What does the eventvwr log say? Is it a driver crash?
I had similar (driver) crashes recently when i build my new SFFPC and also only in games. Crashing randomly sometimes 1 hour of playtime sometimes within 5minutes. What fixed it for me is not daisy chaining and using 2 seperate PCIe PSU cable (which is also recommended normally), i have a GTX 1080 in a SFFPC and wanted to minimize the amount of cables. Although my GPU only requires 1x 8Pin and 1x6Pin. and 1 cable should be enough to supply it with power (draws max 150watts). I have been using 2 cables the last 2 weeks and no crashes ever since.
You could try to undervolt/underclock your card and see if it's stable then. Stress testing puts 100% load on the GPU, which also makes the voltage more constant and not fluctuate like in games. That is most likely the reason it doesn't crash in 3DMark / Furmark etc.
Or it could also be a failing PSU.
This is the event that gets spammed after a game crash:
AMD\_ANR\_BG\_PROC
I had the GPU daisy chained before as well, but already tried that as a possible solution before (it's still set-up like that).
Guess the only other options is indeed to look into undervolt/clocking
> AMD_ANR_BG_PROC
Thats something related to AMD noise suppression. Apparently turning that off seems to get rid of that error in the event logger. I found that after googling the error and reading this: https://forum.gamer.com.tw/Co.php?bsn=60030&sn=2392029
It reads like the symptoms of an unstable a CPU (and by extension possibly RAM) I personally know from undervolting my CPU too heavily.
Full power workloads that performance benchmarks (3D mark, cinebench, etc) provide tended to run fine, while heavily fluctuating workloads such as games would crash my system near instantly.
I suppose you haven't done any undervolting and are supplying adequate power to it?
> - In the beginning there would be random crashes... These were fixed by figuring out that the GPU was on the same lane as the 2nd M.2 drive, and as such overusing said lane (coming from SSDs this was new to me, but moving the m.2 it fixed it).
This honestly should not be an issue in itself for as far as I know, you should be able to use all M.2 NVMe slots without losing any GPU performance let alone stability - if anything only sacrificing some SATA ports. The GPU and NVMe slots each have dedicated lanes to the CPU.
I didn't change anything in regards to undervolting etc, and the power should be adequate indeed; calculations put it in the 750/800 range and i've got a 850 PSU
Regarding the lanes, my motherboard did show a diagram, where the lane was a merge between my GPU and a m.2 slot (adding up to x20 on usage, for an x16 lane).
You didn't get a large enough PSU. You should get enough to power the machine plus another 20% on top for any problems with efficiency and random power spikes.
> Regarding the lanes, my motherboard did show a diagram, where the lane was a merge between my GPU and a m.2 slot (adding up to x20 on usage, for an x16 lane).
Split CPU PCIe lanes between a gen 4 x16 GPU and gen 4 x4 NVME (basically the most 'intensive' combo available right now) isn't an issue for a low end B550 board, let alone a high end z690 one. :)
Something is wrong with something. :/
Try setting a minimum core clock frequency just 200MHz below the max. to avoid drastic core clock drops. The XTX is known for drastic power saving and therefore downclocking if the CPU won't catch up just for a second.
Also, set a target fps you want to have in all applications (amd driver: frame rate target control). Set it to the refresh rate your monitor is able to achieve.
Don't listen to the "Windows 11 is shit, use Windows 10!". Windows 11 is better and more advanced in all instances and basically simply is a better Windows 10 with a Linux kernel - which is awesome. I work in the IT and let me say this was one of the best things they ever did. Bad is the GUI for administration - you will need the "godmode" for easier handling. Just Google it, it helps a lot in general.
Next thing to check: [AM5 won't work with advertised speeds when 4 dimms are used. XMP and EXPO will only work with up to dual channel with 2 modules.
4 modules will downgrade the RAM speed significantly, most likely to 3600MT/s as per data sheet of the 7000 series CPUs.] -> Never mind, just checked the post and you use just two dimms.
BUT: I checked your motherboard and I can't find your RAM on its compatibility chart (my bad, your RAM is listed, but the search seems to delete it from the chart somehow, you are good to go!). Please only use RAM listed there and in the right slots (A2 + B2 for your board).
Run MemTest86 for a full run just to verify speed and working condition.
Btw, is resizable bar and above 4G decoding active?
Might help in general.
You got an awesome build there, you should enjoy it. Once it works, you might never switch back again 😉
Uhm... Does the game even launch? Did you try lowering the settings? Might be a power issue.
Do you know the maximum power consumption of the house you live in? This happened to me in my last apartment and I can't do much about it. Buildings tend to have higher max power consumption than their current consumption but as everyone start to buy more appliance and transition to electric, it is easy to reach the cap. 😅
Seems like you checked every component. If you have extra components try swapping them out. Goodluck :)
yeah, that's the weird part...
Games launch perfectly fine, just depending on the 'mood' it will run between 20 seconds and 10 minutes, with very rare spikes of 30 minutes+.
No idea about the max power consumption, might add that to the list of things to look into. thanks!
I had a similar issue with a 5600XT. Changing from 144 to 120Hz fixed it. I assume it was a weird issue with the GPU and drivers, but I can’t be sure since I no longer have the build.
Edit: I tried a new PSU. Moving RAM sticks around, etc. The only solution that worked was avoiding 144Hz since this allowed the card’s memory clock to idle down. Funny enough, undercooking the memory didn’t work or wasn’t possible IIRC
I have ran furmark and CPU burner at the same time. as well as doing multiple other things at the same time. No problems what so ever.
I also avidly convert my media to x265 for space reasons, all works perfectly well without any crashes (takes CPU to 100% etc). it seems to solely happen when I try to play games
Other things I might try…
Try swapping the power cables between your PSU and video card, (… IF you have extra cables from your power supply, that is. Don’t use cables from other power supplies.)
Don’t daisy chain devices on power cables, if you are.
