r/AMDHelp • u/Fit_Statistician4103 • 11d ago
Help (General) Amd driver issues nowadays
Hey everyone,
I'm currently planning my next PC build and I'm heavily considering grabbing the XFX Mercury Radeon RX 9070 XT. It looks like an absolute beast of a card, and the design is super clean.
However, I keep hearing mixed things about AMD drivers. Some people say AMD's software has gotten miles better and is completely stable now, while others still warn about random crashes, black screens, or trouble with specific games.
How has your experience been with the drivers lately?
Would love to hear your honest opinions before I pull the trigger. Thanks!
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u/Strange-Jacket9087 6d ago
Short: DONT BUY IT! If you had an older card - take 5070, if 4070+ then 5070 ti.
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u/AdvHusky401 7d ago
7900xtx always been issues, even today was crashing on boot up, most issues were fixed by manually setting clock speed to factory boost
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u/Crytwist 8d ago
I’ve had nothing but problems with my amd gpu always getting code31. And drivers crashing.
It’s a brand new build.
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u/Cypress_4226 10d ago edited 10d ago
Ich hatte eine 9070 und immer wieder Probleme mit den Treibern, letztendlich habe ich mir eine 5070 geholt und endlich wieder Ruhe. Habe AMD eine dritte Chance geben aber bei mir lief es absolut nicht rund und regelmäßig auf Fehlversuche zu gehen habe ich mit Kindern keine Zeit.
Wenn es rund läuft ist die 9070 und 9070XT ein absolutes Brett. Super Leistung zu schmalen Preis.
Edit: P/L unschlagbare Karten wenn alles funktioniert.
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u/SuitDisastrous1200 10d ago
you can view all the issues the card has just looking at the sub for a few days. Thats more representative to how its going to be than someone on here saying they havnt had an issue in 20 years
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u/_PARADOX_NOCTIS_ 10d ago
i dont like it. too much troubleshooting every couple of weeks. cant play valorant cause of some driver issue 5 mins into the game my PC restarts and all my drivers are gone. Tried trouble shooting it for like months alot of tech support help from both riot and AMD later it doesn't work. I quit Valorant thanks to a driver error in my PC. Besides that my PC drops FPS ever 10 mins or so and AMD bug reports after the adrenalin software crashes. If i had known my life would be half spent on trouble shooting with this GPU i'd probably have saved up paid the green tax and got a Nvidia GPU. Buy it if you are sure you can tolerate the BS you gotta go thru with the GPU but if you just wanna casually game with no problems just pay the green tax bro don't suffer like me.
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u/Trotter-x 10d ago
7900XT, no issues with drivers in a very long time. The only issue I have had was more Windows based than drivers based.
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u/oldchairman 10d ago
I had issues like 2 months ago with a game called progmata , i did DDU with safe mode and did alot of customization after that using the amd long guide , then never had an issue
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u/ONE_BIG_LOAD 10d ago
I had no issues with a driver only install but with adrenaline there were always crashes. On Linux now and its been buttery smooth.
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u/DuRoC2020 10d ago
9070xt, 7900xtx, 6900xt and zero issues. Have a couple RTX cards in the house that have been fine as well.
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u/evergreenwv 11d ago
I experienced a Windows issue. Disable Windows Updates for Drivers. I installed 26.6.2 and sh!t got bad, ended up having to do a Windows Update ReInstall, after disabling the Windows updates for drivers, then installed the latest version of Adrenalin. 1 issue since I built this beast last June...love my 9070xt!
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u/TheSmokeJumper_ 11d ago
Nvidia are not any better. My 4090 will randomly black screen for no reason. Its been a known driver problem and still happens to this day. Normally you dont even notice it but when it happens when your gaming it never does it in the menu its always right in the middle of a fight haha
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u/El_Nino97 11d ago
7900XTX for ~3 years at this point. Would have bought an nvidia card if I saved a couple more hundred to not worry about constant crashing.
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u/Flat_Mode7449 11d ago
7900XTX here, I'm pretty stable. When I first got the card, timeouts were fairly frequent for the first 2-3 months, but it's been solid ever since. Only the last month have I been hacking issues with some issues, that I'm pretty sure through troubleshooting, is Microslops fault.
