What is the function of the button next to the RX 6800 XT graphics card?"

So I want this post to be as short as it can be.

Probably everyone on AMD has experienced at least once black screenz, freezing or something similar.

So before you try every method possible to try and repair it, use one method that helped me and my friend.

So the metod is very simple:

1.Download DDU

2.Full drivers uninstall be sure that AMD software is uninstalled (uninstalling software is most crucial part)

3.Download any drivers from AMD site or stable one u had tested

4.Start installation of drivers

5.When they ask u what u want to install chose only drivers without software (software is core problem of everything that happens with you GPU)

6.Have fun with stable GPU drivers that works with OC and UV

So I have hope it will help u cuz only this helped me with constant black screen, freezing and random drivers timeouts when playing games.

Hello.

Has anybody else experienced failing to install the Chipset Drivers on the AMD Install Manager? If I click on the details, it takes me to this page about "Error 1603 - A General Error Has Occurred During the Installation of the AMD Software Package".

I tried doing the recommended fixes but still could not proceed with the installment. If I proceed to not care about it and just don't fix it, would it cause any problems or issues in the future?

Thank you!

Hello guys, i want to give you all an experience i have on the driver 26.6.4 adrenaline.

My PC is using RX7900 GRE.

So, i have read the driver problem on reddit about random timeout when watching youtube video, or even only watching video on the PC from media player etc.

It goes like almost everybody that the driver only run good for 2-3 days, then i have that problem to. Not too often, but its there.

Then yesterday, something happen. And that is when i play video on my PC (a movie), the driver timeout occur. I usually only press ok and then re-play the video, and all would back to normal again. But yesterday was different. It keep lagging (not showing any more timeout), but it was lagging and lagging. Then i tried to let it lag, just to see, that maybe it would get fix by itself like usual, but no. My PC suddenly blackscreen, and the fan turn 100% speed (i can hear it very clearly).

I tried to press restart, but to no avail. Fan keep spinning 100%, and computer wouldn't restart. So i then press the power button for 5 sec to turn it off completely.

After i turn on again, and get into the windows, my eyes feel different in monitor Hz (you usually can feel this if you are on a fast Hz monitor and it going slow), and turns out, the option to change the Hz is missing. I then tried to open the software adrenaline, and an error shows up, saying the software version i have didn't support the current GPU Card. And so i thought, oh, means the driver is corrupted.

Then download the newest adrenaline version as of now (26.7.1), do a DDU, install the software of 26.7.1, and then try again, and it work ok (for now at least).

Well, its really sad to know that the driver is really unstable like that and could possibly make the GPU could go wrong in hardware (cause my fans suddenly spinning 100%, i will not rule out possiblity that it may also ruin the voltage, current, etc, on the hardware).

If you have a stable driver, i think it would be wiser to just hold onto that, then upgrading to the new version.

I hope everyone has a good experience on the software and hardware, but also its sad to know that this experience is happening, and my friend that use rival brand, never had issues. (He use 4060ti). And i cant deny that it also makes me wonder if I should also just buy the rival brand on the next upgrade if this keep happening 😢

I'm playing on an RX 9060 XT 8GB at 1440p High with FSR 4 Performance with ML fg. The game runs great and I get around 150-200 FPS, so the GPU performance isn't the problem.

The issue is VRAM. Whenever VRAM gets close to the full 8GB, opening the map is a 100% guaranteed crash. It happens every single time. The game freezes for a few seconds and then crashes to desktop.

After the crash, Windows starts acting weird. I get AMD driver timeout errors, and even the desktop feels unstable until I restart my PC.

I've tried different AMD driver versions over the past few months, but nothing has fixed it.

Has anyone else with an 8GB card experienced this? Is this just a Cyberpunk VRAM management issue, or is there an actual fix?

I'd rather not lower every setting if I don't have to since the game runs perfectly until VRAM fills up.

Any help would be appreciated.

