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AMD Releases Adrenalin Edition 26.5.2 WHQL Drivers

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AMD has released Radeon Software Adrenalin Edition 26.5.2, just over a week after version 26.5.1 launched on May 6. The new driver adds day-one support for Forza Horizon 6 and 007 First Light, while also addressing a couple of issues affecting Radeon RX 9000 series GPUs. Fixed problems include intermittent driver timeouts in RoadCraft and graphical corruption in Satisfactory on Radeon RX 9000 series cards.

The known issues list remains pretty much the same. Battlefield 6 may still exhibit crashes, texture corruption, and inactive FSR reporting on some Radeon RX 9000 configurations, while Blender instability continues on Radeon RX 7000 series and newer GPUs. AMD also notes unresolved crashes in Subnautica 2 and Marvel Rivals on Radeon RX 9000 products, recommending rollback to Adrenalin 26.3.1 for affected users.

DOWNLOAD: AMD Software Adrenalin 26.5.2 WHQL
New Game Support
  • Forza Horizon 6
  • 007 First Light
Fixed Issues
  • Intermittent application crash or driver timeout may be observed while playing RoadCraft on Radeon RX 9000 series products.
  • Corruption may appear while playing Satisfactory on Radeon RX 9000 series graphics products.
Known Issues
  • Intermittent application crash or driver timeout may be observed while playing Battlefield 6 on AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370. AMD is actively working on a resolution with the developer to be released as soon as possible.
  • Texture flickering or corruption may appear while playing Battlefield 6 with AMD Record and Stream on some AMD graphics products.
  • AMD FSR Upscaling and AMD FSR Frame Generation may show as inactive in AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition while playing Battlefield 6 when enabled on Radeon RX 9000 series graphics products.
  • Intermittent application crash may be observed while running Blender on Radeon RX 7000 series graphics products and above. Users experiencing this issue are recommended to install AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition 26.3.1.
  • Intermittent application crash may be observed while playing Subnautica 2 and Marvel Rivals on Radeon RX 9000 series graphics products. Users experiencing this issue are recommended to install AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition 26.3.1.

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23 Comments on AMD Releases Adrenalin Edition 26.5.2 WHQL Drivers

#1
LastDudeALive
Nomad76Intermittent application crash may be observed while playing Subnautica 2 and Marvel Rivals on Radeon RX 9000 series graphics products. Users experiencing this issue are recommended to install AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition 26.3.1.
So their new driver breaks a new game (which they didn't even bother to have game-ready support for), but the driver from 2 months ago is fine. Crazy.
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#2
windwhirl
LastDudeALiveSo their new driver breaks a new game (which they didn't even bother to have game-ready support for), but the driver from 2 months ago is fine. Crazy.
You mean Subnautica? I don't think that's what it's meant to be taken from that. The game is releasing today on early access, why are they gonna have "support" for a beta game..? And on top of that, that list only says "known issues". It means they're issues they know about at the time of driver release. The driver could have been broken for some random game for twenty years but it won't show up in the release notes unless AMD knows about it and deems it relevant enough.

For that matter, this isn't 1999 anymore. Games get updates all the time. Updates aren't necessarily as tested as they should be. Sometimes they're so broken they need day 1 updates to fix their shit.
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#3
LastDudeALive
windwhirlYou mean Subnautica? I don't think that's what it's meant to be taken from that. The game is releasing today on early access, why are they gonna have "support" for a beta game..? And on top of that, that list only says "known issues". It means they're issues they know about at the time of driver release. The driver could have been broken for some random game for twenty years but it won't show up in the release notes unless AMD knows about it and deems it relevant enough.

For that matter, this isn't 1999 anymore. Games get updates all the time. Updates aren't necessarily as tested as they should be. Sometimes they're so broken they need day 1 updates to fix their shit.
Intel and Nvidia's drivers both have game-ready support for Subnautica 2. Yes it's the open Beta, but it's highly anticipated. Clearly important enough to have game-ready support, even for the newcomer to discrete GPUs.

