ASUS Dual RX6600 issues with video and constant driver crashes

A Computer Guy · Aug 8, 2022

eidairaman1 said:
https://www.amd.com/en/support/previous-drivers/graphics/amd-radeon-6000-series/amd-radeon-6600-series/amd-radeon-rx-6600-xt

They have kept older drivers on since the days of the Radeon 9700 Pro.

Also if you installed them the installers (each version you had ever installed) may still be on your primary storage for example "c:\amd"

GreiverBlade · Aug 8, 2022

FreedomEclipse said:
I dont understand the call to RMA the card. AMD drivers are just poor.

Ive been on 22.7.1 and had all the crashes, blackscreens and 'driver recoveries' - 22.6.1 has its own issues but is less in your face problematic than 22.7.1.

I updated to 22.7.1 through adrenalin then rolled it back 5mins later when i found HW acceleration with chrome was completely broken and running the mouse cursor over thumbnails on YT would cause everything to lag, freeze up, stutter and blackscreen.

yet i haven't experienced a single issues mentioned and i tried to reproduce them (although my usual browser is Opera GX, which is based of Chromium, i did test it on chrome and others ) but none to avail.
using 22.7.1 also (not only for browsing or watching videos) no lag on running the mouse cursor on thumbnails either

i had way more drivers issues with Nvidia than AMD througout the years ... i get it, it's situational but to me Nvidia driver are poor and ATI/AMDs are good :oops:

(well at least Nvidia drivers are better than Intel ... recently)

either i am extremely lucky or the issue lies elsewhere (although i would recommend to ditch Chrome for something else )

puma99dk| said:
Have anyone tried the modded drivers by Amernime Zone?

Link: https://sourceforge.net/projects/amernimezone/

interesting, that remind me of old days modded drivers :laugh:

might try them just for fun

sepheronx · Aug 8, 2022

FreedomEclipse said:
Not sure... According to reddit, AMD has a habit of pulling the old drivers when newer ones are released. Unfortunately im not able to substantiate this claim as i have been through too much reddit to dig through to find the comment i read. Its 100% on the AMDHelp subreddit somewhere.

Except 22.7.1 are beta drivers as per amd currently and they got 22.5.1 as whql but 22.6.1 are not listed. Which leads me to believe they reverted back to 22.5.1 as 22.6.1 may be problematic as some are saying.

FreedomEclipse · Aug 8, 2022

GreiverBlade said:
yet i haven't experienced a single issues mentioned and i tried to reproduce them (although my usual browser is Opera GX, which is based of Chromium, i did test it on chrome and others ) but none to avail.
using 22.7.1 also (not only for browsing or watching videos) no lag on running the mouse cursor on thumbnails either

i had way more drivers issues with Nvidia than AMD througout the years ... i get it, it's situational but to me Nvidia driver are poor and ATI/AMDs are good (well at least Nvidia drivers are better than Intel ... recently)

either i am extremely lucky or the issue lies elsewhere (although i would recommend to ditch Chrome for something else )

interesting, that remind me of old days modded drivers might try them just for fun

Each to their own i guess. I jumped on the green train when gtx680s came out then jumped off just recently. Went through 3 or 4 different generations of Nvidia cards and never had an issue.

Quite a few complaints about 22.7.1 on the reddit page I linked so it's not really an isolated issue

Shou Miko · Aug 8, 2022

FreedomEclipse said:
Each to their own i guess. I jumped on the green train when gtx680s came out then jumped off just recently. Went through 3 or 4 different generations of Nvidia cards and never had an issue.

Quite a few complaints about 22.7.1 on the reddit page I linked so it's not really an isolated issue

I been jumping around myself, had GTX 970, 1070, 1080Ti. Then sold my GTX 1080 Ti and broght a Sapphire Radeon RX 5700 XT everything went well no issues driver wise on both teams.

Traded my RX 5700 XT to a AMD Radeon RX 6800 Reference still no issue with AMD's drivers.

AMD might not be as fast as Nvidia when it comes to driver update, support and so on but they do a damn good job at least for me I am happy being back on RX 6800 XT even everyone I know expect maybe one is still on RX 5700 XT rest is Nvidia.

