AMD Radeon Software Adrenalin

18.10.2 WHQL (October 25th, 2018)

Fixed Issues

• Some Vulkan API games may experience a crash on game launch.
• On multi GPU enabled system configurations Assassin's Creed Odyssey may experience a random game exit when Adaptive Anti-Aliasing is enabled and the game is restarted.

Known Issues

• Strange Brigade may experience an application hang when playing with DirectX 12 API enabled.
• When using Radeon Overlay on system configurations with the latest Windows 10 October 2018 Update some users may experience intermittent instability or game crashes.
• Radeon RX Vega Series graphics products may experience elevated memory clocks during system idle.

18.10.2 was promoted to WHQL on November 5th

18.10.1 Beta (October 11th, 2018)

Support For

• Added support for new Chinese SKUs: Radeon RX 580G, RX 580 2048SP and RX 570G
• Windows 10 October 2018 Update
• Call of Duty : Black Ops 4
  • Up to 5% faster performance in Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 using Radeon Software Adrenalin Edition 18.10.1 on the Radeon RX Vega 64 (8GB) graphics card than with Radeon Software Adrenalin Edition 18.9.3 at 1920x1080 (1080p).RS-258
  • Up to 6% faster performance in Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 using Radeon Software Adrenalin Edition 18.10.1 on the Radeon RX 580 (8GB) graphics card than with Radeon Software Adrenalin Edition 18.9.3 at 1920x1080 (1080p).RS-259

Fixed Issues

• HDMI Audio Drivers may sometimes not upgrade during Radeon Software installation.
• Fortnite may experience lighting corruption when effects quality is set to High or Epic.
• System configurations with 16+ CPU cores may experience a random system reboot during installation when upgrading Radeon Software from a version older than RSAE 18.8.1.
• Sea of Thieves may experience flickering textures in multi GPU system configurations.

Known Issues

• When using Radeon Overlay on system configurations with the latest Windows 10 October 2018 Update some users may experience intermittent instability or game crashes.
• Microsoft Office applications may experience lag or stutter when dragging applications.
• Radeon RX Vega Series graphics products may experience elevated memory clocks during system idle.

Added Vulkan Extension Support

• VK_KHR_shader_atomic_int64
  •  This extension advertises the SPIR-V Int64Atomics capability for Vulkan, which allows a shader to contain 64-bit atomic operations on signed and unsigned integers.
• VK_KHR_driver_properties
  • This extension provides a new physical device query which allows retrieving information about the driver implementation, allowing applications to determine which physical device corresponds to which particular vendor's driver, and which conformance test suite version the driver implementation is compliant with.
• SPV_GOOGLE_decorate_string
  • This extension provides two new instructions to decorate a variable or a struct member with a string.
• SPV_GOOGLE_hlsl_functionality1
  • This extension provides two new decorations to extend HLSL functionality: HlslCounterBuffer and HlslSemantic.

18.9.3 WHQL (September 27th, 2018)

Support For

• Assassin's Creed Odyssey
  • Up to 3% faster performance in Assassin's Creed Odyssey using Radeon Software Adrenalin Edition 18.9.3 on the Radeon RX 580 graphics card than with Radeon Software Adrenalin Edition 18.9.1 at 1920x1080 (1080p).RS-254
  • Up to 5% faster performance in Assassin's Creed Odyssey using Radeon Software Adrenalin Edition 18.9.3 on the Radeon RX Vega 64 graphics card than with Radeon Software Adrenalin Edition 18.9.1 at 2560x1440 (1440p).RS-255
• Forza Horizon 4

Fixed Issues

• Stutter may be observed when exceeding Radeon FreeSync range in certain high framerate scenarios.
• System configurations with 16 CPU cores may experience a random system reboot during installation when upgrading Radeon Software from a version older than RSAE 18.8.1.

Known Issues

• Some AMD Ryzen Desktop Processors with Radeon Vega Graphics system configurations may experience a black screen during installation downgrade to a previous Radeon Software version. A recommended workaround is to perform a clean install during Radeon Software installation.
• Radeon RX Vega Series graphics products may experience elevated memory clocks during system idle.

18.9.2 Beta (September 19th, 2018)

Support For

• F1 2018
  • Up to 3% faster performance in F1 2018 using Radeon Software Adrenalin Edition 18.9.2 on the Radeon RX Vega 64 (8GB) graphics card than with Radeon Software Adrenalin Edition 18.8.2 at 2560x1440 (1440p).RS-249
• Fortnite
  • Up to 5% faster performance in Fortnite using Radeon Software Adrenalin Edition 18.9.2 on the Radeon RX Vega 64 (8GB) graphics card than with Radeon Software Adrenalin Edition 18.8.2 at 1920x1080 (1080p).RS-250
• Shadow of the Tomb Raider
  • Up to 4% faster performance in Shadow of the Tomb Raider using Radeon Software Adrenalin Edition 18.9.2 on the Radeon RX Vega 64 (8GB) graphics card than with Radeon Software Adrenalin Edition 18.8.2 at 2560x1440 (1440p).RS-251
• Star Control : Origins
  • Up to 17% faster performance in Star Control: Origins using Radeon Software Adrenalin Edition 18.9.2 on the Radeon RX Vega 64 (8GB) graphics card than with Radeon Software Adrenalin Edition 18.8.2 at 3840x2160 (4K).RS-252
• Fixed Issues
• Star Control : Origins may experience particle corruption on some cloud textures

