I seem to be having some major issues with my Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX-6700-XT 12GB graphics card
I think it has to be related to the drivers though.
This issue is awful freezing of the video output as well as loud spikes / buzzes in the audio when the graphics card is put under more load (but nowhere near what it is capable of.
The video demonstrates this well. I have purposely recorded with a camera and microphone externally as you can’t demonstrate the exact same issues with a desktop recording. As you can see, when I start a recording, the game then is awfully messed up and the sounds and stuttering is almost worrying. Every time it does this and I restart windows, the AMD software resets the custom fan curve and other settings to default. They are not related to this as even if I leave them like this, I can repeat the same issue.
This problem occurs in all steam games I play. Far more likely when I’m in a call on skype or discord and almost guaranteed now if i stream / share screen while in a game which was never the case before.
I really hope that this is just an issue with the latest drivers and it will be fixed.
I use both Linux (Ubuntu 20.04 LTS) and Windows 10 on the same PC and Ubuntu has no problems with this card.
I only use steam with Windows and that is where the problems are. I think they have come since the latest AMD drivers software program and this has been happening very often in the past 2 weeks especially, and I may not have thought / been as aware initially depending on how much i was in games.
This is what the AMD Software program says I’m on, and shows the date it was updated:
Adrenalin Edition Version
24.12.1
Released 27/11/2024
I am aware plenty will likely tell me that it is about time I updated to Windows 11 (as well as the latest version of Ubuntu LTS), but I don’t believe this is a reason for these issues and it is still supported for almost another full year.
This is my motherboard if helpful: Gigabyte B550M AORUS PRO-P AMD Motherboard
I have made a lot of effort with the cooling of the case and while I have a very low RPM set for the graphics card, It virtually never gets over 70 (GPU temp, not junction) degrees despite me only having the fans at 35%.
My case has the PSU at the top, and the graphics card right at the base. Having 2 high speed case fans at the top pulls in plenty of cool air at the bottom, so heat should be entirely unrelated.
Any suggestions on what this may be?
Thanks.
