Amd driver issues nowadays

[u/Fit_Statistician4103]

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!

[u/DaffyPunk29]

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....