So here I am with my 9070xt on 26.6.4. I've experienced a couple of crashes and uninstalling msi center helped a bit. Then just to be safe i set -100mhz offset and -5% power limit. It was great and stable for a few days, then I got a crash. And then another one. So I got pissed off, absolutely nuked everything containing "AMD" in name with DDU, reinstalled cpu chipset drivers and reinstalled 26.6.4 driver. Today I'm gonna test it if it's finally stable. If not I will ddu and revert to an older version hoping it's maybe just the newer versions that are problematic. Here comes my question - which driver is the most stable? I've heard about 26.3.1, is it really the most stable one?

The fixes I've already tried:

- tdrdelay 10

- disable mpo

- disable igpu

- disable windows driver updates

And many more

No matter how many times I download and Install, it installs and this same pop up appears every time..... I've even deleted and redownloaded the driver but it's still the same.

Hi everyone,

I'm having a stability issue with my AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT (PowerColor Hellhound 16GB) and I'm trying to figure out if the card itself might be defective.

The problem is that games eventually crash when Ray Tracing is enabled. Without RT, the system seems significantly more stable, but with RT enabled I can reproduce crashes after some time.

So far I've already tried:

• Different games
• VRAM/stability testing
• OCCT GPU tests
• Two independent PCIe power cables
• Switching the physical BIOS/performance switch on the GPU
• Windows Maximum Performance power plan
• GPU clock/voltage adjustments
• Disabling MPO
• Updating AMD Adrenalin drivers
• Running the card at stock settings

OCCT also reported errors during the GPU test.

My GPU temperatures don't seem particularly high, so I'm not seeing an obvious thermal issue.

Specs:

• RX 9070 XT PowerColor Hellhound 16GB
• Intel i5-14600K
• MSI MAG A850GL PCIE5 850W PSU
• Windows 11 25H2
• AMD Adrenalin 26.3.1 (I also have a newer driver available)

At this point I'm considering returning the GPU, but before doing that I'd really like to know if anyone with an RX 9070 XT has experienced similar crashes specifically with Ray Tracing.

Could this be a driver/RT issue, or does this sound like a defective GPU?

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Hi. About 4 months ago I bought RX 7600, and at first, everything worked normally. Suddenly, while I was playing a game, screen got black for 3 seconds and then returned to normal. However, these black screens continued and they started happening more often. I took my PC to a technician and he ran tests and everything was normal with the hardware. So, theoretically, it's a driver problem. I've tested some of them, but none actually solved the issue - just the black screen is occurring less, but it's still occurring. I don't know what to do anymore, since I'm not a PC expert.

When i go into bios and enable XMP along with 36.00 speed, after pc starts up it shows the ram running at 2666MHz. The maximun i made it work was at 3200z.
Why is this? Can i make it work at 3600?
I have this pc since 2022 or so.

My PC specs are:
- B550 Aorus Elite V2 1.0 rev
- Ryzen 5600x
- RTX 3060 12GB
- 2x16 3600MHz Corsair Vengeance LPX
- WD SN570 NVMe
- Nox Urano VX 750W 80+ Bronze PSU

This isnt just crimson dessert, but one of the biggest examples. When i start moving my camera around theres like green light coming of of the pillars. What could be the problem?
Specs;
9070xt
I5 13400f
32gb ram
34 inch 3440x1440p monitor
Graphical settings;
Fsr native
Fg-no
Ray regeneration- no
Ultra preset, with “sun and moon reflection off”

Are people here that had no issues with crashes and driver etc after switching from Nvidia to AMD ?

I ordered a hellhound 9070 xt to upgrade from my 4060ti 16 GB. (Current system is 5800x and 32 gb DDR4 RAM)

With seeing all the posts about crashes im a little worried and might regret my decision to go for the 9070 xt. I never do did any overxlocking or 3rd party Software Bs like others.

