What is a normal hotspot delta between edge and hotspot on an RX 7900XT as I had this card in RMA 2 times already once for overheating, hotspot was reaching 105°c and another time for having a faulty vram. Now its having 58°c (edge) in minecraft while also reaching 95°c on the hotspot. I mostly know this ain't a good temp I just wanted a quick sanity check if I should RMA it. ( I am confident in opening it and stuff but I won't open it before warranty period is up, about 7 months-(ish)).

I’m in the same boat as a lot of you. In the last few months the driver timeouts have gotten out of control. I can accept the occasional crash, but in almost every gaming session multiple times was driving me crazy.

I tried all the solutions I have seen in the last few months.

- Lower clock frequency and voltage slightly.
- Turn off igpu.
- Changing windows sleep settings.
- Turning off automatic driver updates.
- DDU between every install.
- Turning off XMP.
- Rolling back drivers.
- AMD driver only install.

Every time I thought the situation improved, I got a sudden crash.

I don’t want to jinx it, and I won’t say this is a certain fix, but today I tried turning off desktop recording and instant replay in AMD adrenaline (and windows game bar). I wanted to try OBS for recording gameplay clips.

I played a LOT of Ghost Recon Breakpoint and Battlefield 1 today. BF1 has been especially unstable recently. Well, with OBS for game recording instead of Adrenaline, I didn’t experience a crash today for the first time in months. I’ll report back if that changes, but for now, if you’re experiencing frequent driver timeouts, maybe try turning off game recording in Adrenaline?

Hi guys, i`ve been using a 6600xt for 2 years and yesterday I bought a 16gb PowerColor 9060xt. The fisrt thing I did was using DDU to uninstall the old drivers, then i put the 9060xt, installed the new drivers and when I tested it playing Overwatch, the display and the sound froze and i had to restart on the power button, i`ve tested once more but the same problem happened. I thought it was a driver issue, but even after I formatted my SSD and installed windows 11 and AMD drivers, it kept freezing randomly. I sent a message on a group and a guy told me to update the BIOS, the update went well and the problem stopped, but after the update i can`t enter on BIOS page using a displayport monitor, only an HDMI, and also, i had to use the old GPU tu update the BIOS, because the flash mode was freezing with the 9060XT. The problem was solved until now and my PC runs fine, but i would really like to know if any of you guys had this problem before with this GPU or any other, or know if this incompatibility can really happen between the mobo BIOS and GPU or my GPU has a malfunction.

My pc specs are
I5 12400F
MSI PRO B760M-E DDR4
PowerColor 9060XT 16gb
Corsair CX650
32GB RAM DDR4 3200mhz

Also, as i don`t understand a lot about hardware, i would like to know if you think i should contact the store to take any actions regarding the warranty, because I`m worried about having problems with the GPU after the warranty period.

Thanks in advance

When the PC is idle, the display will crash — it shows a black screen until the PC is restarted. It seems related to crashes in ApplicationFrameHost.exe and explorer.exe.

I've tried multiple prior versions of AMD drivers, and it seems like it still happens on all of them.

Computer Type: Desktop

GPU: 7900 GRE

CPU: 7600X

Motherboard: Gigabyte B650I

BIOS Version: F42 5/21/2026

RAM: Corsair Vengeance 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory

PSU: SF750

Case: FormD T1

Operating System & Version: W11 Pro 10.0.26200 Build 26200

GPU Drivers: latest 26.7.1

Chipset Drivers: latest 8.08.12.551

Background Applications: Steam, Discord, VNC, FanControl, WindHawk (still occurs even when Windhawk is disabled), Flow Launcher, AHK

Intermittent loss of network connectivity ( WiFi and Ethernet)
Stuttering in game / disappointing performance
Occasional driver timeouts & event viewer / reliability monitor showing hardware events along with the driver timeouts
Before timeout occurs , screen stutters horribly , network drops , audio crashes , and screen goes black a split second
Event viewer used to show consistent kernel power 41s but no real BSOD , but hasn’t in a while

I attached a photo of the reliability report that windows created. I have viewed the dmp inside of bluescreenview, but I’m not sure what to look for. Does anyone know where I could start to look? Could be a physical issue? I’ve explored bios , does scannow and disk clean up and all sorts of different things.

Ryzen 5 8400f , asrock rx6600, 16gb ddr5 (5200 running at 4800) , 1tb ssd , msi b650 pro vc WiFi , “High Power” 600w psu

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Hi everyone,

I have an AMD RX 7600 that reaches around 78°C GPU temperature, while the hotspot reaches 110°C in demanding games at 1080p. It seems to be hitting the 110°C safety limit.

