(In reply to Sam from comment #47)
> The relevant issue and bug report here (the syst=
em freezing completely or if
> lucky just killing the X session, NOT games crashing) seems to be rela=
ted
> exclusively to AMDGPU, and not to mesa. Whereas I got the same issues =
over
> and over after trying out several versions of mesa, switching to older
> versions of the kernel "fixes" it for me (the latest version=
 I tried out
> which didn't have these issues is Kernel 4.20.13, in my case from
> https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/tiwai:/kernel:=
/4.20/
> standard/x86_64/)
>=20
> There is also a report from another user which temporarily fixed it by
> forcing the gpu to run at the maximum power setting
> (h=
ttps://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3D1136293):
>=20
> # echo manual > /sys/class/drm/card0/device/power_dpm_force_perform=
ance_level
> # echo 7 > /sys/class/drm/card0/device/pp_dpm_sclk
>=20
> and then to reset back to normal:
>=20
> # echo auto > /sys/class/drm/card0/device/power_dpm_force_performan=
ce_level

I am currently on my 4th game of dota in a row when setting performance lev=
el
manual to 7. working so far. Everyone should test this now so we have more
reliable data. As we all now the issue can be gone for several hours so my
experience means nothing yet.=20
Would be amazing if we can pin down the issue to the  performance level of =
the
cards.