Timespy crashes

[Arokhantos]

21.7.1 driver fixed following
Some users may experience higher than expected memory utilization when running 3DMark Time Spy™.

Cleared cache 20 passes
compare result artifacting in firefox not sure if i forgot to close restart and it was gone
port royal never crashed always 20 passes

Im honestly considering replacing gpu once i can if this card is faulty it feels like its running less hot the older it gets. used peek 66c hotspot on water now 62c hotspot

Not sure what to do i took of the cooler technically warranty is void but those stickers are illigal in many countriest including my own not even sure at this point if its drivers or gpu is faulty.

[Arokhantos]

2e time ran 17 loops and it crashed with error not more info given no driver crash this time im deeply frustated error can be anything but it does't give me anyway to trouble shoot any potential problems while port royal never crashed ever not even once timespy has always crashed with error randomly but gets almost 19k score now if it passes benchmarks aren't to be run they should always be stable im not overclocking either other then selecting AMD rage profile

[Arokhantos]

It litterally crashes after canceling stress test when 3dmark rapidly keeps changing resolution and causes flickering when changing resolutions

downclocking my memory did nothing either, this is just frustating does timespy hate AMD or was my gpu doa.

[UL_Jarnis]

Well, if you suspect faulty/unstable GPU, downclock the core? If that solves it, then there is your answer.

[Arokhantos]

Originally posted by UL_Jarnis:

Well, if you suspect faulty/unstable GPU, downclock the core? If that solves it, then there is your answer.

Honestly think still its driver cos AMD is known for it not mention no other games crash atm, i had crashed with valheim but that is common problem not mention last driver again seem to have fixed it, but timespy always was problematic, im defiantly going back nvidia next gen or next year maybe this year if my wallet allows it and i get notify finally from evga for a pre assembled gpu with waterblock cos honestly dont wanna bother installing another waterblock again every time, the only other thing that could be would be PSU but then i would expect problems in all games honestly that is defiantly not happening atm, even games like doom eternal that hit much higher clocks are rock stable so i am very frustated cos my paranoia tells me gpu is faulty

i have 4x 8 gb ram config with 3900 @ 3600 which can be unstable heck needed soc of 1.150 to be stable with my gtx 1080 but with my 6900 XT its even having no errors at stock soc voltage bios reports 1.100 while it is actually dropping to 1.075 under load.

Honestly i hate Nvidia drivers to tho im so tired of their control panel its so outdated and slow i would pick nvidia stability and amd control panel as preference for a gpu if i could, to bad software stability from AMD is crap to sometimes.

Default stock profile seems to crash as well maybe just as fast, i may downclock later see if it helps, i dont think if damaged my card when i tryit overclocking it dont think its even possible to kill a 6900 XT with overclocking just with amd own control panel when its watercooled
my old gtx 1080 was even rock stable at +200 on core and +500 on mem
If read most people use more power tool to overclock amd cards but im not gonna go overclock while having problems other then preset profiles AMD provides them self or within limits AMD allows.

[Arokhantos]

I forgot 3 thermal pads on my waterblock that could potentially short on 1 point other 3 points it would not so i took out gpu to check if it touched at point i worry about, but its not touching, i just find it odd at this point that port royal can run forever but timespy will randomly crash for example AMD had a recent fix for timespy but its obvious there are more problems or perhaps they fixed one and created 2 new problems

[UL_Jarnis]

Time Spy is actually heavier on shader cores than Port Royal. So it being tougher on marginally stable systems is to be expected.

[Arokhantos]

occt shader complexity 8 3d test instantly stops to without error even if i downclock core to 500 mhz
downgraded driver first try shader complexity 8 normally it instantly cancel it did not this time, gonna run it for 10 minutes then see if i can make it instantly cancel after a few tries if not stick with current drivers and be done with it, seem to hit higher hotspot again to.
and its canceling instantly gonna test timespy now with old driver its probably gonna crash to.
2x 20 passes defiantly more stable now not sure whats wrong with occt

[Arokhantos]

Looks like an AMD issue possibly driver issue if recently reproduced bugs that you would think would say your gpu is dead but its not, the drivers are really bad or the hardware is so new that some games have issues with 6000 series gpu's.
AMD probably doing something funky to look good on timespy scores without considering driver stability, if that is the case you guys should consider testing yourself and not aproving drivers unless they are proper stable.

[UL_Jarnis]

We do test and on our 6900XT Time Spy works just fine. This is not across-the-board-happens-on-every-card.

[xSiDaNx]

I have issues with time spy and my XFX 6900 XT Black. It keeps crashing during graphic test.
The card is not UV or OC. Just out the box. Other benchmark test like heaven work without any issue. Maybe you can help with my problem.

[UL_Jarnis]

Can you try with mild underclock. If it fixes the issue, I recommend you contact XFX or AMD support.

[xSiDaNx]

What do you mean by mild underclock ?

[UL_Jarnis]

go to driver settings and slightly underclock the GPU

https://www.amd.com/en/support/kb/faq/dh3-020

Under manual GPU tuning, lower the max frequency by say 10%. If this cures the crashes, driver or hardware is not stable at stock settings under this load.

The test has been around for years and there are no issues with the code. It is very heavy on the GPU, but that is by design.

[xSiDaNx]

Probably it was an issue with the CPU. I upgraded the CPU (3700X-->5600X) and made a fresh installation of windows and made two successful benchmark tests.

[Arokhantos]

Those crashes can be bit random you could get 20 passes and run it again every time and i personally could even get 80 passes on stress test then have it crash with no result on the next run, if heard from other AMD users its due configuration anything other then standard makes timespy crash, i usually have radeon sharpening on.
configuration is usually always reason for driver instability like try freesync + enchanced sync your games all will crash until you turn that off.