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I can't help but feel a little anxiety and worried about problematic drivers even before I bought this GPU for my new build.

My last experience with an AMD GPU was a very long time ago and all as I remember is what a PITA it was.  

I have since been using NVIDIA GPU's and my trusty 780 GTX has never given me any issues to this day.

Should I be worried at all or has AMD cleaned up their act?  

 

I keep thinking about trying to buy or trade for a 3080ti or a 3090 instead.  

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They've very much "cleaned up their act" - the Radeon drivers are fantastic.

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1 minute ago, King_PIN said:

I can't help but feel a little anxiety and worried about problematic drivers even before I bought this GPU for my new build.

My last experience with an AMD GPU was a very long time ago and all as I remember is what a PITA it was.  

I have since been using NVIDIA GPU's and my trusty 780 GTX has never given me any issues to this day.

Should I be worried at all or has AMD cleaned up their act?  

 

I keep thinking about trying to buy or trade for a 3080ti or a 3090 instead.  

Fears based on past experiences are founded, to a degree... but if you want the experience with a newer card to be problematic - without taking a neutral approach - it may well end up that way through no fault of the hardware.

If your gut tells you to not buy an AMD graphics card, then buying one anyway could be - to most people, unnecessarily - a less than enjoyable experience.

 

Use the latest drivers, do a full 'Safe Mode' DDU of any existing drivers & see how it goes at stock settings, first.

If an nVidia card is unlikely to be easy to get hold of, in the near future where you are, it may be that you'll have to stick with the 6900XT for a while.

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I had the same sentiments that you had from going from a RTX 2080 to a RX 6900XT with driver instability. To be honest, after doing the [Clean install and reboot] option of DDU, installing Radeon drivers and unchecking the option to install recommended and optional drivers (just choose recommended only), they're great! I have yet to encounter an issue, other than if you have recommended and optional drivers, may result in instability. 

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When I first set up my 6900 XT (Asrock reference), I did have a fair bit of crashing, as I had downloaded the "optional" version of the driver. I was unaware that there was also a "Recommended" version, which I promptly switched to.

 

Ever since, I've yet to have any driver issues whatsoever, even after doing a CPU / Motherboard swap.

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