5700xt Should it stay or should it go

[Durmij]

I completed the following build late July.

Board: ROG Strix x570-E Gaming
CPU: Ryzen 7 3700X
Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 612
Memory: G Skill X Flare DDR4 3200 CL 14 (2x8)
Storage: Samsung 970 EVO  NVMe (2x500gb in raid 0)

Video Card: 5700xt Reference

Case: Corsair Obsidian Airflow 750D
Power Supply: EVGA 850 G2 80+

The memory is just holder over memory until I expand to 32 gbs at 3600. Everything has been fine, except for the video card. The card is a little hot and noisy, but manageable.  However, at stock settings, it crashes at least once a day, not even pushed to it's limit. Seems to be a random occurrence, maybe tied to up-time, as it doesn't occur when bench-marking. Blue screens and green screens, with multiple stop codes identifying the drivers as the issue. Even when it's not crashing, entering a full-screen program causes either horrific static or a terrifying 5 seconds of blank screen. The card can't handle even the simplest of over-clocks. Dropping 50 mVs without increasing clock speed causes a crash and reversion to stock settings. I can get the video card clock speed up to 2100 boost, as long as the cooler is running at a speed that makes the noise unbearable. Wattman freezes after a couple of adjustments, so I'm constantly killing it in task manager and reloading profiles.

So my question for the forum is this. People with experience with AMD, will the drivers eventually solve these issues, or do I need to replace the card? Will replacing it with a 5700xt with an adequate cooler solve my stability problems, or am I SOL with the drivers interacting with my machine? My primary workloads are Unity and Visual Studio, with some Photoshop and Premiere as a hobbyist. I don't need 4k gaming, I mostly play 4X games and 2.5k at 60FPS is enough. I'm an AMD stan, but am I better off just selling the card and going Nvidia? 

Thank you for your time and patience. This is only my second build and I'm still a little noobish.

[Constantin]

8 minutes ago, Durmij said:

Storage: Samsung 970 EVO  NVMe (2x500gb in raid 0)

Did you really Raid 0 on 2 Nvme.....

Those drives are so you wont even notice the difference!!

[Durmij]

1 minute ago, Constantin said:

Did you really Raid 0 on 2 Nvme.....

Those drives are so you wont even notice the difference!!

I did lol. It was a bit of a pain to setup as well. Guess I should have researched it a little more.

[GrockleTD]

I would suggest returning this possibly faulty card and getting an aftermarket version

[Epimetheus]

I doubt it's a driver problem since many people use them with no problems, but i suppose that early models have an higher chance of failing

[hollyh88]

54 minutes ago, Durmij said:

I completed the following build late July.

Board: ROG Strix x570-E Gaming
CPU: Ryzen 7 3700X
Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 612
Memory: G Skill X Flare DDR4 3200 CL 14 (2x8)
Storage: Samsung 970 EVO  NVMe (2x500gb in raid 0)

Video Card: 5700xt Reference

Case: Corsair Obsidian Airflow 750D
Power Supply: EVGA 850 G2 80+

The memory is just holder over memory until I expand to 32 gbs at 3600. Everything has been fine, except for the video card. The card is a little hot and noisy, but manageable.  However, at stock settings, it crashes at least once a day, not even pushed to it's limit. Seems to be a random occurrence, maybe tied to up-time, as it doesn't occur when bench-marking. Blue screens and green screens, with multiple stop codes identifying the drivers as the issue. Even when it's not crashing, entering a full-screen program causes either horrific static or a terrifying 5 seconds of blank screen. The card can't handle even the simplest of over-clocks. Dropping 50 mVs without increasing clock speed causes a crash and reversion to stock settings. I can get the video card clock speed up to 2100 boost, as long as the cooler is running at a speed that makes the noise unbearable. Wattman freezes after a couple of adjustments, so I'm constantly killing it in task manager and reloading profiles.

So my question for the forum is this. People with experience with AMD, will the drivers eventually solve these issues, or do I need to replace the card? Will replacing it with a 5700xt with an adequate cooler solve my stability problems, or am I SOL with the drivers interacting with my machine? My primary workloads are Unity and Visual Studio, with some Photoshop and Premiere as a hobbyist. I don't need 4k gaming, I mostly play 4X games and 2.5k at 60FPS is enough. I'm an AMD stan, but am I better off just selling the card and going Nvidia? 

Thank you for your time and patience. This is only my second build and I'm still a little noobish.

sounds like a gpu issue. if you can return it get your money back. spend 20 orso more and get an aftermarket 5700xt