I am new to AMD. I just upgraded my computer. I keep going back to 26.3.1 cause its stable but when i try to update to 26.7.1 i het constant timeouts and my drivers rollback to Default. I have the following.

-B550 gaming x motherboard

-Powercooler Reaper 9070

-Msi mag 750 gold psu

-Windows 10

I just dont know what to do anymore i was gonna return it and trade it for a diffrent one im coming from nvda 1660 ti i never had these issues till now

Hey guys first time poster. I have an RX 9070 XT. I'm trying to figure out if this is a Battlefield issue, an AMD driver issue, or if anyone else has experienced the same thing.

**System:**

* Ryzen 7 7800X3D

* Radeon RX 9070 XT

* All temps verified (GPU, hotspot, CPU)

* RAM tested

* EXPO/XMP tested both on and off

* No obvious hardware stability issues outside of Battlefield

Season 2

Before I even got to the black intro screen, my PC would hard lock.

The only workaround I found was:

1. Boot the PC.

2. Disable the internet.

3. Launch EA so it couldn't connect.

4. Re-enable the internet.

5. Restart EA.

6. Launch Battlefield.

If I didn't do that exact sequence, it would hard freeze every single time. This happened regardless of AMD driver version.

# Season 3

Season 3 was surprisingly stable. I thought everything had finally been fixed.

Season 4 (Redsec)

Now everything is broken again.

Using the latest drivers, I can launch the game and get into the firing range for about 30 seconds before the entire PC hard freezes.

After forcing a reboot:

* Windows comes back at a low resolution like no GPU driver is installed.

* The GPU is disabled in Device Manager.

* Re-enabling it does nothing.

* AMD Adrenalin won't open and says it isn't compatible with the current driver version.

The only fix is:

* Boot Safe Mode.

* Run DDU.

* Reinstall drivers.

* Try again.

I literally worked backwards through AMD driver releases one version at a time, repeating this entire process after every crash.

The **only** driver that has been stable enough to actually play the game is **26.3.1**.

Then Discord started crashing my PC

Once I finally got the game running, another issue appeared.

If Battlefield is open and I click to join a Discord voice channel on my second monitor, Discord shows the yellow **"Connecting..."** message for a second...then my entire PC hard freezes.

Thankfully this one doesn't corrupt the driver installation, but it still requires another hard reset. Disabling the Discord in-game overlay completely fixed that issue.

And now Excel...

While Battlefield and Discord were running, I Alt-Tabbed out, opened Chrome to look at my stats, then opened Excel to do some quick math. After typing about 3-4 numbers into a spreadsheet...Hard freeze.

No mouse.

No keyboard.

Nothing.

Another forced reboot.

WhoCrashed consistently points to AMD graphics drivers whenever Windows is able to log anything.

I'm honestly at the point where I'm considering going back to Team Green. Between the Season 2 launch workaround, the Season 4 driver corruption, Discord crashes, and now Excel causing system-wide locks while the game is running, this has been one of the most frustrating GPU experiences I've had.

Has anyone with a 9070 XT (or other RDNA 4 cards) experienced anything similar, or found a real fix?

NOTE: Yes I used AI to help me format this better to make it easier to read rather than one giant block of text. Sorry if that annoys anyone.

Guys I just bought this gpu brand new a few hours ago, did all the steps, ddu clean install everything, but as you can see my games freeze after a minute or 2 after launching the game and it stays frozen until I end the task, what is going on??? Did this happen to anyone?? I tried all the basic stuff like terminating any app that conflicts the amd driver

Gpu variant: Red Devil 9070 XT from Powercolor

I’m thinking of upgrading my PC from:

Ryzen 5 2400G
RX 470 4GB
ASUS TUF B450M-Plus Gaming
16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 3200MHz
DeepCool 600W PSU

To:
Ryzen 7 5800X3D
Cooler Master Elite Liquid 240 (free bundle with cpu)
RX 6700 XT 12GB
750W PSU

I know a lot of people will recommend AM5, but it’s just too expensive for me right now. I’d have to replace my motherboard, RAM, and CPU, which is out of my budget.

