How to fix driver conflicts on Sapphire PULSE RX 9070 XT?
It's a total joke that a high-end card like this crashes in Deathloop; it's practically a hardware irony. After scouring tech forums, I found the Sapphire RX 9070 XT 16G has terrible async compute support on certain driver versions, leading to timeouts during scene loads. I tried disabling all power-saving options, but that just pushed the card to 78°C without fixing the crashes—a complete waste of time. I took a risk, used DDU to wipe the slate clean, and installed the latest Beta driver, followed by a full shader cache reset. After 12 hours of straight stress testing, not a single crash. I did notice some weird chromatic aberration in a few spots after the update, but turning off the driver-level sharpening fixed it. The GPU now stays between 60°C - 66°C and is surprisingly stable. I exported all these optimization tweaks into a config file for backup. Core temps are rock steady at 60°C - 66°C.
