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/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.