AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition 23.2.1

[pax]

https://www.amd.com/en/support/kb/re...rad-win-23-2-1

Highlights

• Support for:
  • Forspoken™
    • Up to 7% increase in performance for Forspoken @ 4k, using AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition™ 23.2.1 on the Radeon™️ RX 6950XT GPU, versus the previous software driver version 22.11.2 ^RS-524
  • Dead Space™
  • IREE compiler using MLIR interface on Vulkan.
  • Additional Vulkan® extensions. Click here for more information.
• Radeon RX 6000 Series GPUs now have support for newly introduced streaming capabilities including pre-filter toggle, pre-analysis feature and CAML technology.
• A new version of AMD Link improves overall connectivity across all supported Radeon products, RX 400 series and newer, so you can game from anywhere on virtually any device.
• Boost your performance with AMD Software - read the latest blog HERE and learn how this newly unified driver delivers performance gains since Windows 11 first launched.
• Game Optimizations
  • Up to 4% increase in performance for Marvel’s Spider-Man Remastered @ 4k, using AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition™ 23.2.1 on the Radeon™️ RX 6950XT GPU, versus the previous software driver version 22.11.2 ^RS-518
  • Up to 3% increase in performance for Sniper Elite 5 @ 4k, using AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition™ 23.2.1 on the Radeon™️ RX 6950XT GPU, versus the previous software driver version 22.11.2 ^RS-519
  • Up to 6% increase in performance for Shadow of the Tomb Raider @ 4k, using AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition™ 23.2.1 on the Radeon™️ RX 6950XT GPU, versus the previous software driver version 22.11.2 ^RS-520
  • Up to 7% increase in performance for Quake II RTX @ 4k, using AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition™ 23.2.1 on the Radeon™️ RX 6950XT GPU, versus the previous software driver version 22.11.2 ^RS-521
  • Up to 4% increase in performance for Hitman 3 @ 4k, using AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition™ 23.2.1 on the Radeon™️ RX 6950XT GPU, versus the previous software driver version 22.11.2 ^RS-522
  • Up to 6% increase in performance for Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy @ 4k, using AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition™ 23.2.1 on the Radeon™️ RX 6950XT GPU, versus the previous software driver version 22.11.2 ^RS-523
  • Up to 19% increase in performance for F1 2022 @ 4k, using AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition™ 23.2.1 on the Radeon™️ RX 6950XT GPU, versus the previous software driver version 22.11.2 ^RS-525
  • Up to 9% increase in performance for DOOM Eternal @ 4k, using AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition™ 23.2.1 on the Radeon™️ RX 6950XT GPU, versus the previous software driver version 22.11.2 ^RS-526
  • Up to 4% increase in performance for Borderlands 3 @ 4k, using AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition™ 23.2.1 on the Radeon™️ RX 6950XT GPU, versus the previous software driver version 22.11.2 ^RS-527
  • Up to 4% increase in performance for Hogwarts Legacy @ 4K using AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition™ 23.2.1 on the Radeon™️ RX 6950 XT and Radeon™ 7900 XTX, versus the previous software driver version (22.11.2 for 6950 XT, 23.1.2 for 7900 XTX) ^RS-530

Fixed Issues

• AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition may fail to launch with the error message “Delayed Write Failed” on Microsoft® Windows® 11 version 22H2.
• Poor performance and load time may be observed while playing SpaceEngine™.
• Corruption may be observed while scrolling the points shop in STEAM™ on Radeon RX 6000 series GPUs.
• Performance drop may be observed during Fortnite™ and YouTube playback with Enhanced Sync enabled on some AMD Graphics Products such as AMD Radeon™ RX 5700 XT.
• Corruption or game crash may be observed while playing Door Kickers 2™.
• Missing or flickering textures may be observed while playing Emergency 4™.
• Application crash may be observed when launching Baldur's Gate 3™ using Vulkan® API on Radeon™ RX 7000 series GPUs.
• Stuttering may be observed while playing Sea of Thieves™ on Radeon™ RX 6000 and above series GPUs.
• Corruption may be observed while playing Battlefield™ 4 with Post Process Quality settings set to high or ultra on Radeon™ RX 6000 and above series GPUs.
• White foliage may be observed while playing Hogwarts Legacy™ on Radeon™ RX 7000 series GPUs.
• Intermittent system stuttering or UI flickering may occur when two videos are simultaneously playing using chromium-based browsers on some multi-display configurations.

