AMD Software Adrenalin 23.2.1 Released: Finally Updates for RX 6000 Series and Older

[btarunr]

AMD today released its first driver update in more than two months for Radeon RX 6000 series and RX 5000 series, the Adrenalin 23.2.1 WHQL. The drivers introduce optimization for "Forspoken," with up to 7% performance improvement on offer at 4K with an RX 6950 XT GPU; and optimization for "Dead Space" (2023). The drivers also introduce IREE compiler using MLIR interface on Vulkan, and a handful of new Vulkan API extensions. The drivers also catch up on the past two months of optimizations that were only released for the RX 7000 series, covering Marvel's Spider-Man Remastered, Hogwarts Legacy, and some performance improvements to games released in the past six months.

Among the issues fixed with this release include the "Delayed Write Failed" error noticed in Windows 11 22H2, SpaceEngine lower-than-expected performance, display corruption in the Points Shop section of Steam; YouTube playback with Enhanced Sync on some RX 6000 series GPUs; game crashes noticed with Door Kickers 2, Baldur's Gate (Vulkan), Emergency 4, and Sea of Thieves. These drivers unify the driver release trunk, spanning RX 400 series, RX 500 series, RX Vega series, RX 5000 series, RX 6000 series, and RX 7000 series.

DOWNLOAD: AMD Software Adrenalin 23.2.1 WHQL



Support for:

• Forspoken
  • Up to 7% increase in performance for Forspoken @ 4k, using AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition 23.2.1 on the Radeon ️ RX 6950XT GPU, versus the previous software driver version 22.11.2 RS-524
• Dead Space
• IREE compiler using MLIR interface on Vulkan.
• Additional Vulkan extensions. Click here for more information.
• Radeon RX 6000 Series GPUs now have support for newly introduced streaming capabilities including pre-filter toggle, pre-analysis feature and CAML technology.
• A new version of AMD Link improves overall connectivity across all supported Radeon products, RX 400 series and newer, so you can game from anywhere on virtually any device.
• Boost your performance with AMD Software - read the latest blog HERE and learn how this newly unified driver delivers performance gains since Windows 11 first launched.

Game Optimizations

• Up to 4% increase in performance for Marvel's Spider-Man Remastered @ 4k, using AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition 23.2.1 on the Radeon ️ RX 6950XT GPU, versus the previous software driver version 22.11.2 RS-518
• Up to 3% increase in performance for Sniper Elite 5 @ 4k, using AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition 23.2.1 on the Radeon ️ RX 6950XT GPU, versus the previous software driver version 22.11.2 RS-519
• Up to 6% increase in performance for Shadow of the Tomb Raider @ 4k, using AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition 23.2.1 on the Radeon ️ RX 6950XT GPU, versus the previous software driver version 22.11.2 RS-520
• Up to 7% increase in performance for Quake II RTX @ 4k, using AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition 23.2.1 on the Radeon ️ RX 6950XT GPU, versus the previous software driver version 22.11.2 RS-521
• Up to 4% increase in performance for Hitman 3 @ 4k, using AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition 23.2.1 on the Radeon ️ RX 6950XT GPU, versus the previous software driver version 22.11.2 RS-522
• Up to 6% increase in performance for Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy @ 4k, using AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition 23.2.1 on the Radeon ️ RX 6950XT GPU, versus the previous software driver version 22.11.2 RS-523
• Up to 19% increase in performance for F1 2022 @ 4k, using AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition 23.2.1 on the Radeon ️ RX 6950XT GPU, versus the previous software driver version 22.11.2 RS-525
• Up to 9% increase in performance for DOOM Eternal @ 4k, using AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition 23.2.1 on the Radeon ️ RX 6950XT GPU, versus the previous software driver version 22.11.2 RS-526
• Up to 4% increase in performance for Borderlands 3 @ 4k, using AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition 23.2.1 on the Radeon ️ RX 6950XT GPU, versus the previous software driver version 22.11.2 RS-527
• Up to 4% increase in performance for Hogwarts Legacy @ 4K using AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition 23.2.1 on the Radeon ️ RX 6950 XT and Radeon 7900 XTX, versus the previous software driver version (22.11.2 for 6950 XT, 23.1.2 for 7900 XTX) RS-530