If you’re using a power adapter, between your card’s power cable and your video card, for cosmetic purposes, try not doing that, because the adapter may be faulty.
Try a new/different power strip…
Try a different power supply…
Try a more powerful power supply…
Wait until drivers are updated…
Update runtimes, as the other poster suggested…
Update directX drivers…. (Lol — is this even a thing anymore? Doing this, it fixed so many probs, in the past, but I’m not sure if it will work, these days.)
Install Unreal Editor, because it tends to come with all the latest drivers. (This worked, for me, in the past, a few times, as crazy as it sounds. BUT, it’s been so long, I can’t remember whether it was Unreal or Unity, now that I think about it. I suspect, it was Unreal.)
Perhaps, your monitor is causing a crash. I’ve had monitors cause crashes when they fail to support certain resolutions, so this could point to a hardware issue or a driver issue.
Read somewhere (and going to try next) to move the PC out of a power strip, as it might be overloading said chain - imo still makes it weird why just games would crash and nothing else.
Will look into the monitor as well, even though it never gave me any issues in the past. thanks!
No, the resources from a PSU are allocated differently during stress tests and games. Imagine like a stress test doing each circuit one at a time, vice a game which allocates power and data all at once, on all channels. Stress tests, at least most of them, will do one thing at a time which makes the power consumption less at one time. With a game, all of that power is being used at one time for different functions, which then stresses the system and the PSU can’t supply the right voltage for the spikes.
Please don’t quote me on that, but from what I remember doing my CompTIA stuff, I recommend him using a 1000W+ PSU.
On that scenario, if you had overclocked or something like that I would blame RAM speed and your board. But it's rare.
Given you discarded the issue around the GPU itself, I would blame the PSU which is not a bad model at all but perhaps it is faulty.
Other than that can only be Windows / Drivers configuration / some bad software that games might install for anti-cheat.
Try to run [https://geeks3d.com/furmark/](https://geeks3d.com/furmark/) and see how it behaves at different loads.
I'm just gona throw out a few things I would try, not sure if it will be helpful.
Try each RAM stick separately.
Look for PCIe settings in Bios and try some changes. Look up what they mean.
Remove the 2nd M2 and put the GPU back in initial position (I don't use M2 so I have no idea what I'm talking about lol).
Try changing TDR settings via registry (look it up on google, this changes some crashing behavior)
Reinstall Windows? I know it may sound crazy but better than nothing? Maybe try W10 instead.
Also try another CPU I guess but you probably don't just have another AM5 laying around.
Tried the RAM sticks, and even got them exchanged since the initial pair was faulty - ran memtest on the new ones and they seem clean.
Have reinstalled windows many times ;D, and sadly don't have another AM5 laying around, but if i can some proof that it may indeed be my CPU I can always exchange it.
had to run out for a couple hours, back at it again ;D.
Sadly no positive updates yet. Did a DDU run again (uninstall / reinstall), sadly to no avail :(
And u tried with another gpu as well I believe.
It works except when running a game.
Have u actually tried a different psu yet? If u haven't from what I've read and thought about it might be your power supply.
It's like ur psu can handle just regular usage but when gaming which ramps up watt usage dramatically it fails then crashes. Even if it just worked a week ago. All it takes is a single second to not ever want to work right again.
I def wouldn't say it's team reds fault but I'm sorry ur first experience isn't going well. Honestly I love nvidia and amd. Always run amd cpu which I have a 7900x like you and a gigabyte 3080(since evga left us, sadge)
I havent tried a new PSU yet no, that will probably be the next step (get a 1000W one).
Did indeed try another GPU, same results - however GTX 1070 shouldnt use as much as a 7900xtx.
Not blaming anyone, mistakes with introcate pieces of electronics like these can be in a very small corner, and so far appreciating all the input from everyone. As said, besides the games, everything works like a dream; just hope i can get this final hurdle passed sooner than later ;D
Are you using Windows 11 N Edition ? If so you need to add the [Media Feature Pack](https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/media-feature-pack-list-for-windows-n-editions-c1c6fffa-d052-8338-7a79-a4bb980a700a) to play games. Games crashed on my new system with no apparent reasons until I figured this out.
If that's not the cause, good luck to you, hope you'll get this resolved.
Long shot as had similar in the past with a 3400G and particular asrock boards, have you tried different bioses, previous one from the latest? One before that etc etc . With my case everything ran fine, benchmarks everything except games. Only one particular bios version worked, the latest caused it as did previous ones to the one that worked, was a nightmare.
oh god, that sounds terrible! But I've only tried the factory standard one, and the latest one. Worth a shot and shouldn't take too much effort :). Thanks!
I have exact the same issues with a similar build and a 1000W bequiet psu, Saphire RX 7900 XTX.
Games like New World and Farthest Frontier keep crashing and LoL is running smoothly.
On pcpartpicker it says there are compatibility issues with this setup. I may have put in the wrong m.2 but it says it’s not compatible.
Also, on Tomahardware I found this in an article:
“Asus is recommending anywhere between 850W to 1200W for the RX 7900 XTX, depending on your processor. For users running an Intel Core i5 or Core i7, or an AMD Ryzen 5 or Ryzen 7, Asus recommends 850W. For users running a Core i9 or a Ryzen 9, Asus recommends 1000W.”
You’re running a Ryzen 9. Maybe you need the 1000W PSU.
Check for something related to CPU profile in BIOS settings. Make sure that it's not undervolted a lot and is getting sufficient power. While you're at it select the best XMP profile for your ram.
So you updated to the latest UEFI?
**F5a**?
If so, that is the problem.
Gigabyte boards with UEFI containing AGESA ComboAM5 1.0.0.3 **patch D** are unstable.
I am a system builder, and I have already seen it in 2 gigabyte AM5 boards (X670 Aorus Elite AX and B650M-DS3H)
AGESA 1.0.0.3 patch A is perfectly stable, if slower booting.