GreiverBlade said:
interesting, that remind me of old days modded drivers might try them just for fun

Yeah they bring support to the older AMD cards that can still actually run the features. I don't think AMD hold it back we can see that if FSR but it's more they might be afraid of releasing something that might not fully work even if they write it with big letter "MIGHT NOT WORK" people still would blame them for things that don't work so that's why I think the Amerninezone's drivers are a good alternative.

GreiverBlade · Aug 8, 2022

puma99dk| said:
Yeah they bring support to the older AMD cards that can still actually run the features. I don't think AMD hold it back we can see that if FSR but it's more they might be afraid of releasing something that might not fully work even if they write it with big letter "MIGHT NOT WORK" people still would blame them for things that don't work so that's why I think the Amerninezone's drivers are a good alternative.

tested, no differences (aside a better install frontend :laugh:

) for me at least

FreedomEclipse said:
Each to their own i guess. I jumped on the green train when gtx680s came out then jumped off just recently. Went through 3 or 4 different generations of Nvidia cards and never had an issue.

Quite a few complaints about 22.7.1 on the reddit page I linked so it's not really an isolated issue

yeah, tho i still think the issue are elsewhere ... why for me it is smooth sailing, but not for others ... i am not at the point of saying "it's PEBCAK" tho :laugh:

but what make my configuration not having these issues, even if i reproduce all parameter to provoke it? couldn't it be something else, hardware or software, that does not agree with the whole setup?

my 1070 was running 3 release prior to the latest :laugh:

i guess i was the isolated issue for green team (or was i ... imho "AMD driver BAD!" is overrated since quite long now ... and "Nvidia driver BEST!" either )

Taraquin · Aug 8, 2022

cvaldes said:
I don't know anything about MSI graphics card marketing but yah, the current ASUS Dual RX 6600 is a 2.5 slot card according to ASUS's corporate website. Impressively porcine for a consumer targeted graphics card!

Asus dual has superb cooling vs other budget models. The dual weighs +/- 1000g vs 500-700g on budget options from Palit, MSI etc.

Shou Miko · Aug 9, 2022

GreiverBlade said:
tested, no differences (aside a better install frontend ) for me at least

yeah, tho i still think the issue are elsewhere ... why for me it is smooth sailing, but not for others ... i am not at the point of saying "it's PEBCAK" tho but what make my configuration not having these issues, even if i reproduce all parameter to provoke it? couldn't it be something else, hardware or software, that does not agree with the whole setup?

my 1070 was running 3 release prior to the latest i guess i was the isolated issue for green team (or was i ... imho "AMD driver BAD!" is overrated since quite long now ... and "Nvidia driver BEST!" either )

You have a RX 6000 series card so you do get all the features that are avalible including some DX fixes and so on which ain't avalible for RX 500 series and below but actually do work.

AMD's Noise Suppression do work on various older than RX 6000 series GPU's it's only avalible for them in the Amernime Zone modded drivers but they do state might not work which is fine because that's not lie and that could be what AMD doesn't want blame for even writing might not work and people read as ~~might not~~ work and then they have issues.

AlwaysHope · Aug 9, 2022

I got rid of 22.6.1 drivers cause' taking screenshots in game would result in only 1% of the graphics recovering after it... :mad:

also had an issue that my mouse was frozen on the screen after exiting the game.
Today, tried the 22.7.1 on my RX 6800 XT & working perfectly on all fronts.

hrp32 · Aug 9, 2022

sepheronx said:
every now and then the display is lost then comes back with the error that the drivers crashed (latest drivers). When I am also doing such work, I will be watching youtube on another monitor and it will auto adjust the video quality to the lowest for some reason.

I had the exact same problem, reseating the card and cleaning the slot and card pins did the trick.

A Computer Guy · Aug 9, 2022

hrp32 said:
I had the exact same problem, reseating the card and cleaning the slot and card pins did the trick.