Known Issues

• Some AMD Ryzen Desktop Processors with Radeon Vega Graphics system configurations may experience a black screen during installation downgrade to a previous Radeon Software version. A recommended workaround is to perform a clean install during Radeon Software installation.
• Radeon RX Vega Series graphics products may experience elevated memory clocks during system idle.
• System configurations with 16+ CPU cores may experience a random system reboot during installation when upgrading Radeon Software from a version older than RSAE 18.8.1. A clean installation is recommended when performing this Radeon Software upgrade.

18.9.1 Beta (September 12th, 2018)

Support For

• Shadow of the Tomb Raider
• Star Control : Origins

Fixed Issues

• Radeon FreeSync may fail to enable when playing Monster Hunter : World.
• Radeon Settings may sometimes not appear in the right-click context menu on Windows desktop after Radeon Software installation.
• AMD Link may fail to connect on Android Pie devices due to authentication failures.
• Radeon Settings may sometimes popup an error message due to Driver and Radeon Settings version mismatch.
• Cursor or system lag may be observed on some system configurations when two or more displays are connected and one display is powered off.
• Some DirectX 12 gaming applications may experience instability while recording with Radeon ReLive on system configurations using Radeon R9 290 and Radeon R9 390 series graphics products.

Known Issues

• Some AMD Ryzen Desktop Processors with Radeon Vega Graphics system configurations may experience a black screen during installation downgrade to a previous Radeon Software version. A recommended workaround is to perform a clean install during Radeon Software installation.
• Radeon RX Vega Series graphics products may experience elevated memory clocks during system idle.
• System configurations with 16+ CPU cores may experience a random system reboot during installation when upgrading Radeon Software from a version older than RSAE 18.8.1. A clean installation is recommended when performing this Radeon Software upgrade.

18.8.2 Beta (August 30th, 2018)

Support For

• Strange Brigade
  • Up to 5% faster performance in Strange Brigade using Radeon Software Adrenalin Edition 18.8.2 on the Radeon RX Vega 64 (8GB) graphics card than with Radeon Software Adrenalin Edition 18.8.1 at 3840x2160 (4K). RS-243
  • Up to 3% faster performance in Strange Brigade using Radeon Software Adrenalin Edition 18.8.2 on the Radeon RX 580 (8GB) graphics card than with Radeon Software Adrenalin Edition 18.8.1 at 2560x1440 (1440p). RS-244
• F1 2018

Fixed Issues

• Some games may experience instability or stutter when playing with FRTC and Instant Replay enabled.
• Upgrade Advisor may not appear in Radeon Settings game manager.
• Far Cry 5 may experience dimmed or grey images with HDR10 enabled on some system configurations.
• Far Cry 5 may experience an application hang when changing video settings on some system configurations.
• Radeon Chill min and max values may not sync on multi GPU system configurations.
• Radeon FreeSync may fail to enable when playing Call of Duty : Black Ops 4.

Known Issues

• Radeon FreeSync may fail to enable when playing Monster Hunter : World.
• Some DirectX 12 gaming applications may experience instability while recording with Radeon ReLive on system configurations using Radeon R9 290 and Radeon R9 390 series graphics products."
• Cursor or system lag may be observed on some system configurations when two or more displays are connected and one display is powered off.
• Radeon RX Vega Series graphics products may experience elevated memory clocks during system idle.
• Strange Brigade may experience fps drops on multi GPU enabled system configurations when Enhanced Sync is enabled and Vulkan API is enabled.
• Flickering may be observed on some displays when Radeon FreeSync is enabled with Radeon ReLive enabled and recording.
• Video profiles may not correctly apply on web browser video content.

18.8.1 Beta (August 6th, 2018)

Support For

• Monster Hunter : World
  • Up toto 5% faster performance using Radeon Software Adrenalin Edition 18.8.1 on the Radeon RX Vega 64 (8GB) graphics card than with Radeon Software Adrenalin Edition 18.6.1 at 1920x1080 (1080p)
  • Up to 6% faster performance using Radeon Software Adrenalin Edition 18.8.1 on the Radeon RX 580 (8GB) graphics card than with Radeon Software Adrenalin Edition 18.6.1 at 1920x1080 (1080p)
• World of Warcraft : Battle for Azeroth
• We Happy Few
• Madden NFL 19

Fixed Issues

• Fortnite may experience an application crash on game launch in Windows 7.
• Some games may experience a game crash or hang on multi GPU system configurations when changing or applying resolutions.
• Graphics and memory clock speeds may remain elevated or locked while gaming if video content is also playing on the system.
• Civilization VI may experience a game crash using DirectX 12 API on game or map launch.
• Samsung HMD Odyssey may experience intermittent black screens or flashing on Radeon RX Vega series graphics products.

