AMD Radeon Software Adrenalin 2019

19.7.3 Beta (July 25th, 2019)

Support For

• Wolfenstein : Youngblood
  • Up to 13% better performance with Radeon Software Adrenalin 2019 Edition 19.7.3 in Wolfenstein: Youngblood than with Radeon Software Adrenalin 2019 Edition 19.7.2
• Radeon GPU Profiler on Radeon RX 5700 series graphics products
• Microsoft PIX on Radeon RX 5700 series graphics products

Added Vulkan Support

• VK_EXT_display_surface_counter
  • This extension defines a vertical blanking period counter associated with display surfaces. It provides a mechanism to query support for such a counter from a VkSurfaceKHR object
• VK_AMD_pipeline_compiler_control
  • This extension provides a way to set per-pipeline compiler options, for instance, to relax rounding rules when working with mixed-precision floating point values.
• VK_AMD_shader_core_properties2
  • This extension exposes additional, AMD specific shader core properties for a physical device
• VK_EXT_subgroup_size_control
  • This extension provides additional control over subgroup size, allowing applications for instance to opt-in to different subgroup sizes on devices supporting more than just one.
• VK_KHR_imageless_framebuffer
  • This extension allows framebuffers to be created without the need for creating images first, allowing more flexibility in how they are used, and avoiding the need for many of the compatibility rules.
• VK_KHR_variable_pointers
  • This extension allows implementations to indicate their level of support for the SPV_KHR_variable_pointers SPIR-V extension. The SPIR-V extension allows shader modules to use invocation-private pointers into uniform and/or storage buffers, where the pointer values can be dynamic and non-uniform. This release adds the optional VariablePointers support.

Fixed Issues

• League of Legends may fail to launch on Radeon RX 5700 Series Graphics with Windows 7 system configurations.  
• Radeon RX 5700 series graphics products may experience DirectX 9 application crashes or hangs after an express upgrade of Radeon Software.
• Windows Mixed Reality may fail to launch when Radeon Image Sharpening is enabled on Radeon RX 5700 series graphics products.
• Audio may be out of sync with videos when using Radeon ReLive VR.
• Incorrect values may be shown in the power gauge for Radeon WattMan while applications are running on AMD Radeon VII.
• AMD Log Utility Driver may intermittently fail to install on Windows 7 system configurations.
• Radeon Anti-Lag may experience slight performance drops on some gaming applications when enabled.
• Minor stuttering may occur when playing Fortnite during the first few minutes of gameplay on AMD Radeon RX 5700 Series Graphics.
• Radeon Overlay may experience flickering in Vulkan API games when Radeon Image Sharpening is enabled.
• Corruption may be observed in some tests when running Adobe Premier Pro 2019 benchmarks.

Known Issues

• Some system configurations may experience green color corruption after install of Radeon Software when running Windows 10 May 2019 update.
• Stutter may be experienced when Radeon FreeSync is enabled on 240hz refresh displays with Radeon RX 5700 series graphics products.
• Radeon Performance Metrics may report incorrect VRAM utilization.
• AMD Radeon VII may experience elevated memory clocks at idle or on desktop.
• Radeon Overlay may intermittently fail to appear when toggled in game.
• Audio for clips captured by Radeon ReLive may be corrupted or garbled when desktop recording is enabled.
• Radeon RX 5700 Series Graphics may experience a black screen during uninstall on Windows 7 system configurations. A work around is to perform uninstall in safe mode.
• Recording clips with Radeon ReLive may result in blank clips on Radeon RX 5700 Series Graphics with Windows 7 system configurations.
• Enabling Enhanced Sync may cause game, application or system crashes on Radeon RX 5700 series graphics products.

19.7.2 Beta (July 16th, 2019)

Support For

• GEARS 5 BETA

Fixed Issues

• Radeon ReLive streaming and uploading of videos and other content to Facebook is currently unavailable.
• Textures in Star Wars Battlefront II may appear pixelated or blurry when using DirectX 11 API.
• With Radeon Image Sharpening enabled, Radeon Overlay may flicker in DirectX 9 applications or games.
• Valve Index headset may experience flicker for approximately 30 seconds when launching SteamVR on AMD Radeon RX 5700 Series Graphics.
• Auto Tuning controls in Radeon WattMan may fail to apply to per game profiles when global Radeon WattMan changes are made.
• Some enemies may experience yellow texture/color corruption in DOOM .
• Auto Tuning features in Radeon WattMan may show max values instead of increased values when the Auto Tuning results screen is shown.
• Radeon WattMan memory clock gauge may fail to update when memory clock changes have been made.
• AMD Display Drivers may fail to uninstall when using express uninstall on Hybrid Graphics system configurations.

Known Issues

• AMD Log Utility Driver may intermittently fail to install on Windows 7 system configurations.
• Radeon Overlay may intermittently fail to appear when toggled in game.
• Audio for clips captured by Radeon ReLive may be corrupted or garbled when desktop recording is enabled.
• Minor stuttering may occur when playing Fortnite during the first few minutes of gameplay on AMD Radeon RX 5700 Series Graphics.
• Radeon RX 5700 Series Graphics may experience a black screen during uninstall on Windows 7 system configurations. A work around is to perform uninstall in safe mode.
• Recording clips with Radeon ReLive may result in blank clips on Radeon RX 5700 Series Graphics with Windows 7 system configurations.
• League of Legends may fail to launch on Radeon RX 5700 Series Graphics with Windows 7 system configurations.

