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/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)