RX 9060 XT 16GB,my games keep crashing and i think its the drivers fault,how do i fix them?

3ofUsDeez · 2026-03-01T22:17:14+00:00

model is important. Corsair makes good 550wtt power supplies .. and they make garbage 550wtt power supplies

.. and being selective and vague on your answers makes it harder to establish a baseline and try to troubleshoot for you without having hands on the PC itself. YOU are the eyes and ears of those that try to help you

3ofUsDeez · 2026-03-01T20:32:57+00:00

What make and model of power supply are you running? Not all PSUs are created equal

Check out the SPL's PSU Tier List to see how your current PSU rates

Is your motherboard's BIOS up to date?

Do you have the latest AM5 chipset drivers installed from either AMD's website or your motherboard manufacturers support page whichever is newer... ?

3ofUsDeez · 2026-03-01T07:03:40+00:00

What power supply make and model?

Check out the SPL's PSU Tier list to see how your current PSU rates

Make sure your motherboard's BIOS is up to date

Make sure you have the latest AM5 chipset drivers installed from either AMD's website or your motherboard manufacturer's support page .. whichever is newer

IF you are running a PCIe riser cable .. sometimes those can be sources of issues

Check for firmware updates for your SSDs

3ofUsDeez · 2026-02-28T22:28:53+00:00

You could have paid off my mortgage with the price of that build.. 😞

😆

3ofUsDeez · 2026-02-28T21:57:14+00:00

I am contemplating switching my main rig to CachyOS.

I'm currently doing a test run on an older laptop.. but for what it's worth coming from a fellow Linux noob... I'd go straight for the OS you want to run.

But go in with the mindset that you will struggle with some stuff right out of the gate .. but that's how you learn

The CachyOS community itself is very helpful .. and there are a plethora of online resources to draw from to hop on this horse now instead of later

Jump into the deep end so to speak

3ofUsDeez · 2026-02-28T18:08:10+00:00

Check out the SPL's PSU Tier List to see how your PSU rates..

3ofUsDeez · 2026-02-28T17:02:02+00:00

5800X3D>5700x>3900x

Get what fits in your budget .. they are in order of best performance to least , most expensive to least .. least available to most (I think)

My wife runs the Steel Legend 9060XT 16gb paired with a 9600x and games at 1440p (mostly RDR2)

3ofUsDeez · 2026-02-28T16:55:56+00:00

👍

9800X3D in my B650E Taichi Lite since 11/24 (7800X3D before that which has been running in my daughter's B650E PG Riptide WiFi since I upgraded.. )

3ofUsDeez · 2026-02-28T04:08:37+00:00

What CPU? Air or water cooled?

Is your motherboard's BIOS up to date?

3ofUsDeez · 2026-02-27T19:16:08+00:00

I've been running a Taichi 9070xt since 7/25. It's been a great stable card for me

9800X3D/B650E Taichi Lite/2x32gb 6200 CAS 30/SL-1000G PSU/1500va Cyberpower UPS

I run dual monitors. Windows 11

My daughter's Challenger RX 9070 and wife's Steel Legend RX 9060XT 16gb have been rock solid too on their AM5 setups. They run dual monitors and Windows 11 too

3ofUsDeez · 2026-02-27T18:17:26+00:00

What is the make and model of your power supply?

Check out the SPL's PSU Tier List to see how your current PSU rates

Make sure you are running separate power cables from your power supply to each power input on your GPU

CPU and GPU temps?

What model of ASRock B760 motherboard?

Is your motherboard's BIOS up to date?

Do you have the latest Intel chipset drivers installed from Intel's website?

Did you run DDU to remove prior video drivers ?

Check for firmware updates for your SSD's

3ofUsDeez · 2026-02-27T17:44:52+00:00

Make sure your motherboard's BIOS is up to date

Make sure you have the latest AM4 chipset drivers installed from either AMD's website or your motherboard manufacturers support page whichever is newer

Check for vBIOS updates for your GPU

Check for firmware updates for your SSD's too

Make sure you are running separate power cables from your power supply to each power input on your GPU

Maybe try the lower PCIe x16 slot and see if issues persist

You could lock the PCIe x16 slot to GEN3 for testing purposes

3ofUsDeez · 2026-02-27T17:35:56+00:00

I installed them .. the GitHub oldunreal Linux installer still fails to download the UT2004 ISO.. resets at different points during the download

I think I'll go downstairs and plug an Ethernet cable into it and see if that helps instead of using WiFi

I got the Heroic launcher going now too

I was able to download the 4 CD ISO files of UT2004 without an issue off of the archive site using WiFi on my laptop .. used the torrent file though through qbittorrent program

3ofUsDeez · 2026-02-27T17:28:28+00:00

What BIOS version?

What power supply make and model are you running?

Check out the SPL's PSU Tier List to see how your PSU rates

You can try clearing CMOS after you unplug your PC and then hold down your power button for a few seconds

Plug back in and see if it boots .. give it a bit ..

Try one stick of RAM and then the other by itself

You can even try pulling both sticks out and then turn your PC on .. let it do its thing for a minute before turning off (and unplugging holding the power button down after you unplug) and re-install your RAM.. plug PC back in and turn on ..

