Article Number: RN-CE-NGAD-23-12-1

New Feature Highlights

  • New game support for:
    • Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora
  • Additional SDK Support
    • Additional Vulkan® extensions. Click HERE for more information.

Important Notes

  • AMD Software: Cloud Edition 23.12.1 includes fixes and functionality from the AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition™ 23.12.1 driver. Numerical and non-numerical performance improvements mentioned in the AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition release notes are to be used as a guideline only.   The AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition drivers are optimized and tested using local desktop and laptop systems, where network latency and bandwidth, remote protocols, hardware virtualization, and other factors specific to cloud gaming are not considered.
  • For professional and creator applications, it’s recommended to use the AMD Software: Cloud Edition 23.Q3. Link
  • Some games are not designed to launch in a virtualized environment due to anti-cheat preventions.
  • Some games may experience slow downs when playing rendered cinematics.

Package Contents

AMD Software: Cloud Edition 23.12.1 includes the following components:

  • 23.12.1 Driver (Version 23.30.13.06) for Windows® 10, 11, Server 2019 and Server 2022 (Windows Driver Store version 31.0.23013.6001)
  • AMD SMI

AMD Software: Cloud Edition 23.12.1 can be downloaded from the following links*:

Installation and Supported Environments

Supported environments and installation details are provided below. Support is provided by the Microsoft® Azure support team.

CLOUD INSTANCE RADEON PRODUCT DRIVER INSTALLATION
Microsoft Azure NGads (V620) AMD Radeon PRO V620 https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/windows/n-series-amd-driver-setup

The following guest operating systems are supported:

  • Windows 11 64-bit version 22H2, 23H2
  • Windows 10 64-bit version 21H2, 22H2
  • Windows Server 2022 64-bit Release 20348
  • Windows Server 2019 LTSC (version 1809)

API Support

The following graphics and compute APIs are supported by this release:

  • OpenGL 4.6
  • Vulkan 1.2
  • DirectX 9
  • DirectX 10
  • DirectX 11
  • DirectX 12
  • OpenCL 2.0 (1.2 compatible)

WHQL Certification Status

  Status
WHQL Test Suite Results Passed (Windows 10/ Windows 11)
WHQL Microsoft Certification Passed (Windows 10/ Windows 11)
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