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The AMD Driver Thread

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https://www.amd.com/en/support/kb/release-notes/rn-rad-win-20-7-1

Software Adrenalin 2020 Edition 20.7.1 Highlights
Support For
  • Disintegration™
  • AMD Bug Report Tool(1)
    • The AMD Bug Report Tool is a new and easy way to report issues directly to us. Simply fill in the form and send the report in. The tool will automatically capture system details for you, giving our development teams the necessary information to identify and resolve issues in future software releases.
Fixed Issues
  • Some game titles may experience hitching or stutter when Instant Replay is enabled on Radeon RX 5000 series system configurations.
  • Radeon RX Vega Series and Radeon VII graphics products may experience performance drops when Performance Metrics Overlay is open while a game is running.
  • An error message may sometimes be displayed instead of your stream preview when switching between tabs in Radeon Software while streaming.
  • Custom fan and clock tuning may sometimes reset to default when changes are applied in the Radeon Performance Tuning tab.
  • Custom tuning profiles may fail to load or apply correctly after some system boots.
  • Display resolution may fail to stretch to full panel when the display scaling feature is enabled for Counter-Strike™: Global Offensive.
  • The game compatibility tab in Radeon Software may sometimes show incorrect GPU information for populated games.
  • An error message indicating “Oops something went wrong” may sometimes appear when clicking on the game compatibility tab.
  • Valorant™ may be detected or listed incorrectly as League of Legends™ in the gaming tab in Radeon Software.
  • Microsoft™ Teams may experience an intermittent TDR when performing screen sharing on some APU system configurations.
  • Saints Row™: The Third Remastered may experience a system crash or hang when changing display mode.
  • DOTA2™ may experience frame drops when Radeon Chill is enabled and the system is left idle for a short period of time.
  • Invoking Radeon Overlay may cause stuttering in playback content when using the Netflix™ Windows® store application.
  • Deus Ex: Mankind Divided™ may experience an application crash or hang when loading into some train stations.
  • Fan speed may report as zero when GPU-Z is running alongside a 3D application.
  • The toast messages for some features such as Instant Replay, Instant GIF and Radeon Replay are not correctly showing when Record Desktop is set to off.
  • Radeon Software Install now provides an error message when a user attempts to install unsupported hardware.
  • Some AMD Ryzen™ 3 2200U Mobile Processor with Radeon™ Vega 3 Graphic system configurations may experience a system hang or long boot time when upgrading from previous Radeon Software Adrenalin Edition releases.
  • DOOM Eternal™ may experience intermittent corruption on Radeon RX 5600 series graphics products.
  • DOOM Eternal™ may experience a system hang when HDR and Radeon Overlay are enabled.
  • Some hardware accelerated Chrome™ content leveraging VP9 playback may experience corruption on DisplayPort™ connected displays.
  • Grass or water corruption may be visible in Final Fantasy™ XV after extended periods of gameplay.
  • Radeon Software may fail to generate a profile for League of Legends™ in the gaming tab.
  • Radeon Software’s in-game overlay may fail to appear or may cut off when invoked on 4K display, while the desktop resolution is set to 4K and a game is running with a resolution set to 1080p.
  • After using the DirectML Media Filters in Radeon Software, graphics memory may no longer report accurately in Radeon Software performance section or may report still in use.
  • Enabling Radeon Image Sharpening may cause colors to appear washed out when HDR is enabled.
Known Issues
  • Performance Tuning Profiles saved from previous Radeon Software releases will no longer be compatible with Radeon Software Adrenalin 2020 Edition 20.7.1 and onward.
  • Launching VR applications using the Oculus Rift™ headset may cause corruption or a system hang on Radeon RX 5000 series graphics products.
  • 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.
  • Performance Metrics Overlay and the Performance Tuning tab incorrectly report higher than expected idle clock speeds on Radeon RX 5700 series graphics products. Performance and power consumption are not impacted by this incorrect reporting.
  • With HDR enabled, Windows® desktop may experience flickering, and performing a task switch while in a game may cause colors to become washed out or over saturated.
  • YouTube playback may become frozen with Microsoft® Edge player and Chrome™ when played on an extended display on some AMD Ryzen™ 7 3000 series and AMD Ryzen™ 4000 series APU system configurations.
  • Banners in Radeon Software may sometimes fail to show, and navigation buttons for those banners may fail to work.
  • Modifying the HDMI Scaling slider may cause FPS to become locked to 30.
  • Previews for video content on Netflix® using Microsoft® Edge browser may fail to load or appear black.
  • AMD is investigating isolated reports of intermittent system hangs while exiting system sleep on some AMD Ryzen™ 3000 Series Mobile Processors with Radeon™ Graphics.
  • AMD will continue to monitor and investigate any new reports of black screen or system hang issues during extended periods of gameplay closely. Users are encouraged to use the new Bug Reporting Tool for any issues they may encounter.
Footnotes
(1) AMD Bug Report Tool is available for all GCN and RDNA based graphics products. Supported on Windows®7 and Windows®10 operating systems

