Radeon Software Adrenalin 2019 (18.12.2) discussion

[NWR_Midnight]

Some systems running multiple displays may experience mouse lag when at least one display is enabled but powered off.

'nuff said. Colour me disappointed.

AMD isn't to blame for this, it may very well be a windows problem, or even the second display driver problem, as it requires drivers just like any other piece of hardware. Hence why it only effects some people.

But if you spend a little time with google, you will find that it is happening to both Nvidia and AMD camp, and has been happening for the past 6 years from windows 8 thru windows 10.

Here are a couple suggestions to try, I don't know if it will work, but worth a try:

1)
Turn off HDCP on all digital displays

2)
Go to PROPERTIES
Click on SETTINGS

Click on Color quality

Check if you have it on 16 bit

Select Highest (32Bit)

3)
a. Press “win key + q” and type Mouse in the search box.

b. Click mouse on the left side on the screen.

c. Click Pointer Options tab.

d. Check if the Display Pointer trailer under visibility is checked, if yes uncheck it.

e. Click apply.

4)
The standard "update your driver" comments (we already know you tried this)


5)
Google for more random fixes people have tried that fixed the same problem, most of them are various different changes to their mouse settings

 

[pax]

1567 core at 1.050v and 220w power. Not bad I think its a good 50w less than what we had before. Voltage and speed are slowly ramping up game after game probably as it runs up the heat back to the max 85c. With a good cooler it could improve that headroom but Ill see how far the reference cooler goes first.

 

[Kombatant]

Some systems running multiple displays may experience mouse lag when at least one display is enabled but powered off.

'nuff said. Colour me disappointed.

This one's actually fixed but didn't make this release. It'll probably be in the next one.

 

[Falck]

VSR doesn't work for me on my 21:9 display =( option greyed-out as before, clean install...

Not that it's a dealbreaker, but...

 

[Hardwood]

This one's actually fixed but didn't make this release. It'll probably be in the next one.

I'll keep my fingers crossed. Thanks for the news. Can I spread the news on the AMD forum or will Matt do it? There's a LOT of people waiting for this.

 

[Kombatant]

I'll keep my fingers crossed. Thanks for the news. Can I spread the news on the AMD forum or will Matt do it? There's a LOT of people waiting for this.

If you experience this, try disabling HDCP support for now (Display -> Specs -> Override -> HDCP support) and see if it works.

As for the permanent fix, I am not aware whether it'll make the next driver version or the one after that, but I heard that they fixed it. I'll verify and if it's true, you can spread the news

 

[bill dennison]

AMD Radeon Software Adrenalin 2019 Auto Overclocking Tested

https://wccftech.com/amd-radeon-software-adrenalin-2019-auto-overclocking-tested/

 

[LordHawkwind]

https://wccftech.com/amd-radeon-software-adrenalin-2019-auto-overclocking-tested/

After doing some further testing my conclusion is this driver is a piece of sh*t period. Auto under volt is basically power save mode and savages your performance. Auto overclock GPU & memory does absolutely nothing so is a waste of space. The fan curve is an absolute ****in* joke TBH. Set the curve to 60% at 75c and it went to 100% as soon as the game started (3330 rpm) and stayed there. Whatever figure I put in above 50% yielded the same result WTF?

With the previous drivers I could cap the fan speed which would affect temperature and performance but at least the fan noise was bearable. With these drivers AMD seem to think we want to run the fan at 100% all the time for a meager performance increase. Sorry AMD you're wrong give me less noise not more.

For some reason, might be because I have the original blower card, I get no option to run fan speed at 0. I see absolutely no benefit in this release and seriously wonder why AMD even bothered to make a big thing about it other than they've got absolutely nothing else they can talk about in the GPU space.

To say I'm disappointed with this POS is a major under statement. All hype and no delivery. Where are the primitive shader gains you promised? DSBR and all the other Vega features that don't work or aren't implemented? Terry Makedon should hang his head in shame after releasing these drivers and maybe it's time he walked the plank as he seems to be as useful as a chocolate fire guard. Sad times to be an AMD Vega owner to be sure.

