AMD Releases Radeon Software Adrenalin 19.12.3 - Focus on Stability Improvements

[Anymal]

I still think AMD's CPU success will trickle down to GPU eventually. AMD is riding a massive rise in profits off CPU division, I fully expect them to hire some more engineers with this new found success. It will still take awhile, but I can def see a 2080 Ti competitor Navi with excellent drivers at around $799 by Fall 2020. I hope so anyway.

2 years after and half node smaller, mos def!

 

[rutra80]

But my point still stands, there needs to be a way to choose what to install. It's not necessarily a file size or performance-impacting issue, it's just the lack of an option for simplicity.

This.
I don't want another whole bunch of Chromium dlls on my system. Last edition had ReLive and AMD Link optional, I understand it's no longer the case? I'd love some of the features but they're not worth the other bloat that will skulk in the background. They need to make it modular so I can skip the browser, ReLive, Link, and preferably the overdeveloped game center. A driver is not the place for such things, they can bundle that stuff with driver download but all of it should be optional.
Now I look at neat nVidia drivers with envy.

 

[LDigital82]

I have a Radeon VII and these new drivers have not been great for me.
full screen applications seem to now cause a few seconds of handshake issues leading to digital screen fuzz while it settles down and locks on
I am getting lots of Direct X crashes on games that didnt do that before
My junction temp has now jumped up 15-20 degress on my watercooled card with the same undervolt and settings as before. It almost feels like afterburner isnt undervolting properly now or I cant explain why the temp jump is so massive.

I want to roll-back but the old installer which I kept keeps fetching the newest drivers only :/

 

[zlobby]

This.
I don't want another whole bunch of Chromium dlls on my system. Last edition had ReLive and AMD Link optional, I understand it's no longer the case? I'd love some of the features but they're not worth the other bloat that will skulk in the background. They need to make it modular so I can skip the browser, ReLive, Link, and preferably the overdeveloped game center. A driver is not the place for such things, they can bundle that stuff with driver download but all of it should be optional.
Now I look at neat nVidia drivers with envy.

Amen!!!

Business does not need of all that bloat at all! Meantime, so much extra code creates a huge attack surface, so for business this driver model is a real burden.

I want to roll-back but the old installer which I kept keeps fetching the newest drivers only :/

There you go:

https://www.amd.com/en/support/previous-drivers/graphics/radeon-rx-vega-series/radeon-rx-vega-series/radeon-rx-vega-64

 

[INSTG8R]

Amen!!!

Business does not need of all that bloat at all! Meantime, so much extra code creates a huge attack surface, so for business this driver model is a real burden.


There you go:

https://www.amd.com/en/support/previous-drivers/graphics/radeon-rx-vega-series/radeon-rx-vega-series/radeon-rx-vega-64

And I just made a very long post in my feed section with just these concerns I k mean I‘m testing new drivers all the time and I don’‘t even need all the extras But I suggested the possibility of installation options I’m not sure how interwoven this new UI is but I can only suggest what I and yo(u as a community have issue with

@zlobby still waiting to hear about your issue, the driver link you posted suggests you’re running Vega so I can more than help/test with whatever I can

 

[Octopuss]

Speaking of Afterburner, I use it specifically for taking screenshots and (rarely) capturing some footage. Does AMD overlay let me save screenshots in png format and video encoded in mkv container (ideally being able to select coded - I like Lagarith as it's lossless)?

 

[INSTG8R]

Speaking of Afterburner, I use it specifically for taking screenshots and (rarely) capturing some footage. Does AMD overlay let me save screenshots in png format and video encoded in mkv container (ideally being able to select coded - I like Lagarith as it's lossless)?

Uh I’ve only taken one shot with it so far so let me check I know it has many options for recording These are things I don't use myself. Yes it saves .png by default for screen shots. It has pretty much every streaming service built in, just pick the one you use. Just mashing buttons to make a quick video appears to be .mp4 but it appears encoding choices are HEVC and AVC with adjustable bit rates

 

[Octopuss]

Hmm, that could work I guess....
Speaking about the overlay, there should be a hotkeys cheat sheet somewhere in the main control panel, because in past I had to google how to trigger it, which is ridiculous.