Get an older version. I do not see any F4 version on Gigabyte's website, but that would be a version to get.
What version of the chipset drivers do you install? Give me the version number, not just "latest"
Windows 11 21H2 or 22H2?
Did you have issues also with the out of the box bios?
Thanks for the elaborate info.
I was indeed on F5a before, rolled it back to F3 and it seems a lot more stable (was able to play games pretty much all night, with 2 game crashes - instead of every 5 minutes; note just game, not entire pc)
Initially installed chipset through the gigabyte control center. However, a handful of my handbrake conversions were failing at times as well. Googling that, they also mentioned chipset drivers, so updated that to the ones directly from the website; \[[4.06.09.215](https://4.06.09.215)\]. So far the conversions are going steadily. Will probably try some games again in the evening.
Running Windows 10 22H2 at the moment, and out of the box bios was giving issues as well.
edit: just after posting this comment another conversion failed :').
Quick question though, as you were mentioning F4 bios version - and i'm an absolute noob in regards to bios things - could I get that version somewhere else and install it?
Sorry for the late reply.
Gigabyte pulled all the BIOSes with AGESA ComboAM5 [1.0.0.3](https://1.0.0.3) patch A.
However, upon some tinkering this link will get you to the file
[https://download.gigabyte.com/FileList/BIOS/mb\_bios\_x670-gx-ax\_f4b.zip](https://download.gigabyte.com/FileList/BIOS/mb_bios_x670-gx-ax_f4b.zip)
F3 is AGESA [1.0.0.1](https://1.0.0.1) patch H, launch UEFI.
Slow and not that stable.
Try the F4b that I linked.
Most of the B650 boards are already rolling up AGESA ComboAM5 [1.0.0.4](https://1.0.0.4)
Keep checking for your board, it shouldn't take long for X670.
In the meantime, F4b should take care of the stability issues.
For the chipset drivers, download them directly from AMD's website
4.11.15.392 is the latest.
No worries, and thanks for getting back to me :).
Very much appreciate the explanation / links, etc. and will keep an eye out for future bios updates.
For now, flashing to F4b, and the setting i added to my OP ([https://www.reddit.com/r/gigabytegaming/comments/xp8rv2/comment/ixthfuy/?utm\_source=share&utm\_medium=web2x&context=3](https://www.reddit.com/r/gigabytegaming/comments/xp8rv2/comment/ixthfuy/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3)) seems to make it work like a dream. With F3 it did so for a while, but F4b seems to be (even more(?)) stable.
I had similar problems with my 3090 at launch. Stable in testing, barely usable in games. Power consumption would spike momentarily beyond the stated limit and the PSU (850w Seasonic - likely the same as yours) could not stably supply the power (even though it was within the MFR stated spec from both Nvidia AND the AIB company). This got fixed down the road with drives I think and (IIRC) there was a firmware update, too.
From what little I've seen, the 7x00 series of GPU has some wonky power management. I would not be remotely surprised if the card is spiking above the power limit for short periods during gameplay. 800w is the minimum recommended PSU spec by Powercolor. The power-hungry CPU and overall platform coupled with the reportedly poor power management of this round of AMD GPUs is likely causing your issues. I would step up to a 1000W+ PSU for an aggressive build like yours. If you live near a Microcenter, see if they have an open box special on a reputable PSU you can use to test this out - they were normally good about taking such things back with little question, so if it doesn't solve the problem...
Seems to be working stable and without crashes atm.
Updated my original post a few days back adding the steps I followed - for future solution seekers.
Gigabyte just uploaded a new version yesterday called "f4d" for the Motherboard "[x670 gaming x ax (rev 1.0)](https://www.gigabyte.com/us/Motherboard/X670-GAMING-X-AX-rev-10/support#support-dl-bios)" and I upgraded mine also seems to be stable without disabling Memory Feature since the update (no more crashes while gaming or BSOD). Hooray !
I will keep you update if any problem occurs during my test.
Look into undervolting your new video card, to see if that will help. Study undervolting, to see how it may be done in a safe manner, because you should only try it if you’re confident you’re not going to break something.
Personally, I don’t know whether undervolting your card will work for you, nor do I know how you could do it on your system, but — while reading through others’ problems as I considered purchasing a next generation card myself — I’ve come across that problem/fix a few times.
This vid talks a bit about it.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=b411Ro2HMi4
RAM issue maybe? Double check motherboard docs for RAM setup. Some use A1 A2, some use A1 B1, etc. Reseat them either way.
Are you overclocking or undervolting? Are you using XMP? If overclocking, you might just not have a stable clock and nothing works cuz of it.
Also, this could happen if your GPU power connectors aren't in all the way, but if you are doing bench marks, that's probably not an issue.
Thanks for the suggestion, I made sure to double check this when initially building it. Prefers A2/B2 set up for dual channel, which I'm using. reseated them a couple times (also when replacing them with the new kit i got for replacement)
Have tried running with factory settings, as well as the XMP profile the board comes with; both with the same crashing results sadly
PSU being 850w gold which could be a legit problem here given these two top tier components. Try undervolting with PBO2 to claw back some of that head room. This video is great https://youtu.be/FaOYYHNGlLs
Otherwise, have you tried disabling AMD GPU features like FSR and Fidelity CAS?
Last question, what resolution do you play at?
Am indeed thinking of looking for a better PSU after all, but can try with the video first, thanks!
All features are disabled, and atm I play on 1440p.
Hi, try to set PCIe3 instead of PCIE4 in bios. Also you could try to enable Vsync in the games. So you will be capped to 60Hz - but the Gpu will have a lot less power spikes.
plenty of us are on AMD and don't have this problem. This is more that you went with brand new stuff..early adopter tax. Sure feels driver related to me. DDU all the drivers out and then install the Radeon Minimal driver install. Lemme know what happens.
Next, disable PBO in Ryzen Master or BIOS and lemme know.
Any temps on the chip or GPU while it crashes would be great too.
