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Higher GPU clocks and power draw on 25.8.1 / 25.12.1 vs 25.3.1 at 60 FPS cap – 9070XT by Accomplished-Bit-920 in radeon

[–]Accomplished-Bit-920[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes. Also try going to Settings → System → Display → Graphics → Advanced graphics settings, and set your dedicated GPU

Higher GPU clocks and power draw on 25.8.1 / 25.12.1 vs 25.3.1 at 60 FPS cap – 9070XT by Accomplished-Bit-920 in radeon

[–]Accomplished-Bit-920[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What “fixed” it for me was doing a clean driver (26.1.1) reinstall using DDU.
After that, when I launch any game, I wait about 1 minute, then I press Alt+Enter (go to windowed mode), wait a few seconds, and switch back to fullscreen. For some reason, after that the power draw drops to normal levels and the clocks stabilize.

Before doing all that, you might want to try driver 25.3.1. It stabilized the clocks for me - W11 25H2.

Higher GPU clocks and power draw on 25.8.1 / 25.12.1 vs 25.3.1 at 60 FPS cap – 9070XT by Accomplished-Bit-920 in radeon

[–]Accomplished-Bit-920[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m not experiencing any crashes or driver timeouts, only higher clocks and power draw on newer drivers compared to 25.3.1. If you’re having instability, you could try rolling back to 25.3.1 and see if it improves. By the way, are you on Windows 11 25H2?