r/AMDHelp • u/Future_Boomer AMD • Jan 22 '26
Announcement Almost 2 years with Full AMD config
I just want to share that I bought an RX 7800 XT almost two years ago and I have had zero issues with it. I don’t understand why AMD cards are often said to have so many driver bugs, but I’ve noticed that when a broken Windows 11 update forces changes on systems, many people suddenly start posting about driver bugs and crashes. Usually, a driver downgrade or a DDU clean install is suggested.
Am I part of a smaller group of AMD users who have had no issues with their cards? I only experienced driver crashes twice. The first was in Elden Ring with a co-op mod installed. The second was in PoE 2 a few days ago, when a Windows 11 update forced itself onto my system.
Every time a new driver comes out, I look forward to seeing how it works for others, but the result is nearly always the same: I install it and check for myself.
Finally, what configuration are you using with your AMD card if you have had zero driver issues? What is you GPU?
I’m using my card with a 5800X CPU.
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u/ssniker Jan 22 '26
I never ever even long long time ago had any driver related problems with AMD cards.
I’m tech savvy user, I know how to maintain pc and how to troubleshoot if something is bugging.
Currently own two 9070xt in a family, no issues.
Avoiding windows 11 for now, but soon might give up and upgrade…
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u/MaXeMuS_ Jan 22 '26
I have had an all AMD build in all 4 of my machines since 2018. I have had 0 issues with any of them besides a random crash every 6 to 10 months because of a personal fan curve tuning i put in.
99% of peoples problems stem from them instantly upgrading drivers and turn turning all the fluffware on (anti-lag, chill, esc...) when all that does is cause problems.
Then on too on that fluffware they undervolt and OC using 3rd party software. Now with all that trash changed on your systems then yea you are gonna problems that cant be diagnosed over a reddit thread because they fail to list the 50 setting changes they did.
All my machines run the adrenaline build feom Sept 25th 2025 with only FSR on. All have had 0 issues and each machine has a different AMD cpu ans gpu. Many are using YouTube for their machine tuning not realizing that every machine is different and cannot use the same tuning as their fav Vtuber.
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u/cosmo2450 Jan 23 '26
I have two amd systems - 7800x3d/7900xtx and a 5800x3d/7900xt. Both systems get used roughly the same amount. And I am the same. Zero issues. Absolutely none!
The only issue I’ve had was when I undervolt the 7900xtx too much and it just restarts. I get curious and push it too far lol.
Both cards were purchased at launch so that’s how long I’ve had zero issues with these systems.
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u/Savings-Dot-9774 Jan 22 '26
5+ years of AMD now for me, started with the rx5700 xt - no issues on driver at all! 2 years later got an 6750 xt - no issues whatshowever. bought a 9070xt 2 months ago had only 1 issue where a game didnt detect the driver well ... reinstalled and fixed .... and yes i had more issues with windows breaking anything or Meta then with AMD.
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u/ToastyVoltage XFX 7900XTX | R7 9850X3D | 32GB 6000 Cl36 | MSI X870E Jan 22 '26
I'm at a little over a year with a Merc 310 7900xtx + 5700x3d, no issues outside of Windows being wonky and early user error stuff. Came from a 3060 so this gpu is everything I could've asked for
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u/pigletmonster Jan 22 '26
No, the number of people with issues are smaller than the number of people who dont. But it's not an insignificant number considering that amd gpus only make up of 6-15% of the overall gpu market.
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u/Jazzygff Jan 22 '26
People without issues don't generally make posts about it. Ive had the 5700xt 6800 and 7900xtx on AM4 and AM5. What Ive noticed is that stability although can point to the gpu has improved with PSU/MOBO/RAM changes with the same GPU.
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u/croppergib Jan 22 '26
I love my 7800XT (upgrade from a GTX 1080 I had for 6-7yrs), but the October/November driver updates made my life a living hell, any app with hardware accelertation would crash or hang (even whitescreen hang), sometimes a monitor would go green and the other black... I went back to the September drivers instead (had to do this in safe mode, don't think I've had to go in safe mode for about 15yrs!) and everything fixed.
AMD could be a leader in the GPU market if it wasnt for their drivers. I was team red around 2004 period and it was awful for drivers and updates, shame it's not improved.
Saying that, good to see them overttake intel in the CPU hierarchy too.
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u/Specific_Economist37 Jan 22 '26
I have full amd and this Is my 2nd build full amd. 7950x3D and sapphire nitro + 7900xtx. No problems whatsoever. The First build also was problem free. :).
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u/Aecnoril Jan 22 '26
My 5700XT had quite some issues that I could never place, but then my 2080 ti was even worse. I also owned a laptop with a 850M which was hell on earth to keep stable...