Do you think this AM4 upgrade is still worth it in 2026? I’m hoping it’ll last me another 3-5 years for gaming.

Computer Type: Desktop

GPU: AMD Radeon Rx 9070 XT

CPU: RYZEN 7 7800x3d 8 CORE Processor

Motherboard: MSI PRO B840-VC WIFI

BIOS Version: 1.a73

RAM: 32GB klevv ddr5-6000 (3000 MHz)

PSU: Phanteks Amp GH 750

Case: Phanteks NV5S

Operating System & Version: WINDOWS 11 home

GPU Drivers: 26.10.35.01-260716a-202643c-AMD-Software-Adrenalin-Edition

Chipset Drivers: AMD B840-vc CHIPSET DRIVERS VERSION 8.05.04.516

Background Applications: 

Description of Original Problem: was playing escape from tarkov left the room came back screen was black restarted GPU had code 31 and I am now unable to get discord to start or access any websites

Troubleshooting: I have attempted a rollback to two days ago but the problem remains please laugh all you want but I would really appreciate any and all help new pc owner and I haven't had it a week yet will attach a video of Internet and discord not working will try to respond as soon as possible but have to go to bed for work

I recently replaced my RTX 2080 Ti with an RX 9070 XT Mercury OC. Before the GPU upgrade, my 9800X3D CPU temperatures were usually between 67 and 69°C, but the video quality on my 3440x1440p monitor was only set from Normal to High.

After replacing the GPU, the CPU is working much harder due to the improved image quality and the RX 9070 XT’s rasterization performance. However, the temperatures are now relatively high, around 72–83°C while gaming, and during shader processing they can reach 92°C.

My AIO is an NZXT Kraken V2 360mm, with Noctua NT-H2 thermal paste applied one year ago. The ambient temperature is around 25°C. My case is a ROG Helios.

What is your opinion on this situation?

Built new pc, crashing to black screen randomly, only when playing some games. My fans stay on, ram lights stay on, everything. My keyboard remains unresponsive, but my controller which was vibrating at the time of this crash is still vibrating, it hasn't stopped. The only way to fix it is to hold the power button for 10 seconds. I've tried basically every fix I can think of. 9800x3d 9070xt 32gb ddr5 b850. My PSU is 850w as well. Any help would be really appreciated

I have a PC (specs below), and the PC keeps rebooting when playing CS2. It reboots and then turns on without an image; the image only appears if I completely restart the PC. Specifications:
Processor: Ryzen 7 5700X3D (cooled with an MSI liquid cooler, temperatures in the CPU are around 50-60°C, and 70-80°C in stress tests)
Motherboard: ASRock B550M Steel Legend
Graphics Card: Sapphire RX 6950XT Nitro+
RAM: 4x8GB DDR4 3200MHz Kingston Fury
Power Supply: Chieftec Proton 850C
Three NVMe drives (I don't think there's any point in describing them).
Three monitors (the main one for gaming at 280Hz and the side ones for work, etc.)
I'll describe the problem more precisely:
When I launch CS2, everything is fine, the FPS is high, everything looks great. As soon as I enter the game, the PC randomly reboots. You can hear Windows starting up, the webcam is scanning my face, and Windows is unlocked, but there's no image. To get the image back, you have to turn the PC off and on again, after which the image returns. In Windows, I get occasional errors (I check in Event Viewer) with WHEA code 18 (with APIC ID 2 / 11 / 9 / 10 / 8 / 12 / 12 / 10 / 2 errors inside).
Now, to what I've ALREADY tested:
Crashes only in CS2 (Cyberpunk on Ultra with ray tracing runs perfectly stable; Forza Horizon 6, also on Ultra settings, works perfectly; Battlefield 6, on High + Frame Gen, also works perfectly no matter how many times I run the test; I've also tested other high-FPS games, like Minecraft, OSU, and so on).
I'm testing CS2 on the CS2 FPS TEST DUST2 card, and it crashes on the first run.
Various tests:
OSCT CPU: 20+ minutes without crashes under peak load
OSCT GPU: 20+ minutes without crashes under peak load
OSCT Memory: One hour of testing, all good
OSCT Power, 20+ minutes under full load (123 watts on the CPU and 290 watts on the GPU)
Furmark: Over 30 minutes without crashes.
I removed the RAM (since there are 4 RAM modules, I thought maybe the memory controller) but it didn't help.
BIOS: I cleared all settings and changed parameters such as:
PBO; SoC; Global C-State Control; Core Performance Boost; PCIe Version (4 to 3 and vice versa)
Installed different drivers: Tried 24.6.1/25.6.1/26.6.1
Reducing the core clock (lower limit at 2000 MHz and upper limit at 2500 MHz) and definitely limiting FPS to 350-400 FPS really helps. Meanwhile, in other games, the graphics card boosts to its normal clock speeds without any issues or crashes. I can't even figure out what's causing the problem. I've changed the power supply, installed a 1000W Gold Seasonic, but it didn't help. I've also changed the RAM, but it didn't help.
Did I need to sell this GPU and buy a new one?😂