Known Issues

• Cursor or system lag may be observed on some system configurations when two or more displays are connected and one display is powered off.
• Some games may experience instability or stutter when playing with FRTC and Instant Replay enabled.
• Toggling performance metrics while gaming on a non-native display resolution may cause the game to scale incorrectly.
• Radeon WattMan memory and frequency sliders may not list correct minimum values.
• Upgrade Advisor may fail to show up in Radeon Settings.
• Radeon FreeSync may fail to enable when playing Monster Hunter : World.
• Video profiles may not correctly apply on web browser video content.

Added Vulkan Extension Support

• VK_EXT_descriptor_indexing
  • This extension adds several small features which together enable applications to create large descriptor sets containing substantially all of their resources and selecting amongst those resources with dynamic (non-uniform) indexes in the shader.
• VK_KHR_get_display_properties2
  • This extension provides new entry points to query device display properties and capabilities in a way that can be easily extended by other extensions, without introducing any further entry points.
• VK_KHR_8bit_storage
  • This extension allows use of 8-bit types in uniform and storage buffers and push constant blocks.
• VK_KHR_draw_indirect_count
  • This extension allows an application to source the number of draw calls for indirect draw calls from a buffer.
• VK_KHR_create_renderpass2
  • This extension provides a new entry point to create render passes in a way that can be easily extended by other extensions through the substructures of render pass creation.
• EXT_vertex_attribute_divisor
  • This extension allows instance-rate vertex attributes to be repeated for certain number of instances instead of advancing for every instance when instanced rendering is enabled.

18.7.1 WHQL (July 20th, 2018)

Essentially same as 18.7.1 Beta released on 12th July

• WHQL Signature

18.7.1 Beta (July 12th, 2018)

Support For

• Earthfall
  • Up to 28% faster performance using Radeon Software Adrenalin Edition 18.7.1 on the Radeon RX Vega 56 (8GB) graphics card than with Radeon Software Adrenalin Edition 18.6.1 at 2560x1440 (1440p).
  • Up to 22% faster performance using Radeon Software Adrenalin Edition 18.7.1 on the Radeon RX 580 (8GB) graphics card than with Radeon Software Adrenalin Edition 18.6.1 at 2560x1440 (1440p).
  • Up to 27% faster performance using Radeon Software Adrenalin Edition 18.7.1 on the Radeon RX 560 (4GB) graphics card than with Radeon Software Adrenalin Edition 18.6.1 at 1920x1080 (1080p).

Fixed Issues

• Fortnite Season 5 may experience an application hang on some Radeon graphics products when throwing stars are visible on screen.
• Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice may experience flickering or corruption on some Radeon graphics products.
• Display modes may sometimes appear as not available when setting resolution or refresh rates of a display.
• CorelDraw may experience slower than expected performance.
• Memory clocks may remain at higher than expected values on some displays after changing resolution or refresh rates.
• Some displays may exhibit black screen flickering when booting to desktop when using DisplayPort.

Known Issues

• Virtual Super Resolution settings may not retain after updating to this Radeon Software release.
• Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus may experience an application crash when disabling Asynchronous Compute via game settings.
• Graphics and memory clocks may remain at higher than expected values after watching a video or using Windows DVR while in game. A workaround is to reboot the system.
• Cursor or system lag may be observed on some system configurations when two or more displays are connected and one display is powered off.
• Radeon WattMan gauges may report as zero on secondary graphics products in multi GPU enabled system configurations.

18.6.1 Beta (June 14th, 2018)

Support For

• Warhammer: Vermintide 2
  • Up to 9% faster performance using Radeon Software Adrenalin Edition 18.6.1 on the Radeon RX Vega 56 (8GB) graphics card than with Radeon Software Adrenalin Edition 18.5.2 at 2560x1440 (1440p).
  • Up to 10% faster performance using Radeon Software Adrenalin Edition 18.6.1 on the Radeon RX 580 (8GB) graphics card than with Radeon Software Adrenalin Edition 18.5.2 at 2560x1440 (1440p).

Fixed Issues

• • Subnautica may experience a black screen on launch or during gameplay.
  • Sea of Thieves may experience a crash or hang while playing in the Cannon Cove area.
  • Desktop may not be visible or may appear out of the display area when using 8K resolution on Radeon Pro Duo.
  • World of Tanks may experience square corruption on some ground textures in multi GPU system configurations.
  • Middle Earth: Shadow of War may experience flickering in some game menus or when configuring displays when using multi GPU system configurations.
  • World of Warcraft may experience flickering on the mini map in multi GPU system configurations.