19.7.1 Beta (July 7th, 2019)

Support For

• AMD Radeon RX 5700 Series Graphics
• AMD Radeon Image Sharpening
  • New feature available in Radeon Settings that can be enabled for DirectX 9, DirectX 11 and Vulkan games on AMD Radeon RX 5700 Series Graphics. Provides contrast-adaptive sharpening combined with optional GPU upscaling that helps draw out detail and provide crisp-looking visuals.
• AMD Radeon Anti-Lag
  • New feature available in Radeon Settings that can be enabled for DirectX 9 and DirectX 11 games that improves input-to-display response time with up to 31% reduction in lag. RS-295
• AMD Link
  • Now supports auto-discovery mode and one-tap connection, allowing you to easily connect your Radeon PC and AMD Link App.
  • Now supports connections to Apple TV and Android TV with a new simplified TV interface.
• AMD Radeon Chill
  • Now supports display-aware tuning which sets frame-rate caps to match your monitors refresh rate providing up to 2.5x more power savings than before. RS-294
  • Display-aware tuning works with fixed-refresh monitors or with variable-refresh Radeon FreeSync -capable displays.
• AMD Radeon WattMan
  • New power gauge readout available in Performance Metrics Overlay and Radeon WattMan.
  • Auto Tuning features now provides a summary readout of tuning changes.
• Settings Snapshot
  • New feature available in Radeon Settings that allows you to create, save and load your custom settings and configurations for Radeon Settings.
• Automatic Low Latency Mode
  • Allows supported graphics products to communicate with your connected TV and enter low-latency (gaming) mode automatically.

Fixed Issues

• Graphics driver may not uninstall correctly when using the express uninstall option on some Ryzen APUs.
• Performance Metrics Overlay may intermittently display incorrect colors when being displayed in game.
• Radeon Overlay may fail to appear or invoke when playing DOOM.
• Radeon Overlay may fail to appear or invoke when a game is running fullscreen on Windows 7 system configurations.
• Some users may be experiencing AMD DLL file signing issues with Easy Anti-Cheat. A clean install of Radeon Software Adrenalin 2019 Edition 19.7.1 may be required to fix this issue.

Known Issues

• With Radeon Image Sharpening enabled, Radeon Overlay may flicker in DirectX 9 or Vulkan applications or games.
• Radeon ReLive streaming and uploading of videos and other content to Facebook is currently unavailable.
• Audio for clips captured by Radeon ReLive may be corrupted or garbled when desktop recording is enabled.
• Textures in Star Wars Battlefront II may appear pixelated or blurry when using DirectX 11 API.
• ASUS TUF Gaming FX505 may experience discrete GPU connection issues with devices disappearing from device manager when the system is idle.
• Minor stuttering may occur when playing Fortnite during the first few minutes of gameplay on AMD Radeon RX 5700 Series Graphics.
• Valve Index headset may experience flicker when launching SteamVR on AMD Radeon RX 5700 Series Graphics.
• Radeon RX 5700 Series Graphics may experience a black screen during uninstall on Windows 7 system configurations. A work around is to perform uninstall in safe mode.
• Recording clips with Radeon ReLive may result in blank clips on Radeon RX 5700 Series Graphics with Windows 7 system configurations.
• League of Legends may fail to launch on Radeon RX 5700 Series Graphics with Windows 7 system configurations.
• Radeon Settings may not appear in the right click desktop context menu on Windows 7 system configurations.

AMD Link Known Issues

• Radeon WattMan functionality is currently not available in AMD Link for Radeon VII and Radeon RX 5700 Series Graphics products.
• The manual connection method for AMD Link may Intermittently fail to connect on Android TV.
• AMD Link TV may experience video corruption while playing back videos from the ReLive gallery on Windows 7 system configurations.
• AMD Link TV applications are currently only available in English.

19.6.3 Beta (June 27th, 2019)

Support For

• F1 2019

Fixed Issues

• YouTube login for Radeon ReLive may fail to connect your account.
• A system hang may occur when performing overclocking or underclocking GPU memory in three display Eyefinity configurations.
• Radeon ReLive and Radeon Overlay may fail to function correctly after beginning a recording with Radeon ReLive.
• Region recording in Radeon ReLive may record black frames when an application playing video in the region has been minimized and then maximized.
• Hyper-V enabled systems may fail to boot after driver installation.
• Radeon ReLive VR fails to install on Radeon RX 570 series graphics products.

Known Issues

• Radeon Overlay may fail to enable when playing DOTA 2 in fullscreen mode.
• Radeon ReLive streaming and uploading of videos and other content to Facebook is currently unavailable.
• ASUS TUF Gaming FX505 may experience discrete GPU connection issues with devices disappearing from device manager when the system is idle.
• Performance Metrics Overlay and Radeon WattMan gauges may experience inaccurate fluctuating readings on AMD Radeon VII.
• ACER Swift 3 with AMD Ryzen Processor may experience system instability when upgrading to Radeon Software Adrenalin 2019 Edition 19.6.3 using the Custom Clean Installation option.
• Graphics driver may not uninstall correctly when using the express uninstall option on some Ryzen APUs.

19.6.2 Beta (June 17th, 2019)

Added Vulkan Support

• VK_EXT_host_query_reset
  • Allows resets of queries from the host, rather than on the GPU.
• VK_EXT_full_screen_exclusive
  • Gives applications explicit control over exclusive full-screen modes (this is for instance useful for HDR support).
• VK_AMD_display_native_hdr
  • Exposes FreeSync2 capabilities for improved HDR support.
• VK_EXT_separate_stencil_usage
  • Separates the usage flags for depth/stencil aspects of a depth/stencil image making it possible to restrict/expand the usage relative to the depth aspect.
• VK_KHR_uniform_buffer_standard_layout
  • Provides more flexible alignment for uniform buffers, enabling among other things, the usage of std430 layouts in Vulkan.

Fixed Issues

• Wireless VR may experience performance drops across multiple game titles on some Radeon RX 400 and Radeon RX 500 series graphics products.
• Performance Metrics Overlay may fail to enable or may be disabled when toggling Radeon Overlay while in game.
• A TDR may occur when exiting some gaming applications that are using DirectX 12 API when multiple displays are connected and in clone mode.
• Microsoft PIX tool may fail when a GPU is connected using AMD XConnect Technology.
• Crackdown 3 may experience an application or game hang on Radeon R7 370 series graphics products.