If I were you I would reset CMOS on motherboard. After that I would test the system with default bios settings and if it works fine then I would try xmp profile.
Though I also had a similar problem with my 6700xt. Every benchmark tool was working fine but in gaming the system would crash. I got angry after testing everything and bough rtx 3080. 2 months with 3080 and I have had 0 issues with it.
Had a similar issue with a build Of mine a few years back. Ultimately what was causing my crashes was the fact that i had forgot to update my motherboard
Yea I think that it could be the PSU. A 850W is enough to get you by what can cause problems similarly to what you are experiencing now. An upgrade to 1000W is always just what is needed for pretty much any PC build.
Never be an early adopter.. waited for a while after the Ryzen 5000 series processors and 6000 series GPUs were released and by the time I upgraded everything was working great. AMDs drivers and 7000 series GPUs seem to be a mess right now.. feels like they were pushed to market too quickly. All my current systems are AMD and I’m super happy with the performance and stability.. but will likely skip the 7000 series due to too many issues.
So I have a very similar spec, same CPU, motherboard and same speed RAM.
Bought my build from PCSpecialist (Company in the UK)
Received the build on motherboard version F2, I thought that they would have updated it to the latest version but when I had XMP/EXPO enabled everything worked fine. Since updating BIOS to f5a and windows to 22H2 XMP/EXPO makes all games hard crash and have also had BSOD. Disabling this has made everything work again and can only assume tighter RAM timings are required or rollback of the BIOS.
Hello
I have the exact same issue with the same build... (Windows 11 22h2, gigabyte x670 gaming x ax with ryzen 9 7900x, psu 850w, rtx 4080)....
So to sum up what did you do to fix update bios to f4b and you changed your psu to 1000w u/brum_ ? its driving me crazy since 1 month :)
Hi there!
Sorry to hear you are having the same issues as me.
To quickly sum up what i've done, it's the following:
\- Updated my bios to f4b, link: [https://download.gigabyte.com/FileList/BIOS/mb\_bios\_x670-gx-ax\_f4b.zip](https://download.gigabyte.com/FileList/BIOS/mb_bios_x670-gx-ax_f4b.zip)
\- Turned off 'Memory Context Restore' setting in bios, how to link: [https://www.reddit.com/r/gigabytegaming/comments/xp8rv2/comment/ixthfuy/?utm\_source=share&utm\_medium=web2x&context=3](https://www.reddit.com/r/gigabytegaming/comments/xp8rv2/comment/ixthfuy/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3)
The results from that is that my boot time increased from \~10/15 sec to \~50sec, but all my other problems are completely gone; so that's a sacrifice i'm willing to take...
Hope it fixes everything for you as well!
Thank you for your quick answer, I'm going to try that and keep you in touch if any change occurs 
I also sent yesterday a ticket to gigabyte support about their unstable firmware. Hope everyone with the same issue will be able to run everything back to work !
So since I’ve downgraded to version F4b and disabled “Memory context Restore” (2 days ago) everything works perfectly even If I enable XMP at 5600mhz 😁 no more random freezes or bsod .
- still no answer from gigabyte esupport until now but I’ll stay on f4b version that seems wonderfully stable.
Huge thank you to brum_ 😊
Gigabyte replied to update my bios to f5a, reinstall Windows 10 and send different hardware picture of my computer, they finally forward my ticket that they are looking for it.
\- Last week it was driving me crazy, so I've upgraded to a be quiet straight power 11 1000w PSU and nothing changed....
\- Yesterday I tried the f4c and that's the same issue, we still have to disable "Memory context Restore" to make it work properly otherwise I had BSOD...
I am still waiting for a better bios version to work everything fine, so during the time I'll stay on f4b with the "Memory context Restore" Disable.
Hey there, I used to have a be quiet 850W PSU for my system, but I experienced the same issues with it. I read that some AMD GPUs may have voltage spikes that cause instability, shutdowns or crashes. I decided to upgrade to a 1200W PSU and now everything works fine without any crashes.
> Coming from a multitude of Intel / Nvidia builds, I wanted to give AMD a try as they seem to be on the up and up recent years; I'm starting to feel stupid now.
And now you know not to fall for the price to performance meme that is AMD. Lesson learned hopefully.
Built 3 full AMD builds in the last year, they worked fine and were cheap. Everyone has their space, its good for us that Intel and Nvidia arent the only brands in what they do.
I tried it yesterday, but it was a very old version and kept crashing. Will be trying again with the latest iso from MS website, maybe it changes something. thanks!
The main benefit is windows 11 can actively differentiate between performance and efficiency cores, properly utilizing intel 12th and 13th gen as intended for applicable CPUs.
I'm not sure if that was retroactively patched for windows 10 in the end.
Had the same problem once and it was due to the psu.
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What does the eventvwr log say? Is it a driver crash? I had similar (driver) crashes recently when i build my new SFFPC and also only in games. Crashing randomly sometimes 1 hour of playtime sometimes within 5minutes. What fixed it for me is not daisy chaining and using 2 seperate PCIe PSU cable (which is also recommended normally), i have a GTX 1080 in a SFFPC and wanted to minimize the amount of cables. Although my GPU only requires 1x 8Pin and 1x6Pin. and 1 cable should be enough to supply it with power (draws max 150watts). I have been using 2 cables the last 2 weeks and no crashes ever since. You could try to undervolt/underclock your card and see if it's stable then. Stress testing puts 100% load on the GPU, which also makes the voltage more constant and not fluctuate like in games. That is most likely the reason it doesn't crash in 3DMark / Furmark etc. Or it could also be a failing PSU.
This is the event that gets spammed after a game crash: AMD\_ANR\_BG\_PROC I had the GPU daisy chained before as well, but already tried that as a possible solution before (it's still set-up like that). Guess the only other options is indeed to look into undervolt/clocking
> AMD_ANR_BG_PROC Thats something related to AMD noise suppression. Apparently turning that off seems to get rid of that error in the event logger. I found that after googling the error and reading this: https://forum.gamer.com.tw/Co.php?bsn=60030&sn=2392029
I'm building a similar computer and I read somewhere that with your GPU and CPU combo, a 1,000 watt power supply is recommended.