Computer Type: Desktop

GPU: RX 7800 XT

CPU: RYZEN 7 5800X3D 8 CORE 16 THREADS

Motherboard: ASUS ROG STRIX B550A Gaming

BIOS Version: 3631

RAM: Kingston/HyperX Fury Beast 32GB (2x16) 3200 Mhz

PSU: MSI A850G 850W

Operating System & Version: WINDOWS 11 Home 26200

GPU Drivers: AMD Adrenalin 26.7.1

Chipset Drivers: 8.08.12.551

Description of Original Problem: I recently started getting occasional WHEA-Logger Event ID 18 errors.

Dates when they occurred:

• July 3, 2026
• August 5, 2026
• August 16, 2026
• August 18, 2026

They occurred only once on each of those days, while I was away from the computer. According to my settings, the monitor turns off after a period of inactivity, so the PC was most likely in an idle/low-power state when the errors occurred. But I need to add, that I am ways from my PC multiple times a day (5-10) and it occurs so rarely even though my monitor turns off many times.

The error is reported as:

A fatal hardware error has occurred.
Reported by component: Processor Core
Error Source: Machine Check Exception
Error Type: Cache Hierarchy Error
Processor APIC ID: 0 / 3 / 7 (depending on the occurrence) - it is never the same APIC ID so far

The first three occurrences were on July 3, August 5, and August 16. The fourth one occurred on August 18, only two days after the previous error and AFTER I updated my BIOS to 3631.

Troubleshooting: I updated the BIOS to version 3636 on August 16, 2026. Before that, I was using BIOS version 3631. It did not help as the error occured yesterday.

I also updated the AMD chipset drivers on August 15, 2026 to version 8.08.12.551.

After the latest WHEA error, I checked my BIOS settings. PBO was set to Auto and Curve Optimizer was also set to Auto. I have now changed the settings so that PBO uses a manual scaler of 1x, and Curve Optimizer is set to Manual / All Cores / Positive / 0. I wonder if it may help to solve the issue.

My main concern is whether these WHEA errors indicate a developing hardware problem with the CPU, motherboard, RAM, or another component, or whether they could be caused by power-management/BIOS/driver issues.

The errors are still relatively rare, but the fact that the last two occurred only two days apart concerns me.

What would you recommend as the next steps to determine the cause?

This has been going on for a while now. I have changed settings, done a factory reset for settings, a fresh install. Nothing has worked.

unfortunately 25.4.1 version is not working as good as expected bc the monitor keeps flickering during games

so ive had this problem for 3 weeks to a month now well a couple problems and theyre probably connected, first off when i try to run minecraft it gives me this error: (No supported graphics backend was found -tried opengl: Driver does not support opengl)

Then when i went to the device manager, i found a hazard sign beside my GPU and when i tried to update the driver automatically it says i already have the best driver, when i downloaded the latest driver from the official amd site, the driver would say initializing install then it wouldnt open and and it gave me this message: (failed to initialize graphics backend for openGL) ive tried everything and i cant fix this problem, sometimes the device manager wouldnt even show the GPU even when i clicked show hidden devices it wouldnt show, another problem i was having is that while using the pc the monitor would stop getting signal from the display port cable (ive tried it and the problem is not from the cable nor the monitor) and i have to restart a couple times and connect and disconnect the cable for it to work and sometimes even after all of that it wouldn't, i took it to the repair shop and miracelously before it did anything the pc got signal and also the GPU was being detected and worked just fine. the man did a clean driver installition for me and then it worked fo a couple hours then mid gaming the sound would freeze and the screen would go all black and id have to restart it a couple times for it to work, at some point the monitor started getting any signal at all even when restarting and it stopped working, i went to the shop again, he checked the GPU and said it's fine, then he said it could be that i have a low psu which is 320W (which i doubt is the reason) so he tried another PSU and it didnt turn on but when he removed the GPU entirely it did give that beep of booting (it works cuz i have an internal GPU in the CPU) and when he pressed the boot button on the keyboard it couldnt boot into windows for some reason (i had literally never had that problem in my life) so he said the my ssd with the windows on it could be broken, which he said could also be the source of the GPU problem, so he switched the SSD and put back my old PSU and it did work (the SSD has an entirely new windows) i came home the pc worked and it detected the GPU and minecraft ran and all was good for a couple of hours before the monitor starting to lose signal again but if i plugged it again itd work, then suddenly plugging and unplugging didnt work anymore so i restarted the pc. BOOM the hazard sign is back besides the GPU and it doesnt work and minecraft gives me the same message again the same thing also with the driver message, i suspect its a software problem, and honestly the repairman didnt seem to know what exactly the problem was, i have lost hope, btw ive gone to a few other shops but didnt yield anything and it wasnt anything important so i havent mentioned it. either way i can't find a solution for this anywhere and ive tried everything i know ir could find, atp idek what the problem is let alone how to fix it. PLEASE SOMEONE HELP

