AMD Software Adrenalin 23.8.1 WHQL Released

[GFreeman]

AMD has released the latest Adrenalin 23.8.1 WHQL driver, bringing support for Immortals of Aveum game, as well as several fixes, including issues with high idle power when using multi-display setups with mixed high-resolutions and high refresh rate on Radeon RX 7000 series GPUs when variable refresh rate is enabled, issues with performance drop on DirectX 11 games on Radeon RX 5600 XT when AMD SmartAccess Memory is enabled, issues in Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart game with ray tracing and Dynamic Resolution Scaling enabled on some AMD graphics cards, issues in Starcraft II on Radeon RX 7000 series GPUs, corruption issues in Rocket League with Bloom set to off on certain AMD graphics cards, and performance drop on Radeon 700M series GPUs in various games.

Unfortunately, AMD still has not fixed issues with Baldur's Gate 3 with DirectX 11 API on Radeon RX 7000 series graphics cards. AMD also included an important notes section stating that the factory reset is still temporarily disabled as a precautionary measure due to isolated installation issues during PC upgrades, and AMD Cleanup Utility can be used as a temporary option.

DOWNLOAD: AMD Software Adrenalin 23.8.1 WHQL



Here are the full release notes:

Highlights

Support for

• Immortals of Aveum

Fixed Issues

• Improvements to high idle power when using select multi-display setups with mixed high-resolution and high refresh rate displays on Radeon RX 7000 series GPUs with variable refresh rate enabled. Further optimizations are being investigated to improve idle power on additional display configurations.
• Performance drop may be experienced for DirectX 11 games on AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT when AMD SmartAccess Memory is Enabled.
• Application crash or driver timeout may be observed while playing Ratchet & Clank : Rift Apart with Ray-Tracing and Dynamic Resolution Scaling enabled on some AMD Graphics Products, such as the Radeon RX 7900 XTX.
• Application crash or driver timeout may be observed while playing Starcraft II on Radeon RX 7000 series GPUs.
• Intermittent corruption may be observed playing Rocket League with Bloom set to Off on some AMD Graphics Products, such as the Radeon RX 6900 XT.
• Performance drop may be experienced for various games on AMD Ryzen processors with Radeon 700M series GPUS.

Known Issues

• Performance Metrics Overlay may report N/A for FPS on various games.
• Audio may intermittently become out of sync with video when recording from AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition with AV1 codec.
• Display may not reach correct brightness with certain games on some SAMSUNG FreeSync Premium Pro displays and TVs when local dimming is enabled.
• Application crash or driver timeout may be observed while playing Baldur's Gate 3 with DirectX 11 API set on certain systems with Radeon RX 7000 series GPUs.

Important Notes

• Factory Reset has been temporarily disabled as a precautionary measure while we address isolated installation issues that have been reported during PC upgrades. Users may use AMD Cleanup Utility as a temporary option.

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[NC37]

Haven't really had consistent DX11 issues on my 7900XT with BG3. Did have a bunch on the previous patch but the recent patch by Larian seems to have fixed it. Not surprised AMD hasn't addressed it yet.

 

[Makaveli]

Just installed these so far so good.

 

[Space Lynx]

No issues on my end either and my mild oc is still stable a very smooth experience

 

[ARF]

Why don't they make the installer start directly on the download page (https://www.amd.com/en/support), instead of requesting a download to a specified local drive, which only loses time?

 

[Kohl Baas]

Why don't they make the installer start directly on the download page (https://www.amd.com/en/support), instead of requesting a download to a specified local drive, which only loses time?

So that you can make the installation offline?

 

[ARF]

So that you can make the installation offline?

How do you get the file offline?
There can be two options on the download page - asking for online or offline installation.. This will save around 50% of the time to install the new driver.

 

[Nostras]

Oh damn I had some odd issues with BG3 where I'd just randomly ctd. Last time I played I tried Vulkan and I haven't crashed in that session.
Thought I was perhaps lucky, but I guess this is a known issue.

 

[persondb]

Is phoenix still a third class citizen in those drivers?

 

[agatong55]

Wonder if AMD will have another patch next week then for Starfield.

 

[Chry]

why not

23.8.0?​

 

[Deleted member 185088]

Wonder if AMD will have another patch next week then for Starfield.

I hope they took this opportunity to improve the implementation of FSR2, seems AMD hasn't focused on it much lately.

 

[Makaveli]

why not

23.8.0?​

23 is the year 8 is the month and 1 first driver for that month.

just like in July we saw 23.7.1 and 23.7.2 since two drivers were released in July.

0 doesn't make sense in the above context.

 

[Space Lynx]

these new drivers are fantastic, in about 20 games, all 3dmark benchmarks - my scores increased mildly across the board.

lot of people forget AMD Radeon is like a fine wine, just gets better as it gets older. I hope that's how the ladies feel about me as my hair is turning gray...

 

[Noci]

these new drivers are fantastic, in about 20 games, all 3dmark benchmarks - my scores increased mildly across the board.

lot of people forget AMD Radeon is like a fine wine, just gets better as it gets older. I hope that's how the ladies feel about me as my hair is turning gray...

Same here, noticed a minor improvement with 3DMark Time Spy bench.