What did you clean the pins with?

sepheronx · Aug 9, 2022

AlwaysHope said:
I got rid of 22.6.1 drivers cause' taking screenshots in game would result in only 1% of the graphics recovering after it... also had an issue that my mouse was frozen on the screen after exiting the game.
Today, tried the 22.7.1 on my RX 6800 XT & working perfectly on all fronts.

Yeah, so far after removing them for 22.7.1 I haven't experienced same issues (yet).

I just think 22.6.1 were botched drivers hence why AMD doesn't have it for download off of their site anymore.

eidairaman1 · Aug 9, 2022

sepheronx said:
Yeah, so far after removing them for 22.7.1 I haven't experienced same issues (yet).

I just think 22.6.1 were botched drivers hence why AMD doesn't have it for download off of their site anymore.

Dude look at my post earlier

ASUS Dual RX6600 issues with video and constant driver crashes

I am at near wits end with this GPU. I will be working on web development and watching youtube and every now and then the display is lost then comes back with the error that the drivers crashed (latest drivers). When I am also doing such work, I will be watching youtube on another monitor and...

www.techpowerup.com

22.6.1 is still available

sepheronx · Aug 10, 2022

eidairaman1 said:
Dude look at my post earlier

ASUS Dual RX6600 issues with video and constant driver crashes

I am at near wits end with this GPU. I will be working on web development and watching youtube and every now and then the display is lost then comes back with the error that the drivers crashed (latest drivers). When I am also doing such work, I will be watching youtube on another monitor and...

www.techpowerup.com

22.6.1 is still available

Maybe if I search harder I will find them but when doing driver selection and recommended for RX 6600, it seems fairly odd that 22.5.1 is recommended (when it initially was 22.6.1 when I first downloaded) and then 22.6.1 not listed.

It isn't like I am lying in what I am saying. But maybe they didn't remove them but I just dont see them and thus I assumed which isn't good but oh well.

Divide Overflow · Aug 10, 2022

sepheronx said:
Maybe if I search harder I will find them but when doing driver selection and recommended for RX 6600, it seems fairly odd that 22.5.1 is recommended (when it initially was 22.6.1 when I first downloaded) and then 22.6.1 not listed.

It isn't like I am lying in what I am saying. But maybe they didn't remove them but I just dont see them and thus I assumed which isn't good but oh well.

Try harder. eidairaman1 even gave you the link.

https://www.amd.com/en/support/previous-drivers/graphics/amd-radeon-6000-series/amd-radeon-6600-series/amd-radeon-rx-6600-xt

sepheronx · Aug 10, 2022

Divide Overflow said:
Try harder. eidairaman1 even gave you the link.

https://www.amd.com/en/support/previous-drivers/graphics/amd-radeon-6000-series/amd-radeon-6600-series/amd-radeon-rx-6600-xt

View attachment 257577

hmm, and if you try RX 6600 non xt? What does it give you then?

I find it interesting cause I am looking at RX 6600 xt and I dont get 22.6.1 listed either

Regardless, seems they are shit drivers and replacing them with the pro seem to have resolved my issue. So the rest of this debate is pointless other than what I am seeing here. Thanks to everyone who suggested the Pro drivers.

eidairaman1 · Aug 10, 2022

sepheronx said:
hmm, and if you try RX 6600 non xt? What does it give you then?

I find it interesting cause I am looking at RX 6600 xt and I dont get 22.6.1 listed either

View attachment 257579

Regardless, seems they are shit drivers and replacing them with the pro seem to have resolved my issue. So the rest of this debate is pointless other than what I am seeing here. Thanks to everyone who suggested the Pro drivers.

Pros are stable release drivers. Also not everyone experiences the same exact problems.

hrp32 · Aug 11, 2022

A Computer Guy said:
What did you clean the pins with?

Contact cleaner spray.

Naki · Aug 13, 2022

Guys, while I am not 100% sure it can help with this particular issue (issues??), please note latest August 2022 NEW drivers are finally out!

I am not one of those lucky/rich enough to own any of those newer AMD Radeon cards, my newest is a RX 480 but you might want to check those out.

(Assuming of course the issue is not listed in the "Issues NOT fixed" i.e. "Known Issues" list of the new drivers version.)