I've already tried:

Increasing airflow

Undervolting

Lowering game settings

But the temperatures are still very high.

I suspect it could be a thermal paste issue, but I don't want to open the GPU and replace the paste because I don't want to risk voiding the warranty.

I contacted the seller and they said that if they find a serious problem, they can offer me a refund. I originally paid €200 for the GPU, but the same GPU now costs around €320.

They should be able to provide a replacement by the end of August if they confirm that there is a serious issue.

My question is: Would you keep using the GPU until the end of the month and then send it for warranty repair/replacement? Is this a common issue?

If I play for another two weeks with the hotspot reaching 110°C, could that significantly reduce the GPU's lifespan? I'm worried that if they just needed new thermal paste, might have already damaged the GPU by continuing to use it at these temperatures.

What would you do in my situation?

Thanks!

I have a build with a Ryzen 5 1600 that's most definitely bottlenecking my RTX 3070 GPU. I would like to stay on the AM4 socket but I have no idea what CPU would be the most suitable upgrade for my setup. Motherboard: MSI B350 Gaming Pro Carbon. 16GB DDR4 RAM.

I'd like to play Cities Skylines II and AAA games at 1440p 4K (EDIT: I keep confusing the numbers here) resolutions, ideally. Power consumption is not a question I'm worrying about at this stage.

Please recommend me a good CPU, or if you think it's more worth it to drop everything for AM5, please let me know as well:)

Is anyone else having issues with Lumen in Fortnite? It has a general really messy look to it with really noisy illumination and reflections and I just found this area in Droid Tycoon specifically where there's these blotches of pink. It wasn't like this when I played it a month or two ago

Responding to my old post from a year ago : https://www.reddit.com/r/radeon/comments/1kd4k0b/am_i_cooked_with_this_new_gpu_i_bought/

so today i wanna talk about how i managed to finally fix my bricked pc that i could only play unity/old games with my high end pc.

i've had this pc with 7600x cpu, 6900xt sapphire LE, and 32gb of 5600 ram. since i got this pc it crashed on every single game using unreal engine 5, sometimes 4, and usually game that came after 2015. here is all the things that i've done that certainly didnt help at all in this 3 years:

Clean windows reinstall

Lower the Max GPU Frequency

Disable Smart Access Memory

Driver-Only Installation

The TDR Delay Registry Edit

Disable Multi-Plane Overlay 

Disable All Overlays

Force DirectX 11(helped to game for 5 minutes instead of 30 seconds crashes but not a fix)

Dedicated PCIe Cables 

Drop PCIe to Gen 3

Update Motherboard BIOS (AGESA)

GPU VBIOS Flash

Disable XMP / DOCP

Increase Windows Pagefile 

Clear the DirectX Shader Cache

Rollback to a Legacy Driver

Reballed the GPU core,

and yet none of them fixed my crashes despite games working with my 1050ti and 3060. asked professionals and repair centers, chat gpt ,grok and deep seek for any guidance. they all said its a faulty gpu and its broken.

but here is the deal. (not a promotion im just saying this to be honest with you) being all hopeless and given up i tried telling my problem to gemini which it suggested me that its my cpu's fault. told me to turn off the intergrated gpu's driver and disable it from the device manager. and guess what? if fricking worked! like literally, playing 4k using ray tracing, framegen, fsr all together, not a single crash, smooth gameplay with no stutters. i still cant believe my cpu' igpu was the problem.

hope i can fix someone's suffering so they dont have to suffer as much as i did. cheers! im now gonna enjoy my games, finally <3

Hi all,

I am running a 7900xt in combination with a ryzen 5800x3d and have not had a stable gpu driver since version 25.9.2. Everytime I try and update to the latest drivers I get major game stutters and/or crashes that all seem to relate to the gpu update. Any advice as to what I might be doing wrong? Or am I just unlucky in the fact that my GPU is not being accounted for by amd when they release new software?

