AMD Software Adrenalin 22.7.1 Released, Includes OpenGL Performance Boost and AI Noise-Suppression

[btarunr]

AMD on Tuesday released the AMD Software Adrenalin 22.7.1 drivers, which include several major updates to the feature-set. To begin with, AMD has significantly updated its OpenGL ICD (installable client driver), which can have an incredible 79 percent increase in frame-rates at 4K with "Fabulous" settings, as measured on the flagship RX 6950 XT, and up to 75 percent, as measured on the entry-level RX 6400. Also debuting is AMD Noise Suppression, a new feature that lets you clear out your voice-calls and in-game voice-chats. The software leverages AI to filter out background noises that don't identify as the prominent foreground speech. Radeon Super Resolution support has been extended to RX 5000 series and RX 6000 series GPUs running on Ryzen processor notebooks with Hybrid graphics setups.

Besides these, Adrenalin 22.7.1 adds optimization for "Swordsman Remake," support for Radeon Boost plus VRS with "Elden Ring," "Resident Evil VIII," and "Valorant." The drivers improve support for Windows 11 22H2 Update, and Agility SDK 1.602 and 1.607. A few more Vulkan API extensions are added with this release. Among the handful issues fixed are lower-than-expected F@H performance on RX 6000 series, Auto Undervolt disabling idle-fan-stop; "Hitman 3" freezing when switching between windows in exclusive fullscreen mode; blurry web video upscaling on certain RX 6000 series cards, and Enhanced Sync locking framerates to 15 FPS with video playback on extended monitors.

DOWNLOAD: AMD Software Adrenalin 22.7.1



Highlights

• Swordsman Remake.
• Radeon Boost using Variable Rate Shading with Elden Ring, Resident Evil Village and VALORANT.
• Microsoft Windows 11 version 22H2.
• Microsoft Agility SDK Release 1.602 including new minor features.
• Microsoft Agility SDK Release 1.606 including Microsoft Shader Model 6.7.
• Additional Vulkan extensions. Click here for more information.

AMD Noise Suppression

• Our newest feature: AMD Noise Suppression reduces background audio noise from your surrounding environment using a real-time deep learning algorithm, providing greater clarity and improved concentration whether you are focused on an important meeting or staying locked-in on a competitive game.

OpenGL Optimizations

• Up to 79% increase in performance in Minecraft @ 4k Fabulous settings, using Radeon Software Adrenalin 22.7.1 on the Radeon ️ RX 6950XT, versus the previous software driver version 22.6.1 RS-491
• Up to 75% increase in performance in Minecraft @ 4k Fabulous settings, using Radeon Software Adrenalin 22.7.1 on the Radeon ️ RX 6400, versus the previous software driver version 22.6.1 RS-495

Radeon Super Resolution

• Expanded support for discrete Radeon RX 5000 and 6000 series GPUs on AMD Ryzen processor notebooks with hybrid graphics.
• RSR has been improved to provide a more seamless experience in borderless fullscreen mode with a performance/quality slider to personalize your gaming experience.

Fixed Issues

• Lower than expected Folding@home compute performance with OpenCL API on some AMD Graphics Products such as the Radeon RX 6800.
• Auto Undervolt may disable Zero RPM fan feature.
• Hitman 3 may freeze when rapidly switching between windows in Fullscreen Exclusive mode.
• Video upscaling in browsers appears blurry with some AMD Graphics Products such as the Radeon RX 6900 XT Graphics.
• Enhanced Sync may cause games to lock to 15FPS with video playback on extended monitors.

Known Issues

• Stuttering may be experienced while playing Call of Duty : Warzone on the Caldera map with some AMD Graphics Products such as the Radeon RX 6900 XT Graphics.
• Radeon Super Resolution may fail to trigger after changing resolution or HDR settings on games such as Nioh 2.
• Virtual Reality headsets may flicker with some AMD Graphics Products such as the Radeon RX 6800 XT Graphics.
• GPU utilization may be stuck at 100% in Radeon performance metrics after closing games on some AMD Graphics Products such as Radeon 570.
• Display may flicker black during video playback plus gameplay on some AMD Graphics Products such as the Radeon RX 6700 XT.
• 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.

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[mahirzukic2]

That OpenGL performance increase sounds sweet.

 

[spnidel]

YOOO OPENGL OPTIMIZATIONS
fuck yeah, been waiting for this!

 

[Hoopi]

Just installed 22.7.1 and I'm getting around double the fps in mc than previously. I have an rx 570.

 

[ixi]

YOOO OPENGL OPTIMIZATIONS
fuck yeah, been waiting for this!

