AMD has just released the latest version of their AMD Software Adrenalin Edition drivers. The latest update takes it up to version 24.5.1 WHQL, and it comes with optimization for Ghost of Tsushima Director’s Cut, Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II, and F1 24, making it a very important update for those wanting to play this months biggest releases.
AMD has added HYPR-Tune support for Ghost of Tsushima Director’s Cut, Horizon Forbidden West Complete Edition, Starfield, and The Last of Us Part I. AMD also says that these drivers offer optimal support for AI acceleration on Radeon 7000 series RDNA 3 graphics cards.
Among the issues fixed with this release include an intermittent driver timeout or crash observed when playing World of Warcraft or World of Warcraft Classic on RDNA 3 GPUs; a similar issue with Overwatch 2 on Radeon RX 5000 series GPUs; an intermittent stutter after alt+tab with performance metrics overlay enabled; and corruption with certain water elements when playing Alan Wake 2 with Radeon Boost enabled.
New Feature Highlights
New Game Support
Ghost of Tsushima DIRECTOR’S CUT
Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II
F1 24
Expanded HYPR-Tune Support
Ghost of Tsushima DIRECTOR’S CUT
Horizon Forbidden West Complete Edition
Starfield
The Last of Us Part I
HYPR-RX Support
Enable HYPR-RX and get an instant boost in performance of up to 136% on the Radeon RX 7600XT GPU across games like Baldur’s Gate 3, F1 23, Resident Evil 4 and more! RS-643
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AI on AMD
The latest version of AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition ensures optimal support and performance, providing the most refined enhancements and optimizations for the best user experience.
AMD Software can power AI functionality included with leading ISV applications. Content Creators can rely on AMD Software to accelerate AI-enhanced features in many content creation apps, including Adobe Creative Cloud, Blender, DaVinci Resolve, Topaz Photo & Video AI and many more. Click HERE for more information
AI Development on Radeon
AMD Software enables lower-level AI functionality with popular frameworks like PyTorch and ONNX Runtime on Linux, enabling developers, enthusiasts and researchers to work with AI on select Radeon 7000 series desktop GPUs. Click HERE for more information.
Fixed Issues and Improvements
Intermittent application crash or driver timeout may be observed while playing World of Warcraft or World of Warcraft Classic on RDNA 3 series graphics products.
Intermittent application crash or driver timeout may be observed while playing Overwatch 2 on Radeon RX 5000 series graphics products.
Intermittent stutter immediately after alt-tab with Performance Metrics Overlay enabled.
Texture flicking may be observed while playing Hitman: Contracts.
Corruption around certain water elements may be observed while playing Alan Wake 2 with Radeon Boost enabled.
Known Issues
Fallout 3 and Fallout: New Vegas may fail to launch.
Black corruption may be observed while playing Alien Isolation on Radeon 7000 series graphics products.
Corruption may be observed while playing Dying Light 2 Stay Human: Reloaded Edition with Radeon Boost enabled. Users experiencing this issue are recommended to disable Radeon Boost as a temporary workaround.
Intermittent in-game 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 launch on RDNA 3 series graphics products when Anti-Aliasing is enabled.
AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition Performance Metrics may intermittently fail to update while playing HELLDIVERS 2.
Audio and video may intermittently become out of sync while recording using the AV1 codec in AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition.
Peter Donnell
As a child still in my 30's (but not for long), I spend my day combining my love of music and movies with a life-long passion for gaming, from arcade classics and retro consoles to the latest high-end PC and console games. So it's no wonder I write about tech and test the latest hardware while I enjoy my hobbies!