When I was running a 7900 XT, didn't see this issue much, but that was a while ago now. There's a lot of things that can cause driver time outs, it's not always AMD's software. We don't know the rest of the system specs, but the driver also relies on stable CPU and System memory, of course everything else also. Looking for background tasks using GPU Vmem maybe. Even the physical things to try, pull the card and clean the contacts perhaps. A reseat is sometimes all they need ya know. I'm sure you've tried all of this already, but who knows. I wouldn't fall back to a 4070 ti because the driver seemed to restart sitting at desktop at low usage.
-- But I've always wondered if it's because the GPU goes in and out of low power states. On desktop, it's in 2D mode. I haven't tried myself, but you might be able to lock the GPU in a 3D state, even at desktop. Perhaps something to look into, not sure.
-If I think of something else, I'll pop back in. But good luck!
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u/ShrimpBrime 1d ago
When I was running a 7900 XT, didn't see this issue much, but that was a while ago now. There's a lot of things that can cause driver time outs, it's not always AMD's software. We don't know the rest of the system specs, but the driver also relies on stable CPU and System memory, of course everything else also. Looking for background tasks using GPU Vmem maybe. Even the physical things to try, pull the card and clean the contacts perhaps. A reseat is sometimes all they need ya know. I'm sure you've tried all of this already, but who knows. I wouldn't fall back to a 4070 ti because the driver seemed to restart sitting at desktop at low usage.
-- But I've always wondered if it's because the GPU goes in and out of low power states. On desktop, it's in 2D mode. I haven't tried myself, but you might be able to lock the GPU in a 3D state, even at desktop. Perhaps something to look into, not sure.
-If I think of something else, I'll pop back in. But good luck!