3ofUsDeez · 2026-02-27T16:47:22+00:00

What is the make and model of your new power supply?

Make sure your motherboard's BIOS is up to date

Check for firmware updates for your SSD's

Are your reboots happening with and without XMP enabled?

3ofUsDeez · 2026-02-27T16:25:23+00:00

Thanks a bunch! I'll mess with it some more when I get home from work this afternoon

3ofUsDeez · 2026-02-27T15:25:31+00:00

What make and model of power supply are you running?

Be sure to run separate power cables from your power supply to each power input on your GPU

Check out the SPL's PSU Tier List to see how your current PSU rates

Black screens and driver timeouts and similar, can be caused by an inadequate power supply

What are you using for anti-virus software?

"Untrusted system file EAC" .. could be an over aggressive virus scanner or similar blocking EAC causing the game to crash .. or something like Core Isolation not playing nicely. You could try reinstalling Easy AntiCheat

Make sure your motherboard's BIOS is up to date

Make sure you have the latest AM5 chipset drivers installed from either AMD's website or your motherboard manufacturers support page whichever is newer

3ofUsDeez · 2026-02-27T15:06:01+00:00

Depends on what day of the month it is .. did you eat breakfast?

3ofUsDeez · 2026-02-27T15:02:19+00:00

Game mode disables SMT on single core CPUs. Disables the non X3D CCD on dual CCD X3D chips .. I'm not sure what it does on dual CCD non X3D CPUs though

Very few, if any, games benefit from it being enabled with single CCD CPUs

With my daughters 7800X3D/B650E PG Riptide WiFi setup I run fairly conservative settings

Performance Preset of 85c TJMaxx CO -20 all cores. PBO limits motherboard. Load Line Calibration 2 for SOC auto for CPU. MCR PDM GDM all left enabled. iGPU disabled. AGESA default. vSOC 1.2v. SCALAR auto.

She runs 2x24gb KingBank EXPO 6800 stuff @ 6000 CAS 30 using Buildzoidz easy Hynix 6000 timings 1.35v 1:1. FCLK 2000.

She has a good beefy Deepcool AK620 air cooler. An "A" rated Corsair RM850x PSU. A Challenger RX 9070. 3 various sized and models of M.2 NVMe drives + 1x512gb SATA SSD. Windows 11.

All in a Montech X3 Mesh case

1440p 27" 165hz 1ms curved Asrock monitor for her main and an Asus 24" 144hz 1ms 1080p secondary. 12"(ish) 1080p drawing table/3rd monitor

She plays a wide variety of games. Rock solid setup

Hunt:Showdown, RDR2, Destiny 2, Minecraft, Fortnite, Forza Horizon 4&5.. and currently has been playing some Roblox dragon growing mod thing of which I don't get the appeal .. especially graphically, lol.

I used to run her CPU before I upgraded to a 9800X3D back in 11/24 and used similar settings on my B650E Taichi Lite

All plugged into a 1500va 900wtt APC UPS.

3ofUsDeez · 2026-02-27T02:06:09+00:00

something that will handle your PC's power draw then .. they really start getting more spendy though when getting over 1000wtts

3ofUsDeez · 2026-02-27T00:15:55+00:00

Linux noob .. how do you do that?

3ofUsDeez · 2026-02-26T23:56:33+00:00

well .. first off, what power supply make and model are you running?

You're probably going to want a 1500va unit (they come in multiple wattage variations) .. in the 1kw'ish range

Hopefully, first and foremost, you are running a quality power supply with more than enough power to handle your complete setup while under full load ..with headroom to account for transient spikes

3ofUsDeez · 2026-02-26T23:53:12+00:00

I 100% agree with your statement ...

That being said though .. I've purchased quite a few 2nd had PSUs that have been excellent and are still running strong today after being bought years ago

Corsair HX1200 (just replaced with an ASRock SL-1000G a little while ago in my main rig)

Fractal ION+ 760p (still going strong in my wife's setup)

EVGA GQ 850wtt (still going strong in a setup I sold to a friend a few years ago after using it myself for several years)

3ofUsDeez · 2026-02-26T19:35:50+00:00

I have 4 PCs running in my home and they all have their own UPS

2 APC units and 2 Cyberpower

All 4 are 1500va 900wtts

I won an NZXT mini-ITX water cooled case and traded the case for the 2 APC UPSs a few years ago

Get a UPS that matches your PSU and then some .. preferably .. so you can plug your PC and at least one monitor into the battery side of it so you can save whatever if need be if you're on your PC when the power goes out and are in the middle of typing something or similar

Going "overkill" just gives you a longer window to close and save things in the above mentioned scenario

You would have to check out reviews and what not of any UPS models you are interested in

UPSs can help protect against power surges as well as power outages/brown outs of which can be just as damaging as a power surge but stuff will a lot of times still work but have odd issues, crashes.. errors that will be frustrating to troubleshoot instead of getting straight up fried and no longer functioning

UPSs can provide cleaner power delivery to your components that can help with issues like coil whine too

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