PC Graphics

[Blearky]

I had the same problem like anyone else with my 7800XT crashing all the time.
Though compared to everyone else I used mine quite the opposite way. I had a 
ASROCK 7800XT Challenger OC and while everyone was still overclocking theirs 
I limited mine to 72 FPS mostly despite from games like Valorant etc where I took 144 as the limit.
Comming from a 1080 OC this allowed me still to play everything on ultra smoothly with only using 
around 40% (since energy prices are pretty high in my region). This allowed me to use the card with the
same wattage I had on my old GPU but still have way greater performance. Though my pc crashed as well from
time to time. After the last crash while playing Minecraft one an SMP I got a notice that my 
GPU can't be detected by the current Adrenalin so I downloaded the last drivers (Adrenalin 23.12.1).
I rebooted my pc and everything seem to work that day, except for the fans now that I think of it beeing louder than usually (thought of nothing since I tinkered with my mic and monitoring that day as well) until another crash in the evening while just watching some videos. 
I tried to turn my pc on nothing. 
Unplugged it completely, with cmos and waited for some minutes. Replugged it and tried to start it. 
The fans started, then a short "pop" sound and the smell of burned stuff. 

Opened my pc to a stroing smell and thought it might have been the psu but couldn't smell it.
The GPU on the other hand was kind of unbearable.
I put it in it's anti static package and put together the pc again. 
Tried booting it up without the gpu this morning and things seem to work without it and without any weird smell. 
Opened the GPU bag and it still smells slightly burned. 

Will send the GPU back next week and order a new one, though 
I have to say while the 7800XT is a banger card itself there are a lot of software problems with it it seems.
I do not know if it was the driver that killed it or the PSU so I'll order a new PSU as well and reset everything completely. 

My System as of now:

OS: Windows 11
Case: NZXT H440 
Fans: 3 Noctua Fans Front
           1 NZXT Base Fan Backside
Mainboard: MPG X570 Gaming Plus
CPU: 5900X (UC)
CPU-COOLER: Thermalright Peerless Assassin (2x Fan Design)
RAM: 4x CORSAIR Vengeance 3000 
SSD: 2x standard SSD
         2x M2. (Corsair P600 / Samsung Pro 980) 
GPU: *DEAD* ASROCK 7800XT Challenger OC 
PSU: Modular CS750M — 750 Watt GOLD+  (will be upgraded to 1000 Watt) 

[dinesh_rox]

Hey I also faced the same issue, Brand new card within 2 days I faced lot of crash and on the second day card crash and my mobo can’t able to detect it. Send it for rma and they repaired the same card and after rma I used the Asrock software and made custom changes (under volt) and everything work smoothly sometime it was crashing and after 2 weeks I stopped using the asrock software and again my gpu dead.Now waiting for refund.

Do you got any lead why gpu is going dead?

[Chester1061]

Hey. I basically had the same issue when I got my AsRock RX 7700 XT Challenger 12GB OC.

As of August 1st, I installed this brand-new graphics card and the newest driver at that time. The computer kept crashing and restarting. Even in the playable games, I experienced tons of stutters. I DDU all the drives, and used the driver that Windows auto-detected. The PC runs well after that. I didn't do any OC, all setting is default

But as of today September 1st, exactly 1 month later. When I was watching YouTube, the computer shuts its power suddenly. As I tried to turn it back on, white smoke popped out near the power connector side of the GPU. A strong capacitor burning scent is smelled. The card is then taken out of the PC, the rest components are still running ok. I will issue an RMA to where I purchased the card. 

I'm just curious about why this thing can happen.

I also got a brand new overkill PSU for this card, an EVGA 850 GQ 80+Gold 850W, the rest of the components only take like 150 watts.

[Dragokar]

A driver can absolutely super rarely kill a GPU anyway. There are way too many failsaves inside the driver, the vbios and the microcode. Sometimes some OC tools like ASRocks Tweak thing can wreak havoc. Just send it back.

Btw the newest WHQL driver is the 24.8.1 and soon we will get a 24.9.1.

[wcatesjr]

I would check out my post - https://community.amd.com/t5/graphics-cards/issues-with-rx-7700-xt-need-advice-on-overheating-and/m-... 

Adrenaline is way overclocking the 7000 series GPUs by default. Try changing your tuning settings to something like 2400 MHz and 1000 mV. And test.