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The developer says an AMD hotfix is live and should reduce the occurrence of stability issues for some affected AMD GPU players. It is not described as a complete fix for every AMD-related crash.

What the AMD hotfix changes

In its September 4 announcement, the team said it had identified a fix while investigating AMD stability issues with AMD. The stated goal is to reduce how often those issues occur for affected players; the team released it before Update 1.5 rather than waiting for the broader solution.

The same announcement explicitly says that work on a full solution remains ongoing. So a crash after installing this hotfix is useful evidence for a support report, but it does not mean your game files, GPU, or driver are automatically at fault.

Check this first

  1. Make sure the game has updated. Restart Steam and let the current build finish downloading before retesting.
  2. Repeat the same scenario once. If a particular map or moment reliably crashed before, test that once after the hotfix instead of changing several settings at the same time.
  3. Record the result. Note the GPU model, AMD driver version, game version, map, mode, and time of the crash. Include whether Windows or AMD Software reported a driver timeout.

Try these fixes from safest to most disruptive

  1. Install the latest stable AMD driver. Use the normal AMD Software update path. If the newest optional driver makes stability worse, return to the latest recommended release.
  2. Return the GPU to stock settings. Temporarily remove overclocks, undervolts, and aggressive memory tuning—even if they are stable in other games.
  3. Verify the game files in Steam. This replaces damaged or incomplete files without deleting your personal documents.
  4. Disable overlays for one test. Turn off recording, performance overlays, and third-party monitoring hooks, then reproduce the same match scenario.
  5. Lower VRAM-heavy settings. Reduce textures and effects one step, close GPU-heavy background applications, and test again.
  6. Reset the shader cache. Use AMD Software or Windows Disk Cleanup, restart the PC, and expect the first match to stutter while shaders rebuild.

What the hotfix does not confirm

The announcement does not name a universal driver version, guarantee a fix for every AMD card, or say that every crash in the game has the same cause. A Patch 1.4.1 correction for duplicate medic nameplates is separate from the AMD stability work.

Players may report success with compatibility, administrator, or anti-cheat workarounds, but those reports are not official confirmation. Do not disable security software, replace DLL files, or download modified anti-cheat packages.

Before changing anything: write down the crash time, map, GPU model, driver version, and whether the driver itself reset. That record is more useful than applying ten changes at once.

How to tell whether the driver crashed

A black screen followed by a recovered desktop, an AMD timeout notification, or a Windows event mentioning a display-driver reset points toward the graphics stack. A clean game exit with an anti-cheat message suggests a different path. Keep those categories separate when reporting the problem.

Should you reinstall Windows?

No—not for an isolated game crash. A Windows reinstall is disproportionate unless multiple unrelated games and system workloads also fail. Test the live hotfix, use a stable driver, and submit a reproducible report first.

Primary source: the developer’s official “AMD Hotfix Now Live” Steam announcement, published September 4, 2026. Community crash reports are treated as reports, not verified universal fixes.