18.5.2 Beta (May 30th, 2018)

Support For

• Budget Cuts

Fixed Issues

• Sea of Thieves may experience an application crash or hang after the initial splash screen.
• Brightness or white screen issues may be observed when playing The Crew on daytime maps. 
• Shader Cache may sometimes fail to enable or may not correctly cache shaders for games.
• A limited number of Radeon FreeSync enabled displays may experience a blank screen when Radeon FreeSync is enabled in a game.
• Warhammer : Vermintide 2 may experience an application hang upon changing resolution.
• Some zombie textures may fail to render in horde mode for Arizona Sunshine .

Known Issues

• Some games may experience minor stuttering during gameplay when the Radeon ReLive Instant Replay feature is enabled and FRTC is also enabled.
• Radeon Overlay may not show all available features when some games are run in borderless fullscreen mode.
• The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt may experience stuttering during gameplay.
• Edited videos sometimes fail to appear in the Radeon ReLive gallery after switching tabs.
• Corruption may be experienced with OGL or Vulkan API applications on some Hybrid Graphics system configurations.

18.5.1 WHQL (May 23rd, 2018)

Support For

• Windows 10 April 2018 Update
• AMD Ryzen Desktop Processors with Radeon Vega Graphics
• Ancestors Legacy
  • Up to 6% faster performance using Radeon Software Adrenalin Edition 18.5.1 on the Radeon RX Vega 56 (8GB) graphics card than with Radeon Software Adrenalin Edition 18.4.1 at 1920x1080 (1080p).1
  • Up to 13% faster performance using Radeon Software Adrenalin Edition 18.5.1 on the Radeon RX 580 (8GB) graphics card than with Radeon Software Adrenalin Edition 18.4.1 at 1920x1080 (1080p).2
• Microsoft PlayReady 3.0
  • Supported on Radeon RX 400 Series and Radeon RX 500 Series desktop graphics products.

Fixed Issues

• HBCC options may not properly reset to default when Radeon Settings "Restore Factory Defaults" option is selected.
• Destiny 2 may experience increasing load time durations when the game is run for extended periods of time.
• Tearing may be observed in some borderless fullscreen games on Radeon FreeSync enabled displays when Radeon Software performance metrics is enabled.
• Netflix playback through a web browser may experience corruption or hangs when using multi GPU enabled system configurations with Radeon RX 400 series or Radeon RX 500 series graphics products.
• Radeon ReLive streaming or uploading of videos to Facebook may intermittently fail.

Known Issues

• Some games may experience minor stuttering during gameplay when the Radeon ReLive Instant Replay feature is enabled and FRTC is also enabled.
• Radeon Overlay may not show all available features when some games are run in borderless fullscreen mode.
• The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt may experience stuttering during gameplay.
• A system hang may occur on a small number of system configurations after Radeon Software installation if Radeon Settings is launched without a system reboot. A workaround is to reboot your system after install.

18.4.1 Beta (April 30th, 2018)

Support For

• Initial support for Windows 10 April 2018 Update

Fixed Issues

• Water textures may not render or may appear to be missing in World of Final Fantasy .
• Stellaris may experience an application hang on loading screens.
• Call of Duty : World War II may experience corruption during gameplay on some Radeon RX 400 series graphics products.
• The Radeon ReLive Instant Replay feature may fail to record in some gaming applications unless desktop recording is enabled.
• Sea of Thieves may experience flickering in some game menus on multi GPU enabled system configurations.

Known Issues

• Rise of the Tomb Raider may experience an application hang when launched using DirectX 12 API.
• World of Tanks may experience minor corruption on ground textures.
• Eyefinity settings may not retain after Radeon Software update.
• Radeon Overlay may not show all available features when some games are run in borderless fullscreen mode.
• The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt may experience stuttering during gameplay.
• Destiny 2 may experience increasing load time durations when the game is run for extended periods of time.
• Some DirectX 9 games or applications may experience a hang or system instability when being run on multi GPU system configurations utilizing four GPUs.
• Netflix playback through a web browser may experience corruption or hangs when using multi GPU enabled system configurations with Radeon RX 400 series or Radeon RX 500 series graphics products.

18.3.4 Beta (March 26th, 2018)

Support For

• Far Cry 5

Fixed Issues

• Some blockchain workloads may experience lower performance than expected when compared to previous Radeon Software releases.
• Final Fantasy XV may experience bright lighting effects on some trees in specific map locations.
• Final Fantasy XV may experience an application hang or crash after advancing in game to chapter 2.

Known Issues

• Far Cry 5 may experience flickering issues if a task switch is performed while playing the game using a multi GPU enabled system configuration.
• A random system hang may be experienced after extended periods of use on system configurations using 12 GPU's for compute workloads.
• Destiny 2 may experience an application hang in the mission "Heist" on some Radeon GCN1.0 products.
• Destiny 2 may experience long load times when the application has been open for extended periods of time.
• Radeon Overlay may intermittently fail to enable when toggled in some games.
• Resizing Radeon Settings may cause the window to intermittently stutter.