Fixed Issues

• AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition may fail to launch with the error message "Delayed Write Failed" on Microsoft Windows 11 version 22H2.
• Poor performance and load time may be observed while playing SpaceEngine.
• Corruption may be observed while scrolling the points shop in STEAM on Radeon RX 6000 series GPUs.
• Performance drop may be observed during Fortnite and YouTube playback with Enhanced Sync enabled on some AMD Graphics Products such as AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT.
• Corruption or game crash may be observed while playing Door Kickers 2.
• Missing or flickering textures may be observed while playing Emergency 4.
• Application crash may be observed when launching Baldur's Gate 3 using Vulkan API on Radeon RX 7000 series GPUs.
• Stuttering may be observed while playing Sea of Thieves on Radeon RX 6000 and above series GPUs.
• Corruption may be observed while playing Battlefield 4 with Post Process Quality settings set to high or ultra on Radeon RX 6000 and above series GPUs.
• White foliage may be observed while playing Hogwarts Legacy on Radeon RX 7000 series GPUs.
• Intermittent system stuttering or UI flickering may occur when two videos are simultaneously playing using chromium-based browsers on some multi-display configurations.

Known Issues

• High idle power has situationally been observed when using select high-resolution and high refresh rate displays on Radeon RX 7000 series GPUs.
• Video stuttering or performance drop may be observed during gameplay plus video playback with some extended display configurations on Radeon RX 7000 series GPUs.
• Application crash may be observed while opening Premium Gold Packs in EA SPORTS FIFA 23.
• Some virtual reality games or apps may experience lower-than-expected performance on Radeon RX 7000 series GPUs.
• AMD Bug Report Tool pop-up or system hang may be observed after driver upgrade on some hybrid graphics notebooks. Users are recommended to use the factory reset install option as a workaround.
• Corruption may be briefly observed when moving Netflix video between displays or minimize-to-fullscreen on some AMD Products such as AMD Ryzen 7 6800U.
• Certain videos played with Movies and TV may briefly show corruption when moving the window between displays on some AMD Graphics Products such as AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT.
• Brief display corruption may occur when switching between video and game

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[StefanM]

That was that, Microsoft teases already March driver

D3D12 GPU Video acceleration in the Windows Subsystem for Linux now available!

Introduction In DirectX ❤ Linux – DirectX Developer Blog we wrote about DXCore & D3D12 support on WSLg and described OpenGL & OpenCL support by adding a D3D12 backend to Mesa 3D, allowing such 3D and compute workloads to be offloaded to the GPU.

devblogs.microsoft.com

 

[Makaveli]

Just a heads up.

I installed these a couple hours ago and ran into a Windows repair boot loop and had to use a restore point to go back to 11.2 drivers.

Some other people have reported this in the reddit thread.

And now a few hours later I solved the issue some of you may need to disable Fast Boot in your bios before the driver install. After that it installed windows rebooted normally I have since renabled fast boot and everything is good now.

 

[tpa-pr]

Well, despite the usual teething problems faced with any driver update I hope this satiates the "AMD have abandoned us" crowd at least. It made sense they were focusing on the flagship release before they went to work on the older gen.

 

[Makaveli]

Well, despite the usual teething problems faced with any driver update I hope this satiates the "AMD have abandoned us" crowd at least. It made sense they were focusing on the flagship release before they went to work on the older gen.

I don't think anyone took that crowd seriously it was mostly trolling fan boys.

 

[StefanM]

This driver messed up my laptop with AMD Cezanne iGPU and NVIDIA dGPU
NVIDIA clock permanently switches between max and zero until i rolled back to Adrenalin 23.1.2
Usually i could fix that simply by rebooting, this time not.
Well, i asked for trouble when i bought this hardware configuration

 

[TheinsanegamerN]

Just a heads up.

I installed these a couple hours ago and ran into a Windows repair boot loop and had to use a restore point to go back to 11.2 drivers.

Some other people have reported this in the reddit thread.

And now a few hours later I solved the issue some of you may need to disable Fast Boot in your bios before the driver install. After that it installed windows rebooted normally I have since renabled fast boot and everything is good now.

Fast Boot is notoriously buggy, causes all sorts of issues at work because windows 10 does NOT like going 7+ days without a reboot, and with Fast Boot enabled your system never technically turns off. Nothing like looking at a machine that gets turned off every night and seeings its system up timer read 95 days. Disable Fast boot, and suddenly issues with printers, mice, keyboards, chargers, displays, software, ALL of it is fixed.

I don't think anyone took that crowd seriously it was mostly trolling fan boys.

People who want proper support for heir $1000+ GPUs are now trolling fan boys.

Well, despite the usual teething problems faced with any driver update I hope this satiates the "AMD have abandoned us" crowd at least. It made sense they were focusing on the flagship release before they went to work on the older gen.

It's a good start, now lets see if AMD can maintain this or if we have to wait until may for another updated driver again.