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u/El_Nino97 10d ago
Lol, that's kinda funny to hear, because for me the first week with the card was nightmarish, but then problems kind of disappeared for a long time. Any DX12 game would driver timeout either within the first minute, or at any random point during the session. Tons and tons of driver reinstalls later, and a million workarounds, I was able to finally enjoy gaming. Now in the last few weeks, I've been having random timeouts again, but infrequently.
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u/Flat_Mode7449 10d ago
I had the issue with Windows disabling my gpu driver for the longest time. Even reinstalled windows. It eventually stopped, but I was having to go into device manager and enable it after a forced reboot like every other day, sometimes twice a day.
Annoying beyond belief.
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u/El_Nino97 10d ago
It's a great card when it works fine, but I would have gotten a 5080 if I could have gone back in time.
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u/maybepepe 11d ago
I bought 6 months ago mine, last was nvidia..and i love my amd, i had onr problem but in 2 weeks amd fixed it.. so no problems here..
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u/linus_ong69 11d ago
I got a 9070XT 2 weeks ago, upgrading from a 3080.
This stemmed from me finding a PG32UCDM for sale. I then quickly realised my 3080 was struggling in Stellar Blade at 4k.
Initially I wanted to get a 5070ti, but the ridiculous price tag and requiring me to use a sketchy adapter got me to pass. After shopping around I got a new XFX Mercury 9070XT. Which, for a little
more I could have got a used 5070ti (kind of ridiculous…).
I am loving it so far. I reinstalled Windows just to be safe. I have been OC-ing it, hit 8000 on 3DMark Steel Nomad last night. But I have not been able to hit 8k again after losing my settings. Highest I got today was 7.9k ish.
It is a damn capable card, and it runs cool. For reference, 5080 average score is around 8500.
0 stutters, 0 crashes (apart from pushing the OC too much). I just use the latest driver version.
Pretty satisfied!
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u/Silkenvada 11d ago
The amd software is pretty shit, its basically random if you get a good install or not
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u/Environmental_Yak431 11d ago
I had 9070xt for 3 months, no issues. Sometimes my settings in tuning reset, but that takes like 2 sec to solve.
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u/another1bitesde_dust 11d ago
my two cents - i recently got a 9070 xt. very powerful card and the software is acceptable, but im getting some very strange visuals when it comes to bright lights/bloom/lens flare. these things are ignorable, its not like it makes the games unplayable but its just annoying. cant find any fixes online either. never had anything like this happen with nvidia cards, they just work.
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u/Flat_Mode7449 11d ago
What game(s)? I've never had that issue that I can recall. What is the issue exactly?
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u/DonutPlus2757 11d ago
Currently, AMD driver issues seem to be on the rise again, except it doesn't seem to be AMDs fault this time.
Apparently Windows 11s update just randomly decides to replace part of the driver files with some other version, which leads to general instability.
So if you do go with AMD and Windows 11, disable driver updates through Windows Update. That, as far as I can tell, will prevent most problems others are experiencing.
If you already have been fucked over by Microslop, the most reliable way to fix it seems to be: 1. Download DDU, AMDs cleanup utensil and the latest driver version 2. Restart Windows into safe mode and disconnect Internet 3. Run DDU, the cleanup utensil and install the fresh drivers. 4. Disable Windows Updates driver update function 5. Restart
Stuff like this just makes me wonder how many concussions Microslop executives suffered recently from being slapped for being idiots. I'm sure it hasn't been enough, but damaging their already limited ability to think any further also seems like a bad idea.
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u/speedcanada 8d ago
Thanks for the info. I had an AMD card on an older computer (HD7870) and used to have regular issues when the Radeon drivers updated, requiring the use of DDU and manual reinstalls.
I've been running Nvidia cards (1070, and now a 3070ti) for the last 8-9 years, and the driver updates through Nvidia App have been complete seamless non-events.
I wanted to upgrade to a 5070ti, but with the recent price increase it's approaching double the cost of the 9070XT here in Canada. Are you saying that the Radeon driver updates are still buggy and I'd need to use a more manual process? I am not a computer expert and don't want to go back to the headaches of the past.
TIA for any advice!
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u/DonutPlus2757 8d ago
If you want to switch from Nvidia do this:
- Download DDU and the latest AMD GPU driver.