It's just funny that a driver from 2 months ago works fine for a new game, but the newest driver (which should have game-ready support for it) instead breaks the game.
windwhirlYou mean Subnautica? I don't think that's what it's meant to be taken from that. The game is releasing today on early access, why are they gonna have "support" for a beta game..? And on top of that, that list only says "known issues". It means they're issues they know about at the time of driver release. The driver could have been broken for some random game for twenty years but it won't show up in the release notes unless AMD knows about it and deems it relevant enough.

For that matter, this isn't 1999 anymore. Games get updates all the time. Updates aren't necessarily as tested as they should be. Sometimes they're so broken they need day 1 updates to fix their shit.
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Oh hey, would you look at that. Crazy how AMD's new driver not only doesn't support the most popular new game, but actually breaks it. Absolutely incompetent.
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#4
ThomasK
@windwhirl Don't even bother with that one. Just another ragebaiting troll who's always the first one to complain about drivers for products he doesn't own.

As far as we all know, as it has been extensively reported by TPU, Nvidia has had as much if not more problems with its vibe coded drivers recently.

Just ignore and move on.
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#5
Tomorrow
ThomasK@windwhirl Don't even bother with that one. Just another ragebaiting troll who's always the first one to complain about drivers for products he doesn't own.

As far as we all know, as it has been extensively reported by TPU, Nvidia has had as much if not more problems with its vibe coded drivers recently.

Just ignore and move on.
Exactly. Block him an move on. I distinctly remember Resident Evil:Requiem also running better with older Nvidia drivers as opposed to the new ones, but he wont mention that of course, because it makes Nvidia look bad.
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#6
Ssenol
I've noticed that AMD's driver issues far outweigh the issues they fix. The Optiscaler developers are more successful than the AMD engineers.

Without optiscalers, there would be no such company as AMD.
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#7
ThomasK
SsenolI've noticed that AMD's driver issues far outweigh the issues they fix. The Optiscaler developers are more successful than the AMD engineers.

Without optiscalers, there would be no such company as AMD.
Never seen Amd drivers cause chaos with voltage/clocks and fan detection issues.

www.techpowerup.com/347050/nvidia-releases-geforce-595-76-hotfix-driver-addressing-voltage-cap-and-game-crashes

www.techpowerup.com/346811/nvidia-pulls-geforce-595-59-whql-game-ready-driver-after-widespread-bug-reports

But sure, keep drinking your kool aid.
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#8
Tomorrow
SsenolI've noticed that AMD's driver issues far outweigh the issues they fix. The Optiscaler developers are more successful than the AMD engineers.

Without optiscalers, there would be no such company as AMD.
AMD driver issues are largely long term problems persisting. Thus they've been very stable. Nvidia issues are like a weekly lottery. With every new driver you get something new breaking.
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#9
Mysteoa
LastDudeALiveSo their new driver breaks a new game (which they didn't even bother to have game-ready support for), but the driver from 2 months ago is fine. Crazy.It
It's possible that drivers 26.5.1/2 are from different driver branch than 26.3.1. Similar thing has happened before as there was a bug fixed in one driver released, but got reintroduce in a new driver when switching driver branches.
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#10
R-T-B
ThomasKNever seen Amd drivers cause chaos with voltage/clocks and fan detection issues.

www.techpowerup.com/347050/nvidia-releases-geforce-595-76-hotfix-driver-addressing-voltage-cap-and-game-crashes

www.techpowerup.com/346811/nvidia-pulls-geforce-595-59-whql-game-ready-driver-after-widespread-bug-reports

But sure, keep drinking your kool aid.
Yes there were two bad drivers from nvidia lately but its been smooth sailing since. That's generally what happens on both sides, how about everyone play some games and quit bickering?
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#11
Event Horizon
I have about 5 hours of playtime in Subnautica 2 on a 9070 with the 26.5.1 drivers. No crashes or errors so far. I'll post here again if I hit any issues.
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#12
Visible Noise
LastDudeALiveSo their new driver breaks a new game (which they didn't even bother to have game-ready support for), but the driver from 2 months ago is fine. Crazy.
You can either play Forza or Subautica 2, but not both.

