AMD has released a new driver for its Radeon graphics cards that brings both support and optimizations for several titles including Halo: Infinite, Fortnite, and Icarus.
According to AMD, Radeon Software Adrenalin 21.12.1 increase Halo Infinite performance by up to 17%, 19%, and 16% on the RX 6900 XT, RX 6800 XT, and RX 6700 XT graphics cards, respectively.
The new driver also introduces fixes to several issues with games such as Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy, PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds, and Forza Horizon 5. AMD also reported several issues it’s currently aware of and is working on fixing.
Here are the release notes:
Radeon™ Software Adrenalin 21.12.1 Highlights
Support For
- Halo Infinite™
- Up to 17% increase in performance in Halo Infinite @ 4K Ultra Settings, using Radeon™ Software Adrenalin 21.12.1 on the 16 GB Radeon™ RX 6900 XT graphics card, versus the previous software driver version 21.11.3.RS-434
- Up to 19% increase in performance in Halo Infinite @ 4K Ultra Settings, using Radeon™ Software Adrenalin 21.12.1 on the 16 GB Radeon™ RX 6800 XT graphics card, versus the previous software driver version 21.11.3.RS-435
- Up to 16% increase in performance in Halo Infinite @ 4K Ultra Settings, using Radeon™ Software Adrenalin 21.12.1 on the 12 GB Radeon™ RX 6700 XT graphics card, versus the previous software driver version 21.11.3.RS-436
- Fortnite™
- Icarus™
- Blender 3.0™ on Radeon™ RX 6000 series Graphics.
Fixed Issues
- While running SteamVR Home on some AMD Graphics products such as Radeon™ VII Graphics, some users may experience a crash.
- During Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy™ gameplay, some users may experience driver timeouts on some AMD Graphics products such as Radeon™ RX 5500 XT Graphics.
- While playing PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds™ with multiple displays connected in extended mode, Radeon™ Software may become unresponsive when the user is in the lobby and attempts to open Radeon Software on the secondary display via the context menu.
- Visual corruption may be observed on a vehicle’s logo or license plate number while playing Forza Horizon 5™ on some AMD Graphics products such as Radeon™ RX 500 series Graphics.
Known Issues
- After upgrading to the latest Radeon™ Software, the Power Tuning component of a saved tuning profile may not load correctly when a user imports a previously saved tuning profile.
- 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.
- Radeon performance metrics and logging features may intermittently report extremely high and incorrect memory clock values.
Important Notes
- Users may observe visual artifacts while playing Call of Duty®: Black Ops Cold War on some AMD Graphics products such as Radeon™ RX 6800M Graphics. AMD is working with the game developers to resolve this issue.
The new AMD Radeon driver can be downloaded directly from the application or separately from the official website.