Radeon™ Software Adrenalin 2020 Edition 19.12.2...SZZZZ So Hot!

[Despoiler]

https://www.amd.com/en/support/kb/release-notes/rn-rad-win-19-12-2

Article Number
RN-RAD-WIN-19-12-2
Radeon Software Adrenalin 2020 Edition 19.12.2 Highlights
Support For

• Detroit: Become Human™
• Performance Improvements
  • An Average of 12% performance uplift in select titles with Radeon™ Software Adrenalin 2020 Edition 19.12.2 than with last year's Radeon™ Software Adrenalin 2019 edition launch driver. RS-327
• Radeon Software1
  • Introducing the new Radeon Software. A brand new, modern, accessible and powerful gaming application.
  • Now available via Overlay using Alt+R for fullscreen or Alt+Z for sidebar while you game!
  • Gaming tab lets you access games stats, view or edit media, adjust game settings and launch your favourite games directly from Radeon Software.
  • Streaming tab gives you a new, powerful and easy to use streaming experience with controls for streaming, viewing and editing your stream all in one area.
  • Performance tab lets you get detailed statistics on your current system performance or overclock and fine tune your graphics product.
  • User profile system that allows easy configuration for Radeon Software features, so you don’t have to.
  • New Built-in web browser let’s you lookup important game information, walkthroughs or tutorials without having to leave your game.
• Radeon Boost2
  • Provides increased performance when fast motion is detected via dynamic resolution scaling with little to no perceptible change in image quality.
• Integer Display Scaling3
  • Scale images on screen from one pixel to four or more, allowing classic games to get a retro, pixel-art-style look.
• Radeon Anti-Lag4
  • Added support for DirectX®9 on pre-Radeon RX 5000 series GPU’s.
  • Global activation toggle to easily enable across all supported games.
• Radeon Image Sharpening5
  • Added support for DirectX®11 games.
  • Added controls for degree of sharpness.
  • Toggle on/off supported while in game.
• AMD Link6
  • Play your PC games anywhere on any mobile device without the restriction of being connected to the same home wireless network.
  • Cleaner interface with a unified Radeon Software look, now available across all AMD Link enabled devices.
  • All streaming functionality has been moved to one area for easier access.
  • Improved bit-rate support at up to 50Mbps.
  • x265 game streaming is now supported for better image quality and less bandwidth.
  • Instant GIF support added directly from your device.
• Radeon Software Installer7
  • ‘One-click’ easy setup with a new and improved factory reset option.
  • New option to keep your settings between installations, including during factory reset.
  • Improved install times and error detection.
• DirectML Media Filters8
  • Visual noise reduction to apply on photos and upscaling filters available to apply on photo and media content directly from your Radeon Software media gallery.

Fixed Issues

• Radeon RX 5700 series graphics products may intermittently experience loss of display or video signal during gameplay.
• Out of Video Memory error may randomly appear on some Radeon R9 200/300 series graphics products when playing Fortnite™ with DirectX®12 API enabled.
• Ring of Elysium™ may experience lower than expected performance on 1440p and 4K display resolutions.
• Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order™ may experience an application hang after the initial game cutscenes on some Radeon RX 5000 series graphics products.
• Enabling Performance Metrics Overlay may cause black screens or corruption on some applications.
• Task switching out of some games with Radeon ReLive enabled may cause a black screen when switching back into the game.
• Invoking Radeon Overlay may cause games to lose focus or become minimized when HDR is enabled within Windows®.

Known Issues

• Switching between borderless and fullscreen in some games when Performance Overlay is enabled and Radeon FreeSync is enabled may cause stuttering.
• Some Vulkan® gaming applications may crash when performing a task switch with Radeon Image Sharpening enabled.
• Applying DirectML media filters to media in Radeon Software Gallery may cause video memory to fail to be released once completed. A system restart will resolve this issue.
• Integer Scaling may cause some video content to show flicker when the display resolution is set to less than native resolution.
• Removing a game profile from Radeon Software may cause Radeon FreeSync and/or Virtual Super Resolution to become enabled.
• Radeon ReLive may appear to be missing or not available to install on some Radeon R9 380 series and Radeon R9 285 series graphics products.
• Performance Metrics Overlay may appear to lock frame rate at 60 fps when performing a task switch in or out of a game.
• Battlefield™ V may experience an application hang when changing settings in game with Radeon Boost enabled on Radeon RX 5700 series graphics products.
• Performing a resolution change while Radeon Software overlay is open may cause an application hang or TDR.
• Enabling Radeon Image Sharpening on HDR enabled displays may cause colors to become washed out.
• Performing Upscale on a large resolution video or screenshot may fail to apply and cause an error message.

AMD Link Known Issues

• Tuning: In some cases when changing from Preset to Automatic, settings don’t apply or will cycle back to the original setting.
• Media: Playback of videos may reset if the device changes orientation during playback.
• Media: Corruption may occur when playing back media while using the 1Mbps bitrate setting.
• Gaming: Under certain conditions Now Playing changes back to Desktop or the last played game instead of displaying the currently streaming game.
• Gaming: Streaming may stop if device is left idle for an extended period of time.