Known Issues

• High idle power has situationally been observed when using select high-resolution and high refresh rate displays on Radeon™ RX 7000 series GPUs.
• Video stuttering or performance drop may be observed during gameplay plus video playback with some extended display configurations on Radeon™ RX 7000 series GPUs.
• Application crash may be observed while opening Premium Gold Packs in EA SPORTS™ FIFA 23.
• Some virtual reality games or apps may experience lower-than-expected performance on Radeon™ RX 7000 series GPUs.
• AMD Bug Report Tool pop-up or system hang may be observed after driver upgrade on some hybrid graphics notebooks. Users are recommended to use the factory reset install option as a workaround.
• Corruption may be briefly observed when moving Netflix video between displays or minimize-to-fullscreen on some AMD Products such as AMD Ryzen™ 7 6800U.
• Certain videos played with Movies and TV may briefly show corruption when moving the window between displays on some AMD Graphics Products such as AMD Radeon™ RX 6700 XT.
• Brief display corruption may occur when switching between video and game windows on some AMD Graphics Products such as the Radeon™ RX 6700 XT.
• Maximum encode bitrate is limited to 100Mbps for certain applications.

Important Notes

• AMD Link users running Radeon RX 7000 series GPUs will need to update to a newer version of AMD Link now available on various platforms.
• AMD is working with the game developers of Hogwarts Legacy™ to resolve performance issues when enabling ray tracing.

WHQL Results

	Status
WHQL Test Suite Results	Passed
WHQL Microsoft Certification	Passed

Finally a new set but twitter seems to say its targettting 6000 and 7000 gen cards tho compatibility is across the board from RX400 on up:

Radeon Product Compatibility


AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition 23.2.1 is compatible with the following AMD Radeon products.

Radeon™ RX 7900 Series Graphics

Radeon™ RX 6900/6800/6700/6600/6500/6400 Series Graphics

Radeon™ RX 5700/5600/5500/5300 Series Graphics

Radeon™ VII

Radeon™ RX Vega Series Graphics

AMD Radeon™ Pro Duo

Radeon™ RX 500 / Radeon 500X Series Graphics

Radeon™ RX 400 Series Graphics

https://twitter.com/amdradeon/status...20019676876801

AMD Radeon

@amdradeon
AMD Software Adrenalin Edition 23.2.1 is now available with updates to the RX 6000 and RX 7000 series. Highlights include: Performance gains in Hogwarts Legacy. Improved stream quality for 6000 series. Several user-reported issues fixed

[pax]

Oh man I think this driver finally got rid of the black screen or driver timeouts on my RX 480... been dealing with that for almost a year... so far so good hope it sticks.

[DeathKnight]

Sucks they still haven't fixed the high VRAM idle for 7900 cards.

[Trunks0]

Working like a charm so far.

Sucks they still haven't fixed the high VRAM idle for 7900 cards.

What should I be looking for with this issue? How much VRAM usage is considered high?

[DeathKnight]

It's high VRAM clock. It won't idle and runs at full tilt all the time. It's some kind of blanking bug when using multiple high resolution high refresh rate monitors. For some reason it's happening to me with only a single 4K display at 120Hz. Setting the refresh to 60Hz lets the VRAM idle properly. Some people are "fixing" the issue by tweaking the blanking settings with 3rd party software. Older generation cards had the same issue and AMD fixed it for at least some configs via driver updates. Apparently it has affected Nvidia as well. I never had this problem with my 3080 though at 4K/120.

[DarkFoss]

Today I got tired of waiting for a Asus restock and grabbed myself a Asrock Tachi 7900XTX. Installed these drivers ran a quick Cyberpunk bench which was fine.Then I fired up [email protected]. The driver was very unstable crashed half way through the 1st wu, it completed but the card was running at half speed. Did a wipe and installed the previous driver 23.1.2 and numbers are looking normal according to folding.lar.systems 7900XTX page.

[Trunks0]

Here's hoping the next driver is a little more [email protected] friendly!

Also congrats on the new card

[DarkFoss]

Here's hoping the next driver is a little more [email protected] friendly!

Also congrats on the new card

Thanks Overnight numbers looked much better on the 7900 only driver estimated ppd was over 9m. Running a couple benches now Firestrike Ultra 19,909 stock settings noticed the turbo doesn't hit 4.5 stops at 4.4. Guess it's time to invest in a better monitor, almost criminal gaming at 1080p now.

[Trunks0]

Thanks Overnight numbers looked much better on the 7900 only driver estimated ppd was over 9m. Running a couple benches now Firestrike Ultra 19,909 stock settings noticed the turbo doesn't hit 4.5 stops at 4.4. Guess it's time to invest in a better monitor, almost criminal gaming at 1080p now.

I know the feeling. I game at [email protected], about as hard to run as 1440p, and the card feels like bliss with this combo. Really enjoying the crap outta it

[DarkFoss]

Welp I was wrong. I thought I had the latest chipset installed 4.9 something turned out there is a newer version amd_chipset_software_4.11.15.3424.11. Once installed I used the amd driver uninstaller freshly downloaded in case the version I had was also older. After folding a few work units I downloaded the new fah beta client. It seems to handle the new system better than the current v7 client. No thermal throttling, large power spikes ect.