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The AMD Driver Thread

SkeeterUK

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Please have a good read of first link, its about 4-5 different ppl with diff amd cards and 1 has some nvidia and amd gpus and we tested the start menu where its a good gpu only test and found amd gpus are have some pretty obvious fps issues which lead us to believe amd cards on vulkan or their coding of vulkan are suffering fps issues which are quite bad vs nvidias equivalent. Please work with ego to get performance up for amd range of cards please.

Panos posted this on amd support forums to get more exposure of this issue.
https://community.amd.com/t5/graphics/rdna-1-amp-2-performance-with-x4-foundations/m-p/485604#M78542

I will post the gist of the fps issue tho here too:

Hi,
There is a discussion found bellow in X4 Foundation forums, where at GPU bound scenario both RDNA1 and RDNA2 GPUs do not perform properly with the Vulkan game engine.

https://forum.egosoft.com/viewtopic.php?f=146&t=441417

One user has 1080Ti, 6900XT and 3080Ti and run tests at 2560x1440 and was perplexed why the 6900XT is so slow.

Another user joined in with a 6800 and myself with a 5700XT AE.
GTX1080Ti shows 60% higher fps compared to watercooled and overclocked 5700XT AE, and 10% faster than the 6800.

3080Ti is 45% faster than the 6900XT which is barely 25% faster than the 1080Ti.
All GPU scores are at 100% GPU load and max speeds.

Is there a driver issue? Is this a game engine issue?

1080ti (evga sc2) = 120 fps - 125 fps
1080Ti (strix gaming oc) = 125 fps
3080ti (gigabyte aorus master) = 232 fps - 238 fps
6900 xt (amd reference) = 160 fps
6800 = 115-135 fps
5700XT = 70-80 fps
6700XT = 80-95fps (update)

Update

Another user tested the set settings with a Radeon VII

72-108 FPS, ~195 watts GPU usage, ~1750MHz Core, 1200MHz vRAM - Increased vRAM speed and undervolted GPU.

75-113, ~280 watts GPU usage, ~1900MHz Core, 1200MHz vRAM - Heavy overclock with +20% power limit.

68-103, ~190 watts GPU usage, ~1750MHz Core, 1000MHz vRAM - Mostly stock settings except for an undervolted GPU.

The low end of the FPS is at the same scene with all the AMD & NV cards.

Thank you.
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Make sure ur amd testing is using the beta branch on steam, were using beta 4.10 beta 6.

https://forum.egosoft.com/viewtopic.php?f=192&t=405397

instructions to get on the beta branch.

Also in glad the previous reports of gfx issues are getting worked on and helped, ive updated testing and found better info on them 2 diff gfx issues the artifacts, on the end posts of them two links out of the three i posted the other day, hope they can help further.
 
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AMD_Vik

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SkeeterUK said:
Please have a good read of first link, its about 4-5 different ppl with diff amd cards and 1 has some nvidia and amd gpus and we tested the start menu where its a good gpu only test and found amd gpus are have some pretty obvious fps issues which lead us to believe amd cards on vulkan or their coding of vulkan are suffering fps issues which are quite bad vs nvidias equivalent. Please work with ego to get performance up for amd range of cards please.

Panos posted this on amd support forums to get more exposure of this issue.
https://community.amd.com/t5/graphics/rdna-1-amp-2-performance-with-x4-foundations/m-p/485604#M78542

I will post the gist of the fps issue tho here too:



Make sure ur amd testing is using the beta branch on steam, were using beta 4.10 beta 6.

https://forum.egosoft.com/viewtopic.php?f=192&t=405397

instructions to get on the beta branch.

Also in glad the previous reports of gfx issues are getting worked on and helped, ive updated testing and found better info on them 2 diff gfx issues the artifacts, on the end posts of them two links out of the three i posted the other day, hope they can help further.
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Brill, thank you for bringing it to my attention :)
 

D1craig

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LtMatt said:
Why would you change the page file? This should always be left at default auto settings. Are you using a custom page file?
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it was one of the fixes for this game. it never worked.

there are conflicting reports on changing it though. i couldnt decide either way if it was a good idea or not from what i had read.
 

kitfit1

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D1craig said:
ive tried everything i see when i google. went back to xx.3.1, changed page file, verified the game files, uninstalled and installed the game again and its still doing it...
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Just about anyone that has been about for long enough should know that changing the default page file in Windows is a futile move. That has really been the case since Win7. It sort of worked in Winxp, but only if you had huge amounts of ram, which most peeps didn't.
With the release of SSD drives any need for lowering the page file became redundant. In fact, in more cases than not it will make Windows very unstable and certain Windows processes won't work properly without the page file set up as Windows wants it set up.
 

