AMD Radeon Software Adrenalin Edition driver 18.8.2 Beta
Support For
- Strange Brigade™
- Up to 5% faster performance in Strange Brigade™ using Radeon Software Adrenalin Edition 18.8.2 on the Radeon™ RX Vega 64 (8GB) graphics card than with Radeon™ Software Adrenalin Edition 18.8.1 at 3840x2160 (4K). RS-243
- Up to 3% faster performance in Strange Brigade™ using Radeon Software Adrenalin Edition 18.8.2 on the Radeon™ RX 580 (8GB) graphics card than with Radeon™ Software Adrenalin Edition 18.8.1 at 2560x1440 (1440p). RS-244
- F1™2018
Fixed Issues
- Some games may experience instability or stutter when playing with FRTC and Instant Replay enabled.
- Upgrade Advisor may not appear in Radeon Settings game manager.
- Far Cry™5 may experience dimmed or grey images with HDR10 enabled on some system configurations.
- Far Cry™5 may experience an application hang when changing video settings on some system configurations.
- Radeon Chill min and max values may not sync on multi GPU system configurations.
- Radeon FreeSync may fail to enable when playing Call of Duty®: Black Ops 4.
Known Issues
- Radeon FreeSync may fail to enable when playing Monster Hunter™: World.
- Some DirectX®12 gaming applications may experience instability while recording with Radeon ReLive on system configurations using Radeon R9 290 and Radeon R9 390 series graphics products."
- Cursor or system lag may be observed on some system configurations when two or more displays are connected and one display is powered off.
- Radeon RX Vega Series graphics products may experience elevated memory clocks during system idle.
- Strange Brigade™ may experience fps drops on multi GPU enabled system configurations when Enhanced Sync is enabled and Vulkan™ API is enabled.
- Flickering may be observed on some displays when Radeon FreeSync is enabled with Radeon ReLive enabled and recording.
- Video profiles may not correctly apply on web browser video content.
Footnotes
- Testing conducted by AMD Performance Labs as of August 22nd, 2018 on the 8GB Radeon™ RX Vega 64, on a test system comprising of Intel i7 7700X CPU (4.2 GHz), 16GB DDR4-3000 Mhz system memory, and Windows 10 x64. PC manufacturers may vary configurations, yielding different results. With ultra preset settings on Strange Brigade using the Vulkan API, at 3840x2160, the Radeon™ RX Vega 64 scored 59.5 FPS with Radeon™ Software 18.8.1, whereas the Radeon™ RX Vega 64 scored 62.5 FPS with Radeon™ Software 18.8.2. Comparing FPS between software versions, Radeon™ Software 18.8.2 has 5% faster performance in Strange Brigade. Performance may vary based on use of latest drivers. RS-243.
- Testing conducted by AMD Performance Labs as of August 22nd, 2018 on the 8GB Radeon™ RX 580, on a test system comprising of Intel i7 7700X CPU (4.2 GHz), 16GB DDR4-3000 Mhz system memory, and Windows 10 x64. PC manufacturers may vary configurations, yielding different results. With ultra preset settings on Strange Brigade using the DirectX12 API, at 2560x1440, the Radeon™ RX Vega 580 scored 61.8 FPS with Radeon™ Software 18.8.1, whereas the Radeon™ RX Vega 580 scored 63.6 FPS with Radeon™ Software 18.8.2. Comparing FPS between software versions, Radeon™ Software 18.8.2 has 3% faster performance in Strange Brigade. Performance may vary based on use of latest drivers. RS-244
Package Contents
The Radeon Software Adrenalin Edition 18.8.2 installation package contains the following:
- Radeon Software Adrenalin Edition 18.8.2 Driver Version 18.30.11.01 (Windows Driver Store Version 24.20.13011.1009)
Radeon Desktop Product Family Compatibility
Radeon RX Vega Series Graphics | Radeon™ RX 500 Series Graphics |
Radeon™ RX 400 Series Graphics | AMD Radeon™ Pro Duo |
AMD Radeon™ R7 300 Series Graphics | AMD Radeon™ R7 200 Series Graphics |
AMD Radeon™ R9 Fury Series Graphics | AMD Radeon™ R5 300 Series Graphics |
AMD Radeon™ R9 Nano Series Graphics | AMD Radeon™ R5 200 Series Graphics |
AMD Radeon™ R9 300 Series Graphics | AMD Radeon™ HD 8500 - HD 8900 Series Graphics |
AMD Radeon™ R9 200 Series Graphics | AMD Radeon™ HD 7700 - HD 7900 Series Graphics |
AMD Ryzen™ Desktop Processors with Radeon™ Vega Graphics Compatibility
AMD Ryzen 5 2400G |
AMD Ryzen 3 2200G |
Radeon Mobility Product Family Compatibility
AMD Radeon™ R9 M300 Series Graphics | AMD Radeon™ R7 M200 Series Graphics |
AMD Radeon™ R7 M300 Series Graphics | AMD Radeon™ R5 M200 Series Graphics |
AMD Radeon™ R5 M300 Series Graphics | AMD Radeon™ HD 8500M - HD 8900M Series Graphics |
AMD Radeon™ R9 M200 Series Graphics | AMD Radeon™ HD 7700M - HD 7900M Series Graphics |
AMD APU Product Family Compatibility
Desktop | Mobile |
AMD A-Series APUs with Radeon™ R4, R5, R6, or R7 Graphics | AMD A-Series APUs with Radeon™ R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, or R8 Graphics |
AMD Pro A-Series APUs with Radeon™ R5 or R7 Graphics | AMD Pro A-Series APUs with Radeon™ R5, R6, or R7 Graphics |
AMD Athlon™ Series APUs with Radeon™ R3 Graphics | AMD FX-Series APUs with Radeon™ R7 Graphics |
AMD Sempron™ Series APUs with Radeon™ R3 Graphics | AMD E-Series APUs with Radeon™ R2 Graphics |
| AMD Radeon™ HD 8180 - HD 8400 Series Graphics |