Important Notes
  • AMD Ryzen™ Mobile Processors with Radeon™ Vega Graphics FAQ for Radeon Software Adrenalin 2020 Edition can be found here.
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Fixed Issues
  • Some game titles may experience hitching or stutter when Instant Replay is enabled on Radeon RX 5000 series system configurations.
  • Custom fan and clock tuning may sometimes reset to default when changes are applied in the Radeon Performance Tuning tab.
  • Custom tuning profiles may fail to load or apply correctly after some system boots.
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That would be good....
 

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Seeing some graphical issues in CoDMW with this new driver on Vega 56. Things like Hardpoint markers are visible through walls, and I'm seeing explosions and some bullet effects through objects. Bit weird.
 

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Good driver for me too. COD:MW feels fluid with what i think less fan noise (hence less power used for the same locked FPS).

RX5700 Time Spy Scores:
20.5.1 Stock: 8520
20.5.1 OC: 8850
20.5.1 With MPT and 5700XT Clocks: 9515
20.7.1 With MPT and 5700XT Clocks: 9755

This is why i love AMD. Your GPU 'matures' to be 20% faster over its lifetime ;)
 

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EdButler said:
Good driver for me too. COD:MW feels fluid with what i think less fan noise (hence less power used for the same locked FPS).

RX5700 Time Spy Scores:
20.5.1 Stock: 8520
20.5.1 OC: 8850
20.5.1 With MPT and 5700XT Clocks: 9515
20.7.1 With MPT and 5700XT Clocks: 9755

This is why i love AMD. Your GPU 'matures' to be 20% faster over its lifetime ;)
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15% but yeah that's impressive.

If that translated into games that take its competitive position from:

RTX 2070: 100%
RX 5700XT: 106%
RTX 2070S: 112%
RTX 2080: 119%
RX 5700XT: 122% (New Driver)

I would be interested to see it retested.

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15% but yeah that's impressive.
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Sorry mate i think you miss-read my results. This 20.5.1 -> 20.7.1 driver alone increased my overall score by 2.5%, which is still pretty handy for free.

My 20% comment was just a joke about the driver improvements you get over the card's life (2-3 years). My 280x and Vega56 and others before it all yielded significantly improved results over their lifetime, always edging them above their NVidia equivalent and sometimes matching the card that was once above it.
 

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Sorry mate i think you miss-read my results. This 20.5.1 -> 20.7.1 driver alone increased my overall score by 2.5%, which is still pretty handy for free.

My 20% comment was just a joke about the driver improvements you get over the card's life (2-3 years). My 280x and Vega56 and others before it all yielded significantly improved results over their lifetime, always edging them above their NVidia equivalent and sometimes matching the card that was once above it.
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Ah, yeah i miss read the whole thing, i just took your lowest and highest scores not realizing its a 5700 clocked to a 5700XT.