18.3.3 Beta (March 19th, 2018)

Support For

• Sea of Thieves
• A Way Out
• Vulkan 1.1 Support
  • Product is conformant with the Vulkan 1.1 Specification. Vulkan and the Vulkan logo are registered trademarks of the Khronos Group Inc.

Fixed Issues

• Forza Motorsport 7 may experience intermittent stutter during gameplay.
• Some Radeon ReLive recorded clips may experience corruption or audio distortion when played back.
• Final Fantasy XV may experience flickering or disappearing objects during some gameplay in multi GPU enabled system configurations.
• Star Wars Battlefront 2 may experience a system hang on the initial splash screen in multi GPU enabled system configurations.

Known Issues

• A random system hang may be experienced after extended periods of use on system configurations using 12 GPU's for compute workloads.
• Destiny 2 may experience an application hang in the mission "Heist" on some Radeon GCN1.0 products.
• Destiny 2 may experience long load times when the application has been open for extended periods of time.
• Radeon Overlay may intermittently fail to enable when toggled in some games.
• FFmpeg application may experience corrupted output for H264 video streams.
• Resizing Radeon Settings may cause the window to intermittently stutter.

18.3.2 Beta (March 12th, 2018)

Support For

• Final Fantasy XV
  • Up to 4% faster performance playing Final Fantasy XV using Radeon Software Adrenalin Edition 18.3.2 on the Radeon RX Vega 64 (8GB) graphics card than with Radeon Software Adrenalin Edition 18.3.1 at 1920x1080 (1080p). RS-230
  • Up to 7% faster performance playing Final Fantasy XV using Radeon Software Adrenalin Edition 18.3.2 on the Radeon RX 580 (8GB) graphics card than with Radeon Software Adrenalin Edition 18.3.1 at 1920x1080 (1080p). RS-231

Fixed Issues

• Final Fantasy XV may experience minor stutter during some particle effects.

Known Issues

• A random system hang may be experienced after extended periods of use on system configurations using 12 GPU's for compute workloads.
• Destiny 2 may experience an application hang in the mission "Heist" on some Radeon GCN1.0 products.
• Destiny 2 may experience long load times when the application has been open for extended periods of time.
• Radeon Overlay may intermittently fail to enable when toggled in some games.
• FFmpeg application may experience corrupted output for H264 video streams.
• Resizing Radeon Settings may cause the window to intermittently stutter.

18.3.1 Beta (March 5th, 2018)

Support For

• Final Fantasy XV
• Warhammer: Vermintide II
• DOTA2
  • Up to 6% faster FPS using Radeon Software Adrenalin Edition 18.3.1 on the Radeon RX 580 (8GB) graphics card than with Radeon Software Adrenalin Edition 17.12.1 at 3840x2160 (1440p).RS-218

Fixed Issues

• Radeon Chill hotkey may fail to reset when Radeon Settings is restored to defaults.
• Sea of Thieves may experience an intermittent application hang or crash during gameplay.
• Middle-earth: Shadow of War may experience texture flickering on trees or hills when using multi GPU enabled system configurations.
• World of Tanks may experience color corruption when changing some game settings in multi GPU enabled system configurations.

Known Issues

• A random system hang may be experienced after extended periods of use on system configurations using 12 GPU's for compute workloads.
• Destiny 2 may experience an application hang in the mission "Heist" on some Radeon GCN1.0 products.
• Destiny 2 may experience long load times when the application has been open for long periods of time.
• Radeon Overlay may intermittently fail to enable when toggled in some games.
• FFmpeg application may experience corrupted output for H264 video streams.
• Resizing Radeon Settings may cause the window to intermittently stutter.
• Final Fantasy XV may experience minor stutter during some particle effects. A workaround is to disable the "Geomapping" setting in game.

18.2.3 Beta (February 23rd, 2018)

Support For

• Sea of Thieves
  • Up to 29% faster performance using Radeon Software Adrenalin Edition 18.2.3 on the Radeon RX Vega 64 (8GB) graphics card than with Radeon Software Adrenalin Edition 18.2.2 at 3840x2160. RS-215
  • Up to 39% faster performance using Radeon Software Adrenalin Edition 18.2.3 on the Radeon RX 580 (8GB) graphics card than with Radeon Software Adrenalin Edition 18.2.2 at 1920x1080. RS-216
• Brass Tactics
• Final Fantasy XII The Zodiac Age
  • Up to 13% faster performance using Radeon Software Adrenalin Edition 18.2.3 on the Radeon RX Vega 56 (8GB) graphics card than with Radeon Software Adrenalin Edition 18.2.2 at 2560x1440. RS-212
  • Up to 20% faster performance using Radeon Software Adrenalin Edition 18.2.3 on the Radeon RX 580 (8GB) graphics card than with Radeon Software Adrenalin Edition 18.2.2 at 2560x1440p. RS-213

Fixed Issues

•  Radeon FreeSync may intermittently incorrectly engage during Chrome video playback resulting in playback flicker.
• Radeon FreeSync may rapidly change between min and max range when enabled causing stutter in fullscreen games on multi display system configurations.
• Flickering may be observed on the performance metrics overlay when Enhanced Sync is enabled on some Radeon FreeSync connected displays.
• Radeon Overlay may exhibit minor flickering when enabled while playing games using the Vulkan API.
• Fortnite may experience lighting or fog corruption on some graphics quality presets.
• Radeon ReLive instant replay clips may intermittently contain small amounts of audio distortion.
• Middle-earth: Shadow of War may experience an application crash when launched as a Universal Windows Application.
• For Honor may experience an intermittent application crash on launch.

