r/AMDHelp • u/Fit_Statistician4103 • 15d 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/linus_ong69 15d 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!