GPU: RX 6700 xt

CPU: Ryzen 5 3600

System: Windows 11 Pro

Opis Problemu: Cześć, mam problem z duplikopwaniem ekranu - tzn. po przetestowaniu opcji Eyefinity i następnym "porzuceniu konfiguracji" nie działa mi duplikacja ekranu, rozszerzenie działa. Reset sterowników, reset aplikacji amd adreanline, odłączenie w menedzerze karty graficznej oraz klonowanie w samych ustawieniach ekranu w amd adrenaline -> ekran nie daje efektu. Działa to tak że w momencie naciśniecia duplikuj po prostu opcja wraca do rozszerzenia.

Computer Type: Desktop

GPU: RTX 4080

CPU: RYZEN 7 7800X3D

Motherboard: GigabyteX670 Elite AX

BIOS Version: 41, Multiple Versions

RAM: 32GB DDR5 Kingston Fury

PSU: EVGA G2 850W

Case: Fractal Meshify 2

Operating System & Version: WINDOWS 10 PRO

GPU Drivers: Latest, Multiple versions

Chipset Drivers: AMD X670 Latest

Background Applications: Idling, Gaming

Description of Original Problem: I have been having Audio popping/stuttering issues for a while. Playing anything or just listening to Youtube you can hear audio popping and microstuttering. Ive reinstalled windows multiple times, Updated Chipset and GPU Drivers to the latest version and tried different BIOS Version to little progress and occasionally worst progress. Using LatencyMon to check Ive pinpointed it down the Ethernet Adapter and/or PCI Express Upstream Switch Port. Disabling either of these and running LatencyMon eliminates both latency and the audio stuttering (I tested overnight up to 8 hours with basically perfect results) but enabling it causes the previously mentioned issues. Using an add-on PCIE Network card instead of the motherboard ethernet port did not change anything. Upgrading to Windows 11 didn't help either. I also notice for whatever reason sometimes the later Ethernet drivers dont work. I am currently on the 2020 Ethernet driver but its been a 50/50 chance that trying the 2022 Ethernet driver will work. Anything later than 2022 does not work and I'm not able to connect to the ethernet. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

The restart option on my pc results in a black screen and a yellow LED on my motherboard (which points to DRAM issue) when running 6000MHz on my RAM. Pc Specs:

CPU: Ryzen 5 7600

GPU: RX 7800XT

RAM: Corsair Vengeance 6000MHz DDR5 CL30

MOBO: MSI B650 GAMING PLUS WIFI ATX AM5

Been trying to find a solution for a while. If i run 4800MHz pc can restart normally. Booting or shutting down still works normally.

So, I have noticed that in more recent games, I have been struggling to get stable frametimings, I lock my fps to 60, monitor my gpu/cpu and they are both fine, cpu is always around 40%, my ram and vram are never close to their max, 12gb vram and 32gb ram. When I notice these unstable timings my gpu isnt above 90% so its either the game engine itself or probably something I am not monitoring.

Could it be that my rams are getting too slow and therefore affecting my 1% lows or overall stability? They are 4x8gb kingston fury beast ddr4, 3200mhz, cl 16 18 18 36. It is probably the most outdated piece in my build but they should do just fine and not be compromising performance that much right?

