Apex Legends players using AMD's Radeon RX 9070 XT graphics cards are facing fatal crashes that prevent the game from launching. This issue stems from a conflict between the latest AMD driver and the game's rendering engine, forcing users to take manual action to play. Anyone owning this specific GPU should check their driver version immediately to avoid being locked out of the game.
Community workaround disables bindless rendering to prevent fatal crashes
The instability began with the release of AMD's Adrenalin Edition 26.8.1 driver. Users encounter an error stating that the application's device failed due to badly formed commands sent by the application. The official Japanese Apex Legends community has acknowledged the problem and suggested a temporary fix for affected players.
A community-discovered workaround involves disabling bindless rendering through Steam launch options. Players must add the following commands to their Steam library: +staticprop_color_use_bindless 0 +staticprop_depth_use_bindless 0 +r_drawworld_depth_bindless 0. Turning off this feature may have a minor performance impact, but it allows the game to run without crashing.
Rolling back to driver version 26.7.1 resolves the issue for some users, but others report instability on that version as well. User reports suggest that Adrenalin Edition 26.6.1 is currently the most stable option for those who cannot use the workaround. AMD's 26.8.1 release notes do not list Apex Legends as a known issue, though they do mention Starfield crashes on RX 9000 series hardware.
We looked at the last Apex Legends update earlier while tracking NVIDIA launches. The immediate solution for most users remains sticking with the older 26.6.1 driver until AMD releases a patch for the current version.
Source: TweakTown