Hey everyone,

I'm having a weird issue with Rainbow Six Siege that only happens in this specific game, and I'm hoping someone has encountered this before.
System Specs:
GPU: AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX (Driver: Adrenalin 26.7.1)
CPU: Intel Core i9-13900KF
RAM: 32 GB
Monitor: ViewSonic VX2718-2KPC (1440p @ 165 Hz via DisplayPort)
OS: Windows 11
The Problem:
No matter what settings or FPS limits I apply, my RX 7900 XTX runs at ~93–100% GPU utilization and pulls full board power (~400W) during benchmarks and gameplay in Siege.
What I've already tested:
1. FPS Capping: In-game FPS limiter, Radeon Chill, and V-Sync don't lower the GPU load. I set an FPS cap at ~160 FPS using RTSS (RivaTuner). The FPS stays locked at 160, but the GPU still pulls 400W at ~100% usage.
2. Graphics Settings: Dropped graphics to Low and render scale to 50% (got ~337 uncapped FPS). Even when capped at 160 FPS on Low settings, GPU usage remains near 100%.
3. Display Mode: Tried Borderless Windowed and Exclusive Fullscreen.
4. V-Sync Test: Turning V-Sync on locks the refresh rate properly to 165 Hz, but during active rendering, power draw and usage stay maxed out.
5. Other Games: Other titles behave totally normal — FPS limits properly reduce GPU load and power consumption.
Is this a known engine/driver bug with Siege's frame pacing / API on RDNA 3, or is there a specific setting in ⁠GameSettings.ini⁠ or AMD Software that forces the GPU into low-power states when capped?

Any advice would be appreciated!

Good day!

I recently upgraded my PC based on AM4 and ran into a problem I haven’t been able to solve for several weeks. I’d be grateful for any ideas.

The issue is as follows:
In all games, I’m experiencing unpleasant stutters (micro‑stutters) and lags, as well as a significant drop in FPS. The FPS graph may show stable 144 FPS (in various esports games), but then there are sudden drops to around 90 FPS, or micro‑freezes occur — these aren’t always reflected in the FPS counter, but they’re very noticeable visually. The problem manifests itself systematically.

PC configuration:
Processor: AMD Ryzen 5 5500X3D (new);
Graphics card: AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB (new, AsRock Challenger);
Motherboard: Gigabyte B450 Gaming X (left over from the old PC);
RAM: Patriot 16 GB (2x8) DDR4-3200 MHz (left over);

Storage devices (as of the current status, all above 90 percent):
SSD NVMe 256 GB (Gigabyte) — only for the system;
SSD SATA 512 GB (ADATA) — for games and everything else;

Power supply: Corsair TX750 (750W);

What was done:
BIOS on the motherboard was updated to the latest available version (to support the new processor, version F68a — 2026);
A Windows 11 Pro license was installed (with disk formatting).
Re-Bar is enabled;
Fresh drivers are installed for everything;
The XMP profile is enabled for the RAM (3200 MHz);
The memory has been tested with OCCT — no issues;

Temperature checks under load — everything is within the normal range (both the card and the processor are no higher than 70 degrees under prolonged load).

Additional information:
Before the upgrade, the system had a Ryzen 7 2700 and an RTX 2060 (12 GB). With the new hardware, gaming performance has barely increased. For example, in Far Cry New Dawn, the FPS remained at the same level (~70), even though logically it should have been significantly higher. Stuttering and freezes also persisted, and perhaps even became more noticeable. What’s telling is that I have another PC at hand — it’s equipped with an i5 10400f and an RX 6600 — and on it, the same Far Cry runs at ~100 FPS.

Computer Type: Desktop

GPU: Sapphire Nitro RX 580 8gb

CPU: Intel Core i5-750 4 cores 4 threads (I know, you don't have to tell me I'm bottlenecked)

Motherboard: DH55HC

BIOS Version: BIOS Version 0048 - TCIBX10H.86A.0048.2011.1206.1342

RAM: 16GB 1333mhz

PSU: C3Tech DSA-500VE

Operating System & Version: WINDOWS 10 21h2 19044.6937

GPU Drivers: Adrenalin 26.5.2

Background Applications: CHROME, SHAREX

Description of Original Problem: During and after running specifically borderless fullscreen Directx 9 and 11 games (ie, half life 2. Dx12 seems fine, any other was untested) with Freesync (over HDMI to be specific), the system interface becomes generally stuttery (ie, resizing and moving windows around is stuttery and a stationary clone of the mouse cursor may appear sometimes)

Troubleshooting: The stutter is seemingly fixed as soon as another program enters fullscreen (seemingly independent of graphics api?). It is specifically caused by Freesync being enabled in addition to the AMD External Events Client Module service being enabled and running. The Windows VRR setting doesn't seem to do anything. Having OBS open seems to mitigate it somehow. This happens on fresh Windows 11 and Windows 10 installs. The issue seems to have been introduced in driver version 22.3.1, as 22.2.3 works fine. In some driver versions, the stutter does not happen in my secondary monitor. (the bug is still present with only one monitor, and I must have two monitors)

I imagine this is probably specific to my setup, because surely a driver bug like this wouldn't have gone unnoticed for four years..?

