Report: AMD Radeon Software Could Alter CPU Settings Quietly

Chrispy_ · Apr 6, 2022

Thimblewad said:
this.

this.

DeathtoGnomes · Apr 6, 2022

This has been confirmed by AMD according to Tom's @AleksandarK

AMD Confirms Its GPU Drivers Are Overclocking CPUs Without Asking

Radeon Adrenalin drivers have a mind of their own

www.tomshardware.com

INSTG8R · Apr 6, 2022

DeathtoGnomes said:
This has been confirmed by AMD according to Tom's @AleksandarK

AMD Confirms Its GPU Drivers Are Overclocking CPUs Without Asking

Radeon Adrenalin drivers have a mind of their own

www.tomshardware.com

It has. I’ve repro’d it pretty easily so hopefully will be fixed quickly.

Guwapo77 · Apr 7, 2022

RedBear said:
For one thing there's the fact that AMD's warranty doesn't cover overclocking, even when done using official software including Adrenalin, it's specifically mentioned in the "overclocking warning" of the release notes. On a related note, Tom's Hardware says that they asked a comment to AMD about the warranty implications of this bug.

I'm 99.9% certain that if their own software overclocked the CPU, they can't void the warranty. Its nice of Tom to ask, but AMD would lose in court. The overclocking warranty void warning is not given when you install the AMD graphics software either.

windwhirl said:
The problem is that it messes with user configuration without the user being made aware of the changes

Does it make it better or worse?

DeathtoGnomes · Apr 7, 2022

Guwapo77 said:
The overclocking warranty void warning is not given when you install the AMD graphics software either.

there wont be a warning, its a bug not a feature.

Zubasa · Apr 8, 2022

HD64G said:
A profound bug that needs to be fixed sooner than later. Easy fix should be also imho.

IMO AMD should just remove the whole CPU OC thing from their graphics driver. :pimp:

Guwapo77 · Apr 8, 2022

DeathtoGnomes said:
there wont be a warning, its a bug not a feature.

Indeed. I saw that later in a report. I will say I am a little disappointed as that would've been a nice feature to have.

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Report: AMD Radeon Software Could Alter CPU Settings Quietly

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