Link:

AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition 22.8.1 Release Notes

https://www.amd.com/en/support/kb/release-notes/rn-rad-win-22-8-1

System Name	Not a thread ripper but pretty good.
Processor	Ryzen 9 5950x
Motherboard	ASRock X570 Taichi (revision 1.06, BIOS/UEFI version P5.50)
Cooling	EK-Quantum Velocity, EK-Quantum Reflection PC-O11, EK-CoolStream PE 360, Alphacool NexXxoS ST25 360
Memory	Micron DDR4-3200 ECC Unbuffered Memory (4 sticks, 128GB, 18ASF4G72AZ-3G2F1)
Video Card(s)	XFX Radeon RX 5700 & EK-Quantum Vector Radeon RX 5700 +XT & Backplate
Storage	Samsung 2TB 980 PRO 2TB Gen4x4 NVMe, Samsung 2TB 970 EVO Plus Gen3x4 NVMe x 2
Display(s)	2 x 4K LG 27UL600-W (and HUANUO Dual Monitor Mount)
Case	Lian Li PC-O11 Dynamic Black (original model)
Power Supply	Corsair RM750x
Mouse	Logitech M575
Keyboard	Corsair Strafe RGB MK.2
Software	Windows 10 Professional (64bit)
Benchmark Scores	Typical for non-overclocked CPU.

System Name	main/SFFHTPCARGH!(tm)/Xiaomi Mi TV Stick/Samsung Galaxy S23/Ally
Processor	Ryzen 7 5800X3D/i7-3770/S905X/Snapdragon 8 Gen 2/Ryzen Z1 Extreme
Motherboard	MSI MAG B550 Tomahawk/HP SFF Q77 Express/uh?/uh?/Asus
Cooling	Enermax ETS-T50 Axe aRGB /basic HP HSF /errr.../oh! liqui..wait, no:sizable vapor chamber/a nice one
Memory	64gb Corsair Vengeance Pro 3600mhz DDR4/8gb DDR3 1600/2gb LPDDR3/8gb LPDDR5x 4200/16gb LPDDR5
Video Card(s)	Hellhound Spectral White RX 7900 XTX 24gb/GT 730/Mali 450MP5/Adreno 740/RDNA3 768 core
Storage	250gb870EVO/500gb860EVO/2tbSandisk/NVMe2tb+1tb/4tbextreme V2/1TB Arion/500gb/8gb/256gb/2tb SN770M
Display(s)	X58222 32" 2880x1620/32"FHDTV/273E3LHSB 27" 1920x1080/6.67"/AMOLED 2X panel FHD+120hz/FHD 120hz
Case	Cougar Panzer Max/Elite 8300 SFF/None/back/back-front Gorilla Glass Victus 2+ UAG Monarch Carbon
Audio Device(s)	Logi Z333/SB Audigy RX/HDMI/HDMI/Dolby Atmos/KZ x HBB PR2/Edifier STAX Spirit S3 & SamsungxAKG beans
Power Supply	Chieftec Proton BDF-1000C /HP 240w/12v 1.5A/4Smart Voltplug PD 30W/Asus USB-C 65W
Mouse	Speedlink Sovos Vertical-Asus ROG Spatha-Logi Ergo M575/Xiaomi XMRM-006/touch/touch
Keyboard	Endorfy Thock 75% <3/none/touch/virtual
VR HMD	Medion Erazer
Software	Win10 64/Win8.1 64/Android TV 8.1/Android 13/Win11 64
Benchmark Scores	bench...mark? i do leave mark on bench sometime, to remember which one is the most comfortable. :o

System Name	PCGR
Processor	12400f
Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX B660-I
Cooling	Stock Intel Cooler
Memory	2x16GB DDR5 5600 Corsair
Video Card(s)	Dell RTX 3080
Storage	1x 512GB Mmoment PCIe 3 NVME 1x 2TB Corsair S70
Display(s)	LG 32" 1440p
Case	Phanteks Evolve itx
Audio Device(s)	Onboard
Power Supply	750W Cooler Master sfx
Software	Windows 11

