AMD just released its first graphics driver in May, bringing support for three upcoming titles, AI acceleration and development support, along with bug fixes.
Ghost of Tsushima Director’s Cut From PlayStation launches on May 16, from Xbox The Saga of Sanoa: Hellblade II Out on May 21st, while F1 24 Out on May 31st. All three games are officially supported for Radeon graphics users with this driver update. While AMD isn’t saying what kind of improvements gamers can expect, the driver is a recommended install for anyone jumping in.
As for the AI components introduced with this driver update, AMD says it can enable “AI functionality included in leading ISV applications,” with More details here. “AMD software enables lower-level AI functionality with popular frameworks like PyTorch and ONNX Runtime on Linux,” adds the company.
At the same time, AMD’s driver-based performance tuning feature, HYPR-Tune, has been updated to support, Tsushima Spirit, Forbidden Horizon West, Starfield, and The Last of Us Part I
Fixed issues included in this driver are these:
- You may experience intermittent application crashes or driver timeouts while playing World of Warcraft® or World of Warcraft® Classic on RDNA™3 series graphics products.
- You may experience intermittent application crashes or driver timeouts while playing Overwatch® 2 on Radeon™ RX 5000 series graphics products.
- Intermittent stutter immediately after alt-tab when performance value layer is enabled.
- Texture movements are noticeable while playing Hitman: Contracts.
- Corruption may be noticed around certain water features while playing Alan Wake 2 with Radeon™ Boost enabled.
The known issues that AMD engineers are still working on are below:
- Fallout 3 and Fallout: New Vegas may fail to launch.[Hotfix pending verification]
- Black corruption can be observed while playing Alien Isolation on Radeon™ 7000 series graphics products.
- Corruption may be noticed while playing Dying Light 2 Stay Human: Reloaded Edition with Radeon™ Boost enabled. Users experiencing this issue are advised to disable Radeon™ Boost as a temporary workaround.
- Intermittent gameplay corruption may be observed while playing Ghost of Tsushima DIRECTOR’S CUT with AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition™ Record & Streaming and HDR enabled.
- Max Payne 1 and 2 may fail to run on RDNA 3 series graphics products when Anti-Aliasing is enabled.
- AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition benchmarks may fail intermittently while playing HELLDIVERS™ 2.[Resolution targeted for 24.6.1]
- Audio and video may be intermittently out of sync when recording using the AV1 codec in AMD: Adrenalin Edition. [Resolution targeted for Q3]
The WHQL certified AMD Adrenalin Edition 24.5.1 driver can now be downloaded and installed using the Radeon Settings app on Windows. Standalone download links can be found on AMD devices Release notes page for the driver here.