AMD fixes high power draw bug infesting RX 7900XT and XTX GPUs

AMD finally released a driver update to fix the high idle power draw on their Radeon 7900 series GPUs.

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AMD’sRadeon RX 7900XT and 7900XTXare the best value high end GPUs you can buy in terms of performance right now, but the series has seen a number of issues that have taken a long time to be fixed.

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High idle power draw was often reported by users of certain displays, as well as there being inconsistent performance for VR users in various games and software. Well thankfully today AMD has released the new 23.7.1 version of their Adrenaline drivers which fixes these long running issues.

An important note AMD shared is that it has temporarily disabled the Factory Reset option as a precautionary measure while they address isolated installation issues that some users have reported during upgrades.

If you want to see the full list of fixes and issues you can find them on theAMD Software Adrenaline Edition support page. Here is what’s been fixed:

As always with these driver updates there are usually other known issues, and this update is no different. These are the things to be aware of:

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