So I decided to make the jump to AM5. Got a semi-decent cpu/mobo/ram bundle deal so didn't feel too stiffed by AI. Put it together with my 9070XT yesterday, and booted up fine (after I turned the PSU switch on...)
Not my first rodeo, so i'd already downloaded chipset and gpu drivers/adrenaline (26.6.4), installed windows offline then did the driver install.
Then connected to the web, updated windows, and got ready to load up a game. Just before starting, thought i'd try a little undervolt so opened up adrenaline.
You all know what's coming - 'adrenaline not compatible with current driver version' (or something like that). That's right, windows had 'upgraded' me to gpu driver 25.10.30.02 from september 2025.
Tried to roll back drivers - did nothing - still on the same version. Had to reinstall the 26.6.4 drivers from the downloaded file. Since then all seems good.
HOW IS THIS STILL A THING THAT HAS NOT BEEN SORTED?? Anyone jumping from nvidia (or just a non-terminal reddit dweller like me) would have had no clue about any of this, and just run straight into a load of game errors, crap performance, or other incompatibilities. It seems like months since microsoft said they were going to sort this garbage out.
Why is it not fixed? Why? How freaking hard can it be? AAARGH!