Games Keep Freezing RX 5700 XT

[MadByteDE]

I just registered to comment on this.
I'm on Linux (Manjaro) and have the same problem. Most games freeze with no way to close the application, the whole system is stuck (exept the cursor for some reason) - so hard reset is the goto option.
My first thought was that the (very experimental) linux drivers are the root cause of this (because they are only offically available for Ubuntu / CentOS distros and I'm on a arch-based distro, using bleeding edge kernel, driver and firmware), but reading about the same problem on Windows, it more likely seems to be a problem with the whole architecture.

And I'm using a B350 mainboard as well. Paired with a Ryzen 1600 atm.

 

[Space Lynx]

something tells me overall stability is going to be best on x570 mobo and 3rd gen cpu. i think when I do finally do my build I just am going to spend the extra money on X570. hopefully I can avoid these problems. while benchmarks verify this gear works on B350, that doesn't equate to stability.

 

[Durvelle27]

something tells me overall stability is going to be best on x570 mobo and 3rd gen cpu. i think when I do finally do my build I just am going to spend the extra money on X570. hopefully I can avoid these problems. while benchmarks verify this gear works on B350, that doesn't equate to stability.

I doubt as even intel and 3rd gen reported issues in other forums

 

[Space Lynx]

I doubt as even intel and 3rd gen reported issues in other forums

that's sad to hear. i really hope they figure it out in next few weeks. i want to upgrade, but I don't know... egh..

did you try older games? I want to play a lot of older games on backlog like dragon age and mass effect trilogy, were they stable for you?

 

[Durvelle27]

that's sad to hear. i really hope they figure it out in next few weeks. i want to upgrade, but I don't know... egh..

did you try older games? I want to play a lot of older games on backlog like dragon age and mass effect trilogy, were they stable for you?

The oldest game I have is from 2012

 

[Dysnomia]

I have Gigabyte x570 Gaming X and all of the problems mentioned here are still happening.

Configuration:
Ryzen 3700x
64Gb DDR4 Kingston 3000MHz
Gigabyte Radeon 5700xt
Gigabyte x570 Gaming X
Cooler Master 700W PSU

None of advices/comments i read worked, i went back and even 19.7 drivers didn't help. It is not just freezing games, i have weird problems in After Effects also. All my drivers are up to date and first time i noticed all of this is when i started gaming on it few months ago (ESO with ultra settings had a freeze few times a day, FFXIV freezes after just few minutes on max settings).
My only solution was to swap back to GTX 1070, which works just perfect.

Previously i owned Vega 64 liquid cooled and i had zero headache with it, so not all AMD cards are bad. But i would recommend for everyone to avoid 5700xt until they sort out this driver crap thing.


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Just a short update. After 5 days of testing different things - i found what is going on. Windows update changed power plan from Performance to Balanced (that explains why problems occured first time a month ago) . When i set it back to Performance and increased fan curve on 5700xt in afterburner a bit - it seems that all previous issues are gone. Also, i connected gpu power from two different cables from PSU, not from split cable. I hope this info helps.

 

[Space Lynx]

Windows update changed power plan from Performance to Balanced (that explains why problems occured first time a month ago) .

This seems to be most peoples issues, I have been using my ryzen for two months now and 0 issues on cpu side of things. I had one issue with gpu, but it was caused by aida64/oc on the gpu that messed up my drivers. once i stopped that nonsense and did clean install of drivers for gpu 0 issues since. AMD has been rock solid for me.

 

[Dysnomia]

This seems to be most peoples issues, I have been using my ryzen for two months now and 0 issues on cpu side of things. I had one issue with gpu, but it was caused by aida64/oc on the gpu that messed up my drivers. once i stopped that nonsense and did clean install of drivers for gpu 0 issues since. AMD has been rock solid for me.

Also, disabling Windows Gaming mode solved my issues with 5700xt. Just turning off all that windows crap did it.

 

[Space Lynx]

Also, disabling Windows Gaming mode solved my issues with 5700xt. Just turning off all that windows crap did it.

Yeah I read an article on that, I actually bookmarked it so I wouldn't forget to do it. Gaming on PC gets really annoying sometimes, doesn't matter what brand you use. Kind of looking forward to couch and PS5, not sure if I will get one or not, but I am leaning towards it. Sometimes you just want to plug and play and not mess with anything.

 

[Vayra86]

Yeah I read an article on that, I actually bookmarked it so I wouldn't forget to do it. Gaming on PC gets really annoying sometimes, doesn't matter what brand you use. Kind of looking forward to couch and PS5, not sure if I will get one or not, but I am leaning towards it. Sometimes you just want to plug and play and not mess with anything.

You can also buy an Nvidia card. Ive seriously not had any issue for years in gaming and when I did it was my own fault.

 

[r.h.p]

ok im having this issue now ... during wolfenstein 2 FREEZE
quickly C-A-D out o desk top and the game has gone from task manager lol . Ive had lots of flickering issues with Radeon vega and navi in dx 11 so im kind of used to dramas , but eh
thats what i like about pc vs console problem solving .
19.10.1 WHQL drivers has always provided the best stability for my system , so for a change i uninstall the latest WHQL drivers . I went for 20.1.3 and now all is good . Still have to turn off Freesync on DX 11 games , nor sure why but the flickering disappears . Anyway Wolfenstein 2 the new colossus is back up and running good , great game lol

 

[Space Lynx]

ok im having this issue now ... during wolfenstein 2 FREEZE
quickly C-A-D out o desk top and the game has gone from task manager lol . Ive had lots of flickering issues with Radeon vega and navi in dx 11 so im kind of used to dramas , but eh
thats what i like about pc vs console problem solving .
19.10.1 WHQL drivers has always provided the best stability for my system , so for a change i uninstall the latest WHQL drivers . I went for 20.1.3 and now all is good . Still have to turn off Freesync on DX 11 games , nor sure why but the flickering disappears . Anyway Wolfenstein 2 the new colossus is back up and running good , great game lol

Try a different cable if possible, hopefully that will help the flickering, also most monitors make you turn on Freesync in the monitor settings as well as in the drivers.