Footnotes

• RS-327 - Testing conducted by AMD Performance Labs as of November 2019. Testing was done on a Radeon™ RX Vega 64, resulting in an average of 12% performance uplift in select titles configured with a range of settings. Performance may vary.
• 1 – Radeon Software supports GCN-based Radeon™ Graphics and newer running Microsoft® Windows® 7 or Windows® 10. Some features may not available or may be restricted based on your AMD Radeon graphics product and/or your supported Windows versions. AMD’S PRODUCT WARRANTY DOES NOT COVER DAMAGES CAUSED BY OVERCLOCKING, EVEN WHEN OVERCLOCKING IS ENABLED VIA AMD HARDWARE AND/OR SOFTWARE. GD-26
• 2 – Radeon Boost Supports: Radeon RX 400 series (Polaris) and newer and Raven Ridge and newer APU’s. No MGPU support. Works on Microsoft® Windows® 7 and Windows® 10.
• 3 - Integer Scaling Notes - Supports GCN-based Radeon™ Graphics and Newer. Works on Microsoft® Windows® 10.
• 4 – Radeon Anti-Lag Supports: Microsoft® DirectX® 9, DirectX® 11 APIS. Works on Microsoft® Windows® 7 & Windows® 10. GCN and newer Radeon discrete graphics and Raven Ridge APU’s and newer. No MGPU support.
• 5 – Radeon Image Sharpening Supports: Microsoft® DirectX® 11, DirectX® 12, and Vulkan® APIS. Works on Microsoft® Windows® 7 & Windows® 10. GCN and newer Radeon discrete graphics and Raven Ridge and newer APUs. No MGPU support. Also supports DirectX® 9 on RDNA discrete graphics. Toggle on/off while in game requires Radeon Image Sharpening to be enabled before game launch.
• 6 - AMD Link game streaming requires phone or tablet which supports Android 5.0 and greater or iOS 11 and greater. For TV support, Apple TV 4th and 5th generation running tvOS 12.x and greater, or Android TV 5.1 and greater are required. Streaming at 4K requires 4K capable streaming hardware and is compatible with: AMD Radeon™ GCN-based discrete graphics and newer. Supports Windows® 7 and 10. Game Streaming available anywhere there is a high-speed internet connection. For local profiles, all devices must be on the same local network. For internet streaming to work, your router must allow port forwarding and your PC must not be behind a network configuration that hinders connectivity. Controllers must be compatible with selected game and headset, please consult vendor for compatibility information.
• 7 – Radeon Software Installer supports GCN-based Radeon™ Graphics and newer running Microsoft® Windows® 7 or Windows® 10.
• 8 – DirectML Media Filters required Microsoft® Windows® 10 V1903 and newer. Supports Radeon™ RX Vega Series and newer.

Important Notes

• AMD Ryzen™ Mobile Processors with Radeon™ Vega Graphics FAQ for Radeon Software Adrenalin 2020 Edition can be found here.

Package Contents
The Radeon Software Adrenalin 2020 Edition 19.12.2 installation package contains the following:

• Radeon Software Adrenalin 2020 Edition 19.12.2 Driver Version 19.50.02 (Windows Driver Store Version 26.20.15002.61)

 

[EXCellR8]

New UI is slick... been playing around with it since I got home. It certainly feels more modern; I don't think they could have stuffed in any more features.

Don't really need all of the streaming and recording stuff though...

[EDIT]: Getting odd performance metrics on my Vega 64... usage fluctuates more than it should with these drivers.

 

[GrumpyMan]

Can't play RDR2 with these new drivers and my Vega64...sigh. Won't launch had to go back to 12.1.

 

[VirtualLarry]

Radeon Boost?

Is this Foveated Rendering?

Or Dynamic Render Resolution Scaling, based on movement? Does it require game support for it?

 

[VirtualLarry]

These have the same bug as a prior 19.10.x or 19.11.x series driver did.

If you're running 4K UHD @ 60, and 4:4:4 like I am, if you enable "GPU Scaling", it drops your display output format to "4:2:0" for some unknown reason, even though your display device is physically the same. Bummer.

 

[Despoiler]

Radeon Boost is dynamic render scaling. It's based on mouse movement.

 

[EXCellR8]

Turns out I'm only having my usage fluctuations with Unreal Engine games... oh boy. A troubleshooter's paradise (not).

Can't play RDR2 with these new drivers and my Vega64...sigh. Won't launch had to go back to 12.1.

Will give this title a try tonight; see if my luck differs and let you know. Might be related to the issue I'm having with other UE games.

 

[rwnrwnn7]

Adrenalin 2020 Edition
Can sharpen quality in movies?
more information ? More sharpness and more ...

 

[GrumpyMan]

Turns out I'm only having my usage fluctuations with Unreal Engine games... oh boy. A troubleshooter's paradise (not).



Will give this title a try tonight; see if my luck differs and let you know. Might be related to the issue I'm having with other UE games.