I'm rolling back these drivers and maybe in a few months if they can fix all the faults in this release I might download another set of drivers but I won't be holding my breath TBH as I'm not sure they have the talented engineers to pull it off as they've all fuc*ed off to Intel

 

[bill dennison]

they will work it out

http://www.legitreviews.com/amd-radeon-software-adrenalin-2019-edition-released_209658

……...

and looks better than a antiquated near dos driver
they have had this since what windows 95

and geforce experience is ****ing useless it can't even load the driver right half the time and I have to reload it manually to get it to run right


…….
I really hope two Navi's in crossfire work well and are faster than one 2080 ti

 

[LordHawkwind]

they will work it out

http://www.legitreviews.com/amd-radeon-software-adrenalin-2019-edition-released_209658

……...

and looks better than a antiquated near dos driver
they have had this since what windows 95

and geforce experience is ****ing useless it can't even load the driver right half the time and I have to reload it manually to get it to run right

I really hope two Navi's in crossfire work well and are faster than one 2080 ti

Can't even get rid of this POS. DDU'd it and tried to reinstall 18.11.2 but got 18.12.2 WTF. Tried 3 times same result. I did a clean install on the new Adrenalin drivers so it seems I can't roll back. Fu*k that I'll just game on my XboneX. Seriously pissed off AMD owner, maybe it's time to rethink my hardware strategy.

 

[NWR_Midnight]

Can't even get rid of this POS. DDU'd it and tried to reinstall 18.11.2 but got 18.12.2 WTF. Tried 3 times same result. I did a clean install on the new Adrenalin drivers so it seems I can't roll back. Fu*k that I'll just game on my XboneX. Seriously pissed off AMD owner, maybe it's time to rethink my hardware strategy.

Have you disabled windows from automatically updating your drivers? If not, that could be your problem. Had it happen after a fresh install, forgot to disable driver updates in windows. I would install drivers (not the current released ones), reboot, and windows would reinstall the latest drivers.

Also, when installing AMD drivers, make sure you do not have "keep drivers up to date" checked. Or AMD"s installer will sometimes download and install the latest version without prompting you when you run the installer.

 

[LordHawkwind]

Have you disabled windows from automatically updating your drivers? If not, that could be your problem. Had it happen after a fresh install, forgot to disable driver updates in windows. I would install drivers (not the current released ones), reboot, and windows would reinstall the latest drivers.

Also, when installing AMD drivers, make sure you do not have "keep drivers up to date" checked. Or AMD"s installer will sometimes download and install the latest version without prompting you when you run the installer.

Have you tried these new drivers NWR? Would be interested to hear your comments. How do I automatically stop updating drivers? New one on me.

 

[bill dennison]

I never use DDU f up and had to reload windows too many times never again

I just load over the top or uninstall from windows programs and features and reload and then reboot if that does not work

but like above "disable driver updates in windows"

 

[bill dennison]

Have you tried these new drivers NWR? Would be interested to hear your comments. How do I automatically stop updating drivers? New one on me.

https://www.laptopmag.com/articles/disable-automatic-driver-downloads-on-windows-10

https://www.google.com/search?sourc....0j2......0....1j2..gws-wiz.....0.Up8aND9nJwg

 

[NWR_Midnight]

Have you tried these new drivers NWR? Would be interested to hear your comments. How do I automatically stop updating drivers? New one on me.

I have been running these drivers since the day they where released. No issues, however, I don't have my fans connected to my card, as I converted to water cooling, so my fan speeds are controlled by Bios and/or fan control software I also don't leave it to software to control my undervolting or Overclock, I am a manual kind of guy.

 

[Kombatant]

Can't even get rid of this POS. DDU'd it and tried to reinstall 18.11.2 but got 18.12.2 WTF. Tried 3 times same result. I did a clean install on the new Adrenalin drivers so it seems I can't roll back. Fu*k that I'll just game on my XboneX. Seriously pissed off AMD owner, maybe it's time to rethink my hardware strategy.

Don't want to give excuses or anything, but this sounds like a botched Windows install man. I have a Gigabyte RX Vega64 here and what you described works as intended, I've set my fan cap at 40%/75 degrees and it respects the limit just fine.

