Battlefield 6 AMD Driver Error | Step-by-Step Fixes

A Battlefield 2042 (Battlefield 6) crash related to AMD drivers is a known issue, especially with certain GPU models (RX 5000, RX 6000, RX 7000 series), and often shows up as:

🔴 DirectX Error
“DirectX function ‘GetDeviceRemovedReason’ failed with DXGI_ERROR_DEVICE_HUNG”
or
“AMD driver timeout”

✅ Step-by-Step Fixes for AMD Driver Errors in Battlefield 2042

🔁 1. Do a clean reinstall of AMD drivers

Don’t just update — completely remove old drivers using AMD’s cleanup tool and then reinstall the latest stable driver (not optional/beta unless Battlefield mentions a fix in the notes).

How:

1. Download the AMD Cleanup Utility

2. Run it in safe mode when prompted — it will remove all AMD GPU drivers

3. Restart

4. Go to the AMD Drivers page

   • Select your GPU manually

   • Install the WHQL-certified driver (avoid “Optional” unless it fixes BF2042 issues)

5. After install, restart again

Also Read : Battlefield 6 Multiplayer Not Installed | Immediate Troubleshooting

⚙️ 2. Force DirectX 11 Mode

BF2042 runs better on DX11 for many AMD users. DirectX 12 can cause instability with certain Radeon cards.

Add launch option:

If using EA App or Steam:

• Right-click Battlefield 2042

• Click Game Properties → Advanced Launch Options

• Add this line:

  -dx11


This often completely stops crashes on AMD cards.

🎮 3. Disable Radeon Features

Some AMD Radeon features can interfere with Battlefield. Try turning these off:

1. Open AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition

2. Go to Graphics > Advanced

   • Set Tessellation Mode to Override Application Settings → set to Off

   • Disable Radeon Anti-Lag, Boost, Chill, and Enhanced Sync

3. Under Display tab:

   • Disable FreeSync (especially if your monitor doesn’t officially support it well)

Also, disable the in-game overlay:

• Settings > General > Turn off In-Game Overlay

🔄 4. Rollback to a stable AMD driver version

If the latest driver is causing issues, try rolling back to a known stable version (especially if the issues started after a recent update).

Known good versions (as of 2025 — double-check if newer info is out):

• Adrenalin 23.12.1

• Adrenalin 24.5.1 (depending on your GPU model)

You can find older drivers here:
🔗 AMD Previous Drivers

💻 5. Reduce In-Game Settings (Avoid Ray Tracing on AMD)

AMD GPUs often have trouble with Ray Tracing in BF2042.

In Settings → Graphics:

• Disable Ray Tracing

• Lower:

  • Mesh Quality

  • Texture Filtering

  • Ambient Occlusion

• Turn off Motion Blur and Chromatic Aberration

• Try DLSS or FSR (Performance or Balanced)

🧱 6. Check for Windows + BIOS updates

• Make sure Windows 10/11 is up to date (sometimes WDDM compatibility causes DX crashes)

• Check your motherboard BIOS (especially for Ryzen systems) for updates related to GPU stability or power delivery

🧪 Optional Fix: Increase TDR Delay (Advanced)

If the issue is a driver timeout, increasing the Windows TDR (Timeout Detection and Recovery) value can help.

⚠️ Only do this if you understand registry editing.

Steps:

1. Press Win + R, type regedit and hit Enter

2. Go to:

   HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\GraphicsDrivers


3. Right-click → New → DWORD (32-bit) → Name it: TdrDelay

4. Set its value to 10 (decimal)

5. Restart your PC

This gives the GPU more time before Windows forces a reset.

✅ Recap – Try These First:

1. Clean install latest AMD WHQL driver

2. Force -dx11 mode

3. Disable Radeon Boost/Chill/Anti-Lag + Ray Tracing

4. Update Windows and BIOS

5. Roll back driver if crash started recently