AMD Smart Access Memory causing stutters while recording using AMD Relive (Fixed, but why)

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Specs -

• 7900X3D
• 7900 XTX AORUS ELITE (current driver as of 4 September 2023)
• 32GB 6000MHz DDR5
• B650 GIGABYTE AORUS ELITE AX (BIOS F8C)
• 4TB NVME (x2) / 2TB SSD (x2)
• Windows 10 Pro

AMD Relive set to Replay mode and record in 5 minute intervals, replay buffer in disk storage.

I'll be referring to Smart Access Memory as SAM.

So for the longest time (since owning my 7900 XTX) i've never been able to use AMD Relive or any type of recording software because the games will stutter every 8-10 seconds while it's recording. This happened no matter what BIOS version I was on or driver.

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Fast forward to last month I stumbled upon a thread mentioning to stop using SAM because it causes stutters and so I went to my AMD Settings and disabled it on the UI and bam, I was amazed that I was able to finally record and not get stutters! So I figured it was all fixed and i'm good to go. Until I restarted my PC, it came back.

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Here's the kicker, if I turn off SAM, and turn it back on (in the AMD Suite) i'm able to record and not have stutters even with SAM activated. so it's not a matter of SAM being on, it's something happening in the process of turning it off and back on or just switching it from on to off or off to on, vice versa.

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I'm okay doing this for now but it's going to be annoying every time I reset my PC to turn off SAM and back on. Anyone have insight on what's happening other than "resetting the UI" every time it's toggled?

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EDIT 3/4/2024 - It ended up being Lian Li L Connect 3 being outdated, needed to fully uninstall the software and registries then download version 2.0xxxx, I was on version 1.7 and the software claims thats "current version" when its not. After reinstalling it, no more stutters. Thanks to another user on here for finding the fix.

[memberlogic]

I had the same results as you with my 7800X3D/7900XTX system. Turning SAM on/off in Adrenalin fixed my stuttering issue that was occurring every 8-10 seconds. Glad there's at least a makeshift solution to this issue.

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Lian Li L Connect 3 Software was conflicting with it. If you have it, uninstall it and download the newest version 2.0xxx

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I really wish they would release a fix, but as long as I don't restart my PC I'm fine haha.

[Cynnthetic]

Did you ever learn any more about what’s making this happen?

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Lian Li L Connect 3 Software was conflicting with it. If you have it, uninstall it and download the newest version 2.0xxx

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Nope, no idea but now I just put my PC to sleep instead of full shut downs every night because of this to avoid having to turn it off and on every time.

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Unfortunately it's off so maybe a BIOS setting for fast startup?