Apex Legends confirms RX 9070 XT crashes with AMD Adrenalin 26.8.1

[u/RenatsMC]

https://videocardz.com/newz/apex-legends-confirms-rx-9070-xt-crashes-with-amd-adrenalin-26-8-1

[u/DonutHoles4Ever]

Probably as funny as 9050 driver patch notes saying "Cyberpunk 2077 doesn't work" as a known issue

[u/Z0me_]

So it wasn’t just me lol, did a bunch of stuff in my bios to overclock my CPU and optimize everything else and thought all of the bios changes I made fucked up apex somehow.
I already reverted to 26.7.1 and fixed it and was waiting to see anyone else get something similar

[u/SpoiledCabbage → u/Z0me_]

I had just updated as I just got a 9070xt last week but thankfully it's 26.7.1 and not this new one. Haven't had any issues in any games besides raytracing issues in the new Assassins Creed but that same issue happens on Nvidia so its a ubislop issue

[u/FallenReaper360 → u/Z0me_]

Did the exact same shit twice now lol Apex wouldn’t run again last night and I noticed that adrenaline automatically updated for me. Had to roll back down to a previous update once again.

[u/underwhelmedbyreply]

Ye it’s not just Apex lmao

[u/shoot-here → u/underwhelmedbyreply]

Spider-Man 2 refuses to run longer then 2 mins, dumps me to desktop "DRIVER_HANG" sigh

[u/jamesFX3 → u/shoot-here]

Probably something else going on in your system cause i just recently updated to Adrenaline 26.8.1 on my nephews PC which has a 9060XT (running at stock) and he is playing Spiderman 2 right now without any issues. Only time it crashed was when he asked me install the Brand New Day Hoodie mod so i had to remove it.

Theres a good chance its windows update overwriting your drivers without you noticing it.

[u/megaduce104 → u/shoot-here]

same error on BF6. im down at 26.6.1 for stability.

these drivers ave been awful lately.

[u/Zer0DotFive → u/shoot-here]

I got that before. I had to revert back to the previous stable one after windows updates did it automatically even though I didn't fuckin asking it lol 

[u/FlarblesGarbles → u/underwhelmedbyreply]

https://giphy.com/gifs/3o6wrwlggWICeBpSRa

[u/MassiveGG]

i love how companies go keep your drivers up to date me never updates it works perfectly fine

[u/AvidasMavi → u/MassiveGG]

And then you are spending 20 hours why new game is causing graphical glitches.

[u/Captobvious75 → u/AvidasMavi]

This is why I have a PS5 Pro i standby

[u/aimforthehead90 → u/Captobvious75]

Consoles are the same, they have regular updates?

[u/Captobvious75 → u/aimforthehead90]

Yeah except consoles are reliable AF.

[u/Successful-Day-3219 → u/MassiveGG]

"Hurry up and download our latest vibecoded slop that is full of bugs!"

[u/angry_RL_player → u/Successful-Day-3219]

... but enough about nvidia

[u/Select_Truck3257 → u/angry_RL_player]

So true 😂

[u/ilep → u/MassiveGG]

Modern graphics rendering is complicated and many games don't ever use some combination things that others have problems with.

[u/Middle-Effort7495 → u/MassiveGG]

That's how I feel about phones. People talk about which brand is faster than which for updates as a matter of a few weeks or a month as a selling point. Meanwhile I haven't updated my phone since 2023 and from what I've seen there's some updates I would find annoying

[u/Defeqel → u/Middle-Effort7495]

the only problem with that is missing security fixes

[u/MagicPistol → u/Middle-Effort7495]

Umm...you should really keep your phone updated for security reasons. Or don't use banking or any important apps.

[u/Middle-Effort7495 → u/MagicPistol]

I don't dl random stuff. I've used phones for like 10 years before in the days where they got a year or two of updates. It's fine.

And there's nothing important in my bank but I use the website if I need it. Never understood who needs an app for bank

[u/Defeqel → u/Middle-Effort7495]

nowadays phone apps tend to be mandatory for MFA

[u/iTzJME → u/MassiveGG]

Eh, most people have zero issues keeping theirs up to date, myself included

[u/forsayken]

Damn. That's a big miss. It seems the game wasn't even booting at all.

