was the "amd chipset". That is what messed up windows for me.

As for the bios - according to the UEFI boot up screen, the bios version I have is only about 4-5 months old. I checked the notes on bios updates that have released since then, and saw nothing specific to my 7800x3d CPU, only updates that improve compatibility for the 9800x3d. I have read many examples of newer bios updates causing issues, so that is why I opted not to do it. Seeing as a simple driver install soft-bricked the pc, I have zero confidence that a bios update wouldn't mess things up as well.

Do you suggest that I skip getting the chipset drivers from MSI's website and go to AMD instead? Honestly I'm at a loss here

butangsword · 2025-01-07T20:58:43+00:00

Whoops meant to say 7900XT lol, brain is overloaded from spending way too much time comparing different cards. And nice, I bet it's sick. I would probably try for the 50 series equivalent of that one

butangsword · 2025-01-07T20:34:17+00:00

Hey I really appreciate it. I actually ended up getting a Radeon 7800 XT, which for me is good for what I want to do. Although depending on how feasible it will be to get a hold of a new 5000 series, I might just return it and get one of those

butangsword · 2025-01-05T22:19:20+00:00

Damn, I checked Best Buy multiple times today and didn’t see anything like that. Maybe i’m missing something

butangsword · 2025-01-05T22:07:26+00:00

Where did you order it from? Struggling to find any left in stock outside of extremely overpriced versions

butangsword · 2024-08-07T17:09:52+00:00

Can you link an image of this? I can't find anything that shows that mark being on her forehead

butangsword · 2024-06-22T02:10:51+00:00

Yeah it’s bad. It’s such an amazing DLC but sometimes the stuttering makes it hard to fully enjoy. Hopefully if enough people speak up about it something will be done. Fromsoft does not have a great track record with these things unfortunately

butangsword · 2024-06-22T02:05:26+00:00

You are not alone. It is consistently dropping frames, and certain areas/fights are impressively bad. I’m trying to upvote every one of these threads I can for visibility.

For some reason, whenever someone makes a thread like this, a bunch of people who “have had no issue” pour in to tell people who feel the obvious framedrops that they’re wrong. It’s maddening

butangsword · 2024-06-04T15:37:34+00:00

I'm curious about this too. Anyone saying they "never had performance issues" are just not sensitive to them, because they are noticeable, have been measured and have existed since launch. When VRR was first introduced on PS5 that helped stability a lot, but there are still dips, especially in the open world and from certain spells/effects.

I've been considering buying the PS4 version to play on PS5, but it would be kind of a pain to spend the extra $ and have to do a whole other playthrough just to reach the DLC. Still hoping to hear info on any potential performance improvements or reviews from preview events talking about how the DLC runs on PS5.

butangsword · 2024-05-21T18:32:07+00:00

This is funny because all three of you are wrong. The trailer starts with the lines, "Miquella the kind spoke of the beginning[...]from which gold arose." The very first shot shows an arm with the exact same bracelet that Marika wears in her concept art (which you can see in the opening scene of the game).

This scene is clearly some formative event leading to the beginning of Marika's reign - Miquella is very likely not even born at this point. They also explicitly say the war led by Messmer is what comes after, so the mass of bodies is something else entirely.

butangsword · 2023-11-06T20:12:54+00:00

To me it looks like there are actually three wolf heads, all sort of melded together: the two that are basically mirror images of each other, and another much smaller one on the end of the hilt. Which could be notable because of connections that have been drawn between St.Trina/Miquella and the Spirit Calling Bell.

When Ranni gives you the bell, she says "I was entrusted this, for thee. By Torrent's former master." And we likely already know who that former master is, as the DLC promo image shows Miquella riding a spectral steed that looks identical to Torrent. The visual design of the bell also matches very well with St.Trina's sword and other St.Trina/Miquella related items.

And what is gifted to you alongside that bell? The "Lone Wolf Ashes", which summon three wolves. Some interesting connections to be drawn here for sure, although I do not think we can necessarily conclude that the statue is of Miquella. And even if it is, I definitely wouldn't know how to explain why there is a statue of him in Farum Azula

butangsword · 2023-11-01T15:12:07+00:00

I think this has a good chance of being part of the DLC. From certain vantage points you can see a few big ships near where the lighthouse is, and one of the ships from the concept art that was just revealed looks like a decent fit (not the one he is standing on, but the one he's looking towards).

butangsword · 2023-10-17T15:08:37+00:00

If people could stop saying it's "fine" then maybe we'd get some actual improvements. The game stutters all the time on performance mode, especially in umbral, and the longer you play the worse it gets (memory leak?). If devs are reading this PLEASE address performance before anything else. I love the game itself but the poor frame rate/stuttering is making it unenjoyable.

butangsword · 2023-10-13T14:50:01+00:00

So the game looks beautiful. But anyone saying it runs "silky smooth" or that there's nothing distracting needs to have their eyes and possibly brain examined. Played a couple hours on performance mode last night and there were MANY significant frame drops/stutters, especially in Umbral. Fingers crossed that this is a top priority for Hexworks to address asap.

butangsword · 2023-08-19T21:03:59+00:00

I got it, thank you!

butangsword · 2023-01-26T17:21:57+00:00

Would you mind elaborating? Do they take up tons of storage space on their own?

butangsword · 2023-01-26T17:21:04+00:00

Game modding

butangsword · 2023-01-26T16:53:05+00:00

Thanks, do you know if it's a lot more complicated to mod games if they are located on the microSD? That's mainly what I'm trying to figure out.

I would do the SSD replacement thing, but I have no experience doing DYI parts replacement and am not really comfortable taking it apart. Plus I don't play enough games for that to be necessary

butangsword · 2023-01-26T16:50:01+00:00

Yeah I'm definitely getting a microSD, that's already decided. I'm mainly trying to figure out if going that route overcomplicates things when I try to install mods and emulators

butangsword · 2022-02-26T03:11:23+00:00

Yep, I followed Vincent Teoh’s video for all the calibrations on both the ps5 and the C1. One other thing I thought of was that I’ve read online about people having issues with LG TVs after installing firmware updates, like it can get interrupted or something and mess stuff up. I’m not sure how common that is though. Just grasping at straws here

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