Radeon Software Adrenalin Edition for Radeon Pro 18.8.1 Release Notes

Last Updated: August 27, 2018

Introducing Radeon™ Software Adrenalin Edition for Radeon™ Pro, artfully designed and meticulously crafted to unleash the powerful performance and innovation built into Radeon™ Graphics through an incredibly intuitive and utterly beautiful user interface for both PCs and mobile devices.

NOTE: This version of Radeon Software Adrenalin Edition for Radeon Pro 18.8.1 is the gaming driver that can selected in “Driver Options” in Radeon™ Pro Settings.

Installing Radeon Software Adrenalin Edition for Radeon Pro 18.8.1
For detailed instructions on how to correctly uninstall or install Radeon Software for Radeon Pro, please refer to the following user guide:

• Driver Options User Guide

Radeon Software Adrenalin Edition for Radeon Pro 18.8.1 Highlights

Radeon Software Adrenalin Edition for Radeon Pro 18.8.1 now provides support for AMD Radeon™ Pro WX 8200. In addition, it provides support for:

• Monster Hunter™: World
• World of Warcraft™: Battle for Azeroth
• We Happy Few™
• Madden NFL 19™

Fixed Issues

• Fortnite™ may experience an application crash on game launch in Windows®7.
• Some games may experience a game crash or hang on multi GPU system configurations when changing or applying resolutions.
• Graphics and memory clock speeds may remain elevated or locked while gaming if video content is also playing on the system.
• Civilization® VI may experience a game crash using DirectX®12 API on game or map launch.
• Samsung™ HMD Odyssey may experience intermittent black screens or flashing on Radeon RX Vega series graphics products.

Known Issues

• Cursor or system lag may be observed on some system configurations when two or more displays are connected and one display is powered off.
• Some games may experience instability or stutter when playing with FRTC and Instant Replay enabled.
• Toggling performance metrics while gaming on a non-native display resolution may cause the game to scale incorrectly.
• Radeon WattMan memory and frequency sliders may not list correct minimum values.
• Upgrade Advisor may fail to show up in Radeon Settings.
• Radeon FreeSync may fail to enable when playing Monster Hunter™: World.
• Video profiles may not correctly apply on web browser video content.

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 Software Adrenalin Edition for Radeon Pro 18.8.1

Product Compatibility

Radeon Software Adrenalin Edition for Radeon Pro 18.8.1 is compatible with the following AMD graphics products:

Packaged Driver Version

Radeon Software Adrenalin Edition for Radeon Pro 18.8.1 installation package contains the following:

• Radeon Software Adrenalin Edition for Radeon Pro 18.8.1 with base driver version 18.30.01.01

Compatible Operating Systems

Radeon Software Adrenalin Edition for Radeon Pro 18.8.1 is designed to support the following Microsoft Windows platforms:

• Microsoft Windows® 10 (64-bit version RS4)

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