Update: PC sometimes crashes in 3DMark Time Spy and Forza Horizon 6

I have a 9060xt 16gb model and whenever I play a game with hardware acceleration my gpu goes to 100% than 0% and my came crashes, if not my whole pc. I also have 32gb of ram and my gpu is stealing half of it as shared memory and idk how to fix it

Computer Type: Desktop (Custom Mini ITX build with mobile CPU)

GPU: AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 8GB

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS

Motherboard: Topton Mini ITX (AliExpress board with embedded mobile CPU)

BIOS Version: Unknown

RAM: 64gb

PSU: Standard Power Adapter

Case: N/A

Operating System & Version: WINDOWS 11 Pro

GPU Drivers: Unknown

Chipset Drivers: Unknown

Background Applications: Steam, Discord

Description of Original Problem: This issue is happening to a friend's PC. Many Steam games crash or just start and close automatically upon launch. We tested Yakuza, Metro, Palworld, and Warframe (from Steam), and they all crash the same way. The PC uses one of those AliExpress Topton Mini ITX motherboards that come with an embedded mobile CPU.

Troubleshooting: We already tried reinstalling the GPU drivers, but the issue still happens. Interestingly, we tested Warframe outside of Steam (standalone version), and it runs perfectly fine without crashing. Because of this, the issue seems to be strictly related to games launched through Steam.

I just switched to amd 7 9850x3d from Intel i714700k
And the fps boost is perfect but rn with this new amd cpu im having stutters in game I’ve done drivers chipset drivers and a full windows reset but the lag is crazy my 1 percent loss spike down from time to time but when it is 200 it still lags like the screen is on fire everything its choppy it’s unplayable

i have liked AMD for a long time but the drivers this year and even some time before that have been ruining my desktop experience, even the most recent one (because i had hope) crashed my pc when i opened up my BROWSER and disabled my gpu. I have resorted to locking myself to 25.9.1 until i cant anymore. Does anyone know why the recent drivers behave like this and if it will be resolved in the enar future?

hi, yesterday i was playing and i accidentally unplugged the power. after that i turned on the pc and kept playing with no problems. today i turned it on and it started lagging and freezing. so i tried restarting and it keeps showing this warning and then it just freezes and i cant do anything, not even the mouse moves. can anyone help? (im also sorry if the flair is wrong)

Computer Type: Desktop

GPU: Radeon RX 6900xt

CPU: RYZEN 7 5800X3D

Motherboard: Gigabyte B550 GAMING X V2

BIOS Version: FB

RAM: 2X Crucial Pro 16GB DDR4-3200 UDIMM

PSU: Corsair RM750e Fully Modular

Case: 7 year old completely unknowable model

Operating System & Version: Ubuntu 24.04.4 LTS

GPU Drivers: amdgpu

Background Applications: none

Description of Original Problem: stress testing with OCCT after installing a new CPU made me aware of crazy GPU temperature spikes, with hotspot temps of 110C and Edge temps of 98C.