Known Issues

• Radeon ReLive streaming and uploading of videos and other content to Facebook is currently unavailable.
• ASUS TUF Gaming FX505 may experience discrete GPU connection issues with devices disappearing from device manager when the system is idle.
• Performance Metrics Overlay and Radeon WattMan gauges may experience inaccurate fluctuating readings on AMD Radeon VII.
• ACER Swift 3 with AMD Ryzen Processor may experience system instability when upgrading to Radeon Software Adrenalin 2019 Edition 19.6.2 using the Custom Clean Installation option.
• Graphics driver may not uninstall correctly when using the express uninstall option on some Ryzen APUs.

19.6.1 Beta (June 9th, 2019)

Support for:

• Microsoft Xbox Game Pass for PC

Fixed Issues:

• AMD Link virtual or external game controllers may not function on some installs of Radeon Software.

Known Issues:

• Radeon ReLive streaming and uploading of videos and other content to Facebook is currently unavailable.
• ASUS TUF Gaming FX505 may experience discrete GPU connection issues with devices disappearing from device manager when the system is idle.
• Performance Metrics Overlay and Radeon WattMan gauges may experience inaccurate fluctuating readings on AMD Radeon VII.
• ACER Swift 3 with AMD Ryzen Processor may experience system instability when upgrading to Radeon Software Adrenalin 2019 Edition 19.6.1 using the Custom Clean Installation option.

19.5.2 WHQL (June 3rd, 2019)

Practically identical to the 19.5.2 Beta released on May 23, but with WHQL certification.

Support For

• Total War : Three Kingdoms

Fixed Issues

• AMD Radeon VII may experience screen flicker when multiple displays are connected on desktop or while applications are running.
• Radeon WattMan may list the incorrect max temperature for some graphics products.
• GPU Utilization in Radeon Performance Metrics Overlay may sometimes show on unsupported products.
• HDR Video may freeze or have corruption during playback when using Movies and TV Application with some Ryzen APUs.

Known Issues

• Radeon ReLive streaming and uploading of videos and other content to Facebook is currently unavailable.
• ASUS TUF Gaming FX505 may experience discrete GPU connection issues with devices disappearing from device manager when the system is idle.
• World War Z may experience an application hang after extended periods of play.
• Performance Metrics Overlay and Radeon WattMan gauges may experience inaccurate fluctuating readings on AMD Radeon VII.
• ACER Swift 3 with AMD Ryzen Processor may experience system instability when upgrading to Radeon Software Adrenalin 2019 Edition 19.5.2 using the Custom Clean Installation option.

19.5.2 Beta (May 23rd, 2019)

Support For

• Total War : Three Kingdoms

Fixed Issues

• AMD Radeon VII may experience screen flicker when multiple displays are connected on desktop or while applications are running.
• Radeon WattMan may list the incorrect max temperature for some graphics products.
• GPU Utilization in Radeon Performance Metrics Overlay may sometimes show on unsupported products.
• HDR Video may freeze or have corruption during playback when using Movies and TV Application with some Ryzen APUs.

Known Issues

• Radeon ReLive streaming and uploading of videos and other content to Facebook is currently unavailable.
• ASUS TUF Gaming FX505 may experience discrete GPU connection issues with devices disappearing from device manager when the system is idle.
• World War Z may experience an application hang after extended periods of play.
• Performance Metrics Overlay and Radeon WattMan gauges may experience inaccurate fluctuating readings on AMD Radeon VII.
• ACER Swift 3 with AMD Ryzen Processor may experience system instability when upgrading to Radeon Software Adrenalin 2019 Edition 19.5.2 using the Custom Clean Installation option.

19.5.1 Beta (May 13th, 2019)

Support For

• RAGE 2
  • Up to 16% performance gains with AMD Radeon Software Adrenalin 2019 Edition 19.5.1, on an AMD Radeon VII.RS-295
• Windows 10 May 2019 Update
• Instruction Tracing for Radeon GPU Profiler 1.5.X

Fixed Issues

• Performance metrics overlay may experience intermittent flicker when playing back protected content with this feature enabled.
• DOOM may experience an application hang during launch on AMD XConnect Technology system configurations.
• Radeon Software installation may fail or get stuck at 33% when installing on AMD Radeon HD 7970 system configurations.
• Some Radeon RX 400 and Radeon RX 500 series graphics products may experience a system hang when hot plugging 8K displays.
• AMD Radeon VII may fail to apply Radeon Settings video profiles to video playback.
• HTC VIVE devices may experience connection or detection issues by the OS or SteamVR .
• System instability may be experienced on ASUS TUF Gaming FX505 laptop when a wireless display is connected.
• Stuttering or frame drop may be experienced when playing back DivX interlaced content in the Windows Movies & TV application.
• Radeon RX Vega series graphics products may experience higher than expected memory clocks at idle or desktop with multi-display system configurations.
• Some system configurations may not be able to set 10-Bit color in Radeon Settings when the connected display is set to 4K 60hz.
• Enhanced Sync may fail to enable on Radeon FreeSync enabled displays in DirectX 9 API games on game first launch.
• AMD Link may experience intermittent authentication issues. An update of the AMD Link application is also required.

Known Issues

• Radeon ReLive streaming and uploading of videos and other content to Facebook is currently unavailable.
• ASUS TUF Gaming FX505 may experience discrete GPU connection issues with devices disappearing from device manager when the system is idle.
• World War Z may experience texture flickering or corruption on Radeon RX Vega series graphics products when using the Vulkan API.
• AMD Radeon VII may experience screen flicker in multi display setups on desktop or while applications are running.
• Performance metrics overlay and Radeon WattMan gauges may experience inaccurate fluctuating readings on AMD Radeon VII.
• World War Z may experience an application hang after extended periods of play when using Vulkan API.
• HDR Video may freeze or have corruption during playback when using Movies and TV Application with some Ryzen APUs.

