The AMD Driver Thread

gpuerrilla · 27 Jun 2020 at 16:21

Phixsator said:
I understand where you are both coming from as I certainly would prefer stable, bug-free drivers myself. However, you don't have to go back that many years where AMD would get hammered for not releasing a driver every 2 weeks to a month. So, in the end, you just cannot satisfy everyone. But on a personal level, I'm in the same boat as you. I would prefer a 100% stable driver. That said, I haven't had any issues with the last few so I'm golden.

If you look at the history, the beta drivers are for experimenting and getting fast fixes to buggy games. As mentioned, its not exactly rocket science to release a stable one every couple of months which is reliable enough to suit most setups. The certified ones these days dont seem to count for anything other than title.

Proto · 28 Jun 2020 at 07:38

Radeon™ Software Adrenalin 2020 Edition 20.5.1 Beta with Graphics Hardware Scheduling Highlights.
https://www.amd.com/en/support/kb/release-notes/rn-rad-win-20-5-1-ghs-beta

Support For

Windows® May 2020 Update
- AMD is excited to provide beta support for Microsoft’s Graphics Hardware Scheduling feature. By moving scheduling responsibilities from software into hardware, this feature has the potential to improve GPU responsiveness and to allow additional innovation in GPU workload management in the future. This feature is available on Radeon RX 5600 and Radeon RX 5700 series graphics products.

SkeeterUK · 28 Jun 2020 at 10:10

Fk off amd, i checked the requirements and my vega 56 passes them for hardware scheduling so why the heck can us vega users not have it!!! Theres no reason why it cant do it, it has the hardware and min requirements according to ms.

https://www.reddit.com/r/intel/comments/f9ztf8/wddm_27_provides_better_performance_for_intel/

Says no lower than shader model 6.3 and vega 56 is 6.4. Afaik thas the only requirement.

If there keeping it for rdna cards only thats bull.

gpuerrilla · 28 Jun 2020 at 11:14

I would hedge its a marketing spiel as they dont know the specs of the vega. Flip side could be the driver devs cba supporting it yet?

shankly1985 · 28 Jun 2020 at 11:50

SkeeterUK said:
Fk off amd, i checked the requirements and my vega 56 passes them for hardware scheduling so why the heck can us vega users not have it!!! Theres no reason why it cant do it, it has the hardware and min requirements according to ms.

https://www.reddit.com/r/intel/comments/f9ztf8/wddm_27_provides_better_performance_for_intel/

Says no lower than shader model 6.3 and vega 56 is 6.4. Afaik thas the only requirement.

If there keeping it for rdna cards only thats bull.

It will come, they release it when it's ready am sure of it. Navi being the new GPU in its right should get new features first.

Proto · 28 Jun 2020 at 11:54

Interested in seeing how this may interact with a lack of DirectX 11 multi-threaded optimisation in Radeon drivers, especially for higher-end GPUs and earlier released CPUs.

humbug · 28 Jun 2020 at 12:32

Proto said:
Radeon™ Software Adrenalin 2020 Edition 20.5.1 Beta with Graphics Hardware Scheduling Highlights.
https://www.amd.com/en/support/kb/release-notes/rn-rad-win-20-5-1-ghs-beta

Support For

Windows® May 2020 Update

AMD is excited to provide beta support for Microsoft’s Graphics Hardware Scheduling feature. By moving scheduling responsibilities from software into hardware, this feature has the potential to improve GPU responsiveness and to allow additional innovation in GPU workload management in the future. This feature is available on Radeon RX 5600 and Radeon RX 5700 series graphics products.

It has the same version number as the one on the main page, are they the same or not?

https://www.amd.com/en/support/kb/release-notes/rn-rad-win-20-5-1

Proto · 28 Jun 2020 at 12:45

humbug said:
It has the same version number as the one on the main page, are they the same or not?

https://www.amd.com/en/support/kb/release-notes/rn-rad-win-20-5-1

Not sure how they could be, Humbug.

The Radeon Software Adrenalin 2020 Edition 20.5.1 installation package contains the following:

Radeon Software Adrenalin 2020 Edition 20.5.1 Driver Version 20.10 (Windows Driver Store Version 27.20.1017.1011)

https://www.amd.com/en/support/kb/release-notes/rn-rad-win-20-5-1

The Radeon Software Adrenalin 2020 Edition 20.5.1 Beta installation package contains the following:

Radeon Software Adrenalin 2020 Edition 20.5.1 Beta Driver Version 20.10.17.04 (Windows Driver Store Version 27.20.1017.4017)

https://www.amd.com/en/support/kb/release-notes/rn-rad-win-20-5-1-ghs-beta

Are you still celebrating Liverpool winning the Premier League?

humbug · 28 Jun 2020 at 12:46

Proto said:
Not sure how they could be, Humbug.