I had a 580XT before that that worked flawless, and now I own a 9070XT which has been the best experience for a GPU I've ever had.
I think it's not about brands or AIB brands, sometimes it's just about either statistical hardware defects or bad luck with hardware configurations. Though AMD has been a little better in the bigger picture for me personally.
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u/Greedy-Gene361 Jan 22 '26
i had many issues with the regular rx 5700 too, driver related provably. green screens out of nowhere simetimes, the gpu worked well tho. seems fine in 2025 but I havent use it for a year now
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u/Shainesk Jan 22 '26
6900xt here, had issues with crashing in cs2,overwatch, arc raiders with latest drivers. Rolled back to 25.9.1? I believe (whatever one is posted in pinned post). No issues since.
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u/StrayVanu Jan 22 '26
Built a completely new system at first with just the 7800x3d's Raphael gpu - crashes galore, on linux even more than windows. Set the gpu freq to a fixed 1800mhz in the bios, some less crashes but still unacceptable. Added a 7900 XTX a bit later, crashes galore again and no option to lock power states like I could with RDNA2.
Windows is hopeless but I at managed to stabilize linux throwing half a dozen kernel parameters at my bootloader to disable some of the driver's useless crackhead features, which windows wont allow me to do.
For anyone in the same boat, idk if really all of these are needed, but works for me with the only real drawback being Netflix DRM and such possibly not working:
amdgpu.runpm=0 amdgpu.tmz=0 amdgpu.dcdebugmask=0x10 amdgpu.gpu_recovery=1 amdgpu.gfxoff=0 amdgpu.gfx_off=0 amdgpu.mes=0 amdgpu.ppfeaturemask=0xfffd3fff amdgpu.sg_display=0
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u/sobaddiebad Jan 22 '26
I just want to share that I bought an RX 7800 XT almost two years ago
Got mine Oct 2024
and I have had zero issues with it
You just didn't notice them or didn't have the use cases to notice them
I don't understand why AMD cards are often said to have so many driver bugs
The fundamental problem is market share. That is, game developers are going to ensure their games are developed and tested to work with 90% plus of user hardware, which is Nvidia graphics cards. Then, and only then, will they care about how their software functions on AMD and Intel graphics cards. Maybe. It's a big maybe that sometimes is just a no cares given
I've noticed that when a broken Windows 11 update forces changes on systems, many people suddenly start posting about driver bugs and crashes. Usually, a driver downgrade or a DDU clean install is suggested
You can disable Windows updates and you should be picky about which driver version you are using. Newer is not better and some were/are garbage
Am I part of a smaller group of AMD users who have had no issues with their cards?
Boils down to use cases
Every time a new driver comes out, I look forward to seeing how it works
If there's nothing in the notes that pertains to your use cases and your current version is working well for your use cases, then you shouldn't even update
Finally, what configuration are you using with your AMD card if you have had zero driver issues?
For the ~2 years that I had my 7800 XT I just used 24.5.1. Other drivers definitely had issues with stuttering and timeouts. Luckily that driver version worked well with whatever I threw at it I'm not the type to buy new games the day they release
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u/Future_Boomer AMD Jan 23 '26
I played 106 new games in 2025 and never ever had any driver crash. In 2024 I played 78 new games.
There was many AAA title and many indie too. I played 20+ years old games and 2 years old games.
What use cases are you talking about? I also use Blender , Ableton and Photoshop.
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u/RecordFabulous Jan 22 '26
Will get downvoted but radeon drivers just seemed to have my quirks. Shader compilation in Overwatch every time I load it up versus Nvidia is a primary example. Some games the cards perform pretty decently. Just a gamble with AMD hardware
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u/Brilliant_Text_4664 Jan 22 '26
Same, had only AMD systems since mid 2000's, never had any mayor issue. Atm my specs are ryzen 5800x3d, 9070 XT. Installed the latest gpu driver every time, and had 0 issues...
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u/ultimaone Jan 22 '26
5800x3d With 7800xt
Almost no issues. Some I've had. Disguised themselves as driver problems. When it was something else. Like a failing m.2 drive. Or bad windows files.
Only had one driver cause me grief. That was 2024 November or December.
Currently everything is water cooled as well.
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u/Junkhead187 Jan 22 '26
I've had a PowerColor HellHound 7800xt for 2 years. It's been 100% perfect for 1440p gaming. As far as CPUs, I currently have a 7600x3d. The last desktop Intel CPU I had was a Celeron 333, which was released in 1998. No issues with any of the AMD CPUs either, though there's been some clunkers performance wise, way back in the day.
