I haven’t been able to play BF2042 at all with AMD driver version 25.5.1. Yesterday, I updated to the new 25.6.1 hoping it would fix the issue… but it didn’t. Less than 3 minutes into a match, the game crashes to desktop with no error message. Unfortunately, there still seems to be no solution so far — the only workaround is rolling back to driver version 25.4.1.My GPU is a 6700 XT, and my CPU is a Ryzen 7 5800X3D

I’ve done a lot of research, and there really isn’t a solution so far. The only way is to roll back to version 25.4.1 of the driver, which works perfectly. Download the AMD Cleanup Utility, uninstall everything from the current driver, install version 25.4.1, and that’s it. It’s a relatively recent driver, so it shouldn’t cause issues in other games, even though it’s not the latest one.

AMD 25.6.1 still crashes BF2042 — the driver was updated, but nothing changed

11 Replies

seSJack
Rising Novice
22 days ago
I found a fix for mine, I'm using the latest drivers Adrenalin 25.5.1 I had to enable secure boot in the bios.
Looking in the event viewer, I was also getting EA anticheat error, amd driver timeout error and directx driver errors to.
it fixed all my problems and it seems to be working fine now, its been working good for 4 days now,
I cap my fps in MSI afterburner my fps flat lines on the graph in game.
I had tried everything,
I uninstalled drivers in safe mode with DDU, reinstalled driver,
I clear/reset shader cache,
Installed Any Pending Windows Updates,
I Disabled the Multi-Plane Overlay Using the Registry Editor,
I had Change and Set the Power Plan to Best Performance,
I Disabled Fast Startup, windows feature,
it was still crashing after that, I then enable secure boot in the bios and it worked, its not crashed since.
NapsisCLS
Rising Newcomer
22 days ago
I have the same problem. Currently, only the old driver 25.4.1 or older works. All other solutions circulating online have failed so far. My system: AMD 5950X (no OC) + PowerColor Red Devil 6900XT (no OC). 1200-watt power supply, completely water-cooled.
iigloo
Seasoned Ace
21 days ago
You have to raise this with AMD
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New Novice
20 days ago
25.6.1 crashes for me only in the moment when i die. 25.3.1 was stable
yt-alemitofps
Seasoned Newcomer
19 days ago
I’ve done a lot of research, and there really isn’t a solution so far. The only way is to roll back to version 25.4.1 of the driver, which works perfectly. Download the AMD Cleanup Utility, uninstall everything from the current driver, install version 25.4.1, and that’s it. It’s a relatively recent driver, so it shouldn’t cause issues in other games, even though it’s not the latest one.
BleuGender
Seasoned Newcomer
17 days ago
Yes the same thing is happening to me 25.6.1 AMD drivers crashes for me only in the moment when i die
Bymiki03
Seasoned Newcomer
15 days ago
Same here... I just bought a new pc: ryzen 7 7700x, rx 9070 xt and 32gb ram at 6400. I tried to play bf2042 and I cant even play 2 min before a crash, black screen, reboot or even a blue screen. I tried the last drivers, tried 25.4.1, 25.3.1... And no solution. I tried to play Day Z and I played 20 min and get a crash with no message error, like in bf2042. I even uninstalled windows 11 and installed Win 10 and i've got the same problem. HELP
OskooI_007
Seasoned Ace
15 days ago
Bymiki03 try disabling RAM overclocking XMP/EXPO in bios and see if the game stops crashing.
Wenomus
New Novice
15 days ago
Assume best divers for me now, get some weard issues on that drivers when i get killed.
Wenomus
New Novice
15 days ago
My best advaisor is AMD 25.3.1 drivers, but i have some keyboard stuck problems.