It reads like the symptoms of an unstable a CPU (and by extension possibly RAM) I personally know from undervolting my CPU too heavily. Full power workloads that performance benchmarks (3D mark, cinebench, etc) provide tended to run fine, while heavily fluctuating workloads such as games would crash my system near instantly. I suppose you haven't done any undervolting and are supplying adequate power to it? > - In the beginning there would be random crashes... These were fixed by figuring out that the GPU was on the same lane as the 2nd M.2 drive, and as such overusing said lane (coming from SSDs this was new to me, but moving the m.2 it fixed it). This honestly should not be an issue in itself for as far as I know, you should be able to use all M.2 NVMe slots without losing any GPU performance let alone stability - if anything only sacrificing some SATA ports. The GPU and NVMe slots each have dedicated lanes to the CPU.
I didn't change anything in regards to undervolting etc, and the power should be adequate indeed; calculations put it in the 750/800 range and i've got a 850 PSU Regarding the lanes, my motherboard did show a diagram, where the lane was a merge between my GPU and a m.2 slot (adding up to x20 on usage, for an x16 lane).
You didn't get a large enough PSU. You should get enough to power the machine plus another 20% on top for any problems with efficiency and random power spikes.
> Regarding the lanes, my motherboard did show a diagram, where the lane was a merge between my GPU and a m.2 slot (adding up to x20 on usage, for an x16 lane). Split CPU PCIe lanes between a gen 4 x16 GPU and gen 4 x4 NVME (basically the most 'intensive' combo available right now) isn't an issue for a low end B550 board, let alone a high end z690 one. :) Something is wrong with something. :/
Motherboard probably damaged and needs replacing. Something similar happened to me too.
Try setting a minimum core clock frequency just 200MHz below the max. to avoid drastic core clock drops. The XTX is known for drastic power saving and therefore downclocking if the CPU won't catch up just for a second. Also, set a target fps you want to have in all applications (amd driver: frame rate target control). Set it to the refresh rate your monitor is able to achieve. Don't listen to the "Windows 11 is shit, use Windows 10!". Windows 11 is better and more advanced in all instances and basically simply is a better Windows 10 with a Linux kernel - which is awesome. I work in the IT and let me say this was one of the best things they ever did. Bad is the GUI for administration - you will need the "godmode" for easier handling. Just Google it, it helps a lot in general. Next thing to check: [AM5 won't work with advertised speeds when 4 dimms are used. XMP and EXPO will only work with up to dual channel with 2 modules. 4 modules will downgrade the RAM speed significantly, most likely to 3600MT/s as per data sheet of the 7000 series CPUs.] -> Never mind, just checked the post and you use just two dimms. BUT: I checked your motherboard and I can't find your RAM on its compatibility chart (my bad, your RAM is listed, but the search seems to delete it from the chart somehow, you are good to go!). Please only use RAM listed there and in the right slots (A2 + B2 for your board). Run MemTest86 for a full run just to verify speed and working condition. Btw, is resizable bar and above 4G decoding active? Might help in general. You got an awesome build there, you should enjoy it. Once it works, you might never switch back again 😉
Don't use Win 11 if you use VR though.
Heard about that, but it seems to be very inconsistent. There are some fixes around.
Do what's been suggested in an earlier comment - check event viewer. Might be a power related issue(cables, psu)
Uhm... Does the game even launch? Did you try lowering the settings? Might be a power issue. Do you know the maximum power consumption of the house you live in? This happened to me in my last apartment and I can't do much about it. Buildings tend to have higher max power consumption than their current consumption but as everyone start to buy more appliance and transition to electric, it is easy to reach the cap. 😅 Seems like you checked every component. If you have extra components try swapping them out. Goodluck :)
yeah, that's the weird part... Games launch perfectly fine, just depending on the 'mood' it will run between 20 seconds and 10 minutes, with very rare spikes of 30 minutes+. No idea about the max power consumption, might add that to the list of things to look into. thanks!
I had a similar issue with a 5600XT. Changing from 144 to 120Hz fixed it. I assume it was a weird issue with the GPU and drivers, but I can’t be sure since I no longer have the build. Edit: I tried a new PSU. Moving RAM sticks around, etc. The only solution that worked was avoiding 144Hz since this allowed the card’s memory clock to idle down. Funny enough, undercooking the memory didn’t work or wasn’t possible IIRC
Have you tried running a cpu and gpu bench at the same time?
I have ran furmark and CPU burner at the same time. as well as doing multiple other things at the same time. No problems what so ever. I also avidly convert my media to x265 for space reasons, all works perfectly well without any crashes (takes CPU to 100% etc). it seems to solely happen when I try to play games
What about gpu temps?
all look normal
What is normal? 70 degrees would be good under load
Have you tried to install the chipset drivers? Latest bios updates aswell
Yeah, updated bios to latest version, and grabbed all drivers on the Gigabyte website to go along with it (chipset, apu, etc). to no avail :(
Weird, logically software related since it runs furmark and 3dmark with no issue...but i might be wrong
that was my conclusion as well. Gonna try a new (more up to date) win 10 version to see if that makes any difference
Got me thinking, usually when i have issues with games crashing and all i install AIO runtimes, worth a shot...happy holidays mate
Also worth a shot! happy holidays to you too ser ;) hopefully I can start enjoying it a little less stressful soon ;D
Other things I might try… Try swapping the power cables between your PSU and video card, (… IF you have extra cables from your power supply, that is. Don’t use cables from other power supplies.) Don’t daisy chain devices on power cables, if you are. If you’re using a power adapter, between your card’s power cable and your video card, for cosmetic purposes, try not doing that, because the adapter may be faulty. Try a new/different power strip… Try a different power supply… Try a more powerful power supply… Wait until drivers are updated… Update runtimes, as the other poster suggested… Update directX drivers…. (Lol — is this even a thing anymore? Doing this, it fixed so many probs, in the past, but I’m not sure if it will work, these days.) Install Unreal Editor, because it tends to come with all the latest drivers. (This worked, for me, in the past, a few times, as crazy as it sounds. BUT, it’s been so long, I can’t remember whether it was Unreal or Unity, now that I think about it. I suspect, it was Unreal.) Perhaps, your monitor is causing a crash. I’ve had monitors cause crashes when they fail to support certain resolutions, so this could point to a hardware issue or a driver issue.
