Drivers timeout after long sessions
I’m experiencing AMD driver timeouts after variable gaming sessions, usually ranging from 10 minutes to about an hour and a half. I analyzed the cause of these timeouts in detail by checking what’s reported in the Watchdog dumps. The issue is 100% due to an electrical problem. With stock settings runs fine.
During benchmarks on Steel Nomad, I managed to use the following settings to achieve the best performance gains:
* Undervolt: -110 mV
* VRAM overclock: +200 MHz
* Power limit: +10%
Obviously, I don’t expect these settings to be stable in actual gaming scenarios.
In-game, I tried using the following configuration:
* Undervolt: -80 mV
* Overclock: none
* Power limit: +10%
This combination caused the previously mentioned timeout after about one hour of gameplay, resulting in the creation of a Watchdog dump.
Based on my analysis, I believe the issue is due to the +10% power limit creating spikes that are too high, and combined with an undervolt of -80 mV, the GPU is unable to respond correctly.
Based on the Steel Nomad results, I don’t think I completely lost the silicon lottery. (7500 score is fine for this gpu)
Has anyone tested combinations of undervolt and power limit with prolonged testing that are stable and could be used as a reference?
Unfortunately, since the timeouts occur after about an hour, the tweaking process to find a stable configuration is very time-consuming. It would be helpful to have a working baseline from other users with a 9070 XT.
Of course, these parameters can vary from one GPU to another, but I’m curious to see other people’s results.
Thanks for your attention!