To be honest, I only get the driver crash at the absolute worst times now. After I did the switch to AMD from Intel and Nvidia, I did do a fresh windows install and have only had to reinstall the AMD graphics drivers about 4 times in the last couple of months. (While true, the last paragraph is not as bad as it sounds. Annoying, yes. End of the world, no.)

There is a pattern to the madness though. If I go from gaming to other GPU intensive apps used across different screens, it's probably going to hang the driver. Not fatally, but I reboot anyway when it happens.

AMD is on the right track though. I think I have been through three different GPU drivers versions since I built the system and it is slowly getting better. I get a driver crash about once a week instead of once a day now.

[–] xerazal@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's possible your gpu voltages are too high, aka unstable, even at stock. I was having similar problems with the 6800xt, although they were rare. Undervolted it with MorePowerTool, and haven't had any issues since.

[–] remotelove@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I have been thinking about that, actually. Adrenaline does have an undervolt option, so I'll give that a go first. If that doesn't work, I'll absolutely try More PowerTool.

TBH, higher voltages and clocks with the 7900XTX are only good for benchmarks and real world performance gains are not that noticable. (I could only get between 100-200 point gains on Kombustor) Undervolting is probably going to be good for the longevity of the card anyway.

[–] HerrBeter@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I've never had amd drivers crash during normal usage, 6700xt water block. Microsoft sleep mode wrecks my pc and makes it instantly crash though.

[–] remotelove@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago

Sleep mode is rough, for sure. It's also one of the reasons why I did a completely fresh installation of Windows. (Sleep mode was suicide.) Also, I had heard an obscure rumor that AMD chipset drivers could be picky for old windows installations. (Like, not enabling the 3D cache on the CPU kind of picky.)

But yeah, you aren't alone with the sleep mode woes.

[–] bassomitron@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Four times in 2 months? Hangs every time when switching from gaming to other GPU centric apps? Jeezuz, how are people finding that acceptable? You're paying premium money for these products, demand better from these fucks. And the comment below you isn't any better, crashing any time when waking from sleep mode is craziness.

Stop making excuses for AMD. They're just another soulless corporation like any other, including Nvidia's greedy asses.

[–] remotelove@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah, the GPU drivers haven't been stable. Hell, one time they just stopped working completely and failed to recognize the card. Wut?

I mainly bounce between Diablo IV, War Thunder, Fusion360, PrusaSlicer and sometimes Blender. It doesn't always hang, but when it does, it's because I have been moving the apps back and forth between monitors. Multi-monitor support is buggy and that is absolutely a combination of the GPU drivers and the apps.

Yeah, I paid some coin, that is for sure. It is frustrating in that regard but I knew what I was getting into with AMD drivers. The first few generations of drivers are almost always garbage with new cards and they are showing improvements over the last few iterations of drivers.

Also, yes. I am tempted to give my 7900XTX to my daughter when the NVIDIA 5000 series drops. For now, I am just tolerating the issues. (I rarely had an issue with my 3070.)

No excuses here! The CPU is gold but the GPU drivers are shite. I am an extremely patient person though, so that helps.

[–] bassomitron@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I commend you on your zen master level of patience, haha. I'm only patient up to a degree and then it all goes out the window, heh.

I'm guessing you have the hotkey combination for rebooting the graphics drivers without having to reboot your PC? When I had a 5700 XT, that hotkey combo was a lifesaver (drivers on that would constantly hang for me as well).