19.4.3 Beta (April 22nd, 2019)

Support For

• Mortal Kombat XI

Fixed Issues

• With AMD Link connected to Radeon Settings the update notifications feature may list incorrect installed versions.

Known Issues

• AMD Radeon VII may experience screen flicker in multi display setups on desktop or while applications are running.
• Netflix Windows Store application may experience display flicker during video playback on some HDR enabled displays.
• Performance metrics overlay and Radeon WattMan gauges may experience inaccurate fluctuating readings on AMD Radeon VII.
• Performance metrics overlay may experience intermittent flicker when playing back protected content with this feature enabled.
• System instability may be experienced on ASUS TUF Gaming FX504 laptop when a wireless display is connected.

19.4.2 Beta (April 15th, 2019)

Support For

• World War Z
  • Up to 24% greater performance with AMD Radeon Software Adrenalin 2019 Edition 19.4.2, on a Radeon VII in World War Z. RS-293
  • Up to 19% greater performance with AMD Radeon Software Adrenalin 2019 Edition 19.4.2, on a Radeon RX Vega 64 in World War Z. RS-292
• Anno 1800

Known Issues

• AMD Radeon VII may experience screen flicker in multi display setups on desktop or while applications are running.
• Netflix Windows Store application may experience display flicker during video playback on some HDR enabled displays.
• Performance metrics overlay and Radeon WattMan gauges may experience inaccurate fluctuating readings on AMD Radeon VII.
• Performance metrics overlay may experience intermittent flicker when playing back protected content with this feature enabled.
• System instability may be experienced on ASUS TUF Gaming FX504 laptop when a wireless display is connected.

19.4.1 WHQL (April 3rd, 2019)

Same changes as 19.4.1 Beta, just WHQL certified

19.4.1 Beta (April 1st, 2019)

Fixed Issues

• AMD Radeon VII and Radeon RX Vega Series graphics products may experience system instability, or an intermittent system hang when three or more displays are connected and enabled at the same time.
• World of Warcraft patch 8.1.5 or later may experience an intermittent crash or application hang when MSAA is enabled.
• Mouse cursors may disappear or move out of the boundary of the top of a display on AMD Ryzen Mobile Processors with Radeon Vega Graphics.
• Radeon WattMan auto overclock may fail to raise engine clocks past default levels on Radeon RX Vega series graphics products.
• Vari-Bright changes may fail to apply on some AMD Ryzen Mobile Processors with Radeon Vega Graphics system configurations.
• World of Tanks may experience intermittent graphical corruption when game settings are set to minimum on Radeon RX Vega series graphics products.

Known Issues

• AMD Radeon VII may experience screen flicker in multi display setups on desktop or while applications are running.
• Netflix Windows Store application may experience display flicker during video playback on some HDR enabled displays.
• Performance metrics overlay and Radeon WattMan gauges may experience inaccurate fluctuating readings on AMD Radeon VII.
• Performance metrics overlay may experience intermittent flicker when playing back protected content with this feature enabled.

19.3.3 Beta (March 20th, 2019)

Support For

• Sekiro : Shadows Die Twice
• Generation Zero

Fixed Issues

• Rainbow Six Siege may experience intermittent corruption or flickering on some game textures during gameplay.
• DOTA 2 VR may experience stutter on some HMD devices when using the Vulkan API.

Known Issues

• Mouse cursors may disappear or move out of the boundary of the top of a display on AMD Ryzen Mobile Processors with Radeon Vega Graphics.
• Performance metrics overlay and Radeon WattMan gauges may experience inaccurate fluctuating readings on AMD Radeon VII.

19.3.2 Beta (March 14th, 2019)

Support For

• Tom Clancy's The Division 2
• Sid Meier's Civilization VI: Gathering Storm
  • Up to 4% average performance gains on AMD Radeon VII with Radeon Software Adrenalin 2019 Edition 19.3.2 vs 19.2.3. RS-288
• DirectX 12 on Windows 7 for supported game titles
  • AMD is thrilled to help expand DirectX 12 adoption across a broader range of Windows operating systems with Radeon Software Adrenalin 2019 Edition 18.12.2 and onward, which enables consumers to experience exceptional levels of detail and performance in their games.

Fixed Issues

• Radeon ReLive for VR may sometimes fail to install during Radeon Software installation.
• Fan curve may fail to switch to manual mode after the manual toggle is switched when fan curve is still set to default behavior.
• Changes made in Radeon WattMan settings via Radeon Overlay may sometimes not save or take effect once Radeon Overlay is closed.

Known Issues

• Rainbow Six Siege may experience intermittent corruption or flickering on some game textures during gameplay.
• DOTA 2 VR may experience stutter on some HMD devices when using the Vulkan API.
• Mouse cursors may disappear or move out of the boundary of the top of a display on AMD Ryzen Mobile Processors with Radeon Vega Graphics.
• Performance metrics overlay and Radeon WattMan gauges may experience inaccurate fluctuating readings on AMD Radeon VII.

