diff --git a/gfx/thebes/gfxWindowsPlatform.cpp b/gfx/thebes/gfxWindowsPlatform.cpp
index ae74bb29c126..853fb2710361 100644
--- a/gfx/thebes/gfxWindowsPlatform.cpp
+++ b/gfx/thebes/gfxWindowsPlatform.cpp
@@ -1598,8 +1598,6 @@ bool DoesD3D11DeviceWork(ID3D11Device *device)
   return true;
 }
 
-#define TEXTURE_SIZE 32
-
 // See bug 1083071. On some drivers, Direct3D 11 CreateShaderResourceView fails
 // with E_OUTOFMEMORY.
 bool DoesD3D11TextureSharingWork(ID3D11Device *device)
@@ -1618,10 +1616,25 @@ bool DoesD3D11TextureSharingWork(ID3D11Device *device)
     return true;
   }
 
+  if (GetModuleHandleW(L"atidxx32.dll")) {
+    nsCOMPtr<nsIGfxInfo> gfxInfo = do_GetService("@mozilla.org/gfx/info;1");
+    if (gfxInfo) {
+      nsString vendorID, vendorID2;
+      gfxInfo->GetAdapterVendorID(vendorID);
+      gfxInfo->GetAdapterVendorID2(vendorID2);
+      if (vendorID.EqualsLiteral("0x8086") && vendorID2.IsEmpty()) {
+#if defined(MOZ_CRASHREPORTER)
+        CrashReporter::AppendAppNotesToCrashReport(NS_LITERAL_CSTRING("Unexpected Intel/AMD dual-GPU setup\n"));
+#endif
+        return false;
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
   RefPtr<ID3D11Texture2D> texture;
   D3D11_TEXTURE2D_DESC desc;
-  desc.Width = TEXTURE_SIZE;
-  desc.Height = TEXTURE_SIZE;
+  desc.Width = 32;
+  desc.Height = 32;
   desc.MipLevels = 1;
   desc.ArraySize = 1;
   desc.Format = DXGI_FORMAT_B8G8R8A8_UNORM;
@@ -1631,16 +1644,7 @@ bool DoesD3D11TextureSharingWork(ID3D11Device *device)
   desc.CPUAccessFlags = 0;
   desc.MiscFlags = D3D11_RESOURCE_MISC_SHARED_KEYEDMUTEX;
   desc.BindFlags = D3D11_BIND_RENDER_TARGET | D3D11_BIND_SHADER_RESOURCE;
-
-  int color[TEXTURE_SIZE * TEXTURE_SIZE];
-  D3D11_SUBRESOURCE_DATA data;
-  data.pSysMem = color;
-  data.SysMemPitch = TEXTURE_SIZE * 4;
-  data.SysMemSlicePitch = 0;
-  for (int i = 0; i < sizeof(color)/sizeof(color[0]); i++) {
-      color[i] = 0xff00ffff;
-  }
-  if (FAILED(device->CreateTexture2D(&desc, &data, byRef(texture)))) {
+  if (FAILED(device->CreateTexture2D(&desc, NULL, byRef(texture)))) {
     return false;
   }
 
@@ -1670,47 +1674,6 @@ bool DoesD3D11TextureSharingWork(ID3D11Device *device)
     return false;
   }
 
-  desc.Usage = D3D11_USAGE_STAGING;
-  desc.CPUAccessFlags = D3D11_CPU_ACCESS_READ;
-  desc.MiscFlags = 0;
-  desc.BindFlags = 0;
-
-  RefPtr<ID3D11Texture2D> cpuTexture;
-  if (FAILED(device->CreateTexture2D(&desc, &data, byRef(cpuTexture)))) {
-    return false;
-  }
-
-  nsRefPtr<IDXGIKeyedMutex> sharedMutex;
-  nsRefPtr<ID3D11DeviceContext> deviceContext;
-  sharedResource->QueryInterface(__uuidof(IDXGIKeyedMutex), getter_AddRefs(sharedMutex));
-  device->GetImmediateContext(getter_AddRefs(deviceContext));
-  if (FAILED(sharedMutex->AcquireSync(0, 30*1000))) {
-#if defined(MOZ_CRASHREPORTER)
-    CrashReporter::AppendAppNotesToCrashReport(NS_LITERAL_CSTRING("Keyed Mutex timeout\n"));
-#endif
-    // only wait for 30 seconds
-    return false;
-  }
-
-  int resultColor;
-  deviceContext->CopyResource(cpuTexture, sharedTexture);
-
-  D3D11_MAPPED_SUBRESOURCE mapped;
-  deviceContext->Map(cpuTexture, 0, D3D11_MAP_READ, 0, &mapped);
-  resultColor = *(int*)mapped.pData;
-  deviceContext->Unmap(cpuTexture, 0);
-
-  sharedMutex->ReleaseSync(0);
-
-  if (resultColor != color[0]) {
-    // Shared surfaces seem to be broken on dual AMD & Intel HW when using the
-    // AMD GPU
-#if defined(MOZ_CRASHREPORTER)
-    CrashReporter::AppendAppNotesToCrashReport(NS_LITERAL_CSTRING("Shared Surfaces don't work\n"));
-#endif
-    return false;
-  }
-
   RefPtr<ID3D11ShaderResourceView> sharedView;
 
   // This if(FAILED()) is the one that actually fails on systems affected by bug 1083071.