6800xt and Reverb G2

[franx]

As I was getting ready to pull the trigger and buy the Reverb G2, I found a bunch of complaints from AMD users saying that the G2 has compatibility issues with the 6800xt gpu.  Has that been addressed?  Is that now fixed?

[VampireNZ]

Running a Sapphire Nitro+ 6800XT with Reverb G2 and have zero problems, runs great.

 

Am using Adrenalin 2020 Edition 21.2.3 Optional for Win 10 64-bit. Think the problems were with earlier drivers, initially used Adrenalin 2020 Edition 20.11.2 Recommended (WHQL) which I had problems with. Will only get better with driver updates.

 

https://www.amd.com/en/support/graphics/amd-radeon-6000-series/amd-radeon-6800-series/amd-radeon-rx-6800-xt

 

 

Edited March 11, 2021 by VampireNZ

[franx]

Thanks Vampire.  That settles it.

 

[ShaunX]

If your Ryzen is on an X570 board you may have USB issues with the G2. Mine wouldn't work with any of my boards USB 3 ports and it's a fairly common complaint. I sorted mine with an external, unpowered USB 3 hub, others have installed USB cards to get round it. Others have had no issue at all. Seems to be a bit of a lottery.

[unlikely_spider]

4 minutes ago, ShaunX said:

If your Ryzen is on an X570 board you may have USB issues with the G2. Mine wouldn't work with any of my boards USB 3 ports and it's a fairly common complaint. I sorted mine with an external, unpowered USB 3 hub, others have installed USB cards to get round it. Others have had no issue at all. Seems to be a bit of a lottery.

Same issue. Headset USB works only on a PCI card USB port, and strangely it's very stable there and not on any on-board ports. Though I've read that the issue has been identified and board manufacturers should have BIOS updates in a month or so. Not sure I remember my source for that. PCGamer maybe.

Edited March 13, 2021 by unlikely_spider

[ShaunX]

1 hour ago, unlikely_spider said:

Same issue. Headset USB works only on a PCI card USB port, and strangely it's very stable there and not on any on-board ports. Though I've read that the issue has been identified and board manufacturers should have BIOS updates in a month or so. Not sure I remember my source for that. PCGamer maybe.

 

 

That would be nice, although mine has also been rock solid via an external USB hub, and the G2 experience on my rig is just amazing.

[VampireNZ]

Had trouble getting my G2 to work on X570 board with any USB slot - but it just turned out to be a conflict with iCue. Deleted the Lenovo folders in Program Files\Corsair\Corsair iCue Software\Plugins folder and it works fine. Get a problem now and then but just re-plug the USB and it's fine. As far as working with the 6800XT there is no problem.

[dburne]

1 hour ago, VampireNZ said:

Had trouble getting my G2 to work on X570 board with any USB slot - but it just turned out to be a conflict with iCue. Deleted the Lenovo folders in Program Files\Corsair\Corsair iCue Software\Plugins folder and it works fine. Get a problem now and then but just re-plug the USB and it's fine. As far as working with the 6800XT there is no problem.

 

Yeah iCue software and WMR seem to conflict from time to time.

[Raven (Elysian Angel)]

It depends on your personal hardware configuration as well. While the release notes for 21.2.3 specifically mention issues with the G2 and people who have a 6900XT, I experience no such issues with 21.2.1. Ironically, 21.2.3 cripples my computer and renders it completely unusable: I can't even browse the web... And yes, that's after using DDU and even AMD's own driver uninstall utility.

 

  

19 hours ago, VampireNZ said:

Deleted the Lenovo folders in Program Files\Corsair\Corsair iCue Software\Plugins folder and it works fine.

Yes I had to do that as well.

Edited March 15, 2021 by Raven (Elysian Angel)

[dburne]

4 minutes ago, Raven (Elysian Angel) said:

Yes I had to do that as well.

 

 

Strange - I will have to give that a try as well.

[Strong05]

Had lots of trouble at first as well.  Had to update to the latest bios (USB issues), set steam vr to force DX11, and set PCIE3x in the bios and all is good now.

As a side note, the AMD drivers do not work as well with motion smoothing as nividia.  I turned it off as there were way to many artifacts.

[mhe]

On 3/17/2021 at 12:16 AM, Strong05 said:

Had lots of trouble at first as well.  Had to update to the latest bios (USB issues), set steam vr to force DX11, and set PCIE3x in the bios and all is good now.

As a side note, the AMD drivers do not work as well with motion smoothing as nividia.  I turned it off as there were way to many artifacts.

 

Downgrading to PCIE 3.0 Setting should stop being necessary once your particular mainboard gets the next BIOS update that includes the newest AGESA version. 

[Strong05]

2 hours ago, mhe said:

 

Downgrading to PCIE 3.0 Setting should stop being necessary once your particular mainboard gets the next BIOS update that includes the newest AGESA version. 

Here's hoping the BIOS update works as advertised.

[*Rage*]

Does motion smoothing still not work on AMD GPUs?

[Strong05]

4 hours ago, *Rage* said:

Does motion smoothing still not work on AMD GPUs?

It "works" you just get a lot of artifacts (double images, blurred images etc).  To be fair I haven't tried turning it back on since the last bios update, but the update notes didn't mention any improvements in motion smoothing support.

[franx]

Circling back on this since I started the discussion.  Overall I'm very pleased (so far) with the Reverb G2.  It takes some getting used to, since WMR is a different creature from the Oculus Rift.  I also had the standard aggravations trying to get it to work with my Aurora 10 Ryzen; AMD and the G2 do not yet play nice together.  But it now works fine with a separately powered USB block of plugs.  Weirdly though, it's very picky about which of the USB plugs it chooses to work with.  No idea why.  Downloaded Revive, and I can play all my Oculus titles, and of course SteamVR for Steam titles.  So:  so far, so good.