MIGHT BE HELPFUL FOR AMD USERS: Most stable (the best) AMD drivers (at least for Radeon RX 6600)

[tesTTrucker]

Ok, after a lot of testings I came with conclusion that the best and most stable driver version is 23.3.1 (March 2023). It probably depends on a lot of conditions but for me - this is the best, without any crashing and resseting my settings.

I must say I'm running it on win10, with an XFX RX 6600 GPU, 16 GB of RAM, 1 TB HDD and i9 9900K. Im playing it on a 2K resoluton, almost everything maxed out, except scaling (I'm on 300 %), grass density, and mirror quality and mirror resouluton (both of it on medium). Also I have turned on AntiLag, and sharpen effect is set up on 70. And most important info is that I'm playing at very stable 60 FPS. Earler mentioned driver version makes my GPU run a lot quiet than on newer drivers. Also, with this version I was able to recording some gameplay videos without crashing, while with new version of drivers that was almost impossible.

NOTICE: I did overclock mine GPU (if someone wants more info about that I'll explain step by step).
I'm playing only ATS/ETS2. So, I don't know if this is a case with any other games.
Cheers.

[MONGOKANSAS67]

I'm only on a little R7 370 but it wont let me update past 22.6.1 August of 2022 ...
Unless I can do it manually .... or maybe my little 370 doesnt support the newer drivers .. I dunno

[Ritsuka]

Originally posted by MONGOKANSAS67:

I'm only on a little R7 370 but it wont let me update past 22.6.1 August of 2022 ...
Unless I can do it manually .... or maybe my little 370 doesnt support the newer drivers .. I dunno

370 hasnt had an update since 2019, so i highly doubt its compatible with any of the newer updates

[MaFuba]

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[Fearagen]

The biggest culprit of crashing with AMD drivers right now (At least from testing/troubleshooting and desperately trying to get my system to quit messing up) is turning off hardware acceleration in every browser-based thing, seems to solve the issue. Ever listened to something on YouTube in the background while trucking and it crashed? Probably hardware acceleration. I am on the latest 23.8.2 recommended driver and no crashing or anything. And I record and play a game every day ranging to various different game engines. Definitely try that before considering using a older driver version.
I also run the 6600.

[Supbro112]

I am having multiple issues with crashing on Cyberpunk, The Front, Ghostrunner 2, and The Finals. They all either crash to desktop / brick my PC. I have been trying for days to scroll forums. Ive tried it all. DDU, verifier, cmd prompt stuff, etc etc. I just tried hardware acceleration off on my browser and Discord. Doubt it will work, but we will see.

GPU: AMD 6900XT
CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D 12-Core
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 Chromax.black CFM
Motherboard: MSI PRO B650-P WIFI ATX AM5
Memory: G.Skill Trident Z5 RGB 32 GB (2 X 16) DDR5-6400

[tesTTrucker]

Unfortunately, im done with amd (at least for some time). Im very tired of it. It seems like they know hardw, but dont know how it properly support with software. So, i recently bought am used 2080ti for Slightly less than 300 euros. And I am speechless. What a nice upgrade.

[PePe-Mundo]

@fearagen

Originally posted by Fearagen:

The biggest culprit of crashing with AMD drivers right now (At least from testing/troubleshooting and desperately trying to get my system to quit messing up) is turning off hardware acceleration in every browser-based thing, seems to solve the issue. Ever listened to something on YouTube in the background while trucking and it crashed? Probably hardware acceleration. I am on the latest 23.8.2 recommended driver and no crashing or anything. And I record and play a game every day ranging to various different game engines. Definitely try that before considering using a older driver version.
I also run the 6600.

hey man I’m just went down to 22.3.1 cause of instability on newer firmware, 6700xt. Can I ask why one wouldn’t stay on an older driver? I just don’t want any future risks, it runs perfectly atm.

Thanks in advance

[Alkobaron]

@PePe-Mundo

I got the same card I I’m having random restarts of my PC, does your PC run good at the 22.3.1?

[[ BBS ] Bootleg]

doesn't work for the majority of older amd/ati cards like the HD series and the early r7 series

also: you do realize using a card like the 6600 for ats is like shooting a nuclear missile at a fly on the wall and be surprised you actually win the fight, right?

[tesTTrucker]

Originally posted by BBS Bootleg:

doesn't work for the majority of older amd/ati cards like the HD series and the early r7 series

also: you do realize using a card like the 6600 for ats is like shooting a nuclear missile at a fly on the wall and be surprised you actually win the fight, right?

Hahah dont make me laugh. You wanna say the 6600 is overkill for ATS? 🤣 Or I just misunderstand you?

[[ BBS ] Bootleg]

Originally posted by tesTTrucker:

Hahah dont make me laugh. You wanna say the 6600 is overkill for ATS? 🤣 Or I just misunderstand you?

Just saying the 6600 is well above the recommended spec for ats so it shouldnt have problems handling it. Also just because it did fix things for you does not necessarily make it 'the best' solution for all AMD users out there. That's my point.

[hackintoshchap]

If you are overclocking a CPU, GPU or RAM and are finding that only older drivers give you the stability to stop a crash, then the overclock isn't stable.

Older drivers are probably not pushing your GPU as hard - regardless of GPU manufacturer.

Reduce overclock or return to stock and test newer drivers. If you get no crashing, then it confirms the OC is not stable.

This isn't new, overclocking has always been this way.

[tesTTrucker]

Originally posted by BBS Bootleg:

Originally posted by tesTTrucker:

Hahah dont make me laugh. You wanna say the 6600 is overkill for ATS? 🤣 Or I just misunderstand you?

Just saying the 6600 is well above the recommended spec for ats so it shouldnt have problems handling it. Also just because it did fix things for you does not necessarily make it 'the best' solution for all AMD users out there. That's my point.

Actually, you are wrong. There is difference between reality and recommended specs. And I never said this is best solution for all, but to ME it was (like I said at the begining).

[[ BBS ] Bootleg]

Originally posted by tesTTrucker:

Actually, you are wrong. There is difference between reality and recommended specs. And I never said this is best solution for all, but to ME it was (like I said at the begining).

How am I wrong in saying this might not be 'the best' solution for other AMD users? Like I said, just because it worked for you does not necessarily mean it works for others. Nothing more, nothing less.

[tesTTrucker]

Originally posted by BBS Bootleg:

Originally posted by tesTTrucker:

Actually, you are wrong. There is difference between reality and recommended specs. And I never said this is best solution for all, but to ME it was (like I said at the begining).

How am I wrong in saying this might not be 'the best' solution for other AMD users? Like I said, just because it worked for you does not necessarily mean it works for others. Nothing more, nothing less.

Unfortunately, you have read ony title, not the topic below. This is why you didnt understand what i said.