u/-YourNewBestFriend-

I am a novice with regards to PC building and care.

I recently wiped my AMD graphics drivers via DDU because of a "RadeonSoftware.exe - Bad Image" notification. I installed drivers for my chipset and discrete GPU (i.e. RX 7900 XTX). All downloads were the latest drivers from the official AMD site. They were not the "auto-detect" download options. I did not download a driver for the iGPU of my CPU (i.e. Ryzen 9 7900X).

All seemed well, as the installations proceeded smoothly. Today, I right-clicked my desktop screen and selected to start AMD Adrenalin. I was met with a notification stating AMD Adrenalin needed to update to run on my PC. I accepted, thinking a newer version of AMD Adrenalin may have come out.

Upon startup, I found Adrenalin and my graphics drivers were outdated. Adrenalin was running version 23.40.02. I installed Adrenalin version 26.5.2 from the drivers page of my dedicated GPU.

Is there a reason this downgrade occurred automatically? I suspect it was because I did not have an "AMD Radeon Graphics" driver for my iGPU, because Adrenalin suggested I download that during setup. I feel like I am missing something. If I am outright misunderstanding anything, please let me know too.

Any help will be greatly appreciated! I'm doing my best to learn the ropes.

I want to preface this by stating I am a novice at best, when it comes to PC building and management!

GPU: SAPPHIRE NITRO+ AMD RADEON RX 7900 XTX

CPU: Ryzen 9 7900X

I recently needed to wipe my AMD graphics drivers via DDU because of a "RadeonSoftware.exe - Bad Image" notification. I installed drivers for my chipset and discrete GPU (i.e. RX 7900 XTX).

My CPU (i.e. Ryzen 9 7900X) has integrated graphics. During my offline installation of the discrete GPU's driver and Adrenalin, I saw there was an option to download a driver for "AMD Radeon Graphics", which I assume is for the iGPU. Is this necessary or even recommended to install? Will a second GPU driver interfere with which GPU is used during intense tasks like gaming?

Lastly, will I need to use DDU again if I need to install the AMD Radeon Graphics driver too? I enabled my internet again after using DDU previously, but Windows has not updated to my knowledge.

The only reason I can imagine needing an iGPU is if the discrete graphics card has problems... If anyone can shed light on any of this, I'll be hugely grateful!! I'm learning the ropes.