Out of interest, is that overall scores? What are your GPU scores alone?

I got 9018 overall score. that's:

9,451 GPU
7,162 CPU

https://www.3dmark.com/3dm/48582805?

Also did a Firestrike run.

22,207.

27,677 GPU
19,455 CPU

https://www.3dmark.com/3dm/48582912?
 

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Greetings, I just tried the new 20.7.1 (amazingly stable compared to the last few), but although it fixed bugs and raised my scores in nearly everything it also raised my Hot Spot temperature by 10c+, to the point that I had to redo my fan profiles.

Silent 24/7 — 2000mhz (~1950mhz effective), 1025mv — before ~70c, after ~80c (40% fan speed) — no sensor goes above ~70c except Hot Spot

Benchmarking — 2200mhz (~2150mhz effective), 1175mv — before ~95c — after ~110c (100% fan speed) — no sensor goes above ~75c except Hot Spot (even at reduced 70% fan speed)

This doesn't make any sense, Where the hell is the drivers/BIOS getting the Hot Spot temps from ? Could it be a flaw in programming ? Does anyone have a modded XFX Thicc III Ultra BIOS I can test with ?
 

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I just ran Time Spy for the first time in a while. With 20.7.1 my GPU score was 9545 (undervolted ref 5700xt). This is about 500 points more than scores I recored with similar clocks last summer.
 

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Anyone else having issues with loading previous driver performance profiles? It just resets all disabled/enabled sliders to off for me then when I reset to enabled, it's got the wrong profile settings
 

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says any oc profiles etc are now not compatible from these drivers going forward in the notes.


  • Performance Tuning Profiles saved from previous Radeon Software releases will no longer be compatible with Radeon Software Adrenalin 2020 Edition 20.7.1 and onward.
 

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SkeeterUK said:
says any oc profiles etc are now not compatible from these drivers going forward in the notes.
  • Performance Tuning Profiles saved from previous Radeon Software releases will no longer be compatible with Radeon Software Adrenalin 2020 Edition 20.7.1 and onward.
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Ah. Thanks. Help if I read the notes past the fixes :rolleyes: I did manage to get it to load a profile eventually so have saved off as new file which seems to load fine on startup.

Early reviews seem positive for this driver so looking forward to using it. Thought the last one was good too stability wise. Great to see AMD back to monthly releases and fixing more things than they break
 

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humbug said:
Out of interest, is that overall scores? What are your GPU scores alone?
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GPU Scores:
v20.5.1 RX5700, 2150Mhz Target (~2060 actual peak), 925Mhz Memory = 9329
v20.7.1 RX5700, 2150Mhz Target (~2030 actual peak), 925Mhz Memory = 9573

As @Kenrou mentioned, my hotspot temp are also higher. Hitting around 99C (around 92-93C before)
 

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EdButler said:
GPU Scores:
v20.5.1 RX5700, 2150Mhz Target (~2060 actual peak), 925Mhz Memory = 9329
v20.7.1 RX5700, 2150Mhz Target (~2030 actual peak), 925Mhz Memory = 9573

As @Kenrou mentioned, my hotspot temp are also higher. Hitting around 99C (around 92-93C before)
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Interesting, ran mine flat stock to compare with reviewed 5700XT's.

Didn't have MSI AB running, according to 3DMark i was running peak 1924Mhz and 1856Mhz average with 1750Mhz Mem, 875Mhz in your reading.

This with the stock targets of 2095Mhz/1750Mhz.

Reviewed 5700XT is 8,855 GPU, at 9,451 i'm 7% higher.

https://www.guru3d.com/articles-pages/amd-radeon-rx-5700-and-5700-xt-review,26.html

Your 5700 must be flashed to an XT is it? they do pretty bloody well, you're about 5% higher clocked than me with about 1% higher scores.

I could get a few more % if i overclock mine but damn there isn't much between them when yours is flashed.
 
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