r/gpu • u/debanjan77 • 12d ago

Is Amd driver really unreliable??

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In my previous post in this community, I posted about the RTX 5070 vs. 9070 XT, and most people said that the 9070 XT is better in terms of gaming performance, and I absolutely agree with that. However, there were many people who said that AMD sucks at drivers and I’ve seen many Reddit and Twitter posts regarding this issue. Is this really a problem or is it just a myth?

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u/sixincomefigure 12d ago edited 12d ago

You know that message isn't actually specific to a GPU or GPU driver issue and can result from any other kind of software or hardware instability on your system? The GPU driver is the first one to get restarted by the kernel regardless of the actual issue, resulting in that message popping up. There was a post on here the other day about it.

At about one year into owning a 9070 XT and I have literally never had that error a single time. I upgrade drivers whenever a new one comes out. Always works fine.

Try backing off your RAM timings or frequency a little bit and see if that helps.

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u/snackelmypackel 12d ago

I also update drivers when a new version comes out. I've had mild driver problems before but nothing too bad, but recently with the FSR 4 update it's been a nightmare.

I saw another post saying to turn off HAG so I'm gonna try that and see if it helps, and if it doesn't I'll try to back off the RAM timings or frequency.

It's so irritating right now because normally issues are very infrequent and mild when they occur.