Radeon RX 6700, 6700 XT & 6750 XT users club

[Beginner Macro Device]

What are you looking to be better than past versions?

More FPS, more useful functions in drivers, more stability.

 

[RJARRRPCGP]

My current 24.1.1 drivers seem to get corrupted somehow

symptoms: lagging in text editors

Your RAM or CPU RAM controller may be failing! Windows may just be about to BSOD for a RAM error, especially if you start getting "PAGE_FAULT_IN_NON_PAGED_AREA" or "MEMORY_MANAGEMENT" stop codes.

Did you run TestMem 5?

I had a case where downgrading the RAM to my 2x8 GB AData kit, seemed to reduce lag on my Ryzen 7 5800X. (May, 2023) My CPU-Z benchmarks increased after I took the G.Skill TridentZ Neo 2x16 GB kit out!

 

[Beginner Macro Device]

Your RAM or CPU RAM controller may be failing! It may just be about to BSOD for a RAM error, especially if you start getting "PAGE_FAULT_IN_NON_PAGED_AREA" or "MEMORY_MANAGEMENT" stop codes. Did you run TestMem 5?

Nah, CPU and RAM related errors never occur. I have ~133 MHz room before things go south in this regard given I don't change the RAM timing multipliers. I have literally zero problems with an NV GPU (different Windows build) and the same glitches happen if I slot into a 100% proven to work secondary AMD GPU so it's 100% GPU driver related.

Nothing urgent to do so I'm just calmly waiting for an answer if the newest drivers are better than those from January.

 

[RJARRRPCGP]

Nah, CPU and RAM related errors never occur. I have ~133 MHz room before things go south in this regard given I don't change the RAM timing multipliers. I have literally zero problems with an NV GPU and the same glitches happen if I slot into a 100% proven to work secondary AMD GPU so it's 100% GPU driver related.

Nothing urgent to do so I'm just calmly waiting for an answer if the newest drivers are better than those from January.

My May 18, 2023 case, was strange, and it actually looked like my RAM degraded, or my Ryzen 7 5800X's RAM controller degraded! Unless it's fine, but can't handle >55C, possibly!

My Ryzen 7 5800X didn't throw a machine check exception, but Windows 11 suddenly gave a BSOD about memory! Also, Linpack RAM testing failed, even at 2133, FFS!

 

[Beginner Macro Device]

The most bizarre part in all this is the games don't glitch out, even the Bethesda ones. I suspected them to die first.

 

[RJARRRPCGP]

The most bizarre part in all this is the games don't glitch out, even the Bethesda ones. I suspected them to die first.

I have no experience with Bethesda games. But I bet Beam NG. drive is an excellent test! Especially the Vulkan renderer! Same with Unigine Superposition 1080p Extreme. (especially with unstable GPU core, often a solid system freeze!)

GTA V might be a good test as well. A Direct3D init failure pop-up box, midgame, means unstable GPU core, usually.

Superposition is one that's well known to die, including the whole PC, with a frozen image, if GPU core unstable!

 

[Beginner Macro Device]

GTA V might be a good test as well.

I genuinely don't know how to reasonably push my GPU beyond 94% usage in this game and I'm talking a 4K display here. The only way the game crashes is going too hard on overclocking.

Beam NG. drive

Not in mood for downloading this one.

Superposition

0 issues.

 

[Nordic]

More FPS, more useful functions in drivers, more stability.

I doubt most of us here do before and after testing of driver performance. I haven't noticed any new functions. Stability is hard to objectively measure. I have had no issues with driver stability in years but the handful of user reports isn't enough to make for an accurate assessment.

 

[Beginner Macro Device]

I doubt most of us here do before and after testing of driver performance.

It's the TPU, not a nursery. I expect at least some people here to be obsessed with testing just for the very sake.

 

[RJARRRPCGP]

My May 18, 2023 case, was strange, and it actually looked like my RAM degraded, or my Ryzen 7 5800X's RAM controller degraded! Unless it's fine, but can't handle >55C, possibly!

My Ryzen 7 5800X didn't throw a machine check exception, but Windows 11 suddenly gave a BSOD about memory! Also, Linpack RAM testing failed, even at 2133, FFS!

FYI, Linpack was reporting mismatches, like it does with unstable CPU core. No Windows crash during Linpack run. Possibly even with a problem size that it's not known to have issues with!

Linpack is suspected of having a major bug. It seems to fail when testing lots of RAM, even when stable, FYI! The CPU being AMD, increases this risk! Possibly doesn't work properly with >14 GB for the RAM test amount! It's also possible that NT6/10 memory manager is causing random Linpack mismatches!

For RAM testing, I suggest Prime95 blend and large FFTs! OTOH, I never suspected Prime95 of being at fault when a test fails. Prime95 also handles memory allocation better. Every time I saw Prime95 fail, it was unstable indeed!

 

[AusWolf]

That's not enough. I only will download if it's better than older versions.

Better in terms of what? There aren't any new features or major fixes as far as I know.

 

[Beginner Macro Device]

Better in terms of what?

I thought it's obvious but I'm answering this question a second time already...

Radeon RX 6700, 6700 XT & 6750 XT users club

What are you looking to be better than past versions? More FPS, more useful functions in drivers, more stability.

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There aren't any new features or major fixes as far as I know.

So I'm about to reinstall the 24.1.1. Thanks.

 

[Nordic]

It's the TPU, not a nursery. I expect at least some people here to be obsessed with testing just for the very sake.

I have spent hours doing performance testing in games with CapFrameX. I want to show the performance between game patches and different graphic settings. I have never considered doing similar testing for a graphics driver. Aren't most driver performance gains limited to very specific games at this late in the product life?