AMD GPU owners, it’s that time again where a new driver update has been released and if you have any interest in playing Project Cars 3 or Marvel’s Avengers you’re going to want to check this out as not only does it provide a solid number of general fixes, but it also comes with game ready support for those titles!
AMD Radeon Software Adrenalin 2020 Edition 20.8.3
Support For –
Project CARS 3™
Marvel’s Avengers™
Fortnite™
Using AMD’s latest driver Radeon™ Software Adrenalin 2020 edition 20.8.3, a Radeon™ RX 5700 XT GPU offers an average 12% better FPS performance in Fortnite™ (DX12) on the Epic setting, vs. the previous driver iteration, Radeon Software Adrenalin 2020 edition 20.8.1.RS-340
Added Vulkan Support
VK_EXT_extended_dynamic_state
This extension adds more dynamic states. This allows applications to reduce the need to recompile and bind pipeline state objects.
VK_EXT_private_data
This extension allows applications to store application-defined data in a 64-bit private data slot.
VK_EXT_image_robustness
This extension adds stricter requirements such that drivers return default RGBA values instead of undefined values for out-of-bounds reads. The number of components returned depends on the number of components present in the selected format.
VK_GOOGLE_user_type
This extension indicates the driver’s support for shader modules using the SPV_GOOGLE_user_type SPIR-V extension.
Fixed Issues –
Mortal Shell™ may experience a game or application crash when opening the inventory window in game.
Enabling HDR on some Radeon FreeSync 2 displays, may intermittently cause the display refresh rate to be forced to the FreeSync ranges minimum refresh rate during gameplay.
Surviving Mars™ may experience an application crash or hang at launch on Radeon RX 5000 series graphics products.
eFootball PES 2020™ may experience an application crash at launch on Radeon RX 5000 series graphics products.
Radeon Overlay may not be available or may fail to invoke on Hybrid Graphics system configurations when playing Hyper Scape™.
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive™ may experience intermittent stutter when some applications are running in the background such as third party matchmaking clients or Discord™.
YouTube playback may become frozen with Microsoft® Edge player and Chrome™ when played on an extended display on some AMD Ryzen™ 7 3000 series and AMD Ryzen™ 4000 series APU system configurations.
Where Can I Grab This Update?
As always, if you already have AMD Adrenalin 2020 Edition installed, then a quick check should prompt you to download the latest version. If it doesn’t, however, then you can learn more (and manually download it) via the link here!
So, if you are planning on a little Project Cars 3 or Marvel’s Avengers, make sure you get the latest AMD drivers! They could make a big difference!
What do you think? How often do you update your GPU drivers? – Let us know in the comments!