Added Vulkan Support

• VK_EXT_depth_clip_enable
  • This extension allows the depth clipping operation, that is normally implicitly controlled by the driver to be controlled explicitly by the application instead. This is useful for translating Direct3D content, which assumes depth clamping is always enabled, but depth clip can be controlled by the DepthClipEnable rasterization state.
• VK_EXT_memory_priority
  • This extension allows applications to set a priority value at memory allocation time, which could be used to determine which allocations are more likely to remain in device local memory if heap limits are reached.
• VK_EXT_memory_budget
  • This extension adds support for querying the amount of memory used and the total memory budget for a memory heap.
• VK_KHR_vulkan_memory_model
  • This extension formally defines how to synchronize memory accesses to the same memory locations performed by multiple shader invocations.
• VK_EXT_debug_utils
  • This extension allows developers to obtain more debug information. When combined with validation layers, more detailed feedback on the application's use of Vulkan can be further obtained.
• VK_KHR_depth_stencil_resolve
  • This extension adds support for automatically resolving multisampled depth/stencil attachments in a subpass in a similar manner as for color attachments.
• VK_KHR_shader_float16_int8
  • This extension allows use of 16-bit floating-point types and 8-bit integer types in shaders for arithmetic operations and improves usability of those types by adding implicit conversions.
• VK_EXT_transform_feedback
  • This extension adds transform feedback to the Vulkan API by exposing the SPIR-V TransformFeedback and GeometryStreams capabilities to capture vertex, tessellation or geometry shader outputs to one or more buffers.

19.3.1 Beta (March 6th, 2019)

Support For

• Devil May Cry 5
  • Up to 4% average performance gains with AMD Radeon Software Adrenalin 2019 Edition 19.3.1 vs 19.2.3 on Devil May Cry 5 with Radeon RX Vega 64. RS-287

Fixed Issues

• Radeon WattMan settings changes may intermittently not apply on AMD Radeon VII.
• Mouse lag or system slowdown is observed for extended periods of time with two or more displays connected and one display switched off.
• ACER KG251Q display may experience a black screen when connected via DisplayPort and enabled at 240hz.
• Video playback may become green or experience corruption when dragging the Movies and TV application to an HDR enabled display.

Known Issues

• Rainbow Six Siege may experience intermittent corruption or flickering on some game textures during gameplay.
• Mouse cursors may disappear or move out of the boundary of the top of a display on AMD Ryzen Mobile Processors with Radeon Vega Graphics.
• Modifying memory clocks on Radeon VII in Radeon Wattman may intermittently result in memory clocks becoming locked at 800Mhz.
• Changes made in Radeon WattMan settings via Radeon Overlay may sometimes not save or take effect once Radeon Overlay is closed.
• Performance metrics overlay and Radeon WattMan gauges may experience inaccurate fluctuating readings on AMD Radeon VII.
• Some Mobile or Hybrid Graphics system configurations may intermittently experience green flicker when moving the mouse over YouTube videos in Chrome web browser.

19.2.3 Beta (February 25th, 2019)

Support For

• AMD Ryzen Mobile Processors with Radeon Vega Graphics 
  • Up to 10% average performance gains with AMD Radeon Software Adrenalin 2019 Edition 19.2.3 vs. 17.40 launch drivers for AMD Ryzen Mobile Processors with Radeon Vega Graphics. RS-285
  • Up to 17% average performance gains in eSports titles with AMD Radeon Software Adrenalin 2019 Edition 19.2.3 vs. 17.40 launch drivers for AMD Ryzen Mobile Processors with Radeon Vega Graphics. RS-286
• Dirt Rally 2
  • Up to 3% performance gains with AMD Radeon Software Adrenalin 2019 Edition 19.2.3, on a Radeon RX Vega 64 in Dirt Rally 2. RS-287

Fixed Issues

• Battlefield V players may experience character outlines stuck on screen after being revived. 
• Fan speeds may remain elevated for longer periods than expected when using Tuning Control Auto Overclock or manual fan curve in Radeon WattMan on AMD Radeon VII.
• ReLive wireless VR may experience an application crash or hang during extended periods of play.
• Zero RPM will correctly disable in Radeon WattMan on available system configurations when manual fan curve is enabled.
• A loss of video may be intermittently experienced when launching a fullscreen player application with Radeon FreeSync enabled.

Known Issues

• Mouse lag or system slowdown is observed for extended periods of time with two or more displays connected and one display switched off.
• Changes made in Radeon WattMan settings via Radeon Overlay may sometimes not save or take effect once Radeon Overlay is closed.
• Some Mobile or Hybrid Graphics system configurations may intermittently experience green flicker when moving the mouse over YouTube videos in Chrome web browser. A work around if this occurs is to disable hardware acceleration.
• Radeon WattMan settings changes may intermittently not apply on AMD Radeon VII.
• Performance metrics overlay and Radeon WattMan gauges may experience inaccurate fluctuating readings on AMD Radeon VII.

19.2.2 Beta (February 13th, 2019)

Support For

• AMD Radeon VII
• Far Cry New Dawn
• Metro Exodus
• Sid Meier's Civilization VI: Gathering Storm
• Crackdown 3
  • Up to 5% performance gains with AMD Radeon Software Adrenalin 2019 Edition 19.2.2 on a Radeon RX 590 RS-287

Fixed Issues

• Using the Alt+Tab shortcut out of a fullscreen application or game may be slow or take longer than expected when using a display connected by DisplayPort.
• Apply and Discard buttons may not appear in some areas of Radeon Overlay under the Radeon WattMan overclocking tab.
• Radeon WattMan may fail to apply memory clock changes on AMD Radeon VII.
• AMD Radeon VII may intermittently experience a system hang when attempting to perform a timeout detection and recovery on Windows 7 system configurations.
• Radeon WattMan may display the incorrect max fan/temperature values for AMD Radeon VII.
• Radeon WattMan may experience issues with changed values failing to save or load when multiple changes are applied at once.
• AMD Radeon VII may experience intermittent system stability issues on some X399 motherboards.
• Player Unknown's Battlegrounds may intermittently experience an application crash when changing post-processing settings.
• Radeon Settings may experience an application hang when loading the performance histogram in a game profile through game manager.
• Update Notifications may sometimes incorrectly list the currently installed driver as an available upgrade.
• Apex Legends may intermittently experience line corruption on AMD Radeon VII.