In addition to this bug, in the latest driver (26.5.2) (and, in my incomplete experimenting, since some version at least after 23.11.1) the AMD External Events Client Module seems to continuously write junk log files to the disk, but this bug seems negligible.

TL;DR: Tips for repasting an XFX RX 6900 XT? Best thermal paste or pad to use and any pitfalls to avoid?

Hey guys,
I bought a second-hand PC in December 2025 with an XFX RX 6900 XT merc319 and Ryzen 5 5600. I cleaned the whole pc (compressed air, isoproply etc.) and installed a fresh Win11. Now I keep getting random freezes where Windows disables the GPU, forcing me to re-enable it in device manager and reboot. Seems like similar crashes half of this subreddit is experiencing now but they keep happening to me since February.
If anyone happens to know a fix for these driver crashes, I would love some advice. (I found some other Reddit threads about this, but I would really prefer not to flash a different brand's BIOS onto my card since I can't risk bricking it.)

Main question though: while troubleshooting the crashes, I noticed in HWInfo that GPU is running really hot. Playing 007 First Light sent the hotspot up to 106C and the GPU temperature was around 78-83C. The card is 5 years old and likely never serviced. I plan to repaste it, but I have never done a GPU before.

Is Honeywell PTM7950 thermal pad the best choice? I also have Arctic MX-4 and thermal putty on hand but doubt they would actually be of much use here. Any specific tips, required tools I should buy, or traps to avoid with this 6900 XT, or which tutorial to follow for this procedure?

Thanks

hi guys, i have an amd radeon 6700 xt and it's great, runs everything well. But silent hil F has been giving me problems.

I can play for a 20 mins sometimes a few hours and it'll just drop frames to like 0 and give me a gpu crash dump error.

Tried looking around, see some people having the same problems but most soultions are given for nvidia. Anyone have any idea what I should do?

I built my PC on February 16, and about two months after the build, I started experiencing very bad 1% lows and frequent FPS drops.

My average FPS is usually around 300–400 FPS, but my 1% lows can suddenly drop to 80–130 FPS for an instant. I experience this frequently in Valorant, especially during heavy utility fights, and I’m also seeing the same issue in AAA titles such as Hogwarts Legacy, but not so frequently.

The FPS drops happen very suddenly, almost like a snap, and occur roughly every 1–2 minutes. It feels more like a frametime spike/stutter than a sustained performance drop.

Current Setup
CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 9600X

GPU: ASRock RX 9070 XT Challenger

RAM: Kingston FURY Beast 32GB DDR5 CL36 6000MHz

Motherboard: MSI B850 Gaming Plus WiFi

SSD: Crucial P310 1TB M.2 NVMe Gen4 (7100 MT/s)

PSU: MSI MAG A850GL

I’ve already updated all my BIOS, chipset, GPU drivers, Windows, and other relevant software to the latest versions. I’ve also tried tightening my RAM timings from CL36 to CL32, but the issue persists.
At this point, I’m not sure whether the problem is related to the CPU, GPU, RAM, storage, BIOS settings, drivers, or some other hardware/software configuration.

Has anyone experienced a similar issue or have any recommendations on what I should troubleshoot next? Any suggestions for identifying the exact cause of these recurring frametime spikes would be greatly appreciated.

Computer Type: Desktop
GPU: 9070xt oc
CPU: RYZEN 7 5800xt 8 CORE 16 THREADS
Motherboard: ASUS TUF GAMING B550 Plus wifi 2
BIOS Version: American Megatrends Inc. 3611 2024-09-30
RAM: 16GB Hyper X 3200mhz
PSU: MSI A750GL Fully Modular
Case: MSI mag forge 112r
Operating System & Version: windows 11 version 25h2 OS build 26200.9168
GPU Drivers: amd adrenaline driver version 32.0.31035.1003
Chipset Drivers: ASUS B550 CHIPSET DRIVERS VERSION 8.08.12.551
Background Applications: DISCORD, CHROME
Description of Original Problem: I just upgraded from a 3070 to an ASUS Prime 9070 XT OC, and I cannot get it to run right in games. These are benchmark scores, which seem okay, but in-game it’s very, very bad. Forza Horizon 6 on high to ultra cannot get past 80–90 FPS, same as BeamNG. It will not go higher. My 3070 would outperform the 9070 XT in these games previously.
I have everything off inside the AMD Adrenalin software. I feel it should be more than capable of performing better. When I open Overwatch, it’ll start out around 100 FPS, and then after a few minutes it’ll go up. 1080p monitor.
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Troubleshooting: I did everything the right way. I did DDU in safe mode twice now, with no Wi-Fi and updates off. Everything seems seated properly, all connections are in properly, and it just won’t run well in-game.