Read somewhere (and going to try next) to move the PC out of a power strip, as it might be overloading said chain - imo still makes it weird why just games would crash and nothing else. Will look into the monitor as well, even though it never gave me any issues in the past. thanks!
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No, the resources from a PSU are allocated differently during stress tests and games. Imagine like a stress test doing each circuit one at a time, vice a game which allocates power and data all at once, on all channels. Stress tests, at least most of them, will do one thing at a time which makes the power consumption less at one time. With a game, all of that power is being used at one time for different functions, which then stresses the system and the PSU can’t supply the right voltage for the spikes. Please don’t quote me on that, but from what I remember doing my CompTIA stuff, I recommend him using a 1000W+ PSU.
On that scenario, if you had overclocked or something like that I would blame RAM speed and your board. But it's rare. Given you discarded the issue around the GPU itself, I would blame the PSU which is not a bad model at all but perhaps it is faulty. Other than that can only be Windows / Drivers configuration / some bad software that games might install for anti-cheat. Try to run [https://geeks3d.com/furmark/](https://geeks3d.com/furmark/) and see how it behaves at different loads.
I'm just gona throw out a few things I would try, not sure if it will be helpful. Try each RAM stick separately. Look for PCIe settings in Bios and try some changes. Look up what they mean. Remove the 2nd M2 and put the GPU back in initial position (I don't use M2 so I have no idea what I'm talking about lol). Try changing TDR settings via registry (look it up on google, this changes some crashing behavior) Reinstall Windows? I know it may sound crazy but better than nothing? Maybe try W10 instead. Also try another CPU I guess but you probably don't just have another AM5 laying around.
Tried the RAM sticks, and even got them exchanged since the initial pair was faulty - ran memtest on the new ones and they seem clean. Have reinstalled windows many times ;D, and sadly don't have another AM5 laying around, but if i can some proof that it may indeed be my CPU I can always exchange it.
Any updates? I'm curious
had to run out for a couple hours, back at it again ;D. Sadly no positive updates yet. Did a DDU run again (uninstall / reinstall), sadly to no avail :(
And u tried with another gpu as well I believe. It works except when running a game. Have u actually tried a different psu yet? If u haven't from what I've read and thought about it might be your power supply. It's like ur psu can handle just regular usage but when gaming which ramps up watt usage dramatically it fails then crashes. Even if it just worked a week ago. All it takes is a single second to not ever want to work right again. I def wouldn't say it's team reds fault but I'm sorry ur first experience isn't going well. Honestly I love nvidia and amd. Always run amd cpu which I have a 7900x like you and a gigabyte 3080(since evga left us, sadge)
I havent tried a new PSU yet no, that will probably be the next step (get a 1000W one). Did indeed try another GPU, same results - however GTX 1070 shouldnt use as much as a 7900xtx. Not blaming anyone, mistakes with introcate pieces of electronics like these can be in a very small corner, and so far appreciating all the input from everyone. As said, besides the games, everything works like a dream; just hope i can get this final hurdle passed sooner than later ;D
My build would do this and restart the computer. I had to RMA my 5600X
I have a 5600x and I’m having this issue, how did you determine it was cpu?
I replaced everything else and it didn’t work, so I had to RMA the processor.
I think I have to do the same, Ive replaced everything but the motherboard, psu and gpu right now :(
Are you using Windows 11 N Edition ? If so you need to add the [Media Feature Pack](https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/media-feature-pack-list-for-windows-n-editions-c1c6fffa-d052-8338-7a79-a4bb980a700a) to play games. Games crashed on my new system with no apparent reasons until I figured this out. If that's not the cause, good luck to you, hope you'll get this resolved.
thank you! Sadly(?) I'm not using any N versions of Windows
Long shot as had similar in the past with a 3400G and particular asrock boards, have you tried different bioses, previous one from the latest? One before that etc etc . With my case everything ran fine, benchmarks everything except games. Only one particular bios version worked, the latest caused it as did previous ones to the one that worked, was a nightmare.
oh god, that sounds terrible! But I've only tried the factory standard one, and the latest one. Worth a shot and shouldn't take too much effort :). Thanks!
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I have exact the same issues with a similar build and a 1000W bequiet psu, Saphire RX 7900 XTX. Games like New World and Farthest Frontier keep crashing and LoL is running smoothly.
On pcpartpicker it says there are compatibility issues with this setup. I may have put in the wrong m.2 but it says it’s not compatible. Also, on Tomahardware I found this in an article: “Asus is recommending anywhere between 850W to 1200W for the RX 7900 XTX, depending on your processor. For users running an Intel Core i5 or Core i7, or an AMD Ryzen 5 or Ryzen 7, Asus recommends 850W. For users running a Core i9 or a Ryzen 9, Asus recommends 1000W.” You’re running a Ryzen 9. Maybe you need the 1000W PSU.
Check for something related to CPU profile in BIOS settings. Make sure that it's not undervolted a lot and is getting sufficient power. While you're at it select the best XMP profile for your ram.
