Wednesday, December 21st 2022

AMD Software Adrenalin 22.12.2 WHQL Exclusively for RX 7900 Series Released

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btarunr
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AMD released the Adrenalin 22.12.2 WHQL drivers exclusively for the recently launched Radeon RX 7900 XTX and RX 7900 XT graphics cards. These drivers do not support any other product series (which is why TechPowerUp isn't hosting them in our Downloads section). Compared to the previous 22.11.2 WHQL drivers from mid-December (which lack RX 7900 series support), the 22.12.2 WHQL doesn't pack any game-specific optimizations, but corrects a handful of issues.

To begin with, AMD has improved the power-consumption of the RX 7900 series cards during hardware-accelerated video playback. Display corruption observed for Virtual Super Resolution (VSR) with multi-display configurations, has been fixed. A system crash observed when changing display modes in machines with 4 display, has been fixed. An application crash or driver timeout observed with Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales after enabling ray tracing, has been fixed. Grab the driver from the link below.

DOWNLOAD: AMD Software Adrenalin 22.12.2 WHQL (for RX 7900 series only)
Fixed Issues
  • Corruption may be encountered when using Virtual Super Resolution with multi-display configurations.
  • A system crash may be observed when changing display modes with 4 display configurations.
  • While loading Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales an app crash or driver timeout may occur after enabling ray tracing settings.
  • Improvements to power usage during hardware accelerated video playback. Further power efficiency improvements are planned for future releases.
Known Issues
  • High idle power has situationally been observed when using select high resolution and high refresh rate displays.
  • Intermittent app crashes or driver timeout may occur when using Radeon Super Resolution with some extended display configurations.
  • Video stuttering or performance drop may be observed during gameplay plus video playback with some extended display configurations.
  • Stuttering may be observed in UNCHARTED 4: A Thief's End during the opening game sequence.
  • While playing Valheim an app crash or driver timeout may occur using Vulkan API. Any users who may be experiencing these issues should select DirectX API as a temporary workaround.
  • Some virtual reality games or apps may experience lower than expected performance.

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47 Comments on AMD Software Adrenalin 22.12.2 WHQL Exclusively for RX 7900 Series Released

#1
fancucker
Hopefully it addresses the failure to reach frequency targets (power/clock-gating issues?). The better performance in blender with more CU stalling shows that it can't consistently achieve higher frequencies without destroying efficiency or experiencing a bug.

More light on the efficiency issues:
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#2
noel_fs
great now ignoring older generations
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#3
Unregistered
Wondering why a smartphone (even feature phones like iPhones) can play media with very low power, don't GPUs have hardware decoding?
#4
mama
noel_fsgreat now ignoring older generations
I don't think these changes will help my 6900XT :oops:
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#5
ARF
Xex360Wondering why a smartphone (even feature phones like iPhones) can play media with very low power, don't GPUs have hardware decoding?
They probably have but the software engineers at AMD are all to be for searching new employments. :kookoo:
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#6
WhoDecidedThat
Xex360Wondering why a smartphone (even feature phones like iPhones) can play media with very low power, don't GPUs have hardware decoding?
think of it like internal combustion engine

a 100cc engine driving a motorcycle at 60 km/h versus a 2000cc or a 2 litre engine driving a motorcycle at 60 km/h

the 2 litre engine consumes more fuel for the same amount of work done

similarly a 4090 or a 7900xtx which can go 50-60 times as fast as an iPhone GPU needs much more power for basic tasks
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#7
ARF
WhoDecidedThatthink of it like internal combustion engine

a 100cc engine driving a motorcycle at 60 km/h versus a 2000cc or a 2 litre engine driving a motorcycle at 60 km/h

the 2 litre engine consumes more fuel for the same amount of work done

similarly a 4090 or a 7900xtx which can go 50-60 times as fast as an iPhone GPU needs much more power for basic tasks
Imagine the 2-litre engine is divided into smaller sections - for example 10 sections of 200 cc.

Of course, the problem is at AMD because they don't know how to include a dedicated module for this particular task.
There is definitely no need to use the whole chip and all of its clocks range and transistors for super stupid task.
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#8
Bomby569
Glad it's not my problem anymore. Still they stay it's better now. Sure.
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#9
Slane
noel_fsgreat now ignoring older generations
The "old" gen had a driver the 2022-12-08... So that is the point ? You would like a driver per week ?
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#11
pavle
noel_fsgreat now ignoring older generations
Brought to you only by Adios My Dineros and their rushed launch.
BSim500They've had it for years:-

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unified_Video_Decoder
docs.nvidia.com/video-technologies/video-codec-sdk/nvdec-video-decoder-api-prog-guide/

For some reason, AMD's new implementation is a bit borked in terms of power "savings".
ATI/AMD/DAAMIT has always had very high power consumption with video playback, just look at TPU database, it's all there.
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#12
Chomiq
noel_fsgreat now ignoring older generations
It's basically a hotfix for 7900 series.
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#13
mb194dc
7900 series seems rushed out in time for Christmas with many bugs still... Probably be months before all are ironed out and maybe even need silicon revision to get full potential from it.
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#14
ARF
mb194dc7900 series seems rushed out in time for Christmas with many bugs still... Probably be months before all are ironed out and maybe even need silicon revision to get full potential from it.
Power consumption is the first thing they must do right before even thinking about releasing. This is the most basic function of the part.
I don't care that there is somewhere a game title A which I haven't heard of but has some weird bugs.

