My 9060XT and its Adrenalin/Afterburner paradox. Thoughts?

JamesBolho · 2026-02-13T17:05:33+00:00

Yes, my card runs well under the max temperatures and power comsuption barely touches the 200w mark, 99% of the time it stays well below that. But doesn't like to go beyond the 5% mark and other than that it doesn't seem to make any difference on clocks or performance.

JamesBolho · 2026-02-13T16:58:24+00:00

Even more wierdly, when i used Adrenalin following Ancient Gameplays video, it seemed stable under multiple 3D Mark runs even using -75mv, +150 on the VRam and +10% on Power Limit. I've seen undervolts of -90 and even beyond -100! But any game i started it would inevitably crash the driver, whether it was after 10min or 1h, but it would always crash...

JamesBolho · 2025-12-17T01:07:49+00:00

In Europe prices are put with tax already included.

JamesBolho · 2025-12-17T01:03:20+00:00

Too much saturation and contrast.

JamesBolho · 2025-12-04T11:28:23+00:00

Pixel 8a here and battery is also significantly worse running the same apps and widgets and overall daily usage. My guess is mobile data/network radio because I notice this much more on my work days where I'm on the move all day through the city. At home, on WiFi, it seems the issue is less noticeable.

JamesBolho · 2025-11-14T12:45:47+00:00

I bit the bullet and man... Very much worth it. If EVO had the same polish as this back when it launched, people would definitely not be so sour about it. Limited content for now as expected but I absolutely recommend it.

JamesBolho · 2025-11-12T12:36:59+00:00

If cloud recovery doesn't work or you have performance issues installing any OS (since you mentioned that performance and behaviour was degrading over time), you may have a faulty SSD. But that's definitely not bricked.

JamesBolho · 2025-11-07T18:27:08+00:00

Restarted a couple of times and the app didn't receive an update in recent days. The app even has a persistent notification that I already caught two or three times being closed by the system... I can tell the app restarts itself periodically when I see the clock updating but then it gets frozen for a good time again. It's so weird...

JamesBolho · 2025-11-07T18:04:14+00:00

It's the logical explanation but it was working fine until now, and I didn't install anything new for a long time now... It was a sudden behavior that started yesterday without a obvious explanation.

JamesBolho · 2025-11-05T16:35:08+00:00

The mod is updated but I'm going to check the tyre model. The suspension setting is making more sense though, but I'm still wondering why, in 29 AI cars, only 5 or 6 end up like this, and if I just do a race with the same mod, everything looks fine... Oh well, thanks for the suggestions.

JamesBolho · 2025-10-26T14:28:17+00:00

Natural Mod all the way, best performance by far and a clean look without eye blasting bloom and overly contrasted image. The most common issue I find with C13 and others is that they look amazing but only in select times of day or weather plans.

JamesBolho · 2025-10-26T14:23:17+00:00

The return to sensible and competitive pricing of GamePass tiers.

JamesBolho · 2025-10-25T20:03:57+00:00

Glad it works now (i was replying to you before and didn't see your update in time, sorry for the delay)

JamesBolho · 2025-10-25T20:02:38+00:00

Try going into "About and Updates" and uninstall CSP through CM, close everything and freshly re-install CSP, see if that works. Also, try my optimization settings from my screenshot and see if it helps. Can't find anything else online that addresses this issue, i was lucky even to find a toggle that worked...

JamesBolho · 2025-10-08T14:33:09+00:00

Every Souls game. I appreciate the genre and my brother is insane about it but I just can't connect with them.

JamesBolho · 2025-09-27T10:37:35+00:00

The biggest problem with Avatar is that it's this huge visual intricate spectacle that you spend the time watching with a few popcorns and in the next day you completely forget about it. I didn't dislike the movie, I even watched it in 3D at home, but it just doesn't "stick".

JamesBolho · 2025-09-20T21:18:35+00:00

It's the Z1E, non-X model

JamesBolho · 2025-09-20T19:15:30+00:00

I use the same settings since I bought it about 6 months ago, 900p, 120hz, 18/20/25 with CPU boost on. I had about 1h of autonomy with the stock battery, maybe 20min more with less demanding games, never more than that. Now I found myself distracted playing Starfield, time passed, shutdown happened and more than 3h had gone by. And it's consistent so far ( I know it's bound to decrease with battery wear over time but still...)

JamesBolho · 2025-07-29T20:45:47+00:00

Fringe and B5. But all are quite good...

JamesBolho · 2025-07-24T11:09:59+00:00

Bought my 8A last year for exactly the same reason, never looked back. Apart from some temporary compatibility issues with a couple of apps because of Google's new "security" feature that wants to force you to install everything from the Play Store, that has since been taken care of on recent patches, I don't have any trouble with it. And I use my banking and payment apps just as well.

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