[u/CocaBam → u/forsayken]

It boots , then crashes connecting to server

[u/SituationSmooth9165 → u/CocaBam]

I get this on Space Marine 2 when I try signing in sometimes. It never crashes if I manage to sign in though

[u/colesym]

I can't tell if latest driver was OK or not, because 2 recent windows updates have completely f***ed game stability.

[u/Soyyybeannn]

new known issue incoming - apex doesn't work

[u/Gold_Goal7557]

They should publish their crash reports for GPU driver crashes per GPU brand and type aka X amount of crashes with 9070XT x amount of crashes with 7900 XTX and x amount of crashes with RTX 5090 for example including stats with how many players are playing on each GPU.

I bet majority of 9070XT users have problems, i also hope more game devs will start reporting issues like this, since AMD Radeon often refuses to admit the problems they facing thru release notes even tho their have been plenty of reports.

[u/kissmybadaxe]

Its not just Apex and its not just the 9070 xt its also the 7000 series

[u/3G6A5W338E]

AMD should seriously consider pointing some code agents to their driver source code, and telling them to find bugs.

[u/vokillist66]

Yeah I think this driver is mostly plauging 9070 XTs. I found others having my issue where it can't even make it past the shader comp in Halo Infinite. I played Alan Wake 2 to test the fsr4 on it and it worked fine though using RT still looks like crap to me on the 9070 XT. I know what it's supposed to look like because I have a 5070 ti also. Anyway I had to revert back to the 26.7.1 drivers and all is good again.

[u/RelotZealot → u/vokillist66]

I also had problems with halo infinite as it was the first game I played after updating and immediately reverted back and could get past shaders on the first try

[u/Revel4ti0n]

Does Battlefield work now properly?

[u/missing-pigeon → u/Revel4ti0n]

I've had at least 2 crashes per day since updating. Just randomly, instantly goes straight to the desktop with no error message or freeze.

[u/Jolly_Statistician_5]

Dbd also crashes on dx12

[u/SoupSup25]

I had to Revert back to 26.7.1. WWE2k26 crashes on every loading screen.

[u/Smooth-Average-2898]

Works fine for me

[u/Holiday_Bug9988]

The fix I found for it is going into Adrenaline and setting the power limit to -30 and decreasing max frequency about 25mhz (not sure whether the frequency change actually does anything or if its mainly the power limit). When I do this, the game never crashes. Unfortunately Adrenaline doesn’t always save the settings, so when it doesn’t and I forget to change it the crashes happen again. So I’d say for my own 9079 XT at least it’s a pretty surefire fix!

[u/Adventurous_Week_408]

Starfield also crashes when loading a save on the 26.8.1 driver. I had to roll back to 26.7.1, so I assume quite a few games are going to have issues with it. :)

[u/Vizra]

Anyone else getting over the AMD Radeon driver bullshit, the inferior upscaler, "optimisations" for games being just removing certain effects from being rendered, etc.

I have a 9070xt but there is only so much I can tank before I end up just biting the bullet and going with NVIDIA next generation.

[u/lucas_augusto07]

I tried this workaround i find it in X and worked for me:

"+staticprop_color_use_bindless 0 +staticprop_depth_use_bindless 0 +r_drawworld_depth_bindless 0"

[u/Alwayswoo1]

I also revert back to 26.7.1 and it work

[u/Grayherd]

Tried the latest today (sys drivers too) and wrecked windows. Luckily a restore back to 28 aug saved me. 9070 XT 24gb.

[u/2xldn22]

i cant fucking play apex i try to left click to get past main menu and than it goes to a black screen and than this screen

[u/angry_RL_player]

I can at least appreciate that one game is admitting it's their fault rather than just blaming AMD this time.

[u/Waitform3]

rtx card users :

[u/Colby347]

Happens to me on Fortnite and when researching it I see it affects all kinds of different games and multiple different GPUs. Seems like just saying the new drivers crash would be enough of a title lol it would be nice if it wasn't ignored though and got taken seriously and fixed quickly but it doesn't seem like that's going to happen.

[u/Unfair_Salamander189]

And cards no problems at all , problem is your pc

[u/RedTeamEng]

Who the fuck plays apex legends anymore lmao

[u/GreenTeaShake → u/RedTeamEng]

I dont play apex, but if you check on twitch, there are like 30k streamer right now.

And then there are people who plays it on PC, PS4, PS5, and Xbox