AMD Software Adrenalin 22.12.2 WHQL Exclusively for RX 7900 Series Released

[btarunr]

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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[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:

 

[noel_fs]

great now ignoring older generations

 

[Deleted member 185088]

Wondering why a smartphone (even feature phones like iPhones) can play media with very low power, don't GPUs have hardware decoding?

 

[mama]

great now ignoring older generations

I don't think these changes will help my 6900XT

 

[ARF]

Wondering 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.

 

[WhoDecidedThat]

Wondering 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

 

[ARF]

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

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.

 

[Bomby569]

Glad it's not my problem anymore. Still they stay it's better now. Sure.

 

[Slane]

great 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 ?

 

[BSim500]

Wondering why a smartphone (even feature phones like iPhones) can play media with very low power, don't GPUs have hardware decoding?

They've had it for years:-

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unified_Video_Decoder
https://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".

 

[pavle]

great now ignoring older generations

Brought to you only by Adios My Dineros and their rushed launch.

They've had it for years:-

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unified_Video_Decoder
https://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.

 

[Chomiq]

great now ignoring older generations

It's basically a hotfix for 7900 series.

 

[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.

 

[ARF]

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.

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.

 

[Chomiq]

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

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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.

 

[ARF]

For 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
Its real price is not more than the original 6800 XT tier - 650$..

 

[Dave65]

The "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.

 

[P4-630]

Improvements to power usage during hardware accelerated video playback.

Let me guess, playing a youtube video from 88W to 78W.....

 

[ARF]

Let me guess, playing a youtube video from 88W to 78W.....

The target should be set high - 15W

lol
RX 7900 XT and XTX the elephants in a room of mice and dogs
Even RTX 4090 has low power consumption - 26W.

 

[OfficerTux]

Let me guess, playing a youtube video from 88W to 78W.....

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?

 

[marios15]

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.

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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)

 

[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?

 

[P4-630]

The target should be set high - 15W

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lol
RX 7900 XT and XTX the elephants in a room of mice and dogs
Even RTX 4090 has low power consumption - 26W.

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)

It seems it's in general an AMD issue, with the nvidia 3090Ti exception.

 

[TheoneandonlyMrK]

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?

Stop it, you ruined a, whole thread, of shitposting with that on point post.