I spent $1,200 dollars on the 7900XTX and I attempted to update to 23.1.1 drivers and it almost bricked my entire system! My screen went black while installing the drivers (+Factory Reset) and sat there on a black screen until I hard cycled my computer with the power button. Past this point my computer would no longer complete the boot process with the GPU connected. Like seriously, for this kind of money, I should not be having this kind of issue! Luckily I am tech savvy, many users are going to have problems like this and have NO IDEA how to fix it! Not to mention if they don't have integrated graphics they will be completely SCREWED! This is NOT a good look....
I had to disconnect the GPU, boot into safe mode on integrated graphics, uninstall the drivers, connect the GPU back into the system, boot BACK INTO SAFE MODE, and install the drivers again, just to fix this. A simple driver update should not require a half an hour of troubleshooting to fix.
Like what in the actual heck, AMD?! My first attempt to support this company through purchasing their GPUs and this is what I deal with the very first time I try to update my drivers. Why is this even an issue? I feel for $1,200, some basic level driver stability is an absolute must. If you cannot achieve that, then you shouldn't release the product.
I am extremely upset right now, my wording was much more harsh in my bug report, but the forums have strict rules. Probably because otherwise people like me would post some pretty harsh things about their poor experiences.