 

[LordHawkwind]

Don't want to give excuses or anything, but this sounds like a botched Windows install man. I have a Gigabyte RX Vega64 here and what you described works as intended, I've set my fan cap at 40%/75 degrees and it respects the limit just fine.

Can I ask why is it always Widows that is to blame and never AMD? I have no other Windows related issues and everything was fine with my card until I installed these drivers?? Reading these threads it's the same with the multi-monitor bugs it's always Windows fault which sounds like a crappy excuse for pi*s poor software engineering.

Let's not forget the elevated memory clocks that existed for ages in driver releases was that also a Windows issue I wonder. Should we also ignore the fact that all the good engineers have left AMD for pastures new and all that's left behind is the dross that produce rubbish like this driver?

Also, is the fact I have no option for zero fan control a Windows issue as well or does it just work on the latest AIB cards and not the original blower cards like mine? If so why not just tell us the truth that the original cards will never have that feature which would amount to another great engineering faux pas by AMD. Sometimes it's difficult to defend the indefensible TBH and I'm rapidly reaching that point.

Finally when you say botched Windows install I have had this install for about 9 months and I've had zero issues with it and I only use this PC for gaming so don't have a load of software installed on the SSD. So please enlighten me why it might now be botched when all I did was install this POS driver. If you look on other forums people are saying this driver should have been labeled 'beta' and install at your own risk as people are having a myriad of problems with it.

 

[bill dennison]

I have seen people using DDU botch a lot of Windows installs and or seem to have more driver problems than carter has little pills
and that's on both NV & AMD

even me and why I stopped using that DDU garbage around the time of my 3870's

 

[Kombatant]

Can I ask why is it always Widows that is to blame and never AMD? I have no other Windows related issues and everything was fine with my card until I installed these drivers?? Reading these threads it's the same with the multi-monitor bugs it's always Windows fault which sounds like a crappy excuse for pi*s poor software engineering.

Because uninstalling the driver, and installing a different version magically brings the "uninstalled" version back. Something's wrong there, it's plain to see.

Let's not forget the elevated memory clocks that existed for ages in driver releases was that also a Windows issue I wonder. Should we also ignore the fact that all the good engineers have left AMD for pastures new and all that's left behind is the dross that produce rubbish like this driver?

What "engineers" left AMD? You're kidding right? Are we talking about hardware engineers, software devs, marketing people? We're discussing software here.

Also, is the fact I have no option for zero fan control a Windows issue as well or does it just work on the latest AIB cards and not the original blower cards like mine? If so why not just tell us the truth that the original cards will never have that feature which would amount to another great engineering faux pas by AMD. Sometimes it's difficult to defend the indefensible TBH and I'm rapidly reaching that point.

There's no original cards and AIB cards - there's reference coolers and there's AIB coolers on the cards. As I said, I have a Gigabyte model here at home. As stock as it gets, and I don't have those issues you mentioned in your previous post. You don't get a different device ID because someone slapped a different cooler on the card, doesn't work that way.

Finally when you say botched Windows install I have had this install for about 9 months and I've had zero issues with it and I only use this PC for gaming so don't have a load of software installed on the SSD. So please enlighten me why it might now be botched when all I did was install this POS driver. If you look on other forums people are saying this driver should have been labeled 'beta' and install at your own risk as people are having a myriad of problems with it.

I explained why your install sounds botched. Believe it or not, DDU botched my install couple of months back with an update of theirs (was getting blue screens after uninstalling, it's a good thing I am pretty active about System Restore, has saved my butt quite a few times).

Software is never 100% perfect. Bugs always exist, but we do our best to fix them and provide useful new functionality to our users and believe me, if the drivers were in the state you're describing, journalists from around the world would be writing condemning reviews right now. I realise you're pissed off with all these problems your system is having but going off doesn't exactly solve them - reporting them will though : https://www.amd.com/report

 

[Trunks0]

It's like Remote Desktop on steroids. You can play games from your mobile device, watch movies, whatever you like.

Threads merged. Use this one for discussion.

Sweeeeet, was really hoping I read that correctly. Now if only an update down the road would let me access that functionality from an App or web interface so I could use it on my other windows PC's or Linux box.