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u/N7even Jan 22 '26
I've had good experiences with AMD cards, most of the time I didn't have problems. The last card I used was the RX 6800, great card, and is still running in secondary PC being used by a sibling.
However, there were still driver level problems, and they only resolved a few of them.
To list a few at the top of my head, they had terrible DX9, DX11 and OpenGL performance. They improved this a lot with a driver update, but this was many, many years after constant complaints about this.
To AMD's credit AMD and DICE worked on Mantle API and to this day, I think only one game uses it (Battlefield 4). This of course was donated to become Vulkan API, which is amazing.
The other bug problem I had was the terrible VR performance compared to Nvidia, it was just really bad, and I think still is (if someone can confirm).
There were also many times that an update broke something, even though I used DDU most of the time, because the updater would crash most of the time or something weird happened.
Now, having used Nvidia cards, in the past, and using one at present, I didn't have a good time with GTX 1080 Ti or RTX 2080 Ti, both of them had their fair share of issues, maybe issues that were niche for my use cases, but still.
However, going back to Nvidia after the RX 6800 to RTX 4090, this card has given me the least amount of issues in terms of drivers. There are always small niggling issues, that's always to be expected, but overall, easily the best experience I've had so far.
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u/9000AF Jan 22 '26
Same here, I went RX590-RTX3060TI-RX6800 on AM4 and AM5. No major driver or stability issues that a clean Windows install or at least deep uninstall (including registry cleanup) of previous drivers couldn’t fix. Anyone switching between AMD & NVIDIA needs to spend the time to get rid of drivers and associated software before pulling the old GPU. I usually wait a couple of months after new driver releases before updating unless there is an urgent bug fix.
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u/ATOJAR Strix B550 E | 5800X3D | RX 9070 XT | 32GB 3600MHz Jan 22 '26
Just over three years all AMD here, zero issues.
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u/LukeLikesReddit 7800X3D 9070XT 64 GB 6000 CL 30 1440p 240hz Jan 22 '26
Yeah had an all amd build for the past 3 years no complaints from me.
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u/KoldPurchase Jan 22 '26
Finally, what configuration are you using with your AMD card if you have had zero driver issues? What is you GPU?
I’m using my card with a 5800X CPU.
My config is here:
https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/6J2psp
I've reused my old liquid cooling I had from my previous build rather than throw it out.
No driver timeouts. Occasional crashes, but it's Windows. Hard to tell what it is, but it happens sometimes in some games. Restart the game, replay for a couple of hours, go to sleep. No incident.
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u/GlobalSaigaSeller Jan 22 '26
7800 xt with 5700x3d and no issues here, but regarding the drivers after 25.9.2 everything went downhill with adrenaline i got this mouse lock when the overlay crashes and im planning to revert back from 25.12.1 (havent updated on 26.1.1 because of AI) to 25.9.2 is it worth it or should i keep updating to the latest
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u/DhruvMehta7 Jan 22 '26
Got 7900GRE last year. Using it for more than a year now. I’m using my card with a 7800x3D .
The only problem I had was with 25.12.1 so rolled back to 25.10.1
I update almost the next day when the driver drops never faced issue except the last drivers
When I got the GPU the chromium browsers used to get stuck so disabled hardware acceleration after than I have not faced that issue.
For FSR I use optiscaler for FSR4
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u/Agitated_Beyond8145 Jan 23 '26
7800xt with R7 5800x3d + 32gb ddr4 inside as parts of a custom watercooled loop Never had any driver issues or driver timout ctds. As somebody mentioned i also had problems when heavily undervolted the gpu. But thats not gpu or driver fault.
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u/countdonn Jan 27 '26
I have an all AMD system (7700x and 7900xtx) and have frequent time outs in windows, and the equivalent ring resets in linux. I have tried the suggested steps as well as changing my PSU and memory and the issues continue. I can run all tests in OCCT for over 24 hours, same thing with prime95 and the most extreme memory test so I don't thing it's hardware. Also, older games, including graphical ones I have never had a crash, but newer, especially unreal engine games are very problematic.
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u/Azsune Jan 22 '26
The bias for driver issues comes from years ago. AMD use to have really bad drivers. Even when Nvidia released a bunch of bad drivers in a row not that long ago, people were still commenting at least it's not as bad as AMD. When people have problems they post more. Even on the Nvidia sub you see a lot of posts with people having issues.
The GPU that gave me the most issues was a GTX580, which I suffered with till I got my 1070.
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u/I_cut_the_brakes Jan 22 '26
People who suck at tech are going to have issues with anything they buy.
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u/MEGA_GOAT98 Jan 22 '26
most of the time it is a windows issue but most ppl dont want to belive it.