Wednesday, September 27th 2023

AMD Software Adrenalin 23.9.3 WHQL Released

AMD today released the latest version of the AMD Software Adrenalin drivers. Version 23.9.3 WHQL comes with optimization for "Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty," and "PAYDAY 3." The drivers also add optimization for generative AI tools MeanVarianceNormalization (MVN) and Stable Diffusion variants. With this release, the company didn't include any fixes, but identified a handful new issues.

Adrenalin 23.9.3 WHQL, along with its preceding 23.9.2 WHQL, see AMD release separate installers for RDNA-only and RDNA + pre-RDNA GPUs, both with the same release notes. The RDNA release supports only Radeon RX 5000 series, RX 6000 series, and RX 7000 series; while the RDNA + pre-RDNA combo release is meant for Radeon RX Vega series, RX 500 series, and RX 400 series (Polaris) on top of the RX 5000 (or later) GPUs. The RDNA-only release is 640 MB in size, while the RDNA + pre-RDNA combo package is 1.2 GB.

DOWNLOAD: AMD Software Adrenalin 23.9.3 WHQL (RX 5000 and later) | AMD Software Adrenalin 23.9.3 (RX Vega and older)
New Feature Highlights
New Game Support
  • Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty
  • PAYDAY 3
  • Counter Strike 2
MeanVarianceNormalization (MVN) and Stable Diffusion variants optimizations
Known Issues
  • Performance Metrics Overlay may report N/A for FPS on various games.
  • Audio may intermittently become out of sync with video when recording from AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition with AV1 codec.
  • The display may intermittently freeze after changing the encoding format while streaming select games using AMD Link. Users experiencing this issue are suggested to select the desired encode format before streaming as a temporary workaround.
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47 Comments on AMD Software Adrenalin 23.9.3 WHQL Released

#26
aktpu
TropickHowever issue still persists in Chrome, specifically YouTube playback or when hovering over UI elements
I have RTX2080 super in a laptop and get exactly same white flashes in Chromium based browser (Edge)
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#27
Athlonite
And just what did they need to do for this
  • Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty
cp2077 runs fine with any recent driver from AMD what's so special about PL that needed a driver update
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#28
faye
AthloniteAnd just what did they need to do for this
  • Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty
cp2077 runs fine with any recent driver from AMD what's so special about PL that needed a driver update
Pretty sure it's just expected at this point - CDPR is (smartly) treating the 2.0 patch / Phantom Liberty like a full relaunch for Cyberpunk. Your average "gamer on the street" thinks they need a new driver / feels like AMD should be putting some effort in to making sure things run smoothly... So AMD puts a driver out. That's probably most of it.

Another group of people benefit more, though, and are possibly kept out of AMD's proverbial hair by this move - those who rarely update drivers or are hesitant to do so. Many, I suspect, are going to give far less push-back when asked to update if the driver mentions the game they're having issues with by name.

And then of course there's the non conspiracy theorist option! AMD may have made one or more changes behind the scenes to improve performance and/or stability of the game post patch and we'll never know because it's working as intended and we got the new driver. Iceburgs passing unseen in the night.
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#29
duraz0rz
Trust this random person on the Internet
AthloniteAnd just what did they need to do for this
  • Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty
cp2077 runs fine with any recent driver from AMD what's so special about PL that needed a driver update
Might include some newer optimizations for 2.0 features, not just PL.
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#30
Screamy
fayeI mean, we shouldn't have to choose the factory reset option in the installer, either. Apparently I'm spoiled by using Nvidia cards almost exclusively for the last few years (though thinking back I never had issues like this with older ATI/AMD cards either) but I can't remember the last time I had to do anything but run the installer and click next for a GPU driver update. The fact that AMD can't seem to get this right in 2023 is pathetic. I had to reinstall Windows two days ago to get the latest driver working with the 7900 XTX... And it was a fresh install from after I switched to that card that I was replacing. A fresh install that only had some games and the AMD GPU and chipset drivers installed. Makes no sense.
Nvidia is just as bad if you keep piling driver stacks on top of each other, if it was just amd then DDU wouldn't exist.
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#31
Tropick
aktpuI have RTX2080 super in a laptop and get exactly same white flashes in Chromium based browser (Edge)
I think this is the answer. I downloaded the 23.9.3 offline installer, disconnected my internet, and ran the AMD Cleanup Utility last night in safe mode. All uninstalls reported successful. Rebooted and re-installed 23.9.3 from the local package and the install went flawlessly. Using default settings with no tweaks whatsoever, I was still getting white flashes in Chrome and Edge but not Firefox, at least during the hour I tested it out. I agree this could potentially only be an issue with Chromium based browsers. Looks like I'll be switching over to FF for the time being, maybe permanently. I've been a Chrome user for about as long as I can remember but I'm in no way married to it, I've heard very good things about FF and Opera but am definitely out of the loop concerning the browser space, suggestions?

