Article Number: RN-PRO-WIN-18-Q3-1-VDI

Last Updated: August 10, 2018

The Radeon™ Pro Software for Enterprise is designed to deliver market-leading uptime and stability. Rigorous multi-wave testing and exhaustive ISV certifications help make this “the industry’s most stable driver”1. Radeon™ Pro Software is certified in over 100 workstation applications including Autodesk® AutoCAD®, Dassault Systèmes® CATIA®, Siemens NX™, Adobe® Premiere® Pro, Avid® Media Composer®, Autodesk® Maya®, PTC Creo® and many more

Built to help content creators make the best, every Enterprise Edition is designed to deliver more quality, performance, security, and simplicity. Learn more here.

Radeon Pro Software for Enterprise 18.Q3.1 can be downloaded from the following links*:

For Virtualization

Installing Radeon Pro Software for Enterprise 18.Q3.1

For detailed instructions on how to correctly uninstall or install Radeon™ Pro Software, please refer to the following KB articles:

Radeon Pro Software for Enterprise 18.Q3.1 Highlights

  • New feature for fan speed control.

Fixed Issues

  • Corruption may be seen on model with change in Anti-aliasing modes with Dassault ICEM Surf™.
  • Display issues may be observed while running Nuke benchmark on AMD FirePro™ W8100 and AMD FirePro™ W9100
  • Rhino® 6 may hang when doing rendered mode on a specific dataset.
  • Possible hangs with Rhino® 6.5 when doing rendered mode on specific dataset.
  • Screen corruption may be observed with Smode Studio.
  • System may hang when displaying large models in shaded mode with Rhino®.
  • CorelDRAW® may show slow performance when opening large files.
  • Memory leak may be observed with “Vega”-based hardware on Windows® 7.
  • May experience lagging in Future Viewport with Cinema 4D™.
  • Some display issues may be seen with Sparse Texture High Level Mipmap in Dassault Systèmes® CATIA®.
  • Unexpected behaviour may be observed when running Intergraph SmartPlant FreeView on AMD FirePro™ 7150 with Citrix® XenDesktop®.
  • Toggling between full screen and windowed mode on Citrix® XenDesktop® may lead to temporary viewport corruption.
  • On Windows® 7, a Catalyst Control Center error may be observed when resizing Citrix® XenDesktop® window.

Known Issues

  • Faded circle may be seen along the detailed view of an assembly while using Dassault Systèmes® Solidworks®.
  • Some Viewport corruption may be observed while using Blender.
  • Application crashes may be observed when using ‘sliced geometry’ feature in Notch.
  • User may experience crashes may be observed with “Vega”-based hardware while using Siemens FEMAP™.
  • Some application crashes may be observed with Solidworks® 2017/2018 on Windows® 7.
  • Application crashes may be observed with Solidworks® 2015 APC.

VDI Specific Known Issues

  • VM may disconnect when upgrading the driver and unable to connect until reboot.
  • The energy subtest of SPECviewperf® 12.1.1 may not complete in an MxGPU environment.

Feature Support Information

  • Driver Options is available on Microsoft Windows® 10. Always update to the latest gaming drivers to mitigate driver switching issues. This is not available with multi-GPU configurations nor with Radeon™ Pro Duo (“Polaris”). This is not available for mobile platforms.
  • Multi-GPU Eyefinity Pro on Microsoft Windows® 10 only supported on Radeon™ Pro WX 7100.
  • Framelock/Genlock: In multiple platform configurations where more than one S400 Sync Module is in use, 4K resolutions at 60Hz and greater are not supported.
  • Fan Control is now available for changing fan speeds across different GPUs under the Global Tuning tab.

VDI Suggested Configurations for AMD FirePro™ S7150x2

Per GPU Suggested Configurations for AMD FirePro™ S7150x2

Use Case

vRAM

Users Per GPU

vCPU

RAM

Max Displays

Productivity

0.5 -1 GB

8-16

2

4 GB

1

Enhanced Productivity

2 GB

4

2

4-8 GB

2

Professional Design

4 GB

2

4

8 GB

4

Workstation

8 GB

1

8

16 GB

4


VDI Supported Configurations for VMware and Citrix

NOTE: This driver is not intended for use on Radeon™ products running in Apple Boot Camp platforms. Users of these platforms should contact their system manufacturer for driver support.

When installing this driver for the Microsoft Windows operating systems, the user must be logged on as Administrator, or have Administrator rights to complete the installation of Radeon Pro Software for Enterprise 18.Q3.1

Product Compatibility

Radeon Pro Software for Enterprise 18.Q3.1 is compatible with the following AMD graphics products:

AMD FirePro™ and Radeon™ Product Family Compatibility
AMD FirePro™ S series

AMD FirePro™ S7150x2
AMD FirePro™ S7150
AMD FirePro™ S7100X
+ all other AMD FirePro™ S series products

Packaged Driver Version

Radeon Pro Software for Enterprise 18.Q3.1 installation package contains the following driver versions for Microsoft Windows® 10 and Microsoft Windows® 7, Microsoft Windows® Server 2016 and Microsoft Windows® Server 2008 R2.

  • WHQL Driver Packaging Version: 18.20.28

Supported APIs

Radeon Pro Software for Enterprise 18.Q3.1 is designed to support the following APIs:

  • OpenGL 4.5
  • OpenCL™ 2.0
  • DirectX® 12.0
  • Vulkan® 1.1

See here for more details.

Compatible Operating Systems

Radeon Pro Software for Enterprise 18.Q3.1 is designed to support the following Microsoft Windows platforms:

  • Microsoft Windows® 10 (32-bit and 64-bit version RS4)
  • Microsoft Windows® 7 (32-bit and 64-bit version with SP1 or higher)
  • Microsoft Windows® Server 2016 (64-bit version)
  • Microsoft Windows® Server 2008 R2 (64-bit version)

See below for details:

Desktop Workstation Graphics

 

Windows 10

Windows 7

Windows Server 2016

Windows Server 2008 R2

 

32-bit

64-bit

32-bit

64-bit

64-bit

64-bit

AMD FirePro™ S series
(excludes AMD FirePro™ S7100 series) 

 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
AMD FirePro™ S7100 series X ✓ X ✓ ✓ ✓

1 https://qaconsultants.com/stabilityaudit/

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