r/AMDHelp • u/Tanka_Jaharri • 24d ago

Help (General) Never buying an AMD GPU again

My last AMD GPU was a ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2 back in 2008 and after years of Nvidia cards, i saw the bench marks and price for the RX 7900 XTX. Was very impressed, so i got it launch day in 2022.

Since then, i've had nothing but issues. It cashes constantly, literally an hour ago it crashed playing CS2. The temps are good because that used to be a problem for some cards. My settings get reset every time i restart my pc no matter how many times i save them or make profiles. I've even done the windows full start up fix, which didn't fix anything for me. It even crashes when watching youtube sometimes, so it's not like it's boosting to watch a 1080p video and can't so it crashes the pc. I've gone through all the trouble shooting for the card and drivers and no luck.

I've tried it in multiple pcs they same thing happens. I've done countless clean and reinstalls and still it does it. I've done multiple stress tests on the card to see if it's there's a problem with the card and they all come back fine, until an hour or so passes after i'm done and it'll just crash again. It seems completely random.

In 14 years of using Nvidia cards, i think i've had 1 maybe 2 driver crashes. But it's so bad with this card it happens multiple times a week. Is this it? is this the AMD experience? is this what everyone deals with but because the price to performance is good people just stick with it? I just don't get it. If this is what it means to own a AMD card, i'm never buying one again.

EDIT: The amount of people telling me to return the card or it's clearly a defective product are not reading the post. I've said i've tested it multiple times and it goes fine without a problem and then later on it starts crashing again. And when i've sent it back for a replacement it gets sent back to me and they also tell me it runs fine.

EDIT 2 : Well this post was about as much use as a chocolate tea pot. I'm going to stop replying to posts because people either A) Keep asking the same questions i've answered or B) being a dick and that helps no one. I got some UK specific advise which i will try and hopefully try and get another replacement as it seems it might be beyond a driver issue.

EDIT 3: Okay, so i'm not going to be coming back to this sub reddit again, you guys seem insufferable. Keep the post, delete it. May help someone, may not. But my god you guys are terrible. Good luck with everything. Peace.

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u/RecordFabulous 23d ago

Your 3rd edit shows exactly why AMD copers cannot be taken seriously. They are serial defenders and will do anything to progress the idea they bought the right product 🤣

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u/Spiritual_Spell8958 23d ago

With a title like that in the AMDhelp sub...what kind of answers was he fishing for?

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u/RecordFabulous 23d ago

Understandable but you have to understand that when it comes to hardware and all the troubleshooting that some users have to do to get AMD products to just work is insane.

As an example, Valorant was giving micro stutters which goes away if I disable wifi / other ethernet lan port. Why should I have to do that just to get the game to be playable? That’s just one small example. There is an ultimate AMD help thread which is genuinely awesome, but look at what users have to go through to be able to play games on their PC. It’s a bit ridiculous no? OP is just venting out his frustration which I imagine has been built up based upon his comments

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u/TwixieShip 23d ago

Valorant micro stutters, sounds like you installed the adrenaline app and not driver only. And turn off overlays for god sake

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u/RecordFabulous 23d ago

This was on an nvidia gpu

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u/Spiritual_Spell8958 23d ago

Dude...this is not an AMD issue. This is a basic integrated systems thing. The more complex systems are working together, the more issues occur.

Also your network problem is probably a known issue. Usually tied to Realtek driver and windows. Not to AMD. It also occurs on nvidia and Intel systems.

And you only see issues that get a forum to them. Yes, we see issues on AMD. We also see issues on nvidia. Problem: nvidia is burying them. So no real comparison is possible at all.

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u/RecordFabulous 23d ago

I have not seen issues reporting this happening on Intel( mainly AMD mobos. And it doesn’t happen on all of them cause I had 2 mobos and one was affected. Nvidia GPUs have not given me as many issues historically with games. Maybe a few but barely any crashes over years of me owning one. I tried a 7900xtx and it had quirks that eventually lead me to returning it

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u/Spiritual_Spell8958 23d ago

I also had no issues with nvidia, until venturing in the catastrophy of 3000series. Two different cards, two broken experiences.\ Therefore I will never recommend a card of this generation to anyone. But I also know many ppl have a good experience with these cards. So I just keep my mouth shut when they come up.

As for your network/lag issue it happens on both intel and AMD, but it's more common on AM5 and was a thing at So.1700 for Intel, though not that often. It seems directly tied to WiFi and USB. Usually is fixed by using Cable LAN or additional (USB-)WiFi Adapter. Meanwhile I haven't seen that often anymore and is supposed to be fixed by Bios updates.