{
  "id": 19807044,
  "title": "AMD has patched its SSD-eating GPU driver bug with an optional Adrenalin update for RX 7000-series graphics cards and above",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/13/amd-has-patched-its-ssd-eating-gpu-driver-bug-with-an-optional",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-11-13T12:42:43.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "PC Gamer",
    "slug": "pc-gamer",
    "url": "https://www.pcgamer.com/hardware/graphics-cards/amd-has-patched-its-ssd-eating-gpu-driver-bug-with-an-optional-adrenalin-update-for-rx-7000-series-graphics-cards-and-above/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "AMD has released an optional update to its Adrenalin Edition 26.11.1 driver to address a bug causing excessive writes to system drives for Radeon RX 7000-series graphics cards and above. This issue was reported to cause SSD health degradation, with some users experiencing a decline of up to 1% per month. While AMD suggests that older GPUs may not be affected, user reports have also mentioned the RX 6000-series. The update aims to resolve the problem, although it remains unclear if earlier models will receive a fix. Some users have also reported visual corruption issues in specific games like Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced, War Thunder, and Cyberpunk 2077 with FSR enabled. AMD acknowledges these issues, noting they are fewer than in the previous driver release, except for the Phantom Blade Zero bug. The company advises users to download the update if they are experiencing rapid SSD health decline due to the misfiring utility.",
  "summary": "It looks like it's got some quirks of its own, though.",
  "key_points": [
    "AMD released optional Adrenalin update to fix GPU driver bug",
    "Issue caused SSD health degradation, up to 1% decline per month",
    "Visual corruption reported in Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced, War Thunder, Cyberpunk 2077"
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}