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Fugaroo
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Hi all,

 

Recently bought a 7900xtx. So far the card is great! But the drivers and compatibilty are not so good. First game my friends all wanna play is helldivers 2. Newest game and I am already dealing with crashes and such. Searched reddit for fixes and it's kinda up in the air.

 

I have 2 days to return to amazon if i wish. Some people say return it and get a 4080 super instead. While I could afford it, i hate giving up on a brand due to driver issues. So is it normal for GPU's to have driver issues? Or is this more just a AMD live with it kinda thing?

 

Thank you for your time.

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Patch notes from newest driver:

 

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So to avoid 100% GPU util, it's best to use some sort of an FPS cap.

 

 

Yes, it's normal for drivers to have issues, NVIDIA has them too... people just don't scream about them as much for some reason.

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3 minutes ago, WereCat said:

So to avoid 100% GPU util, it's best to use some sort of an FPS cap.

some people used reducing voltage to 90% to fix the issue

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1 minute ago, podkall said:

some people used reducing voltage to 90% to fix the issue

Not sure how that would help. It will just make the clocks not drop as much when bouncing off of power limit but the card will still be able to be fully utilized. On top of that reducing voltage may introduce more instability. I think FPS cap is the easiest solution since the capability is also built into the AMD Adrenaline software.

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54 minutes ago, podkall said:

some people used reducing voltage to 90% to fix the issue

Power limit seems like it'd be more effective than voltage

 

40 minutes ago, Fugaroo said:

I guess I will stick with AMD then. Hopefully it gets fixed at some point. So far i have 45min in and all good though on latest patch, but i'll see on a longer session.

AMD cards still have the occasional driver problem like this that Nvidia cards don't suffer from nearly as frequently. However, they almost always get smoothed out within a few days.

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I love the card, just haven't had to trouble shoot in a few years. My card i replaced was a 1080ti. No issues, it just couldn't keep up with my performance when i went 1440p. But it is like every piece of hardware. Something can give you issues and work arounds for them come up.

 

Thanks for all the replies!

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14 hours ago, WereCat said:

Not sure how that would help. It will just make the clocks not drop as much when bouncing off of power limit but the card will still be able to be fully utilized. On top of that reducing voltage may introduce more instability. I think FPS cap is the easiest solution since the capability is also built into the AMD Adrenaline

software.

what instability, power limit doesn't remove utilization 100% but it does remove max power draw at 100% utilization, which is what can sometimes make the cards crash for some reason

13 hours ago, da na said:

Power limit seems like it'd be more effective than voltage

I meant power limit, since power limit also limits the voltage

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PC configs I used before:

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  2. Ryzen 3 1200 3,5Ghz / OC:4Ghz | 8GB DDR4 2133Mhz / 16GB 3200Mhz | B450 | GTX 1050
  3. Ryzen 3 1200 3,5Ghz | 16GB 3200Mhz | B450 | GTX 1080 ti
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