macOS 10.15.2 Catalina display crash and system panic

MacPro (2013) 12-Core, 64GB RAM (today's crash):

panic(cpu 2 caller 0xffffff7f8b333ad5): userspace watchdog timeout: no successful checkins from com.apple.WindowServer in 120 seconds
service: com.apple.logd, total successful checkins since load (318824 seconds ago): 31883, last successful checkin: 0 seconds ago
service: com.apple.WindowServer, total successful checkins since load (318794 seconds ago): 31867, last successful checkin: 120 seconds ago

Backtrace (CPU 2), Frame : Return Address
0xffffff8754afb820 : 0xffffff800a93bb1b 
0xffffff8754afb870 : 0xffffff800aa733e5 
0xffffff8754afb8b0 : 0xffffff800aa64e5e 
0xffffff8754afb900 : 0xffffff800a8e2a40 
0xffffff8754afb920 : 0xffffff800a93b207 
0xffffff8754afba20 : 0xffffff800a93b5eb 
0xffffff8754afba70 : 0xffffff800b0d2575 
0xffffff8754afbae0 : 0xffffff7f8b333ad5 
0xffffff8754afbaf0 : 0xffffff7f8b3337e6 
0xffffff8754afbb10 : 0xffffff800b066fcb 
0xffffff8754afbb60 : 0xffffff800b070083 
0xffffff8754afbca0 : 0xffffff800aa22c22 
0xffffff8754afbdb0 : 0xffffff800a941998 
0xffffff8754afbe10 : 0xffffff800a918625 
0xffffff8754afbe70 : 0xffffff800a92f0d5 
0xffffff8754afbf00 : 0xffffff800aa4b485 
0xffffff8754afbfa0 : 0xffffff800a8e3226 
      Kernel Extensions in backtrace:
         com.apple.driver.watchdog(1.0)[EFAA17B9-A62C-30B7-9602-0BB5282EDDD6]@0xffffff7f8b332000->0xffffff7f8b33afff

BSD process name corresponding to current thread: watchdogd

Mac OS version:
19C57

Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 19.2.0: Sat Nov  9 03:47:04 PST 2019; root:xnu-6153.61.1~20/RELEASE_X86_64
Kernel UUID: C3E7E405-C692-356B-88D3-C30041FD1E72
Kernel slide:     0x000000000a600000
Kernel text base: 0xffffff800a800000
__HIB  text base: 0xffffff800a700000
System model name: MacPro6,1 (Mac-F60DEB81FF30ACF6)
System shutdown begun: NO
Panic diags file available: YES (0x0)