System Name	Codename: Icarus Mk.VI
Processor	Intel 8600k@Stock -- pending tuning
Motherboard	Asus ROG Strixx Z370-F
Cooling	CPU: BeQuiet! Dark Rock Pro 4 {1xCorsair ML120 Pro\|5xML140 Pro}
Memory	32GB XPG Gammix D10 {2x16GB}
Video Card(s)	ASUS Dual Radeon™ RX 6700 XT OC Edition
Storage	Samsung 970 Evo 512GB SSD (Boot)\|WD SN770 (Gaming)\|2x 3TB Toshiba DT01ACA300\|2x 2TB Crucial BX500
Display(s)	LG GP850-B
Case	Corsair 760T (White)
Audio Device(s)	Yamaha RX-V573\|Speakers: JBL Control One\|Auna 300-CN\|Wharfedale Diamond SW150
Power Supply	Corsair AX760
Mouse	Logitech G900
Keyboard	Duckyshine Dead LED(s) III
Software	Windows 10 Pro
Benchmark Scores	(ノಠ益ಠ)ノ彡┻━┻

System Name	Lynni PS \ Lenowo TwinkPad T480
Processor	AMD Ryzen 7 7700 Raphael \ i7-8550U Kaby Lake-R
Motherboard	ASRock B650M PG Riptide Bios v. 2.02 AMD AGESA 1.1.0.0 \ Lenowo 20L60036MX Bios 1.47
Cooling	Noctua NH-D15 Chromax.Black (Only middle fan) \ Lenowo WN-2
Memory	G.Skill Flare X5 2x16GB DDR5 6000MHZ CL36-36-36-96 AMD EXPO \ Willk Elektronik 2x16GB 2666MHZ CL17
Video Card(s)	Asus GeForce RTX™ 4070 Dual OC GPU: 2325-2355 MEM: 1462\| Nvidia GeForce MX™ 150 2GB GDDR5 Micron
Storage	Gigabyte M30 1TB\|Sabrent Rocket 2TB\| HDD: 10TB\|1TB \ SKHynix 256GB 2242 3x2
Display(s)	LG UltraGear 27GP850-B 1440p@165Hz \| LG 48CX OLED 4K HDR \| AUO 14" 1440p IPS
Case	Asus Prime AP201 White Mesh \| Lenowo T480 chassis
Audio Device(s)	Steelseries Arctis Pro Wireless
Power Supply	Be Quiet! Pure Power 12 M 750W Goldie \| 65W
Mouse	Logitech G305 Lightspeedy Wireless \| Lenowo TouchPad & Logitech G305
Keyboard	Akko 3108 DS Horizon V2 Cream Yellow \| T480 UK Lumi
Software	Win11 Pro 23H2 UK
Benchmark Scores	3DMARK: https://www.3dmark.com/3dm/89434432? GPU-Z: https://www.techpowerup.com/gpuz/details/v3zbr

ASUS Dual RX6600 issues with video and constant driver crashes

A Computer Guy

GreiverBlade

sepheronx

FreedomEclipse

~Technological Technocrat~

Shou Miko

GreiverBlade

Taraquin

Shou Miko

AlwaysHope

hrp32

A Computer Guy

sepheronx

eidairaman1

The Exiled Airman

ASUS Dual RX6600 issues with video and constant driver crashes

sepheronx

ASUS Dual RX6600 issues with video and constant driver crashes

Attachments

Divide Overflow

sepheronx

eidairaman1

The Exiled Airman

hrp32

Naki

AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition 22.8.1 Release Notes

Processor	Ryzen 5600X@4.85 CO
Motherboard	Gigabyte B550m S2H
Cooling	BeQuiet Dark Rock Slim
Memory	Patriot Viper 4400cl19 2x8@4000cl16 tight subs
Video Card(s)	Asus 3060ti TUF OC
Storage	WD blue 1TB nvme
Display(s)	Lenovo G24-10 144Hz
Case	Corsair D4000 Airflow
Power Supply	EVGA GQ 650W
Software	Windows 10 home 64
Benchmark Scores	CB20 4710@4.7GHz Aida64 50.4ns 4.8GHz+4000cl15 tuned ram SOTTR 1080p low 263fps avg CPU game