White flashes aside, I have not had any issues with 23.9.3 on my 6950XT. After confirming the flashing issue was still present in Chrome/Edge at stock I decided to rebuild my daily driver settings as well as overclocking and underclocking+undervolting profiles and again they all work just fine in the games I regularly play.
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#32
ThomasK
Been having problems with this driver version as well on RDNA2. The same white flashes on chromium instances and random driver timeouts.
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#33
Avro Arrow
Man, AMD has the ATi divsion working overtime on these things. This is the third driver set that I'll be installing in the past month!
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#34
Minus Infinity
Hilarious. The one time I did not use DDU to uninstall drivers in safe mode and let AMD do it's own "clean install" I had no end of troubles and had to use DDU to fix the fluster cluck. ZERO problems ever using DDU and will never use AMD's own driver package to do a clean install.
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#35
Guwapo77
Minus InfinityHilarious. The one time I did not use DDU to uninstall drivers in safe mode and let AMD do it's own "clean install" I had no end of troubles and had to use DDU to fix the fluster cluck. ZERO problems ever using DDU and will never use AMD's own driver package to do a clean install.
Was this the AMD Cleanup Utility or the Clean Install in the driver?
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#36
Avro Arrow
Minus InfinityHilarious. The one time I did not use DDU to uninstall drivers in safe mode and let AMD do it's own "clean install" I had no end of troubles and had to use DDU to fix the fluster cluck. ZERO problems ever using DDU and will never use AMD's own driver package to do a clean install.
Agreed. I even use DDU for updates. Now, I've never had a serious problem with my Radeon cards over the years but I've had exclusively Radeons since 2008. There were no issues switching back then because the drivers weren't nearly as complex as they are now. Since running DDU is such a simple matter, I just do it all the time to be 100% safe.
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#37
Minus Infinity
Guwapo77Was this the AMD Cleanup Utility or the Clean Install in the driver?
Clean install in the driver.
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#38
Guwapo77
Minus InfinityClean install in the driver.
Not gonna lie, I had that happen to me too. I found the AMD Cleanup Utility to be alright. I had numerous issues with recent drivers until I used ACU and things have been going great ever since.
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#39
AsRock
TPU addict
Guwapo77Its been awhile since I've seen a .3 driver. Keep up the good work AMD.
Maybe they had some help from Amernine.


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#40
Athlonite
I'm thinkin I might give them a try sometime today
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#41
RatusNatus
It do not support RX580. Just tried and it's not supported.
But the 480 is on the list. What's going on?
Did they forgot about it?

Suporte otimizado para:
  • Counter Strike 2
  • Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty
  • PAYDAY 3
Placas suportadas pelos drivers 23.9.3:
  • Gráficos Radeon RX 7900 XTX/ 7900 XT/ 7900 GRE/ 7800 XT / 7700 XT /7600
  • Gráficos Radeon RX 6950 XT/ 6900 XT/ 6800 XT / 6800 / 6750 XT /6700 XT / 6700 / 6650 XT / 6600 XT / 6600 / 6500 XT / 6400
  • Gráficos Radeon RX 5700 XT / 5700 / 5600 / 5500 XT / 5500 / 5300
  • Radeon RX 480 / 470 / 470D / 460
  • Gráficos Radeon 6000M, Radeon 5000M
  • Gráficos integrados Radeon 700M, Radeon 600M
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#42
Guwapo77
MakaveliThis was a beta driver last week and checking the release notes looks the same.

WHQL Test Suite ResultsPassed
WHQL Microsoft CertificationNot Applicable


That in bold hasn't changed.

And since I don't have those 2 games I will wait and see on this one before installing.

23.9.2 has been solid so far I know a few people on RDNA 2 have had issues with that driver so will be keeping eye out for reports on this driver with RDNA 2.
I noticed this yesterday but didn't have time to post, but AMD has passed both now. It was stealthily updated.
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#43
ARF
Is version 23.20.11.07 a beta?
AMD hasn't released a new game ready driver for AC Mirage.
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#44
Makaveli
ARFIs version 23.20.11.07 a beta?
AMD hasn't released a new game ready driver for AC Mirage.
yes its a beta driver.
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#45
ARF
Makaveliyes its a beta driver.
AMD needs to hurry. Game ready drivers for AC Mirage and Diablo IV, maybe?
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#46
faye
ARFAMD needs to hurry. Game ready drivers for AC Mirage and Diablo IV, maybe?
Diablo 4 is very low stress and has no AMD specific issues so far as I know... No real need for a driver there.
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#47
ARF
fayeDiablo 4 is very low stress and has no AMD specific issues so far as I know... No real need for a driver there.
The issues would appear once game reviews begin to be published, in which the nvidia cards are quite a bit faster.
All framerate/frame times optimisations are good, even if those be only few percents...
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