Package Contents
The Radeon Software Adrenalin 2020 Edition 20.5.1 installation package contains the following:

Radeon Software Adrenalin 2020 Edition 20.5.1 Driver Version 20.10 (Windows Driver Store Version 27.20.1017.1011)

https://www.amd.com/en/support/kb/release-notes/rn-rad-win-20-5-1

Package Contents
The Radeon Software Adrenalin 2020 Edition 20.5.1 Beta installation package contains the following:

Radeon Software Adrenalin 2020 Edition 20.5.1 Beta Driver Version 20.10.17.04 (Windows Driver Store Version 27.20.1017.4017).

https://www.amd.com/en/support/kb/release-notes/rn-rad-win-20-5-1-ghs-beta

Are you still celebrating Liverpool winning the Premier League?

No interest in football..... thanks for the clarification.

i'll give them a go....

Proto · 28 Jun 2020 at 12:57

humbug said:
No interest in football..... thanks for the clarification. i'll give them a go....

No worries, and remember to report back.

subbytna · 28 Jun 2020 at 17:07

Phixsator said:
Gonna give it a go. 20.5.1 has been working well on my Vega 64 so fare but I don't really use any of the features like enhance sync, chill, and so on.

Chill is an excellent piece of software, I don't know why anyone would NOT use it? I have a 60Hz screen so I lock the chill options at 65-75 FPS. Means the Vega64 card doens't really have to break sweat and the freesync is just the icing on the cake for smooth as butter experience.

You can set it up for each game you play.

For example I don't need more than 30fps for footy manager so I set it up for 30fps, but I do need a minimum of 60fps (I actually use 65fps) for Grid, Defense grid etc so I've each game set up with their own Chill profile. It automatically activates when you load the game so nothing needs doing after you initially set up the profile in Chill once.

Phixsator · 28 Jun 2020 at 17:46

subbytna said:
Chill is an excellent piece of software, I don't know why anyone would NOT use it? I have a 60Hz screen so I lock the chill options at 65-75 FPS. Means the Vega64 card doens't really have to break sweat and the freesync is just the icing on the cake for smooth as butter experience.

You can set it up for each game you play.

For example I don't need more than 30fps for footy manager so I set it up for 30fps, but I do need a minimum of 60fps (I actually use 65fps) for Grid, Defense grid etc so I've each game set up with their own Chill profile. It automatically activates when you load the game so nothing needs doing after you initially set up the profile in Chill once.

I don't need chill because I'm using a 240hz display and Vega can't push that many frames unless it's something like Overwatch or CS. I would use it for games such as Civ 6 or similar but I don't play them at the moment.

SonicSW20 · 28 Jun 2020 at 17:56

SkeeterUK said:
Fk off amd, i checked the requirements and my vega 56 passes them for hardware scheduling so why the heck can us vega users not have it!!! Theres no reason why it cant do it, it has the hardware and min requirements according to ms.

https://www.reddit.com/r/intel/comments/f9ztf8/wddm_27_provides_better_performance_for_intel/

Says no lower than shader model 6.3 and vega 56 is 6.4. Afaik thas the only requirement.

If there keeping it for rdna cards only thats bull.

It's a matter of testing. Current GPU's take priority, and it takes time to test that the functionality works well enough to release in a public beta driver. We've already seen this before with Radeon Image Sharpening - That was initially RX5700(XT) only, and was added to older cards in subsequent driver releases.

Really nothing worth getting mad about.

SkeeterUK · 28 Jun 2020 at 18:03

Yeah guess i was a bit over the top about it.

kaiserc · 29 Jun 2020 at 01:31

Just notice that the new beta for gpu scheduling has removed enhanced sync - its not there

humbug · 29 Jun 2020 at 01:33

kaiserc said:
Just notice that the new beta for gpu scheduling has removed enhanced sync - its not there

You're right it has.

Any software that i can use to test GPU Scheduling?

Lokken86 · 30 Jun 2020 at 07:01

Anyone know how to get Radeon Relive available on a laptop with the latest drivers?

Thekwango · 30 Jun 2020 at 12:26

anyone have any idea why in the name of **** the driver would randomly change the manual tuning settings i have loaded? doesn't seem to matter what driver version i use it keeps happening and to make it even more fun it changes to settings that cause the damn thing to crash - vega64 here.

shankly1985 · 30 Jun 2020 at 12:54

Thekwango said:
anyone have any idea why in the name of **** the driver would randomly change the manual tuning settings i have loaded? doesn't seem to matter what driver version i use it keeps happening and to make it even more fun it changes to settings that cause the damn thing to crash - vega64 here.

Don't have that issue with my vega 64.

humbug · 30 Jun 2020 at 13:15

Thekwango said:
anyone have any idea why in the name of **** the driver would randomly change the manual tuning settings i have loaded? doesn't seem to matter what driver version i use it keeps happening and to make it even more fun it changes to settings that cause the damn thing to crash - vega64 here.

I find it sticks if you don't go too far, I run 1150mv, - 5% power, and 58% fans that sticks, but if I set the volts lower by the next reboot it resets even if it never crashes