Apex Legends Crashes On AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT, EA Recommends Driver Rollback
The crash issue follows a patch on August 25 that addressed weapon effect problems, though the official notice does not confirm whether the two are connected.
Reporting from 1 source: Game Spark.
Electronic Arts and Respawn Entertainment issued a notice about crashes in the PC version of Apex Legends when using the AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT GPU. The official recommendation is to roll back the graphics driver to version 26.7.1. The issue is under investigation, with no follow-up since the announcement on the official live services X account at 7:00 on August 26.
Electronic Arts and Respawn Entertainment have posted a notice about crashes in the PC version of Apex Legends tied to the AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT. The temporary fix is to roll back the graphics driver to version 26.7.1. The official live services X account put out the warning at 7:00 on August 26, and as of 22:30 the same day there has been no follow-up.
Community responses report successful launches after rolling back the driver, along with crash reports on other GPUs, including on the official Japanese community X account. The status remains under investigation. A patch on August 25 fixed effect issues tied to the CAR's new Mythic and reactive R-301 skins, but the notice does not say whether that update is connected to the crashes.
Synthesized by Yomimono from the 1 cited source below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.