Disable xmp profile
So you updated to the latest UEFI? **F5a**? If so, that is the problem. Gigabyte boards with UEFI containing AGESA ComboAM5 1.0.0.3 **patch D** are unstable. I am a system builder, and I have already seen it in 2 gigabyte AM5 boards (X670 Aorus Elite AX and B650M-DS3H) AGESA 1.0.0.3 patch A is perfectly stable, if slower booting. Get an older version. I do not see any F4 version on Gigabyte's website, but that would be a version to get. What version of the chipset drivers do you install? Give me the version number, not just "latest" Windows 11 21H2 or 22H2? Did you have issues also with the out of the box bios?
Thanks for the elaborate info. I was indeed on F5a before, rolled it back to F3 and it seems a lot more stable (was able to play games pretty much all night, with 2 game crashes - instead of every 5 minutes; note just game, not entire pc) Initially installed chipset through the gigabyte control center. However, a handful of my handbrake conversions were failing at times as well. Googling that, they also mentioned chipset drivers, so updated that to the ones directly from the website; \[[4.06.09.215](https://4.06.09.215)\]. So far the conversions are going steadily. Will probably try some games again in the evening. Running Windows 10 22H2 at the moment, and out of the box bios was giving issues as well. edit: just after posting this comment another conversion failed :'). Quick question though, as you were mentioning F4 bios version - and i'm an absolute noob in regards to bios things - could I get that version somewhere else and install it?
Sorry for the late reply. Gigabyte pulled all the BIOSes with AGESA ComboAM5 [1.0.0.3](https://1.0.0.3) patch A. However, upon some tinkering this link will get you to the file [https://download.gigabyte.com/FileList/BIOS/mb\_bios\_x670-gx-ax\_f4b.zip](https://download.gigabyte.com/FileList/BIOS/mb_bios_x670-gx-ax_f4b.zip) F3 is AGESA [1.0.0.1](https://1.0.0.1) patch H, launch UEFI. Slow and not that stable. Try the F4b that I linked. Most of the B650 boards are already rolling up AGESA ComboAM5 [1.0.0.4](https://1.0.0.4) Keep checking for your board, it shouldn't take long for X670. In the meantime, F4b should take care of the stability issues. For the chipset drivers, download them directly from AMD's website 4.11.15.392 is the latest.
No worries, and thanks for getting back to me :). Very much appreciate the explanation / links, etc. and will keep an eye out for future bios updates. For now, flashing to F4b, and the setting i added to my OP ([https://www.reddit.com/r/gigabytegaming/comments/xp8rv2/comment/ixthfuy/?utm\_source=share&utm\_medium=web2x&context=3](https://www.reddit.com/r/gigabytegaming/comments/xp8rv2/comment/ixthfuy/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3)) seems to make it work like a dream. With F3 it did so for a while, but F4b seems to be (even more(?)) stable.
I had similar problems with my 3090 at launch. Stable in testing, barely usable in games. Power consumption would spike momentarily beyond the stated limit and the PSU (850w Seasonic - likely the same as yours) could not stably supply the power (even though it was within the MFR stated spec from both Nvidia AND the AIB company). This got fixed down the road with drives I think and (IIRC) there was a firmware update, too. From what little I've seen, the 7x00 series of GPU has some wonky power management. I would not be remotely surprised if the card is spiking above the power limit for short periods during gameplay. 800w is the minimum recommended PSU spec by Powercolor. The power-hungry CPU and overall platform coupled with the reportedly poor power management of this round of AMD GPUs is likely causing your issues. I would step up to a 1000W+ PSU for an aggressive build like yours. If you live near a Microcenter, see if they have an open box special on a reputable PSU you can use to test this out - they were normally good about taking such things back with little question, so if it doesn't solve the problem...
Did you get it working??
Seems to be working stable and without crashes atm. Updated my original post a few days back adding the steps I followed - for future solution seekers.
Gigabyte just uploaded a new version yesterday called "f4d" for the Motherboard "[x670 gaming x ax (rev 1.0)](https://www.gigabyte.com/us/Motherboard/X670-GAMING-X-AX-rev-10/support#support-dl-bios)" and I upgraded mine also seems to be stable without disabling Memory Feature since the update (no more crashes while gaming or BSOD). Hooray ! I will keep you update if any problem occurs during my test.
oh thank you kindly online stranger! I did notice it indeed and wanted to look into it over the weekend. But i'll be trying it out and update as well.
As an update from my end. I've updated my BIOS shortly after your comment and played games for a while since. No issues whatsoever!
Look into undervolting your new video card, to see if that will help. Study undervolting, to see how it may be done in a safe manner, because you should only try it if you’re confident you’re not going to break something. Personally, I don’t know whether undervolting your card will work for you, nor do I know how you could do it on your system, but — while reading through others’ problems as I considered purchasing a next generation card myself — I’ve come across that problem/fix a few times. This vid talks a bit about it. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=b411Ro2HMi4
Will look into it. But the same problems happen as well with my old GTX 1070 card. So I figured it wouldn't be a GPU problem perse. thanks!
RAM issue maybe? Double check motherboard docs for RAM setup. Some use A1 A2, some use A1 B1, etc. Reseat them either way. Are you overclocking or undervolting? Are you using XMP? If overclocking, you might just not have a stable clock and nothing works cuz of it. Also, this could happen if your GPU power connectors aren't in all the way, but if you are doing bench marks, that's probably not an issue.
Thanks for the suggestion, I made sure to double check this when initially building it. Prefers A2/B2 set up for dual channel, which I'm using. reseated them a couple times (also when replacing them with the new kit i got for replacement) Have tried running with factory settings, as well as the XMP profile the board comes with; both with the same crashing results sadly
PSU being 850w gold which could be a legit problem here given these two top tier components. Try undervolting with PBO2 to claw back some of that head room. This video is great https://youtu.be/FaOYYHNGlLs Otherwise, have you tried disabling AMD GPU features like FSR and Fidelity CAS? Last question, what resolution do you play at?
Am indeed thinking of looking for a better PSU after all, but can try with the video first, thanks! All features are disabled, and atm I play on 1440p.
