At wits end with 9070 XT hard resets in every game! Considering returning

Update March 18th wee hours:

  • Wow! This blew up. Appreciate everyone dialing in to my TED talk.
  • A bunch of you suggested the daisy chained PCI-E (1 cable to 2x8-pin connectors on the card) cable might have been an issue.
  • I tried the above hypothesis but it didn't fix the issue :( The PC still hard resets (i.e. screen off, BIOS loads, Windows loads again etc.)
  • Which makes no sense because the RTX 3080 worked in this config (1 cable to 2x8-pin connectors on the card). Also I don't have this card anymore to test. Sold it early before RTX 5 series announcement (for way cheaper than current inflated prices fml 🤦)
  • So fk it! I listened to those of you in the "Blame the PSU" camp 😂. Ordered an overkill Tier A PSU off the PSU tier list — Thermaltake GF3 1200W which was on sale ($150).
  • It'll arrive in 2 days. The PSU investigation continues then. Until then I'll try booting Bazzite off a live USB and doing a stress test.

March 17th OP below:

Coming from a perfectly functioning RTX 3080 and trying

  • DDU at least 10 times in safe mode, installed drivers with internet disabled
  • trying 3 different versions of Adrenalin (25.3.1, 25.2.1, 24.12.1)
  • all types of Adrenalin installs (Full, Minimal, Driver only) as well
  • Limiting slot to PCIE4
  • Turning off HDR
  • Updating motherboard BIOS to latest
  • Turning off Freesync
  • -500 MHz on Frequency
  • -10% on Power
  • Passing Adrenalin stress test
  • Removing CPU & RAM overclock (5200 MHz on RAM, default JEDEC timings)
  • BIOS in UEFI mode
  • CSM disabled
  • 2 sticks of RAM
  • No PSU cable extension to GPU
  • Windows fast boot disabled
  • No riser cables
  • Reseated GPU and power cables multiple times
  • Chipset drivers updated to latest offered by Adrenalin
  • and every other advice in the AMDHelp megathread (https://www.reddit.com/r/AMDHelp/comments/1j6ksd1/megathread\_rx\_9070\_xt\_black\_screen\_freezing\_issues/)

and still crashing in eFootball that shows GPU usage around 50% and 80-120W GPU power, I think it might be the drivers or the GPU guys! Looks like these drivers (25.3.1) are also crashing older GPUs (7800, 7900, 6800, 6900) :(

Crashes 1-2 mins into other games I've tested as well (Ghost Recon Wildlands, NFS Heat)

System specs:
GPU: ASRock Steel Legend 9070 XT
CPU: 7700X
Motherboard: Gigabyte B650M Aorus Elite AX
RAM: 2x 16GB DDR5 - (5200Mhz)
PSU: GIGABYTE GP-UD750GM 750 W ATX 12V v2.31 80 PLUS GOLD
Windows 11 24H2 (latest updates)