AMD Radeon 19.8.2 releases: Up to 10% performance improvement

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In order to welcome a lot of big game, AMD today released the 19.8.2 version of the Radeon Software Adrenalin graphics driver, adding support and performance improvements for some games. The first is Remedy Entertainment’s action game Control. AMD claims that the new driver has improved performance by 10% compared to 19.8.1 (in DX11 mode). The second is to support Supermassive Games’ newly developed horror game “The Dark Pictures: Man of Medan”, which is scheduled to be launched on August 30th.

AMD Radeon Software Adrenalin

Changelog

Support For

  • Control™
    • Up to 10% performance improvement in Control running DirectX® 11 on Radeon Software Adrenalin 2019 Edition version 19.8.2 vs. 19.8.1.RS-309
  • Man of Medan™
  • Radeon RX 5700 series graphics support for HDCP®2.3.

Fixed Issues

  • Rocket League™ may experience an application hang on performing a task switch.
  • League of Legends™ may experience slower than expected performance when performing a task switch.
  • System instability may be experienced on Radeon RX 5700 series graphics products when performing memory overclocking while a 3D application is running.
  • Minor stutter may be experienced during the first few minutes of Fortnite™ gameplay.

Known Issues

  • Launching RGB Fusion 2.0 may cause a system hang on Radeon RX 5700 series graphics products system configurations.
  • Stutter may be experienced when Radeon FreeSync is enabled on 240hz refresh displays with Radeon RX 5700 series graphics products.
  • Radeon Performance Metrics may report incorrect VRAM utilization.
  • AMD Radeon VII may experience elevated memory clocks at idle or on desktop.
  • Radeon Overlay may intermittently fail to appear when toggled in game.
  • Audio for clips captured by Radeon ReLive may be corrupted or garbled when desktop recording is enabled.
  • Enabling Enhanced Sync may cause game, application or system crashes on Radeon RX 5700 series graphics products.

Footnotes

  • RS-309 – Testing conducted by AMD Performance Labs as of August 22nd, 2019 on Control (DirectX® 11 at High and Medium Presets) at 1080p, 1440p and 4K resolutions, running Radeon Software Adrenalin 2019 Edition 19.8.2 and 19.8.1 drivers. Results on 19.8.2 showed up to 10% performance gains over previous driver. Performance may vary based on resolution and settings.

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