Known Issues

• A random system hang may be experienced after extended periods of use on system configurations using 12 GPU's for compute workloads.
• Water textures may appear to be missing in World of Final Fantasy.
• Destiny 2 may experience an application hang in the mission "Heist" on some Radeon GCN1.0 products.
• Radeon Overlay may intermittently fail to enable when toggled in some games.
• Radeon Chill hotkey may fail to reset when Radeon Settings is restored to defaults.
• FFmpeg application may experience corrupted output for H264 video streams.

18.2.2 Beta (February 13th, 2018)

Support For

• Kingdom Come: Deliverance
  • Up to 3% faster performance using Radeon Software Adrenalin Edition 18.2.2 on the Radeon RX Vega 56 (8GB) graphics card than with Radeon Software Adrenalin Edition 18.2.1 at 2560x1440p (1440p). RS-210
  • Up to 4% faster performance using Radeon Software Adrenalin Edition 18.2.2 on the Radeon RX 580 (8GB) graphics card than with Radeon Software Adrenalin Edition 18.2.1 at 1920x1080 (1080p). RS-211
• Fortnite
  • Up to 3% faster performance using Radeon Software Adrenalin Edition 18.2.2 on the Radeon RX Vega 56 (8GB) graphics card than with Radeon Software Adrenalin Edition 17.12.1 at 2560x1440p (1440p). RS-20
  • Up to 6% faster performance using Radeon Software Adrenalin Edition 18.2.2 on the Radeon RX 580 (8GB) graphics card than with Radeon Software Adrenalin Edition 17.12.1 at 1920x1080 (1080p). RS-208
• PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds
  • Up to 5% faster performance using Radeon Software Adrenalin Edition 18.2.2 on the Radeon RX Vega 56 (8GB) graphics card than with Radeon Software Adrenalin Edition 17.12.1 at 2560x1440p (1440p). RS-207
  • Up to 7% faster performance using Radeon Software Adrenalin Edition 18.2.2 on the Radeon RX 580 graphics card than with Radeon Software Adrenalin Edition 17.12.1 at 1920x1080p (1080p). RS-209

Known Issues

• Radeon FreeSync may intermittently incorrectly engage during Chrome video playback resulting in playback flicker.
• Radeon Overlay hotkey may fail to bring up the overlay or may cause a Radeon Host Application crash intermittently on a limited number of gaming titles.
• Radeon FreeSync may rapidly change between min and max range when enabled causing stutter in fullscreen games on multi display system configurations.
• Flickering may be observed on the performance metrics overlay when Enhanced Sync is enabled on some Radeon FreeSync connected 'displays.
• A random system hang may be experienced after extended periods of use on system configurations using 12 GPU's for compute workloads.
• Water textures may appear to be missing in World of Final Fantasy.
• The GPU Workload feature may cause a system hang when switching to Compute while AMD CrossFire is enabled. A workaround is to disable AMD CrossFire before switching the toggle to Compute workloads.

18.2.1 WHQL (February 7th, 2018)

Support For

• Final Fantasy 12: The Zodiac Age

Resolved Issues

• Radeon FreeSync may rapidly change between min and max range when enabled causing stutter in fullscreen games on single display system configurations.
• Sid Meier's Civilization V may fail to launch on Hybrid Graphics system configurations when using DirectX9 API.
• Radeon FreeSync may exhibit a black screen on some games when using Samsung CF791 displays.
• Radeon Chill game settings profiles may fail to enable on Vulkan API games.
• Radeon Overlay may fail to open in some Vulkan API games.
• Need for Speed Payback may exhibit corruption on some terrain.
• Textures in Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth3 V Generation may appear corrupted or exhibit flickering colours.

Known Issues

• Radeon FreeSync may intermittently incorrectly engage during Chrome video playback resulting in playback flicker.
• Radeon Overlay hotkey may fail to bring up the overlay or may cause a Radeon Host Application crash intermittently on a limited number of gaming titles.
• Radeon FreeSync may rapidly change between min and max range when enabled causing stutter in fullscreen games on multi display system configurations.
• Flickering may be observed on the performance metrics overlay when Enhanced Sync is enabled on some Radeon FreeSync connected displays.
• A random system hang may be experienced after extended periods of use on system configurations using 12 GPU's for compute workloads.
• Water textures may appear to be missing in World of Final Fantasy.
• The GPU Workload feature may cause a system hang when switching to Compute while AMD CrossFire is enabled. A workaround is to disable AMD CrossFire before switching the toggle to Compute workloads.

