Fixing memory sync crashes on Radeon RX 9070 XT Super Alloy?
Exploring those creepy underground corridors usually ended with the game crashing to desktop without warning, which made me really paranoid about my hardware. The new architecture on the Vastarmor Radeon RX 9070 XT Super Alloy was hitting 0x11 sync errors when processing specific lighting instructions, causing the driver to timeout. I tried dropping the resolution to 1080p, which stopped the crashes, but the game looked terrible and the FPS gain was negligible—not a real solution. I eventually installed the latest Beta drivers and locked the PCIe link speed to Gen4 in the BIOS to stabilize the signal. In 3DMark stress tests, the crashes (which happened twice an hour before) completely vanished. I had some slow boot times after the driver update due to file conflicts, but a full DDU wipe cleaned it up. Core temps are 62℃ - 68℃ and VRAM is 78℃ - 84℃. After 10 hours of gameplay with zero crashes, it's finally reliable.