Known Issues

• Battlefield V players may experience character outlines stuck on screen after being revived when the game is set to using DirectX 12 API.
• Mouse lag or system slowdown is observed for extended periods of time with two or more displays connected and one display switched off.
• FRTC may disappear from the Radeon Settings Global Graphics options on some system configurations when upgrading Radeon Software.
• Radeon WattMan clock gauges may sometimes not change or appear incorrect when custom settings have been set on AMD Radeon VII.
• Changes made in Radeon WattMan settings via Radeon Overlay may sometimes not save or take effect once Radeon Overlay is closed.
• Fan speeds may remain elevated for longer periods than expected when using Tuning Control Auto Overclock in Radeon WattMan on AMD Radeon VII. A workaround is switching fan control to manual mode.

19.2.1 Beta (February 5th, 2019)

Support for:

• APEX Legends
• The Division 2 Private Beta
• Assassin's Creed : Odyssey: Up to 5% performance improvement with AMD Radeon Software Adrenalin 2019 Edition 19.2.1 on a Radeon RX Vega 64.

Fixed issues:

• Battlefield V players may experience character outlines stuck on screen after being revived.
• Radeon Settings may fail to install while doing a software update on some Hybrid Graphics system configurations.
• Some displays may experience a loss of video when launching a fullscreen application with Radeon FreeSync enabled.
• Anthem may experience a white screen or corruption while playing or launching the game.
• Radeon Settings may experience a crash if the user changes tabs quickly with a very large game list.
• Fixed an issue where Radeon Settings update notifications may suggest older driver releases to upgrade to.
• HDMI Underscan settings may not retain after system restart.
• Radeon ReLive may intermittently experience captured recordings or Instant Replays with inverted colors.

19.1.2 Beta (January 24th, 2019)

Support For

• Resident Evil 2
• Tropico 6
• Anthem Early Access
  • Up to 7% faster performance in Anthem using Radeon Software Adrenalin 2019 Edition 19.1.2 on the Radeon RX 580 graphics card than with Radeon Software Adrenalin Edition 19.1.1 at 1920x1080 (1080p).RS-284

Fixed Issues

• Some displays may experience a black screen on reboot until the display is power cycled.
• A toast message may intermittently popup incorrectly suggesting that a new driver upgrade is available.
• Rocket League may experience flickering or erratic refresh rates when Radeon FreeSync is enabled.
• Custom installations of Radeon Software may sometimes fail to install Radeon Settings.
• Radeon Settings may experience an application crash when Upgrade Advisor is refreshed by the user multiple times.
• Users may not be able to upgrade to an optional driver if the latest recommended driver was installed by AMD Link.

Known Issues

• Battlefield V players may experience character outlines stuck on screen after being revived.
• Mouse lag or system slowdown is observed for extended periods of time with two or more displays connected and one display switched off.
• Game Advisor may fail to load compatibility information for games when the gaming library is very large.
• Uninstalling Radeon Software may fail to remove Radeon Settings.
• Pixel Format settings may not retain after system restart.
• Scene Editor may have issues with scrolling when many elements are added to a scene.
• Custom settings in Radeon WattMan may sometimes fail to apply on Radeon RX Vega series graphics products.
• Radeon ReLive may intermittently experience captured recordings or Instant Replays with inverted colors.
• HDMI Underscan settings may not retain after system restart.

19.1.1 WHQL (January 21st, 2019)

Support For

• Fortnite
  • Up to 4% faster performance in Fortnite (Season 7) using Radeon Software Adrenalin 2019 Edition 19.1.1 on the Radeon RX 580 graphics card than with Radeon Software Adrenalin Edition 18.12.3 at 1920x1080 (1080p). RS-282
  • Up to 3% faster performance in Fortnite (Season 7) using Radeon Software Adrenalin 2019 Edition 19.1.1 on the Radeon RX Vega 64 graphics card than with Radeon Software Adrenalin Edition 18.12.3 at 1920x1080 (1080p). RS-283

Fixed Issues

• Virtual Super Resolution may not show up as available on some 1440p Ultra-Wide Displays.
• Some Radeon RX Series graphics products may experience system lag when Alt+Tab is used during gameplay.
• Radeon Settings Advisor may incorrectly suggest older versions of Radeon Software as an update.
• Radeon Settings software update notifications may appear more often than expected.
• Application profile settings for Radeon WattMan may not reset to default correctly when using the reset button.
• Radeon Settings may experience a crash when clicking the restart button after a driver installation or while switching between some Radeon WattMan tabs when changing fan settings.
• Zero RPM control may fail to enable correctly when toggled on/off in Radeon Settings.
• Radeon ReLive gallery upload queue may sometimes fail to upload videos.
• Radeon Settings may sometimes incorrectly display the previously installed Radeon Software version after upgrade.
• Custom color profile options may fail to retain in game on clone or Eyefinity display setups.
• Performance metrics overlay feature may scale incorrectly when changing resolution in game.
• Screen tearing may be observed with Enhanced Sync enabled on Vulkan API games.
• Some systems running multiple displays may experience mouse lag when at least one display is enabled but powered off.
• Upgrade Advisor may intermittently fail to detect games and provide compatibility recommendations.

Known Issues

• Battlefield V players may experience character outlines stuck on screen after being revived.
• Uninstalling Radeon Software may fail to remove Radeon Settings.
• Pixel Format settings may not retain after system restart.
• HDMI Underscan settings may not retain after system restart.
• Radeon Overlay's new in overlay video player may experience smoothness issues while adjusting the playback slider.
• Scene Editor may have issues with scrolling when many elements are added to a scene.
• Custom settings in Radeon WattMan may sometimes fail to apply on Radeon RX Vega series graphics products.

