Apex Legends players using Radeon RX 9000 graphics hardware now have an official driver update for a recent crash problem. AMD's optional Adrenalin 26.9.1 release lists intermittent crashes in Apex Legends and Starfield among its fixed issues, while EA has updated its own support notice to say the AMD patch resolves the Apex problem. The scope remains important: the original warning named RX 9070 XT users, and AMD's release notes refer more broadly to RX 9000-series products. This is a compatibility fix for affected Windows PCs, not a gameplay update or a new performance target.
The original warning named RX 9070 XT hardware
EA had previously said it was investigating crashes affecting people playing on an AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT, and told those players that rolling back to driver version 26.7.1 was the immediate workaround. That advice is now superseded for the reported issue by the newer AMD driver, rather than by an Apex game patch. PC Gamer also reported the fault after testing the game on an RX 9070 XT, describing a launch crash with a fatal-error message. That is useful corroboration of a real PC-specific problem, but it is not a measure of how every Radeon configuration behaved.
The distinction between EA's original model-specific notice and AMD's release-note language should keep expectations grounded. AMD identifies Radeon RX 9000-series products as the affected family, but does not list every card, operating-system build, game setting or error message involved. It also calls the crash intermittent, which describes the behaviour it addressed rather than promising that every unrelated Apex failure has the same cause. Players on older Radeon generations should not assume that this particular entry explains a different crash merely because both systems run the same game.
AMD lists the issue as fixed in 26.9.1
AMD published Adrenalin Edition 26.9.1 on 3 September as an optional driver release. Its fixed-issues list names intermittent crashes while playing Apex Legends and Starfield on Radeon RX 9000-series graphics products. The entry does not say that Respawn changed the game, or that a particular in-game graphics option must be disabled after updating. It is therefore best read as a driver-side compatibility correction. EA's updated post points affected players to the same AMD release and says the new patch will fully resolve the issue it had been investigating.
The same driver also adds game support for Onimusha: Way of the Sword and The Blood of Dawnwalker, but those additions are separate from the Apex fix. Its known-issues list still includes a possible loss of Smart Access Memory after installation on Windows 10, plus an Anti-Lag 2 status problem after Frame Generation is disabled in Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy. Neither note establishes an Apex fault, yet both are reasons to read the full release notes before treating a graphics-driver update as risk-free. A fixed crash and a universally problem-free driver are different claims.
What affected PC players can do now
For a Radeon RX 9000 owner who encountered the reported Apex crash, the current official path is to install Adrenalin 26.9.1 from AMD rather than continue relying on EA's earlier rollback guidance. AMD says the release supports Windows 10 64-bit version 21H2 and later, and Windows 11 version 21H2 and later, subject to the particular Radeon product. The company also advises laptop and all-in-one owners to prefer their system maker's customised and validated driver where available. That qualification matters because a desktop reference driver is not necessarily the preferred package for every portable PC.
AMD explicitly says this driver package does not include support for handheld gaming devices, so the fix should not be presented as a Steam Deck or other handheld compatibility announcement. Players who update and still see a crash should keep the report within its documented scope: confirm their card family and driver version, then use EA's support channels with the details of the failure. The published evidence confirms that AMD has addressed the named RX 9000-series issue. It does not provide a broad guarantee about performance, anti-cheat behaviour, or every crash that may occur in Apex Legends.
