Article Number: RN-RAD-MS-AGILITY-SDK-2022-1-706

Highlights

  • Support for Microsoft® Agility SDK Preview Release 1.706 including Microsoft® Shader Model 6.7, Enhanced Barriers, and new minor features.
  • Support for Microsoft® Agility SDK Release 1.602 including new minor features.

Fixed Issues

  • Performance drop may be experienced while playing Fortnite™ with Multithreaded Rendering and DirectX® 11 API on some AMD Graphics Products such as the Radeon™ RX 6900 XT.
  • Stuttering may be experienced while playing Overwatch™ with some AMD Graphics Products such as the Radeon™ RX 6700 XT.
  • Higher than expected CPU usage when Instant Replay is enabled on some AMD Graphics Products such as the Radeon™ RX 6900 XT.
  • Fan Tuning option may be missing on some AMD Graphics Products such as the Radeon™ RX 590.

Known Issues

  • Lower than expected Folding@home™ compute performance with OpenCL™ API on some AMD Graphics Products such as the Radeon™ RX 6800.
  • Hitman 3™ may freeze when rapidly switching between windows in Fullscreen Exclusive mode.
  • Stuttering may be experienced while playing Call of Duty®: Warzone™ on the Caldera map with some AMD Graphics Products such as the Radeon™ RX 6900 XT Graphics.
  • GPU utilization may be stuck at 100% in Radeon performance metrics after closing games on some AMD Graphics Products such as Radeon™ 570.
  • Using Radeon™ Super Resolution on 2560x1600 resolution displays may produce a system hang. A temporary workaround is to set the display Scaling Mode to Full Panel.
  • Enhanced Sync may cause a black screen to occur when enabled on some games and system configurations. Any users who may be experiencing issues with Enhanced Sync enabled should disable it as a temporary workaround.
  • Radeon performance metrics and logging features may intermittently report extremely high and incorrect memory clock values.
  • Display may flicker black during video playback plus gameplay on some AMD Graphics Products such as the Radeon™ RX 6700 XT.
  • Relaxed Format Casting and SM 6.7 Advanced Texture Operations are currently limited to AMD Vega and newer products.

Package Contents

The AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition 22.6.1 for DirectX®12 Agility SDK installation package contains the following:

  • AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition 22.6.1 for DirectX®12 Agility SDK Driver Version 22.10.23.05 for Windows® 10 and Windows® 11 (Windows Driver Store Version 30.0.21023.5005).

The AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition 22.6.1 for DirectX®12 Agility SDK installation package can be downloaded from the following link:

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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 22.6.1 for DirectX®12 Agility SDK 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 22.6.1 for DirectX®12 Agility SDK. 

Important Note

If users encounter error 1603 (Radeon™ Software Installation Has Encountered a General Error and Cannot Proceed) during installation, please:    

  • Use AMD Cleanup Utility to remove any existing or damaged driver files and registry entries.
  • After running the AMD Cleanup Utility, select the Factory Reset option under Additional Options when installing Radeon Software.
  • https://www.amd.com/en/support/kb/faq/gpu-kb1603

 

Footnote

  • RS-486 – Testing conducted by AMD as of June 28, 2022, on a test system configured with an X570 Taichi motherboard, Ryzen 7 5800X3D CPU, 32GB DDR4, Radeon RX 6950XT GPU, BIOS P4.80, and Windows 10 with Smart Access Memory™ technology enabled and AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition 22.6.1 vs. 22.5.2 on F1 2022 with ultra-high preset at 4K. Laptop manufacturers may vary configuration yielding different results. Performance may vary.

  • RS-487 – Testing conducted by AMD as of June 28, 2022, on a test system configured with an X570 Taichi motherboard, Ryzen 7 5800X3D CPU, 32GB DDR4, Radeon RX 6800XT GPU, and Windows 10, with Smart Access Memory™ technology enabled and AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition 22.6.1 vs. 22.5.2 on F1 2022 with ultra-high preset at 4K.  Laptop manufacturers may vary configuration yielding different results. Performance may vary.

    RS-488 – Testing conducted by AMD as of June 28th, 2022, on a test system configured with a Ryzen 7 5800X3D CPU, 32GB DDR4, Radeon RX 6750XT GPU, and Windows 10, with Smart Access Memory™ technology enabled and AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition 22.6.1 and 22.5.2 on F1 2022 with ultra-high preset at 4K.  Laptop manufacturers may vary configuration yielding different results. Performance may vary.

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