RX 9070 XT crashes in games with Ray Tracing enabled – tried multiple fixes, still happening
Hi everyone,
I'm having a stability issue with my AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT (PowerColor Hellhound 16GB) and I'm trying to figure out if the card itself might be defective.
The problem is that games eventually crash when Ray Tracing is enabled. Without RT, the system seems significantly more stable, but with RT enabled I can reproduce crashes after some time.
So far I've already tried:
- Different games
- VRAM/stability testing
- OCCT GPU tests
- Two independent PCIe power cables
- Switching the physical BIOS/performance switch on the GPU
- Windows Maximum Performance power plan
- GPU clock/voltage adjustments
- Disabling MPO
- Updating AMD Adrenalin drivers
- Running the card at stock settings
OCCT also reported errors during the GPU test.
My GPU temperatures don't seem particularly high, so I'm not seeing an obvious thermal issue.
Specs:
- RX 9070 XT PowerColor Hellhound 16GB
- Intel i5-14600K
- MSI MAG A850GL PCIE5 850W PSU
- Windows 11 25H2
- AMD Adrenalin 26.3.1 (I also have a newer driver available)
At this point I'm considering returning the GPU, but before doing that I'd really like to know if anyone with an RX 9070 XT has experienced similar crashes specifically with Ray Tracing.
Could this be a driver/RT issue, or does this sound like a defective GPU?
Any suggestions would be appreciated.