System uptime in nanoseconds: 318839232223220
last loaded kext at 237221584235611: >!AXsanScheme	3 (addr 0xffffff7f8f2da000, size 32768)
last unloaded kext at 318785324591976: com.silabs.driver.CP210xVCPDriver	5.2.4 (addr 0xffffff7f8b77e000, size 36864)
loaded kexts:
org.dungeon.driver.SATSMARTDriver	0.8.1
com.avg.PacketForwarder	2.1
com.avg.FileShield	4.0.0
com.ni.driver.NiViPciK	19.0.0f2
com.ni.driver.ni488k	18.5.1f1
com.steelseries.ssenext.driver	1.6.14
com.techsmith.TACC	1.0.3
com.ni.driver.nipalk	19.0.0
|SCSITaskUserClient	422.0.2
>!U!SCoexistentDriver	489.60.3
@filesystems.smbfs	3.4
>!ATopCaseHIDEventDriver	3420.1
@fileutil	20.036.15
@filesystems.autofs	3.0
>!APlatformEnabler	2.7.0d0
>AGPM	111.4.1
>X86PlatformShim	1.0.0
>!AUpstreamUserClient	3.6.8
>!AMCCSControl	1.13
@kext.AMDFramebuffer	3.0.4
@kext.AMDRadeonX4000	3.0.4
@kext.AMDRadeonServiceManager	3.0.4
>!AGraphicsDevicePolicy	4.5.21
@AGDCPluginDisplayMetrics	4.5.21
>!AHDA	283.15
>!AHV	1
|IOUserEthernet	1.0.1
>eficheck	1
|IO!BSerialManager	7.0.2f4
>!ALPC	3.1
>pmtelemetry	1
@Dont_Steal_Mac_OS_X	7.0.0
>!A!IMCEReporter	115
>!AMGPUPowerControl	4.5.21
>!A!ISlowAdaptiveClocking	4.0.0
>!AThunderboltIP	3.1.3
@kext.AMD7000!C	3.0.4
>AudioAUUC	1.70
>!AVirtIO	1.0
@filesystems.hfs.kext	522.0.9
@!AFSCompression.!AFSCompressionTypeDataless	1.0.0d1
@BootCache	40
@!AFSCompression.!AFSCompressionTypeZlib	1.0.0
@filesystems.apfs	1412.61.1
@private.KextAudit	1.0
|!ABCM5701Ethernet	10.3.5
>AirPort.BrcmNIC	1400.1.1
>!AACPIButtons	6.1
>!AACPIEC	6.1
>!ARTC	2.0
>!AHPET	1.8
>!ASMBIOS	2.1
>!AAPIC	1.7
>!A!ICPUPowerManagementClient	222.0.0
$!AImage4	1
@nke.applicationfirewall	303
$TMSafetyNet	8
@!ASystemPolicy	2.0.0
>!A!ICPUPowerManagement	222.0.0
|EndpointSecurity	1
|IOUSBMass!SClass	4.0.4
>!A!BHIDKeyboard	209
>!AHIDKeyboard	209
>!AMultitouchDriver	3420.2
>!AInputDeviceSupport	3420.4
>!AHS!BDriver	3420.1
>IO!BHIDDriver	7.0.2f4
@kext.triggers	1.0
>!ASMBus!C	1.0.18d1
@kext.AMDRadeonX4030HWLibs	1.0
|IOAccelerator!F2	438.2.8
@kext.AMDRadeonX4000HWServices	3.0.4
>DspFuncLib	283.15
@kext.OSvKernDSPLib	529
|IOAVB!F	800.17
>!ASSE	1.0
>X86PlatformPlugin	1.0.0
>IOPlatformPlugin!F	6.0.0d8
@!AGPUWrangler	4.5.21
>!ABacklightExpert	1.1.0
|IONDRVSupport	569.3
>!AGraphicsControl	4.5.21
|IOSlowAdaptiveClocking!F	1.0.0
>!AHDA!C	283.15
|IOHDA!F	283.15
@kext.AMDSupport	3.0.4
@!AGraphicsDeviceControl	4.5.21
|IOGraphics!F	569.3
@plugin.IOgPTPPlugin	800.14
|Broadcom!BHost!CUSBTransport	7.0.2f4
|IO!BHost!CUSBTransport	7.0.2f4
|IO!BHost!CTransport	7.0.2f4
|IO!B!F	7.0.2f4
|IO!BPacketLogger	7.0.2f4
>!UAudio	320.49
>usb.networking	5.0.0
>usb.!UHostCompositeDevice	1.2
>usb.!UHub	1.2
|IOAudio!F	300.2
@vecLib.kext	1.2.0
|IOSerial!F	11
|IOSurface	269.6
@filesystems.hfs.encodings.kext	1
>!AThunderboltDPInAdapter	6.2.4
>!AThunderboltDPAdapter!F	6.2.4
>!AThunderboltPCIDownAdapter	2.5.2
>!AThunderboltNHI	5.8.1
|IOThunderbolt!F	7.4.7
>usb.!UXHCIPCI	1.2
>usb.!UXHCI	1.2
|IOEthernetAVB!C	1.1.0
|IO80211!F	1200.12.2b1
>mDNSOffloadUserClient	1.0.1b8
>corecapture	1.0.4
|IOSkywalk!F	1
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>usb.!UEHCIPCI	1.2
>usb.!UEHCI	1.2
>usb.!UHostPacketFilter	1.0
>!AEFINVRAM	2.1
>!AEFIRuntime	2.1
|IOSMBus!F	1.1
|IOHID!F	2.0.0
$quarantine	4
$sandbox	300.0
@kext.!AMatch	1.0.0d1
>DiskImages	493.0.0
>!AFDEKeyStore	28.30
>!AEffaceable!S	1.0
>!AKeyStore	2
>!UTDM	489.60.3
|IOSCSIBlockCommandsDevice	422.0.2
>!ACredentialManager	1.0
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>!AMobileFileIntegrity	1.0.5
@kext.CoreTrust	1
|IOTimeSync!F	800.14
|IONetworking!F	3.4
|IOReport!F	47
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>!UHostMergeProperties	1.2
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>!ABusPower!C	1.0
>!AACPIPlatform	6.1
>!ASMC	3.1.9
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So I am not the only having trouble with his mac...

I bought a second hand mid2012 2.6Ghz 4cores 16GB RAM and SSD this summer to replace the one I managed to burn the Graphics so motherboard... Since I installed Mojav ( very soon after received...) it was having its own life rebooting randomly without notice, OK most of time not loosing anything and back on screen where I was, but not always...

Lately I drove me down the bend so as still on warranty till end Jan 2020, I sent it back, It came back but I just spent my afternoon trying to figure out how to reinstall when you cant speak the language displayed (German) at the end I called the support Apple and we did it via chat ... stayed in German till I got the display of my account and changed in system preference...

But now I see I am back in High Sierra... pfffff

We in IT have to learn to live with days of Great Loneliness...

I think the issue is related to Apple's decision to drop support for 32 bit applications, and this causes some unforeseen bugs and crashes, especially in older systems.

I am running Catalina 10.15.2 but I would like to go back to Mojave.

Maybe it's time to go back?

However, I'm reluctant to downgrade; and maybe the bugs will get squashed over time?

I may try to upgrade to Catalina 10.15.4 and continue to skip 10.15.3

Yes, I decided to skip Catalina 10.15.3 .. dues to some bad upgrade experiences, since I don't need it.

I have better things to do that spend hours recovering from from a macOS upgrade crash from my backup disk.

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Update: