Radeon? Software Adrenalin Edition 18.6.1 Release Notes

Radeon Software Adrenalin Edition 18.6.1 Highlights

Support For

• Warhammer?: Vermintide 2
• Up to 9% faster performance using Radeon Software Adrenalin Edition 18.6.1 on the Radeon? RX Vega 56 (8GB) graphics card than with Radeon Software Adrenalin Edition 18.5.2 at 2560×1440 (1440p).1
• Up to 10% faster performance using Radeon Software Adrenalin Edition 18.6.1 on the Radeon? RX 580 (8GB) graphics card than with Radeon Software Adrenalin Edition 18.5.2 at 2560×1440 (1440p).2

Fixed Issues

• Subnautica? may experience a black screen on launch or during gameplay.
• Sea of Thieves? may experience a crash or hang while playing in the Cannon Cove area.
• Desktop may not be visible or may appear out of the display area when using 8K resolution on Radeon Pro Duo.
• World of Tanks? may experience square corruption on some ground textures in multi GPU system configurations.
• Middle Earth: Shadow of War? may experience flickering in some game menus or when configuring displays when using multi GPU system configurations.
• World of Warcraft? may experience flickering on the mini map in multi GPU system configurations.

Known Issues

• Some games may experience minor stuttering during gameplay when the Radeon ReLive Instant Replay feature is enabled and FRTC is also enabled.
• Radeon Overlay may not show all available features when some games are run in borderless fullscreen mode.
• The Witcher? 3: Wild Hunt may experience stuttering during gameplay.
• Corruption may be experienced with OGL or Vulkan? API applications on some Hybrid Graphics system configurations.
• Sea of Thieves? may experience corruption on ship sails or ropes while standing on a boat.
• Radeon Chill may experience lower than expected minimum frame rates if a game is left idle with Radeon Chill enabled for extended periods of time.

Footnotes

• (1) Testing conducted by AMD Performance Labs as of June 12, 2018 on the 8GB Radeon RX Vega 56, 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 extreme preset settings on Warhammer: Vermintide 2, at 2560×1440, the Radeon RX Vega 56 scored 66.4 FPS with Radeon Software 18.5.2, whereas the Radeon RX Vega 56 scored 72.2 FPS with Radeon Software 18.6.1. Comparing FPS between software versions, Radeon Software 18.6.1 has 9% faster performance in Warhammer: Vermintide 2. Performance may vary based on use of latest drivers.
• (2) Testing conducted by AMD Performance Labs as of June 12, 2018 on the 8GB Radeon RX 580 (8GB), 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 extreme preset settings on Warhammer: Vermintide 2, at 2560×1440, the Radeon RX 580 (8GB) scored 48.0 FPS with Radeon Software 18.5.2, whereas the Radeon RX 580 (8GB) scored 53.0 FPS with Radeon Software 18.6.1. Comparing FPS between software versions, Radeon Software 18.6.1 has 10% faster performance in Warhammer: Vermintide 2. Performance may vary based on use of latest drivers.

Package Contents
                                                                                                        
The Radeon Software Adrenalin Edition 18.6.1 installation package contains the following:

• Radeon Software Adrenalin Edition 18.6.1 Driver Version 18.10.21.01 (Windows Driver Store Version 24.20.11021.1000)

Radeon Product Compatibility

Radeon Software Adrenalin Edition 18.6.1 is compatible with the following AMD Radeon products.

Note: AMD Radeon? R9 Fury, Radeon? Pro Duo, Radeon? RX 400 Series, Radeon? RX 500 Series and Radeon? RX Vega Series graphics are only supported by Radeon Software Adrenalin Edition on Windows 7/10 64-bit.

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? R9 Fury Series Graphics 
• AMD Radeon? R9 Nano Series Graphics 
• AMD Radeon? R9 300 Series Graphics
• AMD Radeon? R9 200 Series Graphics 
• AMD Radeon? R7 300 Series Graphics 
• AMD Radeon? R7 200 Series Graphics
• AMD Radeon? R5 300 Series Graphics
• AMD Radeon? R5 200 Series Graphics
• AMD Radeon? HD 8500 – HD 8900 Series Graphics
• AMD Radeon? HD 7700 – HD 7900 Series Graphics

 
Mobility Radeon? Family Compatibility
Radeon Software Adrenalin Edition 18.6.1 is a notebook reference graphics driver with limited support for system vendor specific features.

Mobility Radeon? Family Compatibility

• AMD Radeon? R9 M300 Series Graphics 
• AMD Radeon? R7 M300 Series Graphics 
• AMD Radeon? R5 M300 Series Graphics 
• AMD Radeon? R9 M200 Series Graphics 
• AMD Radeon? R7 M200 Series Graphics
• AMD Radeon? R5 M200 Series Graphics
• AMD Radeon? HD 8500M – HD 8900M Series Graphics
• AMD Radeon? HD 7700M – HD 7900M Series Graphics

Compatible Operating Systems

Radeon Software Adrenalin Edition 18.6.1 is designed to support the following Microsoft® Windows® platforms. Operating System support may vary depending on your specific AMD Radeon product.

• Windows® 10 (32 & 64-bit version)
• Windows 7 (32 & 64-bit version with SP1 or higher)

via：support.amd.com