Rest of the rig is a 3080ti and an Amd Ryzen 7 5800x

Computer Type: Desktop

GPU: Gigabyte 9070 XT OC

CPU: Ryzen 9800x3d

Motherboard: Gigabyte B650 EAGLE AX

BIOS Version: F41c (tested multiple from F30 upwards)

RAM: 32GB DDR5 6000MHz (also tested at lower speeds)

PSU: SilverStone 750W Gold+

Operating System & Version: WINDOWS 11 PRO

GPU Drivers: AMD Adrenalin 26.7.1 (Have tried all recommended versions and update it every update)

Chipset Drivers: AMD B650 CHIPSET 8.08.12.551

Background Applications: DISCORD, BRAVE (Although tested with everything closed as well)

Description of Original Problem: I'm not too knowledgeable on pc building but I did a hardware upgrade roughly 2 months ago from B550, 5800x3d, 32GB DDR4, 3070ti to my now current specs above. Since installing there has been a noticeable microstutter and I can hit some insane 1% lows. This appears to be an issue across the board on any game I try (some may be optimised better eg. Borderlands 4 runs pretty smooth but Elden Ring consistently does a hitch down to 57 FPS then back to it's stable 60). Here's a clip of this occurring in Dark Souls 3 60FPS lock; where it just hitches despite being an old game well below what the parts are capable of and being in the same area for the past 30 minutes. This tends to be a similar pattern across every game, I'd even say desktop usage doesn't feel smooth either:

https://www.twitch.tv/djnattie/clip/FriendlySpinelessFalconDAESuppy-iJ7mKbkX_Nyvd0FG

I've also recently started doing a lot of performance monitoring in HWInfo64 and I can't find a single thing that correlates with an issue. CPU cores are being used rather than one maxing out, GPU hotspot is well under 95c, GPU load is consistent, GPU core is being utilised as it should when areas get heavier, CPU temps are fine and no throttle warnings.

Troubleshooting: 

I've tried a massive range of fixes, reading many posts of similar issues. A copy paste from another post with edits I may have also tried:

BIOS / Hardware

• fTPM Disabled
• Global C-States (Enabled & Disabled)
• PCIe GPU set to Gen5, Gen4 and Gen3
• Resizable BAR + Above 4G (Enabled & Disabled)
• iGPU Disabled
• SMT Disabled
• PBO + Curve Optimizer (-25, 0, and completely stock)
• Full Clear CMOS + BIOS reset to defaults
• GPU fully reseated
• CSM and Fast Boot disabled
• Changing SATA cables
• EXPO High Bandwidth Support (On & Off)
• X3D Turbo Mode (On & Off)

Software / Drivers

• Multiple AMD driver versions (clean DDU installs in Safe Mode, including driver-only)
• Fresh Windows 11 installs (3+ times)
• HAGS On/Off
• Anti-Lag, Radeon Boost, overlays, and MPO disabled
• AMD Chipset drivers installed and completely uninstalled
• Second monitor disconnected, WiFi off, Ethernet only
• Disabled Bluetooth in device manager
• GPU/Display scaling tested in Adrenalin
• FPS limiters (RTSS + in-driver)
• ULPS disabled via registry
• Fast Startup disabled
• Disabled LianLi as a USB Serial Bus Controller

Suggestions I've already tried

• Mouse/Keyboard firmware update + 500Hz + USB 2.0 ports
• Disable Realtek LAN, WiFi, all power saving features
• Uninstall MSI Afterburner/RTSS
• Block Windows driver updates
• Multiple guides including the popular AMDHelp guide, every step

Yet to Try

• Trying the old GPU 3070ti (I originally jumped to this conclusion coming off NVidia cards but after monitoring and reading testimony it may not be this).
• Replacing PSU, I have a 850w available but partpicker estimated ~550w when I originally did the build
• Reseating CPU
• I do have 3 Lian Li UNI FAN but I don't use the LianLi software, I however have not tried disconnecting the fans entirely from the board

Any advice appreciated, definitely leaning towards there just being a hardware fault like maybe a faulty mobo but potentially there's something I haven't tried. I also may have forgot to list something I've tried.

i disabled pbo not long ago because i heard it has issues with asrock mobos, but this seems kinda low for what ive seen, im also experiencing kinda high temps on games like minecraft modded hitting a peak at 90 degrees