 

[AsRock]

This driver messed up my laptop with AMD Cezanne iGPU and NVIDIA dGPU
NVIDIA clock permanently switches between max and zero until i rolled back to Adrenalin 23.1.2
Usually i could fix that simply by rebooting, this time not.
Well, i asked for trouble when i bought this hardware configuration

You might have to wait for Acer to do a update.

 

[StefanM]

You might have to wait for Acer to do a update.

Meanwhile i read "Waiting for Godot"...

 

[Makaveli]

Fast Boot is notoriously buggy, causes all sorts of issues at work because windows 10 does NOT like going 7+ days without a reboot, and with Fast Boot enabled your system never technically turns off. Nothing like looking at a machine that gets turned off every night and seeings its system up timer read 95 days. Disable Fast boot, and suddenly issues with printers, mice, keyboards, chargers, displays, software, ALL of it is fixed.


People who want proper support for heir $1000+ GPUs are now trolling fan boys.




It's a good start, now lets see if AMD can maintain this or if we have to wait until may for another updated driver again.

Most of them were just being drama queens.

AMD released 11.2 on dec 8 and they had to wait until today feb 14th to get a unified driver for both 6000/7000 series.

So no the sky isn't falling.....

 

[AsRock]

Meanwhile i read "Waiting for Godot"...

Well you had to buy a laptop, and chances are even if you got in touch with AMD they will tell you to contact ACER.

One question though, were you having any issue's before the update ?.

 

[Makaveli]

You might have to wait for Acer to do a update.

This has always been the case for laptops the OEM usually block drivers installs and force you to use their own.

 

[StefanM]

One question though, were you having any issue's before the update ?.

Sure, as a beta tester for GPU-Z and Geeks3D i have tried myriads of drivers in the 15 months i own it.

 

[95Viper]

Stay on topic.

 

[Xeanoa]

This driver vastly improved idle power consumption of the 7900 XTX in my triple monitor system.
Power draw is reduced by 35 W with the displays on, and 70 W lower with the displays turned off.

 

[Dirt Chip]

Nice, at last.

 

[Hastealloy]

Just a heads up.

I installed these a couple hours ago and ran into a Windows repair boot loop and had to use a restore point to go back to 11.2 drivers.

Some other people have reported this in the reddit thread.

And now a few hours later I solved the issue some of you may need to disable Fast Boot in your bios before the driver install. After that it installed windows rebooted normally I have since renabled fast boot and everything is good now.

I got an inaccessible boot device BSOD took a long while to get back in. DDU and went back to 11.2, last time I will grab them when they are first released.

 

[R-T-B]

Worked fine on my Thinkpad T14s Gen3 14" with Radeon 680M integrated graphics.

 

[MachineLearning]

One long overdue change is the ability to choose to restore either or both CPU + GPU settings from profiles in the Tuning section. Nice to see that.
I think this release was cooked a little longer in the oven and that's a very good thing.

 

[Blaeza]

Not touching this until the beta testers (YOU!) have tested it out for me.

 

[Kyan]

Let's go, they have fixed the big issue (aka, less than 5 fps) in Space Engine !

I'm gonna wait a little to see if everything is fine but that's a relief since the last working driver was the 22.5.2 from May 31 2022

 

[brutlern]

you may need to disable Fast Boot in your bios before the driver install

Why isn't Fast Boot disabled for you from the getgo? Any self respecting PC gamer should know by now that Fast Boot is one of the first things to disable on a fresh installed Windows. You can not imagine how much pain Fast Boot causes us IT repair technicians. (I get at least 1 client per week where Fast Boot is the culprit). Not only that, with fast SSDs becoming the norm, it doesn't even provide any "faster" boot.

On topic: I'm going to test the drivers later, see if it improves anything on my 7900XT (power consumption maybe?)

 

[HaKN !]

This driver did wonders for my 6900xt. No isseus with youtube anymore , lower clocks on idle and freesync dosent crash my games anymore with the G7 240hz

 

[TheoneandonlyMrK]

Most of them were just being drama queens.

AMD released 11.2 on dec 8 and they had to wait until today feb 14th to get a unified driver for both 6000/7000 series.

So no the sky isn't falling.....

Nah mate, they only just released support for dead space.
Not good enough, it's been out months now, I'm upto chapter 4.
No, wait, .

 

[brink]

I quickly tested yesterday, 23.2.1 has no noticeable perf improvements vs 23.1.2 for my rx 7900 xt nitro.
but also no degradation. idle power for single monitor/tv is same. (4k@120 is ~26W, once I activate the overlay for tracking, it goes to up ~40W.)
but as release notes state this version is mainly for the rdna2 gen. would be interesting if w1zzard retested all the games to check what's the "up to" perf upgrade.