18.2.1 Beta (February 2nd, 2018)

Support For

• Final Fantasy 12: The Zodiac Age

Resolved Issues

• Radeon FreeSync may rapidly change between min and max range when enabled causing stutter in fullscreen games on single display system configurations.
• Sid Meier's Civilization V may fail to launch on Hybrid Graphics system configurations when using DirectX9 API.
• Radeon FreeSync may exhibit a black screen on some games when using Samsung CF791 displays.
• Radeon Chill game settings profiles may fail to enable on Vulkan API games.
• Radeon Overlay may fail to open in some Vulkan API games.
• Need for Speed Payback may exhibit corruption on some terrain.
• Textures in Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth3 V Generation may appear corrupted or exhibit flickering colours.

Known Issues

• Radeon FreeSync may intermittently incorrectly engage during Chrome video playback resulting in playback flicker.
• Radeon Overlay hotkey may fail to bring up the overlay or may cause a Radeon Host Application crash intermittently on a limited number of gaming titles.
• Radeon FreeSync may rapidly change between min and max range when enabled causing stutter in fullscreen games on multi display system configurations.
• Flickering may be observed on the performance metrics overlay when Enhanced Sync is enabled on some Radeon FreeSync connected displays.
• A random system hang may be experienced after extended periods of use on system configurations using 12 GPU's for compute workloads.
• Water textures may appear to be missing in World of Final Fantasy.
• The GPU Workload feature may cause a system hang when switching to Compute while AMD CrossFire is enabled. A workaround is to disable AMD CrossFire before switching the toggle to Compute workloads.

18.1.1 Beta (January 18th, 2018)

Resolved Issues

• A small number of DirectX 9 games may experience crashes or instability.
• Radeon FreeSync enabled system configurations may experience stuttering when using the performance metrics feature in Radeon Overlay.
• Protected video content may intermittently experience a freeze or hang during playback.
• A blank screen may be experienced while playing back videos when using Movies & TV player.
• Starcraft 2 may experience corruption in multi GPU enabled system configurations.
• Bezel compensation controls when creating display groups may be misaligned or have no functionality.
• Blank videos may be experienced when playing back videos in edge browser after the system resumes from sleep.
• Color corruption may intermittently be observed in Radeon overlay with multiple gaming applications and performance metrics running.
• The Radeon WattMan fan slider may intermittently fail to change after loading profiles.
• Enhanced Sync may not enable for game profiles in Radeon Settings when using Vulkan API.
• On multi GPU enabled system configurations Player Unknowns Battlegrounds may experience menu item flickering.
• CLINFO may report incorrect values in multi GPU system configurations.

Known Issues

• Radeon Chill may fail to enable on Vulkan API games.
• Radeon Overlay hotkey may fail to bring up the overlay or may cause a Radeon Host Application crash intermittently on a limited number of gaming titles.
• Radeon FreeSync may cause stutter with Radeon ReLive Instant Replay enabled on some fullscreen games.
• Radeon Settings may experience a hang when enabling AMD CrossFire with three or more graphics products.
• Trimming videos may fail to create a thumbnail if the video contains non-English characters.
• Flickering may be observed on the performance metrics overlay when Enhanced Sync is enabled on some Radeon FreeSync connected displays.
• Performance Metrics Overlay may hang if enabled when cycling display power off and on.
• The "Reset" function in Radeon Settings for Display, ReLive, and Video may not work as intended when using Radeon Settings in certain regional languages.
• Radeon WattMan may intermittently fail to load profiles for Radeon RX Vega on the global Radeon Wattman page.
• A random system hang may be experienced after extended periods of use on system configurations using 12 GPU's for compute workloads.
• The GPU Workload feature may cause a system hang when switching to Compute while AMD CrossFire is enabled. A workaround is to disable AMD CrossFire before switching the toggle to Compute workloads.

18.1.1 Alpha (January 4th, 2018)

This early access driver is being provided for users who have had issues launching a small number of DirectX 9 based games. This alpha driver has not been fully tested by AMD and is not recommended for general use.

17.12.2 Beta (December 20th, 2017)

Resolved Issues

• Radeon Settings Video tab may disappear on some hybrid graphics system configurations after a reboot
• AMD XConnect Technology enabled system configurations may experience an intermittent system hang on hot plug.
• GPU Display scaling may fail to enable when desktop resolution is set very low.
• Region recording in Radeon ReLive will continue to record when the region window is closed.
• 3x1 display configurations may experience instability during Eyefinity creation or during gaming.
• Ark Survival Evolved may experience heavy flickering or corruption when enabling the performance metrics overlay in Windows7.
• A black screen may be experienced when running full screen games on the Samsung CF791 Radeon FreeSync enabled display.
• Netflix playback in a browser or via UWP application may experience stutter.
• Radeon Overlay performance metrics may appear and disappear intermittently during updates.
• Color Temperature controls may change colors on the incorrect display when using the reset option.
• Star Wars: Battlefront II may experience graphical corruption in some areas of the game.

