There have also been reports of the driver changing the boot order on some systems. The company is also still trying to figure out why idle power draw is so high on Radeon RX 7900 series cards attached to high-refresh rate monitors. In the notes, it says it's working with the developer to 'resolve performance issues' that occur when ray tracing is enabled. For example, if you're playing Hogwarts Legacy and are not happy with your AMD GPU's ray tracing performance, neither is the company. Overall, AMD claims about 10% in performance gains across various titles.ĭespite the wide range of improvements, not everything is rosy with AMD's newest driver. In a blog post (Opens in a new window), it shared benchmarks showing the improvements it's been able to net since October 2021. With the release of this driver, AMD is taking a moment to crow about how much its drivers have improved in the past year and a half. AMD claims it's been able to deliver up to 10% performance improvement since Windows 11 launched in late 2021. AMD says it's also improved OBS performance for streamers with older GPUs. This feature was previously only available on the 7000 series GPUs. Additionally, this new driver delivers streaming optimizations for H.264 and H.265 for RDNA 2 GPUs.

In addition, the release notes (Opens in a new window) list many performance boosts for popular titles you can expect on a Radeon RX 6950 XT at 4K, ranging from 19% in F1 2022 to 4% in Hogwarts Legacy. The driver also includes optimizations for the recently launched Dead Space Remake. The headline features are that it improves 4K performance in the recently released Forspoken by 7% for the 6950 XT. They're compatible with all Radeon GPUs going back to the RX 400 series on desktops and 600 series on laptops. The drivers are officially called AMD Adrenalin 23.2.1. Unfortunately, some users are reporting their systems are unable to boot after installation, but there's likely an easy fix for the issue. It also promises big improvements across the board for older GPUs. This unified driver brings features only available on 7000 series GPUs to their predecessors. Now the company has finally delivered a new driver for both its 7000 series and older GPUs. It released the last one in November, a lifetime for GPU drivers, especially with many holiday releases. AMD has been taking its sweet time with driver updates for the still-powerful GPU family. People who own older 6000 series Radeon GPUs have been feeling left in the cold lately.

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