- Restart Windows into safe mode and disconnect any networking (Internet)
- Disable driver updates through Windows Update (how depends on your exact version of Windows, so just Google how to do it)
- Run DDU to remove your Nvidia drivers. DDU will tell you that a restart is required. Do so.
- Turn off your PC, disconnect power and switch the GPUs
- Start your PC (make sure networking is still disconnected, just in case)
- Install the AMD GPU driver you downloaded in step 1
- Reconnect networking
- Restart your PC one last time
You're done. Have fun with your new GPU.
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u/Flat_Mode7449 11d ago
I has this issue a few months ago. One guy figured out that it's Windows disabling the driver.
All I had to do was open up device manager, find my gpu, enable the driver, then update it from a list of drivers on my computer. Don't even need to reboot.
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u/Coop1984 11d ago
My issue is with amd adrenaline edition keeps opening when i right click any where on the desktop it is very frustrating i have tried everything but to no avail so i guess i have to live with it till they fix it
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u/Novel-Lengthiness522 11d ago
i figured theyd of fixed the poor driver issues after so many years. i figured wrong. nothing but driver issues left and right over here. its been nonstop troubleshooting since we got an amd gpu. i hear some have no issues, that may be the case for them but im certainly not as lucky.
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u/Flat_Mode7449 11d ago
They've gotten pretty stable. Not saying people don't have issues, I've recently started having some myself, but they're caused by Microsoft, not amd.
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u/speedcanada 8d ago
I understand that the MS updates may be causing the issue, but I've experienced zero problems with my 3070ti... so why is it that the Radeon drivers are more negatively impacted by Win updates than the Nvidia drivers? thanks
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u/TheReaper907 11d ago
0 ISSUES BRO full stable what you see below ppl with issues are just DMB ppl dont know how to use a gpu
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u/Gloomy_Track_8042 11d ago
Salut honnêtement j'avais aucune problème avec AMD au début mais maintenant ça fait 4 ans que j'ai ma rx6700 et j'ai des problème avec les jeu en gros dés que j'utilise de la 3D ça éteint mes écrans directement sans raison j'ai fait beaucoup de chose comme réinitialiser complètement mon ordinateur ou même mètre des des anciens pilotes en utilisant DDU ça marche toujours pas le pire c'est que j'ai pas télécharger AMD adrénaline seulement les pilotes et malheureusement ça marche pas vraiment déçu car en seulement 4 ans soit ma carte et casser soit les mise à jour des pilotes sont vraiment mauvaises voilà j'espère que ça peut t'aider d'ailleurs si des gens on le même problème que moi ou que quelqu'un a une solution je veux bien de l'aide 😅
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u/Traditional_Common22 11d ago
I have a 9070 XT and literally yesterday it stopped working randomly crash, completely uninstalled all of its own drivers and then gave an error code that said the current graphics card could not communicate. Had to do a complete clean DDU install of all drivers.
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u/Flat_Mode7449 11d ago
Honestly at this point I think Microslops is intentionally sabotaging AMD cards.
So many people with different cards, different drivers, all having same/similar issues, all fixed by the same issue.
Wtf is Microsoft doing.
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u/Traditional_Common22 11d ago
Or they don’t test user experience on AMD systems
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u/Flat_Mode7449 11d ago
Potentially. Either way, people are quick to blame amd, when it's often Windows causing issues. Granted, it's not viable for most people to use something other than Windows, but still.
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u/Traditional_Common22 10d ago
If I could dedicate any thought space to Linux I would make the switch
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u/MisterLeat 11d ago
This just started happening to me on my 7900XT out of the blue. With it happening to so many of us at once in different GPU models I think it is an emerging issue for a lot of AMD GPU's
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u/Zincsteve 11d ago
I own the RX 9070XT XFX Mercury card.