18.12.3 Beta (December 19th, 2018)

Fixed Issues

• Fan speed gauge in Radeon WattMan may sometimes overfill.
• Memory clocks on Radeon RX Vega series graphics products may become locked at 800Mhz.
• Game profiles with custom fan settings may sometimes remain even after closing a game.
• The game streaming tab may be missing in Radeon Settings when Radeon Software Adrenalin 2019 Edition is installed twice on a system.
• Radeon ReLive for VR may experience minor corruption for a few seconds immediately after connecting a headset.
• Auto tuning controls are not displaying their warning message in Radeon Overlay.
• Custom values for the sampling interval slider in the performance metrics feature may fail to enable.
• Radeon Settings may sometimes list a previously installed driver version even after driver successfully upgrading.
• Apply and Done buttons may sometimes overlap in Radeon Settings or Radeon Overlay.

Known Issues

• Some systems running multiple displays may experience mouse lag when at least one display is enabled but powered off.
• Uninstalling Radeon Software may fail to remove Radeon Settings.
• Zero RPM may fail to enable/disable correctly when switching between manual and automatic fan controls.
• Upgrade Advisor may intermittently fail to detect games and provide compatibility recommendations.
• A port 58888 already in use error message may be observed when AMD Link Server was disabled while an IOS device client was connected.
• Radeon Overlay's new in overlay video player may experience smoothness issues while adjusting the playback slider.
• Scene Editor may have issues with scrolling when many elements are added to a scene.
• Custom settings in Radeon WattMan may sometimes fail to apply on Radeon RX Vega series graphics products.

18.12.2 WHQL (December 13th, 2018)

Support For

• Assassin's Creed: Odyssey
  • Up to 4% faster performance in Assassin's Creed: Odyssey using Radeon Software Adrenalin 2019 Edition 18.12.2 on the Radeon RX Vega 64 graphics card than with Radeon Software Adrenalin Edition 18.12.1 at 1920x1080 (1080p). RS-277
• Shadow of the Tomb Raider
  • Up to 3% faster performance in Shadow of the Tomb Raider using Radeon Software Adrenalin 2019 Edition 18.12.2 on the Radeon RX Vega 64 graphics card than with Radeon Software Adrenalin Edition 18.12.1 at 2560x1440 (1440p). RS-278
• DOOM
  • Up to 5% faster performance in DOOM using Radeon Software Adrenalin 2019 Edition 18.12.2 on the Radeon RX Vega 64 graphics card than with Radeon Software Adrenalin Edition 18.12.1 at 3840x2160 (4K). RS-279
• Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus
  • Up to 5% faster performance in Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus using Radeon Software Adrenalin 2019 Edition 18.12.2 on the Radeon RX Vega 64 graphics card than with Radeon Software Adrenalin Edition 18.12.1 at 3840x2160 (4K). RS-280
• Strange Brigade
  • Up to 7% faster performance in Strange Brigade using Radeon Software Adrenalin 2019 Edition 18.12.2 on the Radeon RX Vega 64 graphics card than with Radeon Software Adrenalin Edition 18.12.1 at 3840x2160 (4K). RS-281

New Features

• Radeon ReLive
  
  • In-Game Replay feature that allows you to replay your gaming moments instantly on screen.
  • Scene Editor allows creation and editing of scenes for recording or streaming with transitioning options via hotkeys or Radeon Overlay.
  • GIF Support allows creation of GIFs via hotkey or Radeon Overlay.
  • Added platform connection support for Restream.io, Streamable and Gfycat.
  • Multi-channel audio support and 16:9 streaming support.
• Radeon ReLive Game Streaming
  
  • Bringing Radeon gaming quality to your mobile devices allowing up to 4K 60fps low latency gaming with hardware acceleration. Seamlessly transition from your PC to your phone or tablet. Free on both Android and iOS via the AMD Link app.
• Radeon ReLive for VR
  
  • Bringing ultra-high PC quality VR experiences to standalone VR devices with low-level hardware acceleration optimized for streaming and recording.
  • Streaming enabled via Steam , the Steam VR ecosystem* and available through the Radeon ReLive VR app.
• AMD Link
  
  • Better reliability for a stable connection.
  • Get started easily with a redesigned connection process.
  • Upgrade Radeon Software through your phone.
  • Voice Controls for Radeon ReLive and Performance Metrics.
  • Radeon WattMan support.
  • Enhanced Performance metrics for capturing average, max and min FPS.
  • Radeon ReLive support allows viewing screenshots, playing back video, cropping video and saving video to your mobile device.
• Radeon Overlay
  
  • Enhanced Sync controls available in display tab with per game real-time adjustment.
  • Radeon FreeSync controls now found in display tab.
  • Per-game color controls now available in display tab.
  • Radeon WattMan is now supported in Radeon Overlay allowing for in-game power and performance optimizations.
  • Performance Metrics Overlay now supports visual customization with adjustable colors, columns, position, transparency and size.
  • Performance Metrics Overlay now supports a lower sample interval and frame-time measurement logging.
• Radeon Game Advisor
  
  • Measures game performance and generates a detailed report with suggestions to improve performance or increase image quality. Available through Radeon Overlay.
• Radeon Settings Advisor
  
  • Scans your system's capabilities and provides optimization suggestions in just a few simple clicks. Available through Radeon Settings.
• Radeon Upgrade Advisor
  
  • Analyzes your PC for minimum and recommended game compatibility specifications with clear compatibility indicators in Game Explorer. Available through Radeon Settings.
• Radeon WattMan
  
  • One click tuning with Auto Overclock GPU, Auto Overclock Memory and Auto Undervolt GPU.
  • Change fan speed with temperature dependent fan curves and Zero RPM fan control.
  • Unlocked Radeon RX Vega series DPM states for finer power adjustments.
  • Targeted optimization of memory bound applications with new memory tuning feature.
• Radeon Chill
  
  • Improved Radeon Chill efficiency allows increased power savings.
• Radeon FreeSync 2
  
  • Improved Radeon FreeSync 2 with auto-tone mapping for a more detailed experience in HDR 10 supported games.
• Virtual Super Resolution
  
  • Now supports ultra-wide 21:9 displays.
• Radeon Installer
  
  • A new one-click express install option is now available with installation progress and percentage indicators.

