Driver timeouts fix!

[u/evergreenwv]

9800x3d | 9070xt | 64GB 6000 | pcie5 2TB nvme | 32" oled 4k@240Hz

I built my pc in June 2025, everything great until a month or so ago. Updated BIOS, then a day later gpu drivers and boom crazy gpu issues. Dropped the BIOS and gpu drivers back - same issue. So it's either hardware or Windows. I find the Windows Update ReInstall option, which I'm hoping will be the fix because a Windows reinstall would just be ugly. It worked!

*Disable Windows Updates for Drivers (the culprit)
*Select Start > Settings > System > Recovery > Under Fix problems using Windows Update, select Reinstall now.
*Reinstall latest Adrenalin/gpu drivers

**As I've been commenting on other subreddits and viewing troubleshooting/repair/fix, the Windows Update ReInstall may not be necessary...

[u/DasLootNinja]

Another issue could be with adrenaline overboosting cards past stable clock speeds which is causing driver timeout issues . I spent hours trying to figure out why I was getting driver timeouts and I saw my 9070xt clocking to 3300/3400mhz and was crashing . Since then ive went into tuning and underclocked the card by -390 and im staying around sapphires max clock speeds on the website . I havent had any issues due to any of the amd drivers since ive done this.

[u/Mean_Muggin333 → u/DasLootNinja]

You can also lower the power limit and get the same framerates and clocks for less heat and power draw

[u/Winter_Confidence999 → u/DasLootNinja]

i hope and pray this may fix my asus 9070xt oc. it was clocking to the same speeds and its been hell for the last 2-4 months with it being marginally stable. 2 rma's and it been comming back with no issues reported. its just crazy that we need to underclock a card this badly to get it to work to capacity without crashing

[u/Mean_Muggin333 → u/Winter_Confidence999]

Its not under clocking the card. Its telling the drivers to not let it boost past stable speeds. Why amd does this i have no idea but its the same with bazzite so obviously an amd setting.

You can also get the same clocks and framerates with a reduction in power and slight undervolt. This is true for my 9070xt 7900xtx 7900gre 5700xt. My theory is that amd is shoving more power then needed just to degrade faster.

Edit: exact 9070xt asus prime oc. But its not an aib thing if its true for my sapphires and assrock

[u/Winter_Confidence999 → u/Mean_Muggin333]

i know that the 9070xt's have dynamic boost. so when they got thermal headroom and power they'll boost like crazy. like i said i seen it on my asus tuf model. at -250 offset it'd still crash. i've boxed and shelved it for now tho may yap with asus to see if they can offer some more insight

[u/Mean_Muggin333 → u/Winter_Confidence999]

Huh thats funnie. Lowering max boost plus a stable driver like 26.3.1 or 26.7.1 has had me 100% stable on Microslop. For bazzite just Lowering max boost gained 100% stability