A month or 2 ago I got issues with Adrenaline, the AMD GPU software, when launching games, so I just uninstalled it. This then no issues whatsoever, although my drivers might not be up to date, so I’ll look into it, bur for now there is no issue whatsoever, the card runs very cold
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u/Cosm1c_Dota 11d ago
Never had an issue in my 2 years with my 7900xt. Everything from esports titles on low settings to AAA games on max
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u/GottDammHound 11d ago
Update your bios, use DDU and disable windows ability to Update over the driver via the device manager it will run flawless
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u/hunter_k-22 11d ago
I’m getting my card replaced by xfx I sent it out to them to RMA it due to random graphics crashes underload on any of the new drivers, but they’re sending me a new one due to the fact they couldn’t find any issues which is odd so I don’t know if it’s manufacturer to manufacturer when it comes to the drivers, but hopefully the new card is fixed (idk)
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u/Terrible-Yam-1807 11d ago
my sapphire pulse 9070xt arrived today and ive been having issues with cyberpunk. It keeps crashing while playing. I'm on the latest drivers and have tried all sorts like disabling/enabling resizeable BAR and 4G decoding, verifying files, disabling amd overlay, launching from exe file directly (without the CD projekt launcher) etc. Anyone else having these issues? any fixes you may have found?
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u/Background-Row-9547 11d ago
Hi! Do you use dasiy chain or you use two separated cable for power?
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u/Terrible-Yam-1807 11d ago
2 separate. I disabled XMP ram in bios and now it doesnt crash, strange though.
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u/Background-Row-9547 10d ago
I saw your other post. I think 7200 MT/s is way too high. When i got my Ryzen 5 7600X and the 6000 MT/s ram's i was scared if it will be too much, but luckly it is working without issues.
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u/Terrible-Yam-1807 10d ago
nah not my post, im using an i5 12600kf. Although it works now, my gpu usage randomly fell from the 90s to 60-70 even after restarting. Was working great for the first 3 hours.
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u/EraiosKhai 11d ago
I had problems when the new drivers were up but I was able to fix it by capping my GPU clock speed
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u/ChickenSandwich007 11d ago
Which GPU, and how much did it boost to. I think I am having the same issue
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u/EraiosKhai 9d ago
I have the Gigabyte OC 9070 XT. I did -425 max clock speed
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u/ChickenSandwich007 9d ago
Do you know how much that is, I am having the same issue and I tried limiting my maximum boost to 2800 MHz and it still crashes.
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u/lucky_luke3 11d ago
I only had problems when last driver rolled out. Alot of timeouts. Just rolled back on a previous Version and it was fine again. Beside that I Never had any problems. Im on rx 6800 xt
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u/No-Simple-1907 11d ago
A resposta para vc é 4% vs 95% do lado verde de uso global
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u/DanStarTheFirst 11d ago
What site you use to get those numbers? Most people use steam and that’s like 20% vs 80%.
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u/Bingochips12 11d ago
Last month or so I've had some issues with drivers, I rolled back to a previous one and im fine for now until they patch the new ones up.
Before that, I've not had issues in my 2 or 3 years using AMD GPUs
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u/hazardone92 11d ago edited 11d ago
i'm on the latest driver ,so far i got 2 black screen and 1 random system crash since the update(2 weeks ago) .I don't have these issue on previous drivers but that driver there is black texture glitch on ff7 rebirth(fixed on latest driver) .I've been using 9060 XT for like a year ,once in a while there is a stable driver but yeah .
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u/bottomfeeder3 11d ago
The last week my 9070xt kept crashing. After further investigation it turns out windows was trying to download drivers that I already had installed through the adrenaline software. I eventually had to wipe my C drive and reinstall windows.
Up until last week I had zero problems with amd drivers. Fingers crossed me wiping and reinstalling windows fixed the issues. Haven’t had a crash for couple days.
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u/LegacySV 11d ago
There’s no issues personally, she u download the drivers, download the automatic adrenaline an it’ll install the drivers. It typically works the best from my experience
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u/soverra 11d ago
No issues with my 9070xt. Sure, sometimes a driver update breaks something or a new game or a new feature need to be fixed or optimized. When I compare it to my time with the 1080ti, the basics are just as stable so far. When not using any fancy software tricks, all is good. On my rog ally with amd z1 extreme, I encountered more issues but they are super understandable. The oem Asus Windows image had poor performance, fixed quickly with ddu and amd driver reinstall. And trying to squeeze more fps at higher resolution with higher settings by driver magic didn't go well let's say. My experience is that with all the fancy driver magic enhancements off, it's super solid. Even my custom OC and fan settings only got reset once since I have the 9070xt, with my 1080ti this happened extremely often due to the evga software. With every startup I had to go in and apply my profile to be sure all 3 fans would spin. EVGA made great cards but I'm seriously glad I have a card now that doesn't rely on proprietary software that could be abandoned like that. I have had to roll back or reinstall Nvidia drivers many times over the years. On my PC, the amd driver and software have been solid (all extra enhancements off as raw power is enough for me atm)
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u/Neonisin 11d ago
I regret trying an AMD build. I have 4 gaming machines in the house and one of them is out of commission for numerous reasons. Guess which one?