Where will you test it/use it?

 

[Denver]

Just installed 22.7.1 and I'm getting around double the fps in mc than previously. I have an rx 570.

Good to know the benefit isn't limited to the latest GPUs. It will be good for those who run emulators on iGPUs.

 

[Valantar]

Edit: After first thinking I managed to screw up my before/after testing in Unigine Heaven, I managed to find a screenshot (only of the first run? weird.) in some obscure Heaven subfolder. Since I don't have the latter run in screenshot form (only the default .html), here's a table:

	Before	After update
Score	3308	4738
Avg. fps	131.3	188.1
Min. fps	12.3	18.7
Max. fps	268.1	421.8

Settings: 1440p fullscreen, OpenGL, Ultra quality, Extreme tesselation.

That is a very, very solid performance increase. Well done AMD - but also: about time.

 

[MachineLearning]

Instantly notice an increase in power consumption for F@H, 100W -> 130W on my 6600 XT.

I'm really happy to see AMD's money go into finally fixing these long-standing and severe issues. Props for that.

 

[spnidel]

Where will you test it/use it?

already tried using it, and the latest LOVE2D version (the framework I use for game dev) has straight up fucking broken rendering on a 6800 XT, 6900 XT, and Vega 64 - so safe to say all the GPUs these optimizations are applicable to
I knew things would break with these, just didn't expect the exact fucking thing I use to break

 

[Muaadib]

The option to enable noise suppression isn't there for me after updating the driver (RX 5700, R5 5600).

 

[MachineLearning]

The option to enable noise suppression isn't there for me after updating the driver (RX 5700, R5 5600).

Introducing: AMD Noise Suppression, New Performance Optimizations & Other AMD Software Updates

One of the key pillars of AMD Software includes delivering great user experiences whether you are playing the latest games or focused in on your meetings at work. Features like as Radeon Boost(1) and Radeon Super Resolution(2) are amongst a suite of many within AMD Software that provide...

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Please note: AMD Noise Suppression is available currently on Ryzen 5000 series and newer systems, as well as Radeon RX 6000 series and newer.

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Update on F@H: PPD has gone from ~900,000-1,200,000 to a more consistent 1,800,000-1,900,000 (alongside 12t of 5900X, my system specs) 1.9m - 2.6m.

 

[Muaadib]

Thanks, I thought the wording meant Radeon 6000 OR Ryzen 5000. Seems it requires both.

 

[spnidel]

these drivers are so broken, this is insane
once they fix em, this'll be great (been waiting for the opengl performance boost for AGES!), but so far there are so many issues with them I rolled back to 22.6.1

 

[Athlonite]

Well that's a first
Initial install of 22.7.1 Black screen + no USB devices active (had to hard reboot) and now some weird glitching during video playback in picture viewer that never used to happen
so reinstalled it and still black screen but atleast the USB devices didn't just up and quit working (still had to hard reboot )

Oh and one more thing it reset all my media file default player associations so now I get asked every time to select a player grrrrr small annoyance I know but a Graphics driver shouldn't need to touch file associations at all

Maybe I should DDU and start from clean

also anyone notice the size difference between 22.6.1 (565MB) vs 22.7.1 (615MB) I wonder what was added to make it so much bigger

 

[Makaveli]

Installed these last night good so far.

 

[Valantar]

The option to enable noise suppression isn't there for me after updating the driver (RX 5700, R5 5600).

That's odd. It's there for me, under Settings -> Audio & Video, under the Audio Settings header.

Edit: it does indeed seem like this is for some reason limited to Ryzen 5000 systems. From the announcement blog post:

Please note: AMD Noise Suppression is available currently on Ryzen 5000 series and newer systems, as well as Radeon RX 6000 series and newer

That's really too bad, and makes me wonder what the reason for it is. If it's just another "hey, why not go upgrade to one of our new CPUs?" thing, that's pretty shitty.

Edit2: tested enabling this, rather interesting. Does RTX voice allow for noise suppression on output devices? This works both ways. I haven't tested it on my mic yet, but I tested it on my headphones, playing a traffic noise youtube video. The results were pretty good, though not perfect - it got a lot quieter, removing essentially all recognizeable road noise, but also produced some rather weird chattering audio artefacts - almost as if it was singling out the aspects of traffic noise that most resembled human voices. Trying a bit too hard to retain speech, I guess? Still, I'm reasonably impressed, and can definitely see this being useful.

 

[Dr. Dro]

OGLP is not a mere performance optimization, it is an all-new GL driver codebase written from scratch, based on the PAL architecture.

