Driver Update: AMD Radeon Software Adrenalin 2020 Edition 21.2.1

AMD has released a new version of its Radeon Software Adrenalin Edition 2020 drivers. The drivers are only suitable for the HD 7730(M) and higher, the HD 8570 and higher, and the R5, R7, R9 and RX series cards. The drivers are only offered for Windows 7 and 10 and there are no more 32-bit drivers available. New in the 2020 edition includes Radeon Boost, a technology that uses dynamic resolution scaling to achieve better frame rates. In version 21.2.1 we find improvements for the game The Medium and several problems have been fixed.

Support For

• The Medium – Up to 9% increase in performance in The Medium @ 4K High settings, with Radeon Software Adrenalin 2020 Edition 21.2.1 on the 16GB Radeon RX 6800XT graphics card, versus the previous software driver edition 21.1.1. RS-351

Fixed Issues

• Display flicker or corruption may be experienced when two displays are connected to Radeon RX Vega series graphics products with at least one display set to a high refresh rate.
• Screen flickering might be observed when using MSI Afterburner.
• Radeon recording and streaming features may fail to enable on AMD Radeon HD 7800 series graphics products.
• Some models may fail to render or may render incorrectly when using SketchUp on Radeon RDNA graphics products.
• Some Samsung CRG9 series displays may experience a black screen when waking from sleep.
• Metro Exodus may experience intermittent application crashes with DirectX® Raytracing enabled.
• Video playback on secondary displays may experience stutter while playing Doom Eternal on the primary display.

Known Issues

• Hitman 3 may experience an application crash in the Apex Predator mission on Radeon RX 6000 series graphics products.
• Radeon FreeSync may fail to enable in Forza Horizon 4.
• AMD is currently investigating end user reports that Radeon Software may sometimes have higher than expected CPU utilization, even when a system is at idle. Users who are experiencing this issue are encouraged to file a bug report in Radeon Software.
• Brightness flickering may intermittently occur in some games or applications when Radeon FreeSync is enabled, and the game is set to use borderless fullscreen.
• 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.