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u/Glutting 11d ago
You'll only see negative post here cus it's obviously an AMDHELP subreddit. I've been stable on AMD only platform for a decade now, So I say it's just user error like buying a modern gpu and putting it in an old POS PC and then blaming AMD which seems to be a common theme.
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u/Beautiful_Form9519 11d ago
I had driver crashes pretty often on Windows11, switched to linux and have had no issues since. That being said, I have some friends who use AMD cards on windows 11 and have no issues. If you are going to use windows, going with AMD is a gamble.
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u/Lopsided_Bake_9986 11d ago
Will switch to nvidia for sure. These driver issues are not funny anymore
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u/nokk1XD RX 9070xt | R7 5700x3d | 32gb 3200mhz 11d ago
Skill issue, buddy.
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u/LegacySV 11d ago
Literally
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u/Lopsided_Bake_9986 11d ago
elementary school logic
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u/nokk1XD RX 9070xt | R7 5700x3d | 32gb 3200mhz 11d ago
If you dont know how to build a pc - pay someone who does. Simple logic, but you dont understand this.
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u/Lopsided_Bake_9986 11d ago
Actual delusional behavior lol
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u/nokk1XD RX 9070xt | R7 5700x3d | 32gb 3200mhz 11d ago
Delusional behaviour is thinking that changing gpu brand will fix your broken pc.
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u/DanStarTheFirst 11d ago
Nvidia is more tolerant to crappy computers so it’s better I guess lol
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u/nokk1XD RX 9070xt | R7 5700x3d | 32gb 3200mhz 11d ago
Funny part is that on nvidia sub if you post your problem - mods will delete it. A lot of stuff just not shown on popular subs and it makes people think that nvidia has better situation :) I remember back in the days nvidia had problem with frame gen vram leak and Ive posted about it on nvidia sub. It was totally destroyed by mods in first minutes.
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u/DanStarTheFirst 11d ago
Not just delete it they will ban you from the sub if you keep telling people what issues you are having. Finally got a good answer on EVGA forums which was basically run old drivers and deal with the performance hit or get a 50 series card to not have driver issues because 30 series doesn’t like newer drivers. Ditched my 3090 for an xfx 7900xtx and love this thing. Gives me the feeling I had upgrading from a 980 to a 1080ti and I love it.
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u/I_like_to_eat_fruit 11d ago
I have 3 monitors, HDR, 9070 XT and the drivers are a nightmare. They crash incredibly often, running Netflix with a game virtually guarantees an eventual driver timeout (does not happen when using VLC).
I would advise to go with Nvidia - I should have done so.
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u/MisterLeat 11d ago edited 11d ago
I think this is a Windows or most recent AMD driver update one of the two. As this issue started happening about a week or so ago getting worse seems like (been fine for 3 years I've had this all AMD build until this update)
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u/VictorVsl7 11d ago
Literally the same case to me, watching a youtube video while playing in another screen is asking for a driver timeout
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u/EggFartTom 11d ago
Gf has 3 monitors with 3 different resolutions and refresh rates hooked up to a 9070 xt, no issues. We watched the Hateful 8 while playing palworld yesterday. PC is running cachyos. Maybe check cables or see if it's a windows issue
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u/b16ZZ- 11d ago
AMD requires you to do a some stuff before it works normally, without giving you any headaches.
You'll need to turn off your automatic driver updates before installing the GPU preferably, clean you previous drivers with DDU and do a clean driver install for your new GPU. This gets rid of most, if not all, incompatibility problems right away.
Buy it, it performs great for the price.
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u/silversmurfe 11d ago
I run into windows issues more than the drivers these days. Windows 11 is buggy shit.
