AMD Software Adrenalin 23.4.2 WHQL Released

[btarunr]

AMD today released the latest version of its Adrenalin drivers. Version 23.4.2 WHQL adds optimization for "Dead Island 2" and "Boundary." With "Dead Island 2," one can expect up to 14 percent improved performance at when measured with RX 7900 series GPUs; and up to 15% increase in performance at 4K when measured with RX 6000 series GPUs. Among the handful issues fixed with this release include blocky water corruption with "Red Dead Redemption 2" when using the Vulkan API, missing text in Google Earth VR, intermittent application crashes after enabling render previews in Unreal Engine 5, and an installer bug that caused a black screen to appear on some display configurations after a driver update.

DOWNLOAD: AMD Software Adrenalin 23.4.2 WHQL



Highlights

Support for:

• Dead Island 2
  • Up to 14% increase in performance in Dead Island 2 @ 4K, using AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition 23.4.2 on the Radeon ️ RX 7900 Series GPUs, versus the previous software driver version 23.4.1 RS-556
  • Up to 15% increase in performance in Dead Island 2 @ 4K, using AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition 23.4.2 on the Radeon ️ RX 6000 Series GPUs, versus the previous software driver version 23.4.1 RS-557
• Boundary
• Additional Vulkan extensions. Click here for more information.

Fixed Issues

• Blocky water corruption may occur in Red Dead Redemption 2 when using the Vulkan API.
• Missing text or a white disk may appear in Google Earth VR.
• Application crashes may be intermittently observed after enabling the render preview window in Unreal Engine 5.
• A blank or black screen may occur after a driver upgrade using certain display configurations.

Known Issues

• High idle power has situationally been observed when using select high-resolution and high refresh rate displays on Radeon RX 7000 series GPUs.
• Video stuttering or performance drops may be observed during gameplay and video playback with some extended display configurations on Radeon RX 7000 series GPUs.
• Some virtual reality games or applications may experience lower-than-expected performance on Radeon RX 7000 series GPUs.
• Brief display corruption may occur when switching between video and game windows on some AMD Graphics Products, such as the Radeon RX 6700 XT.
• Water corruption in Hogwarts Legacy may occur on some AMD Graphics Products, such as the Radeon RX 580.

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[GoldenX]

Fixed several stability issues we had with yuzu, great driver.

 

[3x0]

This version fixes a few crashes I had with 23.4.1 in relation to video playback in FF and crashes after exiting some games. So far so good.

 

[Bruno_O]

Fixed several stability issues we had with yuzu, great driver.

all in preparation for Tears of the Kingdom

 

[skizzo]

is the "Factory Reset" option available again?

 

[Guwapo77]

is the "Factory Reset" option available again?

I believe that is what caused my instability with the new drivers prior to 23.4.1. 23.4.1 was the first driver that actually worked since combining the old and new cards into one driver. I'm about to install this new one and I'll let you know shortly.

Update - Nope Factory Reset is still greyed out.

 

[skizzo]

I believe that is what caused my instability with the new drivers prior to 23.4.1. 23.4.1 was the first driver that actually worked since combining the old and new cards into one driver. I'm about to install this new one and I'll let you know shortly.

Update - Nope Factory Reset is still greyed out.

thanks for sharing! it's my personal preference to always use that. so it's a bit disturbing how a built in feature to basically wipe out the old/current driver and related settings prior to installing the new one caused problems for anyone.

did this muck up your RX 6900 XT working well? or what kind of instability are you referring to, like driver timeouts and crashes for example? I have a different model (reference), but I am just curious because I didn't fall victim to any of the complications others have spoken about. I am wondering if anyone connected dots that certain vendors/brands or models were more susceptible to the issues?

PS - I haven't seen anything from AMD other than what looked like an initial statement of that they have recieved a number of reports that has given them reason to remove the feature while they investigate and look closer into what could have contributed to the issues.

 

[mechtech]

hmmmm pro edition is still on 22Q4.................

 

[Minus Infinity]

This version fixes a few crashes I had with 23.4.1 in relation to video playback in FF and crashes after exiting some games. So far so good.

Ah ok, yes I've had some crashes straight to boot screen in Firefox watching YT videos for no reason with 6800XT. I hope this helps.

 

[GoldenX]

all in preparation for Tears of the Kingdom

I may or may have not been constantly nagging AMD because of that

 

[Guwapo77]

thanks for sharing! it's my personal preference to always use that. so it's a bit disturbing how a built in feature to basically wipe out the old/current driver and related settings prior to installing the new one caused problems for anyone.

did this muck up your RX 6900 XT working well? or what kind of instability are you referring to, like driver timeouts and crashes for example? I have a different model (reference), but I am just curious because I didn't fall victim to any of the complications others have spoken about. I am wondering if anyone connected dots that certain vendors/brands or models were more susceptible to the issues?

PS - I haven't seen anything from AMD other than what looked like an initial statement of that they have recieved a number of reports that has given them reason to remove the feature while they investigate and look closer into what could have contributed to the issues.

I believe I should have left well enough alone... The problem I have is when playing World of Warcraft, I get this random freezes. These freezes could appear as a simple .5 second skip to a full 1-1.5 second freeze and this started again with 23.4.2. No other game or program has had any instabilities noticed except for in WoW.