Added Vulkan Support

• VK_EXT_inline_uniform_block
  • This extension introduces the ability to back uniform blocks directly with descriptor sets by storing inline uniform data within descriptor pool storage.
• VK_KHR_swapchain_mutable_format
  • This extension enables processing of swapchain images as different formats to that used by the window system, which is particularly useful for switching between sRGB and linear RGB formats.
• VK_EXT_scalar_block_layout
  • This extension enables C-like structure layout for uniform and storage buffers, allowing non-scalar types to be aligned solely based on the size of their components.
• Sparse Support is Enabled
  • Sparse support relaxes the requirement to have memory allocated and bound to resources prior to being used. It also relaxes the requirement for the bound memory to be contiguous and for the memory bindings to be immutable.

Fixed Issues

• Radeon Settings EULA screen may appear every time a reboot occurs.
• Google Earth VR fails to load or may not launch.
• Assassin's Creed: Odyssey may experience a black screen when going into action phases of the game.
• Assassin's Creed: Odyssey may experience a game crash or TDR in some locations of the game like performing a leap of faith or deep-diving into water.
• Forza Horizon 3 may experience a game crash on launch.
• Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 may experience a crash on launch on AMD Ryzen desktop processors with Radeon Vega Graphics.
• A limited number of users may experience a black screen or signal loss when watching YouTube videos in full screen mode on Chrome browser.
• Battlefield 1 may experience flickering when looking at water textures.
• Strange Brigade may experience stuttering when the game is set to run in windowed mode using the Vulkan API.
• Radeon Overlay may fail to invoke when playing Kingdom Come Deliverance.
• Eyefinity advanced setup options may sometimes not appear in Radeon Settings after a driver upgrade.

Known Issues

• This release is not compatible with Microsoft PIX. For Microsoft PIX support with Radeon Software Adrenalin 2019 Edition please click here.
• Some systems running multiple displays may experience mouse lag when at least one display is enabled but powered off.
• Uninstalling Radeon Software may fail to remove Radeon Settings.
• Upgrade Advisor may intermittently fail to detect games and provide compatibility recommendations.
• Performance Metrics Overlay may change size when resolutions are changed in game.
• A port 58888 already in use error message may be observed when AMD Link Server was disabled while an IOS device client was connected.
• Radeon Overlay's new in overlay video player may experience smoothness issues while adjusting the playback slider.
• Scene Editor may have issues with scrolling when many elements are added to a scene.
• Custom settings in Radeon WattMan may sometimes fail to apply on Radeon RX Vega series graphics products.
• Auto tuning control options fail to present the starting notification before applying in Radeon Overlay.
• Auto tuning may experience inconsistent behavior after applying Auto Overclock GPU and restarting/rebooting the system.

18.12.1.1 Beta (December 5th, 2018)

Support For

• Epic Games Store

Known Issues

• Some systems running multiple displays may experience mouse lag when at least one display is enabled but powered off.
• Assassin's Creed : Odyssey may experience a game crash at certain locations of the game on Windows 7 enabled system configurations.

18.12.1 Beta (November 29th, 2018)

Support For

• Just Cause 4

Known Issues

• Some systems running multiple displays may experience mouse lag when at least one display is enabled but powered off.
• Assassin's Creed : Odyssey may experience a game crash at certain locations of the game on Windows 7 enabled system configurations.

18.11.2 Beta (November 19th, 2018)

Support For

• Battlefield V

Fixed Issues

• Radeon RX Vega Series graphics products may experience elevated memory clocks during system idle.
• Radeon Software update notifications may sometimes incorrectly list the currently installed driver as an available software update.

Known Issues

• Some systems running multiple displays may experience mouse lag when at least one display is enabled but powered off.
• Assassin's Creed : Odyssey may experience a game crash at certain locations of the game on Windows 7 enabled system configurations.

Added Vulkan Extension Support

• VK_AMD_memory_overallocation_behavior
  • This extension allows controlling whether explicit overallocation beyond the device memory heap sizes is allowed or not.

18.11.1 Beta (November 8th, 2018)

Support For

• Hitman 2
  • Up to 3% faster performance in Hitman 2 with Radeon Software Adrenalin Edition 18.11.1 on the Radeon RX 580 (8GB) graphics card than with Radeon Software Adrenalin Edition 18.10.2 at 1920x1080. RS-230 
• Battlefield V Early Access
  • Up to 8% faster performance in Battlefield V with Radeon Software Adrenalin Edition 18.11.1 on the Radeon RX Vega 64 (8GB) graphics card than with Radeon Software Adrenalin Edition 18.10.2 at 1920x1080. RS-231
  • Up to 9% faster performance in Battlefield V with Radeon Software Adrenalin Edition 18.11.1 on the Radeon RX 580 (8GB) graphics card than with Radeon Software Adrenalin Edition 18.10.2 at 1920x1080. RS-232
• Fallout 76

Fixed 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.
• Assassin's Creed : Origins may experience an application crash while launching or playing the game in Windows 7.
• Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus may experience corruption when viewing lava or water.
• Strange Brigade may experience intermittent application crashes when using DirectX 12 API

Known Issues

• Radeon Overlay may not appear when toggled on systems with multiple displays when Battlefield V is running.
• Some systems running multiple displays may experience mouse lag when at least one display is enabled but powered off.
• Radeon RX Vega Series graphics products may experience elevated memory clocks during system idle.
• This driver does not support Microsoft PIX. Microsoft PIX users please refer to AMD Radeon Software Adrenalin Edition 18.9.3

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.