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Hey everyone, 21.8.2 is now available:

https://www.amd.com/en/support/kb/release-notes/rn-rad-win-21-8-2

Support For
  • Myst™
    • Up to 6% increase in performance in Myst @ 4K Medium settings with Raytracing enabled, using Radeon™ Software Adrenalin 21.8.2 on the 16GB Radeon™ RX 6800XT graphics card, versus the previous software driver edition 21.8.1.RS-398
  • Aliens™: Fireteam Elite
Fixed Issues
  • Users may experience difficulties ending a recording session on Open Broadcaster Software™ when recording in H265/HEVC codec on some AMD Graphics products such as Radeon™ RX 6800 XT.
  • While playing F1® 2021 in Split Screen mode, image corruption may be observed on one of the players’ screens.
  • Radeon software application may become unresponsive when some users attempt to launch the application.
  • While playing Control™ using DirectX® 12, users may observe corrupt light rays on some AMD Graphics products such as Radeon™ RX 6600 XT.
  • Upgrading to the latest Radeon™ graphics driver may cause the auto update feature on Ryzen™ Master to stop working.
Known Issues
  • Open Broadcaster Software™ may continue to run in the background after a user ends a recording session and closes the application.
  • Visual artefacts in PAYDAY™ 2 may be observed during gameplay on some AMD Graphics products such as Radeon™ RX 6800 XT.
  • AMD is investigating a black screen issue that may be experienced while playing Myst™ or Kingshunt™ on some Radeon™ RX 6800 XT graphics products. A temporary workaround is to disable Performance Metrics Overlay or Radeon™ Image Sharpening in Radeon Software.
  • Driver timeouts may be experienced while playing a game & streaming a video simultaneously on some AMD Graphics products such as Radeon™ RX 500 Series Graphics.
  • Radeon Software may crash or become unresponsive while playing some DirectX® 11 games such as PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds™ with multiple displays connected in extended mode.
  • Playing Horizon Zero Dawn™ for an extended period may lead to a driver timeout or game crash on some AMD Graphics products such as 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.
  • Connecting two displays with large differences in resolution/refresh rates may cause flickering on Radeon RX Vega series graphics products.
  • Radeon performance metrics and logging features may intermittently report extremely high and incorrect memory clock values.
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Best regards,
 

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Hey guys, 21.9.1 is now available:

https://www.amd.com/en/support/kb/release-notes/rn-rad-win-21-9-1

Radeon™ Software Adrenalin 21.9.1 Highlights
Support For
  • Deathloop™
  • Call of Duty® Vanguard Open Beta
  • AMD Smart Access Memory on Radeon™ RX 5000 Series Graphics
Added Vulkan® Support
  • VK_KHR_zero_initialize_workgroup_memory
    • This extension allows implementations to use the null constant initializer on shader workgroup memory variables. This in turn allows applications that run untrusted content to defeat memory-scraping attacks.
  • VK_KHR_shader_integer_dot_product
    • This extension adds support for the integer dot product SPIR-V instructions defined in SPV_KHR_integer_dot_product. The SPV_KHR_integer_dot_product extension allows dot product operations on integer vectors with optional accumulation. In addition to allowing dot product operations for all input vector types, it also allows integer dot product for 4-component vectors of 8-bit integers that are packed into 32-bit integers.
  • VK_EXT_shader_atomic_float2
    • This extension provides shaders with the capability to perform 16-bit floating-point atomic operations on buffer and workgroup memory. It additionally allows floating-point atomic minimum and maximum operations on buffer, workgroup, and image memory.
  • VK_EXT_load_store_op_none
    • This extension allows an application to specify the contents within the render area that will not modified or can be expected to be undefined after rendering.
Fixed Issues
  • Visual artifacts in PAYDAY™ 2 may be observed during gameplay on some AMD Graphics products such as Radeon™ RX 6800 XT.
  • Connecting two displays with large differences in resolution/refresh rates may cause flickering on Radeon RX Vega series graphics products.
  • On Radeon™ RX 5500 XT Graphics, higher than expected memory clock speed and power consumption may be experienced when idle and the display’s resolution and refresh rate are set to specific values such as 1080p @ 60Hz.
  • While playing Assassin’s Creed® Odyssey, driver timeouts or black screens may be experienced on some AMD Graphics products such as Radeon™ RX 480 Graphics when the user quickly navigates through the game menus or swiftly looks around an environment with their character.
Known Issues
  • Open Broadcaster Software™ may continue to run in the background after a user ends a recording session and closes the application.
  • Driver timeouts may be experienced while playing a game & streaming a video simultaneously on some AMD Graphics products such as Radeon™ RX 500 Series Graphics.
  • AMD Radeon™ Software may crash or become unresponsive while playing some DirectX® 11 games such as PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds™ with multiple displays connected in extended mode.
  • Playing Horizon Zero Dawn™ for an extended period may lead to a driver timeout or game crash on some AMD Graphics products such as 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.
  • Radeon performance metrics and logging features may intermittently report extremely high and incorrect memory clock values.
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Best regards,
 
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