Article Number: RN-RAD-WIN-24-6-1

Highlights

  • New Game Support

    • The First Descendant
    • Once Human

  • Expanded HYPR-Tune Support

    • HYPR-TUNE Profiles
      • Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth
      • Overwatch® 2
      • The First Descendant
      • F1® 24
      • Outpost: Infinity Siege
    • Click HERE for more information regarding HYPR-RX.
      • Enable HYPR-RX and get an instant boost in performance of up to 149% on the Radeon™ RX 7800XT GPU across games like Baldur's Gate 3, F1 23, Resident Evil 4 and more! RS-642
      • Join the conversation by sharing how well HYPR-RX with AFMF is working on your system. This information across thousands of games helps us make further improvements.

  • Expanded Operating System Support

    • Support for Windows 11, version 24H2.

  • AMD Radeon™ Anti-Lag 2 Support for Counter-Strike 2

    • Takes responsive gaming to the next level by introducing an in-game option to optimally pace frames, further reducing input lag on AMD RDNA™ architecture-based discrete and integrated graphics products.
      • Get a decrease in latency in Counter-Strike 2 of up to 40% with AMD Radeon™ Anti-Lag 2 at 4K on the AMD Radeon™ RX 7900 GRE graphics card. RS-647
      • Get a decrease in latency in Counter-Strike 2 of up to 27% with AMD Radeon™ Anti-Lag 2 at 1080p on the AMD Ryzen™ 7 8700G processor with AMD Radeon™ 780M graphics. RS-651
    • Learn more about AMD Anti-Lag 2 HERE.
       

  • AI on Radeon

    • Performance improvements and memory footprint reduction for Large Language Models (LLMs) thanks to 4-bit quantization acceleration support for all RDNA™ series discrete graphics products and RDNA™ 3 series integrated graphics products running ONNXRuntime with DirectML.
      • Click HERE for more information

  • AI Development on Radeon

    • Official support for Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL 2) enabling PyTorch users with supported hardware to develop with AMD ROCm™ software on a Windows system, eliminating the need for dual boot set ups. 

  • Expanded Agility SDK Support

    Introducing support for Agility SDK 1.613 and Microsoft's Agility SDK 1.614.0 functionality:
    • Microsoft DirectX 12 Work Graphs 1.0 API
      • D3D12 Work Graphs support for AMD Radeon™ RX 7000 Series graphics cards, learn more HERE
    • GPU Upload Heaps
      • See the DirectX Blog HERE, or our GPUOpen Blog post on GPU Upload Heaps HERE.
    • Shader Model 6.8 – Including Wave Size Range and Expanded Comparison Sampling
    • R9B9G9E5 Support for Render Targets and UAV

  • vLLM support for Llama2 & Llama3

  • Fixed Issues and Improvements

    • Fallout 3 and Fallout: New Vegas may fail to launch. 
    • Improvement to intermittent driver timeout or application crash experienced while playing HELLDIVERS™ 2 on AMD Radeon™ RX 7900 series GPUs.  
    • AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition Performance Metrics may intermittently fail to update while playing HELLDIVERS™ 2. 
    • Intermittent system freeze or low FPS on hybrid graphics notebooks pairing certain FreeSync enabled displays. 

What to Know

  • AMD Radeon™ Anti-Lag 2
    • Anti-Lag 2 will be enabled by default in the Counter-Strike 2 “ADVANCED VIDEO” settings menu.
    • Anti-Lag 2 unlocks improved responsiveness by adding in-game pacing of the CPU with the GPU, particularly in GPU-intensive scenarios.
      • For more information on how to use Anti-Lag 2 and measure latency click HERE.
      • Join the conversation by sharing how responsive is improved with Anti-Lag 2 on your system.

Known Issues

  • Virtual Super Resolution or Display Color Enhancements may be set to disabled after driver upgrade.   [Resolution targeted for 24.7.1]
  • Corruption may be observed while playing Dying Light 2 Stay Human: Reloaded Edition with Radeon™ Boost enabled. Users experiencing this issue are recommended to disable Radeon™ Boost as a temporary workaround.  
  • Intermittent in-game corruption may be observed while playing Ghost of Tsushima DIRECTOR'S CUT with AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition™ Record & Streaming and HDR enabled. 
  • Intermittent black corruption may be observed on scaled 3d models while using Origin or OriginPro application.  [Resolution targeted for 24.7.1]
  • Audio and video may intermittently become out of sync while recording using the AV1 codec in AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition.  [Resolution targeted for Q3]
  • Intermittent stutter may be observed while AMD Radeon™ Anti-Lag and AMD FidelityFX™ Super Resolution 3 frame generation is enabled. Users experiencing this issue are recommended to disable Radeon™ Anti-Lag in the per-game settings as a temporary workaround.
  • Intermittent application crash or driver timeout may occur while playing Black Myth: Wukong. We recommend users experiencing this issue to install our new driver, available HERE.

Package Contents

AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition 24.6.1 Driver Version 24.10.21.01 for Windows® 10 and Windows® 11 (Windows Driver Store Version 32.0.11021.1011).

The AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition 24.6.1 installation package can be downloaded from the following link:

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Systems pairing RDNA series graphics products with Polaris or Vega series graphics products:

Installing AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition

For detailed instructions on how to correctly uninstall or install AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition, please refer to the following support resources:

NOTE: This driver is not intended for use on AMD Radeon products running in Apple Boot Camp platforms. Users of these platforms should contact their system manufacturer for driver support. When installing AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition 24.6.1 for the Windows® operating system, the user must be logged on as Administrator, or have Administrator rights to complete the installation of AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition 24.6.1. 

Radeon Product Compatibility

AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition 24.6.1 is compatible with the following AMD Radeon products.

Radeon™ RX 7900/7800/7700/7600 Series Graphics
Radeon™ RX 6900/6800/6700/6600/6500/6400 Series Graphics
Radeon™ RX 5700/5600/5500/5300 Series Graphics

Mobility Radeon™ Product Compatibility

AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition 24.6.1 is a notebook reference graphics driver with limited support for system vendor specific features. 

AMD Radeon™ RX 7900M Series Graphics
AMD Radeon™ RX 6800M Series Graphics
AMD Radeon™ RX 6700M Series Graphics
AMD Radeon™ RX 6600M Series Graphics
AMD Radeon™ RX 6500M Series Graphics
AMD Radeon™ RX 6300M Series Graphics
AMD Radeon™ RX 5700M/5600M/5500M/5300M Series Graphics

​​​​AMD Processors with Radeon Graphics Product Compatibility

Important Note for Laptop and All-In-One (AIO) PCs 

AMD recommends OEM-provided drivers which are customized and validated for their system-specific features and optimizations.

If you experience issues using the AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition driver package downloaded from AMD.com, please install the OEM-provided drivers for full support and compatibility.

AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition does not include support for handheld gaming devices.  Users should check with the OEM for device specific drivers.

DESKTOP MOBILE
AMD Ryzen™ Processors with Radeon™ Graphics AMD Ryzen™ Processors with Radeon™ Graphics
AMD Ryzen™ PRO Processors AMD Ryzen™ PRO Processors
AMD Athlon™ Processors with Radeon™ Graphics AMD Athlon™ Processors with Radeon™ Graphics
AMD Athlon™ PRO Processors AMD Athlon™ PRO Processors

Compatible Operating Systems

AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition 24.6.1 is designed to support the following Microsoft® Windows® platforms. Operating System support may vary depending on your specific AMD Radeon product.

WHQL Results

  Status
WHQL Test Suite Results Passed
WHQL Microsoft Certification Passed

Footnotes

  • RS-642 - Testing conducted by AMD as of March 27, 2024, on a test system configured with a Ryzen™ 7 7800X3D CPU, 32GB DDR5, Radeon™ RX 7800XT GPU, MSI x670E ACE motherboard, and Windows 11 Pro, with AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition 24.5.1 and AMD HYPR-RX ON/OFF, on various titles including Alan Wake 2, Baldur’s Gate 3, The Callisto Protocol, F1 23, Far Cry 6, Horizon Zero Dawn, Microsoft Flight Simulator, Red Dead Redemption 2, Resident Evil 4, Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands.  Game tested at 1440p resolution. Performance may vary. System manufacturers may vary configurations, yielding different results.
  • RS-647 - Testing by AMD as of April 19, 2024, on the AMD Radeon™ RX 7900 GRE graphics card using the AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition™ 24.5.1 for Radeon Anti-Lag 2 Technical Preview driver, AMD Smart Access Memory technology, and AMD Radeon Anti-Lag and Radeon Anti-Lag 2 technology OFF vs. ON, on a test system configured with an AMD Ryzen™ 7 7800X3D CPU, 32GB DDR5-6000 RAM, MSI MEG x670E ACE motherboard, and Windows® 11 Pro 2022 Update, using the Counter-Strike 2 “Ancient” benchmark at 3840 x 2160, “Very High” graphics preset, and DirectX 11. AMD Radeon Anti-Lag 2 requires developer integration and is available in select games. System manufacturers may vary configurations, yielding different results
  • RS-651 - Testing by AMD as of April 19, 2024, on the AMD Ryzen™ 7 8700G processor with AMD Radeon™ 780M graphics using the AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition™ 24.5.1 for Radeon Anti-Lag 2 Technical Preview driver, AMD Smart Access Memory technology, and AMD Radeon Anti-Lag and Radeon Anti-Lag 2 technology OFF vs. ON, on an test system configured with 32GB DDR5-6000 RAM, an ASUS ROG STRIX B650E-F motherboard, and Windows® 11 Pro 2022 Update, using the Counter-Strike 2 “Ancient” benchmark at 1920 x 1080, “Very High” graphics preset, and DirectX 11. AMD Radeon Anti-Lag 2 requires developer integration and is available in select games. System manufacturers may vary configurations, yielding different results.

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