AMD introduced its first graphics driver for May, Radeon Software Adrenalin 2019 Edition 19.5.1. Its main innovations are support for the shooter Rage 2 (the company promises a performance increase of up to 16% when using the driver) and the next major update, Windows 10 May 2019 Update (version 1903). The manufacturer has also added tracing instructions for Radeon GPU Profiler 1.5.x.
In addition to the advantages, there are obvious disadvantages in the form low-level graphics API Mantle, as well as AMD's refusal to switch between integrated and discrete Enduro graphics technology. Those who want to continue to enjoy the benefits of Mantle and Enduro can only rely on .
Fixed a lot of problems:
- performance metrics in overlay mode caused intermittent flickering when playing protected content;
- hung during startup on systems with AMD XConnect technology;
- driver installation failed on systems with AMD Radeon HD 7970;
- hangs of Radeon RX 400 and Radeon RX 500 series video cards when hot plugging 8K displays;
- Radeon VII did not apply Radeon video profiles when playing video;
- problems connecting HTC Vive;
- system instability when connecting a wireless display on an ASUS TUF Gaming FX505 laptop;
- Frame drops when playing interlaced DivX content in Windows Movies & TV;
- Increased Radeon RX Vega memory clocks at idle on multi-display desktops;
- inability to select 10-bit color in Radeon settings when connecting 4K 60 Hz monitors;
- Enhanced Sync mode did not enable FreeSync in DirectX 9 games from the first launch;
- identification issues in the AMD Link app;
- texture flickering or artifacts when using the Vulkan API and Radeon RX Vega accelerators.
The company's engineers continue to work on fixing known issues:
- Unable to stream Radeon ReLive and upload videos and other content to Facebook.
- Issues connecting discrete GPU on ASUS TUF Gaming FX505 laptop when idle;
- hovering in with a long game;
- screen flickering on systems with AMD Radeon VII when working with multiple displays;
- Performance metrics and Radeon WattMan indicators overlay show inaccurate fluctuations on AMD Radeon VII.
- HDR video freezes or does not play correctly in the Movies and TV app on some Ryzen APUs.
Radeon Software Adrenalin 2019 Edition 19.5.1 can be downloaded on 64-bit versions of Windows 7 or Windows 10 as with , or from the Radeon Settings menu. It is dated May 13 and is intended for video cards and integrated graphics of the Radeon HD 7000 family and above.
Source: 3dnews.ru