Hey Everyone,
I've been reading countless posts about crashes, instabiliity & drive timeouts with the RX 9070 XT, so I thought I'd share my experience, what I changed, and what ultimately resolved my issues.
My Pc Specs:
GPU: XFX Mercury RX 9070 XT Gaming
CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5800x3d
Motherboard: MSI x470 Gaming Plus ( PCIe 3.0 )
RAM: 16GB Gskill TridentZ RGB
PSU: Corsair RM850x 850w
CPU Cooler: Corsair 240mm AIO
Case NZXT Phanton
Monitor: Lenovo Legion R45w-30 Res: 5120x1440 165hz
The Crashing issues
After installing my 9070 xt I immediately experienced crashes and instability while gaming, particularly in AAA titles, FPS were running great!
Reading through the thread here I suspected it was most likely the GPU drivers or a PSU issue. However, after investigating by looking at Motherboard specs, Ram etc. I realised that the officially supported OC speeds were 3466mhz and I was running 3600mhz. And although this generally wouldn't be a problem at all, stability usually depends on several factors like the CPU's memory controller, motherboard, BIOS & Memory Config.
In my case, running at 3600MHz appears to have been contributing to the crashes.
What I changed
My first step was to lower my RAM frequency from 3600MHz to 3400MHz, bringing it within the motherboards advertised overclocking range. - This fixed the issue before the re-install but I thought I might as well give my PC a fresh start.
Secondly I performed a completely fresh install of Win 11 this was done to eliminate any software conflicts, old drivers or hanging config issues I might have missed.
Next I used Chris Titus Tech's Windows utility to remove unnecessary bloatware and diisable windows features and background processes I didn't need.
The Results were amazing, since making these changes, my system has been nothing but stable, I haven't had a single crash while playing or testing any game despite using an older motherboard and pcie3.
Has anyone else experienced your 9070 XT crashing due to RAM config?
I hope someone finds this helpful