AMD RX 7000 series GPU Owners' Club

[3x0]

Play any games for more than 1 hour?
See anything weird there? Anything flickering or flash?

In the beginning, when I got the card, at stock settings there were no issues in games. The only "problem" was the Kombustor test. After several months and driver updates, second monitor flickers slightly sometimes if I scroll web pages on the primary monitor (like eBay for example, not all pages cause issues), but only if the secondary monitor is set to 144Hz which allows the VRAM to downclock. If I set the secondary monitor to 240Hz and the VRAM clock is at max, there are no flickering issues.

In addition to that issue, since several drivers ago, BF2042 will randomly crash after 30+ hours of playing but under specific circumstances: the last 4 crashes were on Orbital map when I scope in with a sniper. I'm troubleshooting that issue now, but I started to wonder if the Kombustor thing is somehow connected to all of this.

The issues I listed are such specific problems that I'm starting to question every little thing, but what I suspect most is the drivers.

That 2425MHz is the default VRAM speed?

Yes

 

[3x0]

After several months and driver updates, second monitor flickers slightly sometimes if I scroll web pages on the primary monitor (like eBay for example, not all pages cause issues), but only if the secondary monitor is set to 144Hz which allows the VRAM to downclock. If I set the secondary monitor to 240Hz and the VRAM clock is at max, there are no flickering issues.

In addition to that issue, since several drivers ago, BF2042 will randomly crash after 30+ hours of playing but under specific circumstances: the last 4 crashes were on Orbital map when I scope in with a sniper. I'm troubleshooting that issue now, but I started to wonder if the Kombustor thing is somehow connected to all of this

Seems like the HDMI port on the monitor is the issue. I tried switching cables with no success, but changing to the other HDMI port seems to have fixed the issue so far. Really weird that 144Hz was the issue and not 240Hz.

BF2042 got an update recently so I'll monitor for crashes. I've played for a few days before the update on older drivers with no crashes, now I've reverted back to the latest drivers and will monitor the situation.

Still would like someone to run the Kombustor (GL) msi-01 test with Artifact Scanner setting enabled for a few hours to confirm.

 

[Octopuss]

Would anyone know what thermal pad thickness (basically everything but the GPU) do I want for Saphhire 7900 XTX Nitro (the behemoth card)?

 

[Todestrieb]

Would anyone know what thermal pad thickness (basically everything but the GPU) do I want for Saphhire 7900 XTX Nitro (the behemoth card)?

There's not much info out there. The best one I can find is from this Chinese video. The card in the video has been tempered by user with 1mm pads on VRAM and has hotspot issues. The host guesses that the stock thermal pads for the VRAM and VRM are 0.75mm and 1mm respectively. He uses new 1mm pads on VRAM and hotspot issue persists. He thinks the hotspot issue is because the backplate isn't doing its job.

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[Contra]

Would anyone know what thermal pad thickness (basically everything but the GPU) do I want for Saphhire 7900 XTX Nitro (the behemoth card)?

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Post in thread 'Sapphire Radeon RX 7900 XTX Nitro+'

Aug 17, 2023

No sir.

They traditionally don't squish well enough and 0.5/1.0 mm should be bought, it's likely 0.5 though.

But too thick has caused a few people issues they came here for because 8 memory pads and 4/12 Vram pads can lift the Heatsink off your GPU.

I've done this fitting a water block wrong and advised to repair this issue three times for others.

Just had confirmation that they are 1.2MM from a user who took his apart and measured.

• the_gas

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[eyenix]

Hey guys, I have a 7900XTX and I love it! I saw a HardwareUnboxed video yesterday where the new drivers for the 9070XT improved performance by about 9%. Did the 7900XTX get the same improvement? Or something similar?

 

[blinnbanir]

Hey guys, I have a 7900XTX and I love it! I saw a HardwareUnboxed video yesterday where the new drivers for the 9070XT improved performance by about 9%. Did the 7900XTX get the same improvement? Or something similar?

The truth is that AMD drivers are generally universal so updates in raster performance does usually translate across the stack. There will be refinements in RDNA4 that RDNA3 will not get though.

 

[Octopuss]

T

Post in thread 'Sapphire Radeon RX 7900 XTX Nitro+'

Aug 17, 2023

No sir.

They traditionally don't squish well enough and 0.5/1.0 mm should be bought, it's likely 0.5 though.

But too thick has caused a few people issues they came here for because 8 memory pads and 4/12 Vram pads can lift the Heatsink off your GPU.

I've done this fitting a water block wrong and advised to repair this issue three times for others.

Just had confirmation that they are 1.2MM from a user who took his apart and measured.

• the_gas

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So 0,5, 1 or 1,2?

I am almost decided to buy 1,5mm after spending half a day on Google. The search results are a totally mixed bag.
I'll likely grab something from Arctic or Thermal Grizzly as that's what they have in stock locally.

 

[leonavis]

So 0,5, 1 or 1,2?

I am almost decided to buy 1,5mm after spending half a day on Google. The search results are a totally mixed bag.
I'll likely grab something from Arctic or Thermal Grizzly as that's what they have in stock locally.

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You could go putty if you're not sure.

Igor has a full database of tested putties. But many are not available to buy.

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[Octopuss]

Nah, putty is too expensive. I thought about it though. But my card doesn't really need it.