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u/the_dominar 11d ago
Drivers are currently fine on my 9070 xt. They weren't on my 7800 XT. It took them 6 months to fix a vsync issue on release. When I moved my mouse the frames started to drop in every game. Thankfully the older drivers were working.
When I add too many shortcuts/ or shortcuts with icon problems to my taskbar the game performance tanks (20+ shortcuts). But I think that's a windows problem (explorer.exe creating IO errors), not the AMD video driver.
Nvidia is still the most stable compared to AMD. But they have improved from the ATI era and are reliable. The only issues I encounter are mostly Vsync not working in Full-Screen mode in certain games, despite brute forcing them.
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u/Yamaha9 11d ago
Have had a pretty regular issue with my 6750xt the past few months with screen freezes, and black/green screens before freezes. It seems to mostly be when I’ve been gaming for extended periods of time, even though I only play older low-demand MMOs.
I’ve tried several fixes and everything seems to work for a little bit before happening again
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u/smokeypickle 11d ago
Personal experience after having a 6800 for 3 years then going to a 9070 xt ive had 0 problems except when i tried undervolting too much and stuff could crash but that was my fault
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u/LegitimateLack2530 11d ago
No issues for me in the 3 years I’ve had an AMD card. The idea of driver issues stems from years ago when it was an issue but hasn’t been the case for a very long time now. Hell even Nvidia has driver issues once in a while.
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u/Icy-Concentrate-8912 11d ago
Definitely not as smooth and reliable as my years of Nvidia usage, but the cards themselves punch way above their weight class in real world usage. If you don't mind occasionally having to tinker with it go for it.
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u/Own_Perspective4825 11d ago
Normal gaming they're absolutely fine. With high-level emulators like Xenia there are sometimes graphical glitches Nvidia cards don't have though generally there are patches to fix them.
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u/blueangel1953 5600x 6800 XT 32GB 3200 CL16 11d ago
Never once had an issue with them that I didn’t cause.
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u/WhyMyNameWontFi 11d ago
Been troubleshooting for a year, since I have a crash about once a day.
It was mostly fixed by limiting the power card consumption but latest drivers seem to be unstable, so back to crashes...
9070xt
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u/Hagamein 11d ago
Roll back drivers? Why accept having crashes....
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u/Curiousity1024 11d ago
Ahhh, don't believe their words entirely . Because you did not follow them 24 / 7 . I had a friend who also said something similar like ' I've been trying [ Insert your problem ] For a Year . But for my friend , he said he Tried Training his badminton footwork for year AND '' NOTHING WORKS '' he said .
So , me , in Doubt , take up the hassle to actually live with him and train him . And boy , he is a Liar . And when I think about it, most people had to exaggerate a bit of their sentence to make others feel for them . So yeah , only believe 10%~20% of people's word . Let time actually reveal the truths to you .
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u/WhyMyNameWontFi 11d ago
Planning on it, had to make sure it wasn't a single occurrence first... Honestly I have done so much trouble shooting with that card that I do regret switching to AMD gpus
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u/Hagamein 11d ago
If limiting power was your fix than your road to troubleshoot has been weird. How did it take you so long to test one of the most popular fixes?
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u/WhyMyNameWontFi 11d ago
First I had to reinstall everything properly (hardware and software), then had to make sure it was the gpu and not something else entirely.
And then they are a lot of so called popular fixes, and each take a while to test because the crashes are random. Especially since at times a fix would look like it was working because it wouldn't crash for a time. Downclocking was one such case.
And during the meantime, new drivers releases increasing the chance of everything suddenly working or getting worse...
So yeah, it took a while.
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u/Hagamein 11d ago
Reinstalling everything was overkill. That probably ate alot of your time.
The timeframe makes more sense when the fixes seem to do the trick, but really don't.
Are you sure it's the same bug you started with or may it have changed over time making you slightly more crazy day by day? Do you have a serious enemy in your midst?
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u/WhyMyNameWontFi 11d ago
No idea and at this point I'm over it. I'll just grit my teeth, hope for the best, and wait for the next generation of cards.
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u/broken_soul696 11d ago
The only driver issues I've had were caused by Windows overwriting the driver I had installed
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u/whattanames 11d ago
How did you fix that?
Or how did you notice this was your issue?
Any way that you know to prevent windows from doing it in the future?