Also, this will be obsolete when nvidia releases the full AD102 with all the shaders enabled.



At that time, AMD will be a full generation behind in terms of FPS.
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#15
Chomiq
ARFAlso, this will be obsolete when nvidia releases the full AD102 with all the shaders enabled.



At that time, AMD will be a full generation behind in terms of FPS.
For how much? $3000? By then AMD will be ca. 70% behind it in MSRP.
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#16
ARF
ChomiqFor how much? $3000? By then AMD will be ca. 70% behind it in MSRP.
When it happens... Now, 7900 XTX fluctuates every day between 1200 and 1800 euros :kookoo:
Its real price is not more than the original 6800 XT tier - 650$..
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#17
Dave65
SlaneThe "old" gen had a driver the 2022-12-08... So that is the point ? You would like a driver per week ?
Can't fix, we'll you know.
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#18
P4-630
btarunrImprovements to power usage during hardware accelerated video playback.
Let me guess, playing a youtube video from 88W to 78W.....o_O
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#19
ARF
P4-630Let me guess, playing a youtube video from 88W to 78W.....o_O
The target should be set high - 15W :banghead:



lol
RX 7900 XT and XTX the elephants in a room of mice and dogs :D :kookoo:
Even RTX 4090 has low power consumption - 26W.
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#20
OfficerTux
P4-630Let me guess, playing a youtube video from 88W to 78W.....o_O
I tested it yesterday on my Reference Design RX 7900 XTX: A 4Kp60 HDR Youtube video used 90W before and about 50W after the Hotfix (according to the driver reported total board power consumption)

This is probably mainly due to reduced memory clocks. Before the Hotfix playing a video would cause VRAM to clock at >2000MHz, now it hovers between 200 and 900MHz.

It's something, I guess?
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#21
marios15
ARFPower consumption is the first thing they must do right before even thinking about releasing. This is the most basic function of the part.
I don't care that there is somewhere a game title A which I haven't heard of but has some weird bugs.

Also, this will be obsolete when nvidia releases the full AD102 with all the shaders enabled.



At that time, AMD will be a full generation behind in terms of FPS.
You realise that AMD is at 30% of the process node die limit?
NV can throw max 15-20% more shaders in that "full AD102"....AMD can throw 200% easily. (well....if we disregard costs and power usage as you did)
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#22
Guwapo77
I like the work they have been putting in on their drivers as AMD is fully aware of their importance. I remember only recently that my Fury X's were abandoned after a measly six years (6/2015 - 6/2021). The staff at AMD is not nearly as large as Nvidia's...so will they need to cut ties with the RDNA 2 driver team and shift them over to the RDNA 3 team? RDNA 2 - 10/2020 - 10/202x?
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#23
P4-630
ARFThe target should be set high - 15W :banghead:



lol
RX 7900 XT and XTX the elephants in a room of mice and dogs :D :kookoo:
Even RTX 4090 has low power consumption - 26W.
OfficerTuxI tested it yesterday on my Reference Design RX 7900 XTX: A 4Kp60 HDR Youtube video used 90W before and about 50W after the Hotfix (according to the driver reported total board power consumption)
It seems it's in general an AMD issue, with the nvidia 3090Ti exception.
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#24
TheoneandonlyMrK
OfficerTuxI tested it yesterday on my Reference Design RX 7900 XTX: A 4Kp60 HDR Youtube video used 90W before and about 50W after the Hotfix (according to the driver reported total board power consumption)

This is probably mainly due to reduced memory clocks. Before the Hotfix playing a video would cause VRAM to clock at >2000MHz, now it hovers between 200 and 900MHz.

It's something, I guess?
Stop it, you ruined a, whole thread, of shitposting with that on point post.
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#25
ARF
Guwapo77The staff at AMD is not nearly as large as Nvidia's...so will they need to cut ties with the RDNA 2 driver team and shift them over to the RDNA 3 team? RDNA 2 - 10/2020 - 10/202x?
Err, and the market share will drop from the measly 8% now to 0.8% after.
Remember that they are yet to fill the lineup with new 7000 series GFX, namely 7600, 7700, 7800 and perhaps 7400/7500.

I don't have particular expectations, though, except declining market share and bankruptcy at some point :D
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