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The AMD Driver Thread

AMD_Vik said:
Much appreciated. Primary thought is whether performance for Project CARS 2 degraded as of 22.5.2 (introduction of DXXP driver for NV2X).

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I didn't have time to make/upload another video to YouTube, but I did record the same race, then play it in its own window next to the YouTube video and I saw no difference beyond run-to-run variance between 22.3.1 and 22.5.1.

I also didn't "feel" a difference between the two. I think I'll still stick with 22.3.1 until the new stuff gets sorted.
 
This might have the same issue on Automobilista 2 as that runs the project cars 2 engine. I haven't played it for a couple of months but if I get chance tonight I will give it a run and see if that also has this performance drop off issue. See if it affects more then one game and system setup.
 
I have tried automobilista 2 tonight in both dry and wet (known cars and tracks) and I get a similar result to Twinz, however I haven't been getting the big reprojection spikes seen in that video. In the dry I used to average between 6ms and 7ms with this driver 8 and 9ms with the occasional 10ms, but it is still a fairly stable frametime. In the wet without loads of cars around I used to be 8ms to 9ms but on this driver 10ms to 11.5 with lots of reprojection. The reprojection is also flaky in when it triggers and was getting quite a lot of 60fps (headset is 90fps native) so didn't feel great until reprojection kicked in.
What I have noticed though is lower CPU time, on older driver normally around 6ms but now about 4ms so seems like the overhead for the CPU is reduced in the latest driver.
My system hasn't changed clocks etc for a long time now and always use the same profiles in the AMD driver.
I will submit a bug report too on this and hopefully some fixes in the next version, fingers crossed.
 
My AI test race is at a track where shadows are difficult in two spots. It's a worst-case (for dry, daytime racing) scenario I used to find how far I could push settings and still have a little headroom.

That's probably why I got the big chuncks of >11ms frame times. The old driver was able to hold 90fps, but there are two spots on the track where it uses most of its headroom doing so. The new driver starts with considerably less headroom, so the same tough spots are much more obvious.

*edit* not sure what is going on with the lonley spikes at the start. The stuff that got my attention while driving starts around 1:26.
 

AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition 22.8.2 Release Notes​

Highlights​

  • Support for:
    • Saints Row™ with DirectX® 12
    • The Bridge Curse Road to Salvation™

Fixed Issues​

  • VCE presets may be in mixing in VEGAS Pro™ with some AMD Graphics Products such as the Radeon™ RX 6600 Graphics.
  • DaVinci Resolve™ Studio 17 may crash using AMD encoder on some AMD Graphics Products such as the Radeon™ RX 6900 XT Graphics.
  • While playing Lost Ark™, flickering may be intermittently experienced after changing displaying settings or checking character info with some AMD Graphics Products such as the Radeon™ RX 6800 Graphics.
  • FINAL FANTASY® VIII - REMASTERED fails to launch.

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.
  • Some stuttering may be experienced while playing Fortnite™ with DirectX® 11 API.
  • Radeon™ Super Resolution may fail to trigger after changing resolution or HDR settings on games such as Nioh™ 2.
  • Oculus dashboard menu and rendered controllers may appear bouncing/wobbly on Oculus Quest 2 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.
  • While previewing the timeline in VEGAS Pro™, some colors may appear inverted.
  • Display may briefly show corruption when switching between video and game windows on some AMD Graphics Products such as the Radeon™ RX 6700 XT.
  • Enhanced Sync may cause an intermittent black screen to occur during gameplay and video playback using extended displays and toggling Enhanced Sync.

Important Notes​

  • AMD Software Capture and Stream features and Overlay support for Clone mode and Eyefinity display configurations will be introduced at a later date.
  • The latest AMD LINK Client for Windows can be downloaded through the Microsoft® App Store.
  • Hybrid graphics support for Radeon™ Super Resolution is compatible with Radeon™ RX 5000 and 6000 series GPUs on AMD Ryzen™ 6000 series processor notebooks.
  • OpenGL applications that are 10-bit aware are no longer supported with HDR display capabilities. Enabling 10-Bit Pixel Format in advanced graphics settings is only recommended for use of 10-bit aware OpenGL applications and not required for enabling 10-Bit Color Display Capabilities.
  • AMD is working with the game developers of Saints Row™ to resolve issues using DirectX® 11 and Vulkan® API. Users are recommended to launch Saints Row™ with DirectX® 12. Hybrid graphics users are recommended to use high performance mode in Windows graphics preferences.

Package Contents​


The AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition 22.8.2 installation package contains the following:
  • AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition 22.8.2 Driver Version 22.20.19.09 for Windows® 10 and Windows® 11 (Windows Driver Store Version 31.0.12019.9007).
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Updated my son's RX480 build from 22.5.1 to 22.8.2 due to consistent nagging from Fortnite that the driver had known issues - game now almost instantly freezes in the lobby :(

Do I really need to downgrade all the way back to 22.2.2 (which I think was the version epic were recommending?). Surely one of the most popular eSports games shouldn't have issues outstanding for this long
 
The new opengl drive is great from a performance perspective but there's an annoying issue where I can't alt-tab (it loses focus, but a frozen picture of the game remains), so I have to like switch to windowed mode (alt-enter). It's like this in the windows preview driver, 22.7.1, 22.8.1, 22.8.2. Works fine with older drivers but their performance is terrible in OGL.
 
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