 

[INSTG8R]

Hmm, that could work I guess....
Speaking about the overlay, there should be a hotkeys cheat sheet somewhere in the main control panel, because in past I had to google how to trigger it, which is ridiculous.

You can now literally bring up the entire control panell in game just by pressing Alt+R and yes I totally agree and and have already used Alt+R a few times to find the hot key I was after

 

[Space Lynx]

2 years after and half node smaller, mos def!

ummm I was specifically talking profits and the trickle down effect that comes from that over time. the timeline was just an estimate, 5700 xt is only 10% slower in most games than 1080 ti, and half the price of 1080 ti... it's a fair estimate... but thanks for your input, I can see a lot of thought was put into it. amazing stuff you got there

 

[Carian]

If you want. I’m not sure letting Windows Update installs the control panel but you could try that. Or download the package. Run it until it finishes unpacking then quit. Open Device Manager, find your card, right click update driver and browse to the AMD driver folder on your C; drive and install from there.
sounds like a lot of work to basically get a “functionless” card but there you go.

It worked, thanks...

 

[raptori]

Does anyone know why AMD driver control panel doesn't load the saved profile for fan curve when cold starting the computer ?

 

[INSTG8R]

Does anyone know why AMD driver control panel doesn't load the saved profile for fan curve when cold starting the computer ?

Hmm I can test that but only ever reboot my PC because I have too what card for reference?

Edit: @raptori Tested on cold boot with Vega 64 no problem, Fan is where I have it set. If you let me know what card your running I will see if someone with it can reproduce.

 

[raptori]

Hmm I can test that but only ever reboot my PC because I have too what card for reference?

Edit: @raptori Tested on cold boot with Vega 64 no problem, Fan is where I have it set. If you let me know what card your running I will see if someone with it can reproduce.

XFX Rx590 fat boy and XFX Rx580 black wolf 2048sp.
Without fan adjustment those cards will overheat and start crashing all over the place , I work in a computer store and face these driver issues on daily basis with AMD cards regardless of the brand.

 

[Anymal]

ummm I was specifically talking profits and the trickle down effect that comes from that over time. the timeline was just an estimate, 5700 xt is only 10% slower in most games than 1080 ti, and half the price of 1080 ti... it's a fair estimate... but thanks for your input, I can see a lot of thought was put into it. amazing stuff you got there

Well, thats specific. Overall so is 2070, 1 year earlier in 12nm. Get some perspective.

 

[Space Lynx]

Well, thats specific. Overall so is 2070, 1 year earlier in 12nm. Get some perspective.

I do have perspective, Nvidia does a crap ton of telemetry and profits off my data, AMD does not and is more secure. Nvidia needed 3 different drivers this year to fix security issues. AMD Navi = none patches. Bye now.

 

[Cheeseball]

I do have perspective, Nvidia does a crap ton of telemetry and profits off my data, AMD does not and is more secure. Nvidia needed 3 different drivers this year to fix security issues. AMD Navi = none patches. Bye now.

You can block it using Glasswire or your home router's own filtering if you're using a NVIDIA card.

The Radeon Software does seem to be making calls to the internet (aside from the driver update checker), but I'm not sure if its telemetry or just the built-in browser. I only allowed amd.com (and amdautoupdate.exe) so that it can check for driver updates and download if I wanted to.

There are two known CVEs for ATIDXX64.DLL, but are minimal as they can be exploited in VMware. The NVIDIA CVEs all require local system and privileged access.

 

[Octopuss]

You can now literally bring up the entire control panell in game just by pressing Alt+R and yes I totally agree and and have already used Alt+R a few times to find the hot key I was after

lol I didn't even know about this one.