It's something so uncommon in this day and age that I imagine most GL developers will have a field day with it. The problems it currently has are mostly down to newness, but I strongly feel that with its public release, AMD has finally closed the worst gap it had vs. NVIDIA - the one that really needs to be addressed now is the encoder hardware with RDNA 3, as AMF has been updated recently and to great success as well.
This is a release for the books, friends.

these drivers are so broken, this is insane
once they fix em, this'll be great (been waiting for the opengl performance boost for AGES!), but so far there are so many issues with them I rolled back to 22.6.1

Make sure to use the Bug Report Tool found in the Radeon Settings application to report any bugs and issues you find to the developers, they are very interested in knowing and fixing them!

 

[Muaadib]

That's odd. It's there for me, under Settings -> Audio & Video, under the Audio Settings header.

Edit: it does indeed seem like this is for some reason limited to Ryzen 5000 systems. From the announcement blog post:

That's really too bad, and makes me wonder what the reason for it is. If it's just another "hey, why not go upgrade to one of our new CPUs?" thing, that's pretty shitty.

Edit2: tested enabling this, rather interesting. Does RTX voice allow for noise suppression on output devices? This works both ways. I haven't tested it on my mic yet, but I tested it on my headphones, playing a traffic noise youtube video. The results were pretty good, though not perfect - it got a lot quieter, removing essentially all recognizeable road noise, but also produced some rather weird chattering audio artefacts - almost as if it was singling out the aspects of traffic noise that most resembled human voices. Trying a bit too hard to retain speech, I guess? Still, I'm reasonably impressed, and can definitely see this being useful.

Well I do have a Ryzen 5000 system (R5 5600) but perhaps its limited to RDNA2 as well?

 

[Lew Zealand]

Where will you test it/use it?

I'll test it in Unigine Valley to get a bunch of numbers. 'cuz numbers are good and all that.

I'll use it in Minecraft to get an actually good framerate. Hopefully, finally. The only other OpenGL game I play is Stardew Valley (2D, 60fps) but that worked fine before, surely that can't break.......

 

[Valantar]

Well I do have a Ryzen 5000 system (R5 5600) but perhaps its limited to RDNA2 as well?View attachment 256065

Yeah, as the quote from the blog post said, seems to be Ryzen 5000 + Radeon RX 6000 only for now, sadly.

 

[Dr. Dro]

Yeah, as the quote from the blog post said, seems to be Ryzen 5000 + Radeon RX 6000 only for now, sadly.

It only requires RX 6000 series GPUs, it should work on earlier generation CPUs (Zen 2/3000 series at least).

 

[Punkenjoy]

Installed with no issue and played few games, nothing to reports. I haven't got the time to review the Noise Suppression yet but it's there.

i had many issue in Windows 11 on my upgraded from Windows 10 install, but since i started fresh, no issue to report on a full AMD platform. I forget every time but in place upgrade of OS is no good.

 

[Valantar]

It only requires RX 6000 series GPUs, it should work on earlier generation CPUs (Zen 2/3000 series at least).

The AMD blog post I quoted and linked above says otherwise.

As for whether it could work on earlier systems, that might be - and was also addressed. But for now, it doesn't.

 

[Ware]

The AMD blog post I quoted and linked above says otherwise.

As for whether it could work on earlier systems, that might be - and was also addressed. But for now, it doesn't.

It seem to only require an RDNA2 GPU.
Any references to Ryzen Series processors are in regard to it's integrated RDNA2 GPU.
AMD Noise Suppression is working on my i7 3770+RX6600 system - no Ryzen needed...

 

[Athlonite]

Well that's a first
Initial install of 22.7.1 Black screen + no USB devices active (had to hard reboot) and now some weird glitching during video playback in picture viewer that never used to happen
so reinstalled it and still black screen but atleast the USB devices didn't just up and quit working (still had to hard reboot )

Oh and one more thing it reset all my media file default player associations so now I get asked every time to select a player grrrrr small annoyance I know but a Graphics driver shouldn't need to touch file associations at all

Maybe I should DDU and start from clean

also anyone notice the size difference between 22.6.1 (565MB) vs 22.7.1 (615MB) I wonder what was added to make it so much bigger

well I did the DDU and clean installed them no monitor black screen this time but the USB did go poo so I was forced to hard reboot yet again

not impressed with that AMD

but the good news after the reboot I ran basemark and Heaven in OpenGL mode and damn it's gotten way better than it used to be OGL used to be slower than a drunk Ox in mud now though it as quick as a fox in a hen house