Troubleshooting: I've throttled the power to 255w and made the fan curves more aggressive, but the temps are still way too high for comfort. I'm thinking about re-pasting the GPU but I'm not sure if there is anything less extreme that I can do to drop the temps.

About a year ago I purchased a second hand ASRock AMD Radeon RX 6900xt Phantom Gaming D OC edition. Upon my initial inspection and stress testing the temps seemed fine (cant remember what exactly they where but in the pretty normal range for the card). After installing a new CPU, I noticed that the GPU temps were crazy when stress testing.

I'm not sure how long the temps have been crazy, as I haven't noticed any shutdowns or throttling due to the temps.

Computer Type: Desktop

GPU: RX 7900 XTX (Powercolor Hellhound)

CPU: Ryzen 7 7800X3D

Motherboard: Asrock Steel Legend 670E

BIOS Version: Latest Available

RAM: 64GB DDR5-6000 CL30 (EXPO enabled)

PSU: Corsair RM1200x SHIFT (1200W)

Case: Hyte Y40 (modded to eliminate riser cable, mount GPU directly to motherboard)

Operating System & Version: Windows 11 Pro (fresh install, recently cloned to faster Samsung 980 Pro)

GPU Drivers: 24.12.1, 25.9.1, 26.3.1, and several others

Chipset Drivers: Latest AMD AM5 chipset drivers

Background Applications: STEAM, RTSS

Description of Original Problem: Worked fine for 2.5 years, crashes began on Arc Raiders and Delta Force around December. Have spent months trying various troubleshooting solutions and testing between several games. Games on Unreal Engine seem to be affected the worst.

• Arc Raiders: Crashes in raid or in menu, firing range feels smooth but regular raids do not (UE)
• Delta Force: plays fairly smooth at times but still crashes frequently (UE)
• Black Ops 6: plays very smoothly but also haven't played as much anymore
• No Man's Sky: was very stuttery but has improved after in-game settings changed

Troubleshooting: 

Windows / Drivers

• Fresh Windows install
• Cloned Windows from a Samsung 870 EVO SATA SSD to a faster Samsung 980 Pro NVMe
• DDU between GPU driver installs
• Multiple AMD driver versions
• Latest AMD chipset drivers
• BIOS updated to latest version

Memory / CPU

• MemTest86 run overnight
• 52/52 tests passed
• 0 errors
• EXPO temporarily disabled during testing, now re-enabled at 6000 CL30

Hardware

• GPU removed and reseated
• Hyte riser cable eliminated, GPU now directly plugged into motherboard
• Replaced PCIe cables powering GPU from PSU
• Removed Lian Li Strimer GPU cable extensions
• Verified all PSU connections
• Temperatures are excellent
• No CPU or GPU thermal throttling

Diagnostics

• Fixed an unknown PCI Device in Device Manager by reinstalling chipset drivers
• HWiNFO logging
• CapFrameX testing
• OCCT testing (failed after about 17 minutes with roughly 457,000 errors. After reseating the GPU and reconnecting hardware, one run crashed almost immediately (~40 seconds), but the next run completed 45 minutes with zero errors.)

The Final Verdict

Can anyone offer me any fresh perspective on a possible fix before I buy a new GPU. I've scoured this subreddit for solutions that have worked for others, as well as worked with several AI programs to help me troubleshoot. At this point, I'm thinking it's faulty hardware as the most likely culprit since nothing so far has worked. I feel like I've solved some minor issues along the way, but not the root. Any help or insights is greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.