Greetings, after a few weeks of research, youtube comparison videos i finally got myself to switch from nVidia ( GTX 1060 6GB OCed to 2200Mhz ) to a Sapphire RX 5700 XT Nitro+
My rig is as follows
MB: AsRock AB350 Pro4
PSU: Seasonic M12II-520 EVO Edition Bronze 520W
CPU: Ryzen 5 2600 ( Cooler Wraith Prism with Arctic MX4 Thermal Compound )
GPU: Sapphire RX 5700 XT Nitro+
RAM: Corsair Vengeance LPX 2x8GB (Using XMP @ 3000Mhz )
HDD: Toshiba 500Gb
SSD: M2 WD Greed 120GB
Case: Cooler Master MasterBox Lite 5 ARGB ( 3 Intake Fans + 1 Exhaust )
Dual monitor setup
I used to keep my CPU OC-ed @ 4.1Ghz and left the GPU on default settings from the AMD Driver.
After a few weeks, i bought Read Dead Redemption 2, and while playing, i would sometimes get a crash, after waiting 1 - 2 minutes, the screen would look like a TV without reception ( Noise ) and it would stay that way untill i manually restarted the PC, then it would be ok for a while. I tought it may have been because of the game, so i finished the game like that.
Then, when i was playing COD Warzone, i started getting random Error 6068 DirectX crashes, like i could play a game, and then get the crash, or play 20 games and then crash ( I didnt use to get this error before i got it the first time in RDR2)
So, obviously i was upset, since i invested somewhere around $420 in this piece of hardware.
I searched for my specific problem for a couple of weeks now, and i had it narrowed down to either the PSU not having enough juice to sustain the whole system, or either the AMD Driver just being bad.
I left the CPU on stock settings, removed the OC, removed the XMP profile from the RAM and Undervolted my GPU all to stress the PSU as less as possible and i highly doubt it was using close to 500W.
Things seemed fine, then i started getting random crashes in any game, League of Legends, Valorant etc, where it would sometimes say the AMD Driver managed to recover. I checked Event Manager, and it showed that the driver was crashing multiple times but recovered so it didnt crash my games the majority of times.
I uninstaled the Optional Driver (Using DDU) i had installed, and went for the Verified one. Worked ok for a day, then the crashes started again. I uninstalled the drivers again and went for the Optional one. Same thing.
Now, my Motherboard has 2 PCIE Slots, and my GPU was in the Bottom Slot (Slot2) so i decided last night to move it in the top slot (Slot1).
I used Unigen to benchmark the stability, everything seemed ok, but i used it before and it was the same thing.
Long story short, do you guys think that the PCIE Slots deliver different energy outputs and maybe the card didnt have enough juice to work with in the former slot? (I tried looking it up, but couldnt find any specific information about it) or are the AMD Drivers just <Mod Edit>?
Is there any workaround, or should i just sell the GPU and go for a 2060 Super even tough i'd be losing performance?
Sorry for the long post, i wanted to be as thorough as possible to get some good feedback from someone that either went through the same problem, or has some knowledge about what's going on here.
I really appreciate anyone who took time to read and try to give me some input =]
My rig is as follows
MB: AsRock AB350 Pro4
PSU: Seasonic M12II-520 EVO Edition Bronze 520W
CPU: Ryzen 5 2600 ( Cooler Wraith Prism with Arctic MX4 Thermal Compound )
GPU: Sapphire RX 5700 XT Nitro+
RAM: Corsair Vengeance LPX 2x8GB (Using XMP @ 3000Mhz )
HDD: Toshiba 500Gb
SSD: M2 WD Greed 120GB
Case: Cooler Master MasterBox Lite 5 ARGB ( 3 Intake Fans + 1 Exhaust )
Dual monitor setup
I used to keep my CPU OC-ed @ 4.1Ghz and left the GPU on default settings from the AMD Driver.
After a few weeks, i bought Read Dead Redemption 2, and while playing, i would sometimes get a crash, after waiting 1 - 2 minutes, the screen would look like a TV without reception ( Noise ) and it would stay that way untill i manually restarted the PC, then it would be ok for a while. I tought it may have been because of the game, so i finished the game like that.
Then, when i was playing COD Warzone, i started getting random Error 6068 DirectX crashes, like i could play a game, and then get the crash, or play 20 games and then crash ( I didnt use to get this error before i got it the first time in RDR2)
So, obviously i was upset, since i invested somewhere around $420 in this piece of hardware.
I searched for my specific problem for a couple of weeks now, and i had it narrowed down to either the PSU not having enough juice to sustain the whole system, or either the AMD Driver just being bad.
I left the CPU on stock settings, removed the OC, removed the XMP profile from the RAM and Undervolted my GPU all to stress the PSU as less as possible and i highly doubt it was using close to 500W.
Things seemed fine, then i started getting random crashes in any game, League of Legends, Valorant etc, where it would sometimes say the AMD Driver managed to recover. I checked Event Manager, and it showed that the driver was crashing multiple times but recovered so it didnt crash my games the majority of times.
I uninstaled the Optional Driver (Using DDU) i had installed, and went for the Verified one. Worked ok for a day, then the crashes started again. I uninstalled the drivers again and went for the Optional one. Same thing.
Now, my Motherboard has 2 PCIE Slots, and my GPU was in the Bottom Slot (Slot2) so i decided last night to move it in the top slot (Slot1).
I used Unigen to benchmark the stability, everything seemed ok, but i used it before and it was the same thing.
Long story short, do you guys think that the PCIE Slots deliver different energy outputs and maybe the card didnt have enough juice to work with in the former slot? (I tried looking it up, but couldnt find any specific information about it) or are the AMD Drivers just <Mod Edit>?
Is there any workaround, or should i just sell the GPU and go for a 2060 Super even tough i'd be losing performance?
Sorry for the long post, i wanted to be as thorough as possible to get some good feedback from someone that either went through the same problem, or has some knowledge about what's going on here.
I really appreciate anyone who took time to read and try to give me some input =]
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