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Seasoned Newcomer

30 days ago

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9070XT users, crashing on launch

If you are a 9070XT user and you are crashing on launch, IT ISN'T YOU. This has been confirmed on PC Gamer.

https://www.pcgamer.com/hardware/graphics-cards/apex-legends-is-getting-fatal-error-crashes-with-rx-9070-xt-gpus-but-there-is-a-workaround/

The work around does indeed work: "One suggestion in the replies that does seem to have worked for me as a temporary workaround is to add the following to the game's Steam launch options: "+staticprop_color_use_bindless 0 +staticprop_depth_use_bindless 0 +r_drawworld_depth_bindless 0".

It would be great after spending money on a computer and this game, to actually be able to play it. Crazy.

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EA_Mako
23 days ago
Hey folks,

AMD has just released a driver update that should resolve this. Please take a look below and let us know if you're still running into issues after updating, thanks!

Apex Legends: AMD GPU Update 03/09/2026

15 Replies

IamCesar305
Rising Rookie
28 days ago
Thanks for adding it. To clarify the hardware: the Radeon 610M is the iGPU integrated into the 7845HX — every laptop with that CPU has it. My discrete GPU is the RTX 4070 Laptop, Apex is set to use it, and its drivers are current and have been tested current and rolled back with clean DDU wipe
Settings aren't a factor here. The freeze happens sitting at the main menu with no match loaded, and it happened on a completely clean Windows install. Across 37 logged sessions, 22 ended between 9:59.1 and 9:59.97 — a 0.87-second window. That's a fixed timer, not a performance limit. Destiny 2 runs 39 minutes on the same machine without issue.
Others in this thread report the same on a Lenovo Legion Pro 5 and on a desktop R5 7500F + RTX 4060, and one confirmed Fortnite crashes while Arc Raiders doesn't — the common factor being EAC.
Midnight9746
Hero+
28 days ago
IamCesar305 Thanks for the additional information!
JDCurto
Seasoned Newcomer
27 days ago
I wanted to add that I am on a 9070XT and 9800 X3D CPU, adding the above command to my launch options in Steam did fix the initial crash after selecting a server.
EA_Mako
Community Manager
23 days ago
Hey folks,

AMD has just released a driver update that should resolve this. Please take a look below and let us know if you're still running into issues after updating, thanks!

Apex Legends: AMD GPU Update 03/09/2026
juic3fan
Rising Novice
23 days ago
Hi. installed the amd driver update and the game still crashes for me. I have done every solution posted in the foruns and idk what else to do