Known Issues

• Radeon Settings may experience a hang when enabling AMD CrossFire with three or more graphics products.
• Trimming videos may fail to create a thumbnail if the video contains non-English characters.
• Flickering may be observed on the performance metrics overlay when Enhanced Sync is enabled on some Radeon FreeSync connected displays.
• Performance Metrics Overlay may hang if enabled when cycling display power off and on.
• The "Reset" function in Radeon Settings for Display, ReLive, and Video may not work as intended when using Radeon Settings in certain regional languages.
• Radeon WattMan may intermittently fail to load profiles for Radeon RX Vega on the global Radeon Wattman page.
• Rise of the Tomb Raider may experience an intermittent application hang during gameplay.
• A random system hang may be experienced after extended periods of use on system configurations using 12 GPUs for compute workloads.
• The GPU Workload feature may cause a system hang when switching to Compute while AMD CrossFire is enabled. A workaround is to disable AMD CrossFire before switching the toggle to Compute workloads.

17.12.1 WHQL (December 12th, 2017)

Radeon Settings

• Added new Connect tab which houses new social engagement features.
• Added new Gallery tab for Radeon ReLive recording file management, video trimming, and social platform sharing functionality.
• Added new Accounts tab to connect ReLive content and upload sharing to social platforms
• Added new Resource Center tab highlighting informative guides and instructions for Radeon Software features.
• Added new Performance Monitoring tab.
• Added three UI themes for Radeon Settings customization.
• Added new AMD Link tab to connect Radeon Settings to the AMD Link mobile application. For more information on AMD Link visit here.

Radeon Overlay

• Added new Overlay feature (default ALT+R) allowing management of certain Radeon Settings features while in-game or on desktop such as Radeon ReLive, Radeon FreeSync, Radeon Chill, Frame Rate Target Control, Display Color, and Performance Monitoring.
• Added performance monitoring overlay to display system performance metrics in DirectX 9, 11, 12, and Vulkan applications.
• Added performance logging feature to save performance metrics to a file.

Radeon ReLive

• Further optimized for lower FPS overhead while using Radeon ReLive for recording. (RS-198)
• Added support for Vulkan API.
• Added support for Eyefinity.
• Added support for borderless window region capture.
• Added support for mouse button hotkeys.
• Added chat and viewer count overlay for Radeon ReLive live streaming to supported platforms.
• Added Chroma Key support to allow background transparency when using a webcam.
• Now supports expanded social platforms.
• Now supports separate microphone and audio track recording.

Radeon Chill

• Radeon Chill now has expanded support for most game titles.

Enhanced Sync

• Added support for all GCN-based Radeon graphics products.
• Added support for Vulkan API.
• Added support Multi-GPU configurations.
• Added support for Eyefinity configurations.

Radeon WattMan

• Added new profile functionality to save and load user defined Radeon WattMan profile configurations to local hard disk.

Frame Rate Target Control

• Added support for Vulkan API.

Radeon FreeSync

• Added support for HDR10 titles with Radeon FreeSync2 displays.
• Added per-application Radeon FreeSync support.

Resolved Issues

• OverWatch may experience a random or intermittent hang on some system configurations.
• Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege may experience an application hang when breaching walls with grenades or explosives.
• Netflix playback in a browser or via UWP application may experience stutter.
• After recording with Radeon ReLive GPU usage and clocks may remain in high states.
• Assassin's Creed: Origins may experience bright or saturated lighting in cave missions.
• Mass Effect Andromeda may have issues enabling HDR10 on an HDR capable display.
• Forza Horizon 3 may experience corruption on rocks or foliage during gameplay.
• Halo Wars 2 may experience a crash on game launch.
• Enabling HBCC on Radeon RX Vega in multi GPU system configurations may cause the secondary graphics card to be hidden in Radeon Settings until reboot.
• Resizing the Radeon Settings window may cause the UI to restart or hang with HBCC enabled.

Known Issues

• Upgrading Radeon Software with Radeon RX Vega series graphics products in multi GPU on X99 chipsets may cause system instability after reboot.
• Radeon Settings may experience a hang when enabling AMD CrossFire with three or more graphics products.
• Performance Metrics Overlay may hang if enabled when cycling display power off and on.
• Trimming videos may fail to create a thumbnail if the video contains non-English characters.
• 3x1 display configurations may experience instability during Eyefinity creation or during gaming.
• The "Reset" function in Radeon Settings for Display, ReLive, and Video may not work as intended when using Radeon Settings in certain regional languages.
• Radeon WattMan may intermittently fail to load profiles for Radeon RX Vega on the global Radeon Wattman page.
• Rise of the Tomb Raider may experience an intermittent application hang during gameplay.
• A random system hang may be experienced after extended periods of use on system configurations using 12 GPU's for compute workloads.
• The GPU Workload feature may cause a system hang when switching to Compute while AMD CrossFire is enabled. A workaround is to disable AMD CrossFire before switching the toggle to Compute workloads.