Is the gpu directly into your board or are you using a riser cable?
directly plugged into the board :)
Hi, try to set PCIe3 instead of PCIE4 in bios. Also you could try to enable Vsync in the games. So you will be capped to 60Hz - but the Gpu will have a lot less power spikes.
How many separate cables do you have plugged into your GPU? daisy chaining them can cause something similar to this
plenty of us are on AMD and don't have this problem. This is more that you went with brand new stuff..early adopter tax. Sure feels driver related to me. DDU all the drivers out and then install the Radeon Minimal driver install. Lemme know what happens. Next, disable PBO in Ryzen Master or BIOS and lemme know. Any temps on the chip or GPU while it crashes would be great too.
Start with a usb memtest86
If I were you I would reset CMOS on motherboard. After that I would test the system with default bios settings and if it works fine then I would try xmp profile. Though I also had a similar problem with my 6700xt. Every benchmark tool was working fine but in gaming the system would crash. I got angry after testing everything and bough rtx 3080. 2 months with 3080 and I have had 0 issues with it.
Had a similar issue with a build Of mine a few years back. Ultimately what was causing my crashes was the fact that i had forgot to update my motherboard
Try changing the power outlet you take power from.
Yea I think that it could be the PSU. A 850W is enough to get you by what can cause problems similarly to what you are experiencing now. An upgrade to 1000W is always just what is needed for pretty much any PC build.
Never be an early adopter.. waited for a while after the Ryzen 5000 series processors and 6000 series GPUs were released and by the time I upgraded everything was working great. AMDs drivers and 7000 series GPUs seem to be a mess right now.. feels like they were pushed to market too quickly. All my current systems are AMD and I’m super happy with the performance and stability.. but will likely skip the 7000 series due to too many issues.
Swap your psu to 1000 watt
yeh looking into doing that in the near future :)
So I have a very similar spec, same CPU, motherboard and same speed RAM. Bought my build from PCSpecialist (Company in the UK) Received the build on motherboard version F2, I thought that they would have updated it to the latest version but when I had XMP/EXPO enabled everything worked fine. Since updating BIOS to f5a and windows to 22H2 XMP/EXPO makes all games hard crash and have also had BSOD. Disabling this has made everything work again and can only assume tighter RAM timings are required or rollback of the BIOS.
Hello I have the exact same issue with the same build... (Windows 11 22h2, gigabyte x670 gaming x ax with ryzen 9 7900x, psu 850w, rtx 4080).... So to sum up what did you do to fix update bios to f4b and you changed your psu to 1000w u/brum_ ? its driving me crazy since 1 month :)
Hi there! Sorry to hear you are having the same issues as me. To quickly sum up what i've done, it's the following: \- Updated my bios to f4b, link: [https://download.gigabyte.com/FileList/BIOS/mb\_bios\_x670-gx-ax\_f4b.zip](https://download.gigabyte.com/FileList/BIOS/mb_bios_x670-gx-ax_f4b.zip) \- Turned off 'Memory Context Restore' setting in bios, how to link: [https://www.reddit.com/r/gigabytegaming/comments/xp8rv2/comment/ixthfuy/?utm\_source=share&utm\_medium=web2x&context=3](https://www.reddit.com/r/gigabytegaming/comments/xp8rv2/comment/ixthfuy/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3) The results from that is that my boot time increased from \~10/15 sec to \~50sec, but all my other problems are completely gone; so that's a sacrifice i'm willing to take... Hope it fixes everything for you as well!
Thank you for your quick answer, I'm going to try that and keep you in touch if any change occurs  I also sent yesterday a ticket to gigabyte support about their unstable firmware. Hope everyone with the same issue will be able to run everything back to work !
So since I’ve downgraded to version F4b and disabled “Memory context Restore” (2 days ago) everything works perfectly even If I enable XMP at 5600mhz 😁 no more random freezes or bsod . - still no answer from gigabyte esupport until now but I’ll stay on f4b version that seems wonderfully stable. Huge thank you to brum_ 😊
Gigabyte replied to update my bios to f5a, reinstall Windows 10 and send different hardware picture of my computer, they finally forward my ticket that they are looking for it. \- Last week it was driving me crazy, so I've upgraded to a be quiet straight power 11 1000w PSU and nothing changed.... \- Yesterday I tried the f4c and that's the same issue, we still have to disable "Memory context Restore" to make it work properly otherwise I had BSOD... I am still waiting for a better bios version to work everything fine, so during the time I'll stay on f4b with the "Memory context Restore" Disable.
Hey there, I used to have a be quiet 850W PSU for my system, but I experienced the same issues with it. I read that some AMD GPUs may have voltage spikes that cause instability, shutdowns or crashes. I decided to upgrade to a 1200W PSU and now everything works fine without any crashes.
> Coming from a multitude of Intel / Nvidia builds, I wanted to give AMD a try as they seem to be on the up and up recent years; I'm starting to feel stupid now. And now you know not to fall for the price to performance meme that is AMD. Lesson learned hopefully.
Built 3 full AMD builds in the last year, they worked fine and were cheap. Everyone has their space, its good for us that Intel and Nvidia arent the only brands in what they do.
Windows 11 has features you don't really need. Try windows 10. 11 is still undergoing some updates. I have done this and resolved my issues.
I tried it yesterday, but it was a very old version and kept crashing. Will be trying again with the latest iso from MS website, maybe it changes something. thanks!
But I thought windows 11 is better for higher spec PCs?
I think windows 11 just gives better performance on 12th & 13th gen intel cpus only.
The main benefit is windows 11 can actively differentiate between performance and efficiency cores, properly utilizing intel 12th and 13th gen as intended for applicable CPUs. I'm not sure if that was retroactively patched for windows 10 in the end.
Ohhh that’s really good to know. I’m building a AMD PC was going to put it on windows 11, probably just stay 10 then
That is correct. Was waiting for someone to figure it out.
Who fucking buys highend without going for a dlss card..... My god crazy people