 

[AlienIsGOD]

Cpl month check in, I absolutely love my 7700 XT It does great in the games I play at 1440p @ 165hz and freesync premium.

 

[eyenix]

My localAI, productivity and gaming companion
Awesome performance for now 10/10

 

[AlienIsGOD]

so um......

i just HAAAAAD to replace the 1650 4GB in the secondary rig and facebook MP was asking astronomical prices for used gfx....ie 3060 12gb for $300-380 CAD. i dont have that kind of cash at once, so i just did affirm on amazon and ended up with a shiny 7600 8GB pulse

 

[AlienIsGOD]

Could someone advise the best way to go from Nvidia drivers and card to amd drivers and card. I've not done this in over a decade

 

[eyenix]

Could someone advise the best way to go from Nvidia drivers and card to amd drivers and card. I've not done this in over a decade

I suggest you do a fresh install of Windows.
Or if you really don't want or can't, first try with DDU and then delete all the shaders of the games you're going to play

 

[remekra]

Could someone advise the best way to go from Nvidia drivers and card to amd drivers and card. I've not done this in over a decade

When I went from 7900XTX to 5080 I did do a fresh Windows install. But tbh for the last 2 months I have been sending my 5080 to warranty service 3 times and using 7800X3D built in GPU while it was away and using AMD drivers and then when 5080 came back I just did a DDU everytime and didn't have any issues. So if you don't want to reinstall Windows, just try DDU and if something wonky will happen only then do a fresh install.

 

[blinnbanir]

Could someone advise the best way to go from Nvidia drivers and card to amd drivers and card. I've not done this in over a decade

A fresh install is the best way. I would also format the drive to remove everything as long as you only have your OS on that drive you won't lose any Game data with the exception of saves.

 

[Athlonite]

Could someone advise the best way to go from Nvidia drivers and card to amd drivers and card. I've not done this in over a decade

Just use DDU (Display Driver Uninstaller) there's no need to do a reinstall of windows that's just more hassle than is needed

A fresh install is the best way. I would also format the drive to remove everything as long as you only have your OS on that drive you won't lose any Game data with the exception of saves.

If you don't know what your talking about please don't post advice
the only thing @AlienIsGOD needs to use is DDU and that's it

 

[blinnbanir]

Just use DDU (Display Driver Uninstaller) there's no need to do a reinstall of windows that's just more hassle than is needed


If you don't know what your talking about please don't post advice
the only thing @AlienIsGOD needs to use is DDU and that's it

Ok but what it wrong with what I am saying? DDU is great but a fresh install is also good. There is nothing wrong with that just because you don;t think it is. With modern PCs reinstalling Windows is like 15 minutes.

 

[Athlonite]

Ok but what it wrong with what I am saying? DDU is great but a fresh install is also good. There is nothing wrong with that just because you don;t think it is. With modern PCs reinstalling Windows is like 15 minutes.

Unless his OS is totally borked there's no reason to reinstall and so what if widows only takes 15mins to install you fail to take into account what other drivers and programs he might also need to install not to mention the 10~50 updates (depending on install media age) that windows will want to install 2~3 hours of faffing around for something that only needs 5~8mins to run and then a simple driver install after that to complete what is needed to go from nVidia to AMD.
So a Fresh install is not the way to go in this case is it

 

[AlienIsGOD]

Just use DDU (Display Driver Uninstaller) there's no need to do a reinstall of windows that's just more hassle than is needed


If you don't know what your talking about please don't post advice
the only thing @AlienIsGOD needs to use is DDU and that's it

Thanks bro it's out for delivery today and I'm already looking at prime day deals on a 600-650w PSU. Found a Tt 600w 80+ gold for $64 and will try and get it Thursday or Friday. 600w should suffice with the components I have, the 3500 being 65w cpu makes things easier too

 

[AVATARAT]

Sometimes DDU can't help as there may be other issues that will affect GPU performance/stability. So yes it depends, but sometimes a new install is faster.

 

[blinnbanir]

Unless his OS is totally borked there's no reason to reinstall and so what if widows only takes 15mins to install you fail to take into account what other drivers and programs he might also need to install not to mention the 10~50 updates (depending on install media age) that windows will want to install 2~3 hours of faffing around for something that only needs 5~8mins to run and then a simple driver install after that to complete what is needed to go from nVidia to AMD.
So a Fresh install is not the way to go in this case is it

Yes if your copy of Windows is from a USB drive. Keep in mind that Windows also likes to apply it own GPU drivers as well.

 

[AlienIsGOD]

Ok but what it wrong with what I am saying? DDU is great but a fresh install is also good. There is nothing wrong with that just because you don;t think it is. With modern PCs reinstalling Windows is like 15 minutes.

ya im not doing that and re installing apps all day lol

 

[blinnbanir]

ya im not doing that and re installing apps all day lol

This is where the PC becomes personal. My main PC is for Gaming and I have other Drives in my system. The C drive basically only has Windows on it. Reinstalling Steam and other programs can be mitigated by moving the downloads to a USB drive. I like doing it because it is part of the PC experience for me. It does not take all day either. With NVME much less SSD loading programs is not really an issue nor is moving large files around. There are caveats that do make DDU better. A great example is Epic. That is probably why I have not downloaded an Epic Game in years. Another example would be speed as well. As I established before though there is nothing wrong with either when it comes to changing GPU brand in your PC.