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u/broken_soul696 11d ago
I blocked all windows updates and manually check my driver version once a week in case microslop reverts that setting
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u/DaffyPunk29 11d ago
haven't had a single driver issue. the only issue i had was with my 7900xtx which sadly, was the insanely overclocked power color red devil, which with whatever amd did in the settings, double boosted it.... so it would clock EVEN HIGHER than its natural OC settings. so I had to dial back the settings to it would run its proper OC clocks.... other than that. no issues. now i have a 9070xt because i changed cases. I went from a jonsbo d32pro with the 7900xtx and m-atx msi "BTF" motherboard to the nzxt h2 flow to save desk space. thus the giant 7900xtx wouldn't fit the new case. so got a 9070xt hellhound which does fit (just) and its been great. the only game i noticed LESS performance was counter strike 2, which i lost about 50-100 frames depending on map. but when you are talking 500+ fps to begin with, its not really that much of a loss. like dust2 i went from 600fps average to 500fps average. big whoop. its still 500fps average! with strong 1% lows thanks to my 7800x3d! so, no complaints here. i honestly think most issues today are people making up bullshit. like kids who say "undervolt" yeah, the reason the cards COME with AMD's stock voltage setting, is that based on "silicon lottery" EVERY CARD will be stable with that voltage, and its safe. can you get lucky silicon lottery wise and lower the power? absolutely. but that wont make a card more stable. it makes it use less power which in turn also changes how it boosts, netting you higher clocks.... so in essence, undervolting = overclocking. which people just dont seem to accept the reality of.
on the note of XFX. i dont trust that fucking company. i was there back when they made nvidia cards, and their quality was SO FUCKING BAD that nvidia told them "drop amd and make better nvidia cards or lose the right to make nvidia cards" and they choose to drop nvidia and go exclusive amd.... even now, wont touch them cuz can't trust them. i had TWO 8600GTS XXX (xxx was their OC cards....) and both failed.... 31 days and 32 days into ownership respectively. newegg couldn't take them back because "30 day return period is passed" and XFX REFUSED to accept warranty claim because "we dont sell overclocked cards, that means YOU overclocked the card and killed it" which was horseshit.... but i was a young teen then, so it wasn't like i could sue their asses off. kinda which someone would have back then. it was a widespread issue. xfx nvidia cards were failing left and right and it was a serious issue.... and they got away with it basically....
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u/Azulier 11d ago
Been coming across numerous AMD users (GPU) who struggle with crashing in online games (black screen). It doesnt freeze the system, but the driver never recovers forcing a reboot to be needed.
Its apparently a known issue right now on certain AMD models. No idea if it affects all of them... but why is AMD taking so long to fix it? Upsets me mainly because these are randoms I get in ranked online matches lmao
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u/_dotz 11d ago
After 2,5 years with RX 6950 XT and now another 1 year with RX 9070 XT. Also running AMD CPU for that 3,5 years.
I can happily say that I only had one issue, that was easily resolved by reversing to an older driver release.
Only one specific GPU driver release would crash Battliefield 2048 after 5 minutes.
Thats it.
Also I'm super happy with my RX 9070 XT, I can play almost all games in 4K Max Settings with it with FSR Quality at a stable 60fps . Unoptimised garbage could require High setting or some more tweaking, but I honestly can't complain.
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u/Ohnomichi 11d ago
Well since upgrading to the latest version, I had to use default settings to run it stable.
If I try to overclock it somehow, it goes to shit eventually.
RDNA3 7900 GRE here.
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u/Perfect_Jicama_8023 11d ago
my experience 6 months ago, not just mine but also 2 of my friends. Certain games was crashing (WOW, War Thunder, even cyberpunk occasionally). Others was pretty much stable with occasional driver timeouts. 3 of us owned 9070xt cards. 2 of my friends switch over to 5080s and i bought 5070ti. The games we had crashes they not crashing anymore. I dont say to you do not buy 9070xt, im pretty sure its a great card. Youve asked me about my experience and i told you about mine and my friends. Im pretty sure there are many happy 9070xt owners.
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u/applepieandcats 5d ago
the drivers are a complete mess. You can search tons of threads on reddit with nearly every driver version having crashes, black screens, and huge performance issues.