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[Mcmountain]

First post here so hi!

Since the new Call of Duty Season 3 Reloaded update came out on 1 May 2025 I have not been able to play call of duty. As soon as I get into the game I get hit with a DirectX encountered an unrecoverable error. Error Code: 0x887A0005 (0x887A0006) (762229686) D - so for context:

CPU - Ryzen 7 9800x3d

GPU - Asus TUF 9070 XT

MB - ROG Strix B850-E

RAM - 2x32gb 6000hz CL30 G.Skill Ripjaws M5

I have tried the following:

1. I have tried Verifying and Repairing the game on the Microsoft Xbox App for PC.

2. I have reinstalled drivers.

3. I have tried previous drivers.

4. I have put all the lowest graphic settings in game, also set VRAM Scale to 50.

5. I have tried deleting the s.1.0.0.cod24 files in the shader folder.

6. Clean reinstall of Windows.

7. Install reinstall drivers again.

8. Reinstall Call of Duty.

9. Uninstall Adrenalin and use ASUS DriverHub for GPU Drivers.

10. Update Bios.

11. Remove AMD EXPO and run RAM at stock frequency.

12. Literally went and download every DirectX that was ever in existence.

13. Tried running the GPU on efficiency mode to keep the clock speed lower than what it should run at.

14. HDR turned off in WIndows and the game.

15. Turned of HAGS (Hardware-accelerated GPU scheduling)

16. Turned off optimization for Windows gaming

17. Tried every version of adrenaline available.

18. Made sure Windows, Xbox App, and absolutely everything was up to date.

19. Even tried playing without any bloatware on the PC after the clean Windows install.

I am lost. I have send crash reports to Activision, Adrenalin, and logged a ticket with Activision. I seriously don't know what to do. All my other games work perfectly.  

[bojcha]

Try uninstall and clean up driver with "amd cleanup utility"
Install driver BUT driver only.
Install latest MSI AB (4.6.6 beta5) and set 'core clock' to about 100MHz less.
If still crashes go lower by 10MHz till it stops crashing.
This is actually maxgpu clock, not just gpu core clock.

For some reason CoD knows to boost (peak) gpu clock on AMD cards more then it should, and that's moment when it crashes.
You can confirm it with gpu clock graph, at the moment it crashes, GPU peaks 100-150MHz more just before crash.

On my 7900XTX i needed to set lower clock from default  2935 to 2840. It never crashes since then.

[Mcmountain]

Thank you for advising to use this fix but unfortunately, I am still getting the DirectX error. I am stuck. 

I have reported it to Activision and they have been trying to assist as well. And their recent response was "Your concern has been successfully communicated and escalated to our higher team for further review and follow-up."

[Mcmountain · Accepted solution]

*FOUND A SOLUTION*

Downloaded Warzone on BattleNet to see if maybe it was isolated to Xbox gamepass for PC. Used the recommended graphics settings for Warzone which were all High/Ultra. I then played a match no issues. 

After that I went back to Gamepass. Used the exact same settings as I was using on BattleNet. IT WORKS! I played 6 matches of Battle Royale no errors.

Seems like the 9800x3d and 9070 XT wants the higher graphics settings.