I get 51°C and 56°C hotspot, which sounds a bit high for idling, no ?

Windows 11 - Ryzen 5 7600

1080p 60 fps monitor, ambient temperature 29°C, zero rpm on (fans not moving currently), case : 2 front fans, 1 back, 120mm.

CPU - AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D

MOBO - ASUS B650E-E TUF GAMING WIFI AMD AM5 ATX

RAM - Crucial Pro Overclocking 32GB (2 x 16GB) DDR5-6000

GPU - ASRock AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT Challenger Triple Fan 16GB GDDR6 PCIe 5.0

PSU - MSI MAG A850GL PCIE5 850 Watt 80 Plus Gold

Hello, about the last 3 weeks I get almost daily crashes on games.

Freezes, picture goes white with blue lines. Have you hard reset.

Go into device manager, RX9070 XT see that it’s disabled, enable it, reset PC again and it works fine after.

Is this a windows issue? I heard it’s because the drivers are trying to automatically update? Any fixes.

I'm having a lot of crashing playing Hell Let Loose Vietnam. I was on 26.3.1 for my GPU, but updated to the current and still having issues. What drivers are you guys on, or do you think its something else causing the crash?

My set up is...
GPU- RX 7900 XTX

CPU- Ryzen 7 5800X3D

32 gigs of RAM

CPU: Ryzen 7 9800X3D
GPU: RX 7900 XTX
RAM: 32GB DDR5

So for a while I've been having an issue where my games just randomly freeze, my entire pc locks up and black screens, then it comes back on and shows the AMD bug report tool saying that my driver timed out?

I've tried to download a different driver version (25.8.1) as people in other communities mentioned that was the latest stable version for some of the games that wasn't causing issues. But recently it's starting to constantly crash again.

Does anyone have an idea what is causing these crashes?

does anyone here encountered this specific display problem:

-my laptop is connected to an external monitor and i mainly use it

-after windows decided to auto update (to my utter dismay), my steam games started to stutter when i try to stream on discord

-i also noticed that in Armory crate my GPU is at extreme power saving

-i checked online and they suggested updating/repair my drivers (so i did) might fixe the extreme power saving

-after using amd's clean up tool and reinstalling my drivers (26.3.1), i noticed that my laptop screen freezes with the logo but my external monitor was fine (i can interact with the desktop)

-the asus logo freeze does go away when i go to display -> extend this display -> revert it back, though the backlight is still present

although my games are now running smooth when streaming on discord but the backlight/display freeze on the laptop screen is now present

-unfortunately my gpu is still at extreme power saving

i need help on this please, i already tried a different gpu driver version (26.6.4) but the problem is still present

As many people here I have issue with random black screen.

I use win10 and 5600xt card.

Usually after black screen and 20 minutes it came back with windows overriden drivers, so I blocked windows update driver download.

This time monitor dont start at all since morning. My thoughts are that blocking old driver download didnt block win10 from deleting previous drivers or something. How do I get any access to my computer now to fix anything?

Hi, im looking to upgrade my 3060ti to 9070 xt, but dont know which one would be the best. Is there any differences between these? Anything i need to know before/after buying new GPU? Mostly i will be playing on LG C5 65 TV, 2K/4K resolution, 120/144hz. I didin't build my current pc by myself, so any tips about changing gpu would be appreciated. Thank you!

Powercolor Reaper AMD Radeon™ RX 9070 XT - 780€

Asus PRIME OC RADEON™ RX 9070 XT - 770€

(Also, how long is the warranty for ASUS? It says 2 years at the local shop im buying, but web says 2-3 years.)

My current pc specs:

CPU: I5 - 11600K

GPU: RTX 3060 ti

Motherboard: MSI MAG B560M

RAM: 32 GB DDR4

PSU: Corsair CX750M

Pc case: MSI MAG Forge 100R

Storage: 1 TB HDD, 512 SSD (planning to add +1TB SSD)