AMD Releases Radeon Software Adrenalin 2020 Edition 20.8.1

[AleksandarK]

AMD has today released the latest update to its Radeon graphics drivers in the form of Radeon Software Adrenalin 2020 Edition 20.8.1, which brings a list of improvements and bug fixes. Starting off, the new driver brings support for Horizon Zero Dawn PC port, which is coming out this Friday. Next, the driver brings some improvements to the performance of the Radeon 5700XT graphics card, which scored 9% higher FPS in the game Grounded, when using Epic preset. Another important supporting feature is for game Hyper Scape, which this new driver enables. For a full list of improvements and bug fixes, please check out the list below:

DOWNLOAD: AMD Radeon Software Adrenalin 20.8.1

Support For

• Hyper Scape
• Horizon Zero Dawn Complete Edition for PC
• Grounded RS-338
• The Epic preset on the Radeon RX 5700 XT offers up to 9% better FPS performance playing Grounded with Radeon Software Adrenalin 2020 edition 20.8.1 versus the Radeon Software Adrenalin 2020 Edition 20.7.2.

Fixed Issues

• With Radeon FreeSync enabled, task switching to another display or application may intermittently cause the desktop refresh rate to be locked to an arbitrary interval causing stuttering.
• Streaming and recording features are not working or are failing to enable on Radeon RX 5000 series graphics products in Windows 7 system configurations.
• Radeon Software may experience an application crash or hang when waking from sleep after joining the AMD User Experience program.
• DOOM Eternal may experience a very dark or dim screen when changing V-Sync settings in game with HDR enabled.
• Hot plugging a powered off HDMI display and then powering on the display, may intermittently cause a system crash or hang.
• Enabling Instant Replay may rarely cause a system hang or TDR on Radeon RX 5000 series graphics products.
• Compatibility Advisor may show an "Unable to get requirements" error message when opened. Users will need to perform a factory reset of settings in Radeon Software for this fix to take effect.

Known Issues

• With Radeon FreeSync enabled on Radeon RX 5000 series system configurations, task switching to another display or application may cause the display to flicker for a few moments.
• Brightness flickering may be experienced on some VP9 video content playback through applications or web browsers on Radeon RX 5000 series graphics product system configurations.
• Enhanced Sync may cause a black screen to occur when enabled on some games and system configurations. Any users who may be experiencing issues with Enhanced Sync enabled should disable it as a temporary workaround.
• Performance Metrics Overlay and the Performance Tuning tab incorrectly report higher than expected idle clock speeds on Radeon RX 5700 series graphics products. Performance and power consumption are not impacted by this incorrect reporting.
• With HDR enabled, Windows desktop may experience flickering, and performing a task switch while in a game may cause colors to become washed out or over saturated.
• Audio may experience instability when connected through an Audio Video Receiver via HDMI on Radeon RX 5000 series graphics products
• 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.
• Modifying the HDMI Scaling slider may cause FPS to become locked to 30.
• AMD is investigating isolated reports of intermittent system hangs while exiting system sleep on some AMD Ryzen 3000 Series Mobile Processors with Radeon Graphics.
• Some games may exhibit stutter intermittently during gameplay on Radeon RX 5000 series graphics products.
• AMD will continue to monitor and investigate any new reports of black screen or system hang issues during extended periods of gameplay closely. Users are encouraged to use the new Bug Reporting Tool for any issues they may encounter.

Footnotes

• RS-338, Testing by AMD Performance Labs as of July 28, 2020 using a test system configured with an Intel Core i9-9900K CPU (3.6 GHz), 16 GB DDR4-3200 MHz memory, a Radeon RX 5700 XT graphics card and Windows 10 x64 with Radeon Software Adrenalin 2020 Edition 20.8.1, and a similarly configured system with Software Adrenalin 2020 Edition 20.7.2, to test driver over driver FPS performance using the game Grounded at 1920x1080 resolution. Performance may vary.

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[jesdals]

Works fine on Radeon VII and Windows 10 pro with Eyefinity

 

[ymbaja]

Maybe native Vega undervolting will be fixed in this version?? not holding my breath though...

 

[Cheeseball]

• 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.

Oh okay, this explains why YT videos are freezing in Edge on my Flex 14.

 

[ZoneDymo]

I just want to have some way for my overclocks NOT to reset when my PC crashes for completely unrelated reasons >:L

 

[Divide Overflow]

Still no Hardware Accelerated GPU Scheduling on the main release branch?

 

[R-T-B]

Still no Hardware Accelerated GPU Scheduling on the main release branch?

I'm still waiting for the day when they realize they don't support HDMI 2.1 resolutions via the club3d Displayport 1.4 to HDMI 2.1 CAC-1085 adapter, at all. It's so obscure I'm betting they will never actually fix it.

 

[Xzibit]

I just want to have some way for my overclocks NOT to reset when my PC crashes for completely unrelated reasons >:L

I remember having a similar issue with my Intel 3770K system when I updated to win10 and if I remember right it was a BIOS setting. Having either PCIEx? speed selected (needed to be AUTO) or iGPU detected first would reset the drivers upon boot with an ASUS Sabertooth Z77.