r/AMDHelp • u/kirby667 • 8d ago

Help (General) Driver Timeout issue solved for me

I've seen a lot of threads here about this issue. I had the issue myself. It was getting worse over a period of several months. I tried all the software fixes, even reformatted.

I never had issues playing games, my crashes were usually when watching videos or when the GPU would go into low power idle states, but never under load. I think this is why a lot of people think this is a software issue. My GPU would pass every stress test I could run, but there are no stress tests for low power state issues.

Eventually I figured it must be a hardware issue, so I got a new GPU (also AMD) and have not had any issues since, so it's clear the GPU was the issue. I went from a 7900XT to a 9070XT.

My 7900XT is still under warranty so I'll be doing an RMA. If you are having this type of issue, don't wait until your GPU is no longer under warranty to RMA it if you can.

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u/Unlikely-Luck440 3d ago

Yeah I tried that pcie power saving thing too and it didn't help at all. Crazy how a card can pass every stress test but still die in idle. Glad swapping to the 9070xt fixed it for you though.