Yesterday the news broke that some users have reported that their AMD Radeon graphics cards have died, likely due to the new Crimson Driver software. AMD now acknowledges a software issue and is preparing a hotfix for a potentially serious fan-bug.

A small group of users have been claiming that the new driver locked their fans at low speeds (~20%) in certain conditions (overclocking), and as such during a hefty gaming session if the GPU isn't cooled enough, that can cause significant issues. AMD’s sub-reddit is full of posts from users claiming and reporting this.

It seems that the Crimson Software will lock your fan speed when resetting OverDrive settings. This means that PC gamers will have to turn it back on auto to prevent their graphics card overheating. AMD acknowledged this issue and claimed that it will release a hotfix tomorrow.

Tweet:

We are aware of low fan speed reports on select GPUs with Radeon Software Crimson Edition. We intend to publish a hotfix on Monday.

Modern graphics cards do have a protection mechanism for overheating but a handful of users have already reported that their cards have died. AMD up-to this moment has not confirmed the issue with a specific answer or response other then the tweet we just posted.

For the time being we'd recommend you make a MSI Afterburner custom fan profile system to bypass this issue as a simple solve.