Battlefield 6? Maybe next month, but don’t bet on it.
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#13
YiG
Had to go back to using 3.1 as this release has a bug that was introduced in 5.1

When my monitor goes to sleep it wakes up every 10 seconds or so with a "no signal" message..

9060XT btw...
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#14
RejZoR
TomorrowAMD driver issues are largely long term problems persisting. Thus they've been very stable. Nvidia issues are like a weekly lottery. With every new driver you get something new breaking.
I find it odd how EA and AMD can't fix the Battlefield 6 issues for so long.
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#15
devdavis32
YiGHad to go back to using 3.1 as this release has a bug that was introduced in 5.1

When my monitor goes to sleep it wakes up every 10 seconds or so with a "no signal" message..

9060XT btw...
Hey bro, think I'm gonna go back to 3.1 as well. What do I do about chipset driver? And which one do I install first?
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#16
Philaphlous
YiGHad to go back to using 3.1 as this release has a bug that was introduced in 5.1

When my monitor goes to sleep it wakes up every 10 seconds or so with a "no signal" message..

9060XT btw...
weird...no issue with my 9060xt...
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#17
Tomorrow
Philaphlousweird...no issue with my 9060xt...
No issue here either with 9070 XT either on 26.5.1 or now on 26.5.2.
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#18
YiG
devdavis32Hey bro, think I'm gonna go back to 3.1 as well. What do I do about chipset driver? And which one do I install first?
Make sure you use DDU or the AMD cleanup utility in safe mode first, reboot, chipset drivers, reboot, gpu drivers, reboot... spend ages reconfiguring everything, especially with multi-monitor setups :/
Philaphlousweird...no issue with my 9060xt...
odd.. maybe because I have a dual monitor setup?? :/
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#19
Tomorrow
YiGMake sure you use DDU or the AMD cleanup utility in safe mode first, reboot, chipset drivers, reboot, gpu drivers, reboot... spend ages reconfiguring everything, especially with multi-monitor setups :/
No need to touch chipset drivers as these are separate:

Uninstall AMD drivers via control panel in normal mode.
Reboot straight into Safe Mode. Run DDU there to clean up.
Reboot into Normal mode and install new drivers. Make sure to select custom install and uncheck AMD Chat.
Reboot into Normal mode again to finalize.
Start Adrenaline Control Panel > Settings > Import previous settings.

The settings Import/Export is the best thing ever. It even gives you a handy overview of how many settings were unchanged, modified, warned or errored out.
Be aware that running DDU will wipe custom game performance profiles and gameplay stats too.
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#20
JovaNS
I am expiriencing problems with latest driver update while playing Fortnite with 9070 card.

There is green screen flieckering problem. Glass, water, fog, textures are wrong having some green glow.

Moving back to 26.3.1 resolved the problem.
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#21
Ssenol
TomorrowAMD driver issues are largely long term problems persisting. Thus they've been very stable. Nvidia issues are like a weekly lottery. With every new driver you get something new breaking.
The same applies to AMD; the newly released 26.5.2 driver has a problem where the PC can't wake from sleep and the issue doesn't resolve without a restart. With 26.5.1, I constantly get D3D12 graphics driver errors in games. Currently, 26.3.1 is the most stable, but even that has minor issues. Neither company is as successful at software development as modders. (RX 9070 XT)
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#22
triforcebih
TomorrowNo issue here either with 9070 XT either on 26.5.1 or now on 26.5.2.
Same.... Except try to for example do: WinKey + L to lock your screen and allow the monitors to power down. Then wait 1-2-3 hours ;) Chances are the drivers will crash and system will reboot. I've always been AFK when it happens though so I am not sure what exactly happens. Dual monitor setup connected via DP.
P.S. Doesn't happen on Linux. AMD drivers there work flawlessly (as usual).
EDIT: With the monitors powered off the fans spin up and spin down (low rpm) and the LEDs flicker
EDIT2: Now the GPU seemingly lost power completely because the logo LED went off. Is this some windows power saving feature? Driver? Who knows anymore.
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#23
Oblid
I get driver timeout playing Diablo IV
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