Processor	AMD FX 6100
Motherboard	ASUS M5A78L LE
Cooling	Thermalright Macho
Memory	Kingston HyperX Blu 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 + (1 x 2GB)
Video Card(s)	MSI Radeon RX 470 Miner 4GB used for Gaming
Storage	WD Green 1TB Hard Drive
Display(s)	LG 25UM65P
Power Supply	Antec HCG 520
Software	Windows 10 Pro

System Name	PCGOD
Processor	AMD FX 8350@ 5.0GHz
Motherboard	Asus TUF 990FX Sabertooth R2 2901 Bios
Cooling	Scythe Ashura, 2×BitFenix 230mm Spectre Pro LED (Blue,Green), 2x BitFenix 140mm Spectre Pro LED
Memory	16 GB Gskill Ripjaws X 2133 (2400 OC, 10-10-12-20-20, 1T, 1.65V)
Video Card(s)	AMD Radeon 290 Sapphire Vapor-X
Storage	Samsung 840 Pro 256GB, WD Velociraptor 1TB
Display(s)	NEC Multisync LCD 1700V (Display Port Adapter)
Case	AeroCool Xpredator Evil Blue Edition
Audio Device(s)	Creative Labs Sound Blaster ZxR
Power Supply	Seasonic 1250 XM2 Series (XP3)
Mouse	Roccat Kone XTD
Keyboard	Roccat Ryos MK Pro
Software	Windows 7 Pro 64

Processor	Ryzen 9 5900X
Motherboard	Gigabyte X570 Aorus Master
Cooling	ARCTIC Liquid Freezer II 360 A-RGB
Memory	32 GB Ballistix Elite DDR4-3600 CL16
Video Card(s)	XFX 6800 XT Speedster Merc 319 Black
Storage	Sabrent Rocket NVMe 4.0 1TB
Display(s)	LG 27GL850B x 2 / ASUS MG278Q
Case	be quiet! Silent Base 802
Audio Device(s)	Sound Blaster AE-7 / Sennheiser HD 660S
Power Supply	Seasonic Prime 750W Titanium
Software	Windows 11 Pro 64

System Name	Main PC/OldPC/3rd PC
Processor	Intel Core i7-3770K Ivy Bridge/Core i5-3470 Ivy Bridge/Core i3-4330 Haswell
Motherboard	ASUS P8Z77-V/ASRock Z68 Pro3 Gen1/ASUS H81M2
Cooling	Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO/Intel Box cooler/Intel Box cooler
Memory	32GB Corsair Vengeance/32GB ADATA/16GB ADATA
Video Card(s)	SAPPHIRE R9 290 Tri-X OC 4GB/MSI RX 480 8GB/SAPPHIRE R9 390 8GB
Storage	2x1TB ADATA SSDs in RAID0+3 HDDs/2xCrucial 1TB SSDs in RAID0+3 HDDs/Samsung 1TB SSD+8TB+4TB HDDs
Display(s)	Philips 274E5QHAB@HDMI + Philips 273EQH@DVI (both 27")
Case	Fractal Design Define R4 Titanium
Audio Device(s)	Kenwood Mini HiFi system/Microlab speakers/Philips HDMI (main)+LG TV monitor HDMI + Apple headphones
Power Supply	Cooler Master Silent ProM 600 W (modular)
Mouse	Microsoft Ergonomic Sculpt Desktop 2.0 (combo)@Razer Goliath mousepad (Medium speed)
Keyboard	Microsoft Ergonomic Sculpt Desktop 2.0 (combo)
Software	Win10 64-bit (Main PC v.1809 RTM Enterprise/2nd PC v.1903 Insider Preview Pro/3rd PC - same as 2nd)

ASUS Dual RX6600 issues with video and constant driver crashes

~Technological Technocrat~

The Exiled Airman

Attachments

The Exiled Airman

AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition 22.8.1 Release Notes​

AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition 22.8.1 Release Notes