Thanks, have read a couple of other people on different sites like "The Guru of 3D" having some issues with Vega 64 and RDR2 with these new drivers, where the screen just blacks out, there is sound only still in game and then W10 blue screens, or whatever they call it now with W10, needing a hard reset. But mine would not even launch at all.

 

[VirtualLarry]

Adrenalin 2020 Edition
Can sharpen quality in movies?
more information ? More sharpness and more ...

Check out "MadVR" for high-end Video Rendering.

 

[VirtualLarry]

Thanks, have read a couple of other people on different sites like "The Guru of 3D" having some issues with Vega 64 and RDR2 with these new drivers, where the screen just blacks out, there is sound only still in game and then W10 blue screens, or whatever they call it now with W10, needing a hard reset. But mine would not even launch at all.

Huh, just reading this, and clicking something in Firefox Nightly... these drivers just TDR'ed on me, but thankfully, this time, after a few seconds of "black screen", managed to recover.

I am, however, mining with NH on the RX 5700 (ClaymoreDual 14) and the CPU (Ryzen R5 3600), as well as running Folding@Home on my secondary, a GTX 1660ti 'Gaming X' card.

 

[Micrornd]

These have the same bug as a prior 19.10.x or 19.11.x series driver did.

If you're running 4K UHD @ 60, and 4:4:4 like I am, if you enable "GPU Scaling", it drops your display output format to "4:2:0" for some unknown reason, even though your display device is physically the same. Bummer.

Doesn't do that here with a Radeon VII

 

[VirtualLarry]

Doesn't do that here with a Radeon VII

Sorry, forgot to add, "In conjunction with using VSR, @ 5180 x 2880, on a native 4K UHD TV".

 

[Micrornd]

Sorry, forgot to add, "In conjunction with using VSR, @ 5180 x 2880, on a native 4K UHD TV".

My Radeon VII and a Vizio M50-E1 with these "2020" drivers does -
5120x2880 60hz @8bpc VSR "on" with 4:4:4 and GPU scaling "on",
4096x2160 60hz @8bpc VSR "off" with 4:4:4 and GPU scaling "on"
3840x2160 60hz @12bpc VSR "off" with 4:4:4 and GPU scaling "on"

Perhaps the amount of memory available to the GPU or the architecture of the GPU is the reason?

 

[VirtualLarry]

Weird. I had the same problem with an RX 580 or 570, a few months before I got my GTX 1660ti and RX 5700, I had to roll back a driver rev, when that started to happen.

Maybe it has something to do with my display, or maybe my HDMI cables, if the driver does some sort of "bandwidth test" on them? (Could they?)

 

[Micrornd]

Weird. I had the same problem with an RX 580 or 570, a few months before I got my GTX 1660ti and RX 5700, I had to roll back a driver rev, when that started to happen.

Maybe it has something to do with my display, or maybe my HDMI cables, if the driver does some sort of "bandwidth test" on them? (Could they?)

Doubtful
I use cheap (Monoprice) HDMI cables.
I still think amount of memory or architecture is the cause.
Both the 1660 and 5700 are newer, but not better than the VII in performance capability.

 

[rwnrwnn7]

3840x2160 60hz @12bpc VSR "off" with 4:4:4 and GPU scaling "on"

Didn't understand how you can adjust this resolution that is not supported in HDMI 2.0?
Maybe it will be in HDMI 2.1

 

[Micrornd]

Didn't understand how you can adjust this resolution that is not supported in HDMI 2.0?
Maybe it will be in HDMI 2.1

It is selectable in the Radeon software (as is 8bpc and 10bpc @ the same settings) and my Vizio M50-E1 panel supports it (both 30bit and 36bit color), so I assume the HDMI cable just passes it along.
"Supported", "available", and "usable" are generally 3 different things that may all have the same end result sometimes (and other times not).

 

[rwnrwnn7]

It is selectable in the Radeon software (as is 8bpc and 10bpc @ the same settings) and my Vizio M50-E1 panel supports it (both 30bit and 36bit color), so I assume the HDMI cable just passes it along.
"Supported", "available", and "usable" are generally 3 different things that may all have the same end result sometimes (and other times not).

Can you direct sharpness in the film? And see a difference?
Can you tune RGB 10BIT or 12 BIT and see a difference?
What does it improve in a movie?

 

[VirtualLarry]

I don't know about Sharpness filters, but for 10bit or 12bit color, the movie has to be encoded in HDR10 or Dolby Vision, I believe. And that's only 10bit color, I don't know about how that you would go about achieving 12bit color for movies.

 

[rwnrwnn7]

I don't know about Sharpness filters, but for 10bit or 12bit color, the movie has to be encoded in HDR10 or Dolby Vision, I believe. And that's only 10bit color, I don't know about how that you would go about achieving 12bit color for movies.

No matter the resolution, I manage to convert any movie to RGB
4: 4: 4 and with the 1050TI see new color quality and more light
No matter HDR10 or Dolby Vision

do amd have good 24 p Progressive that looks like 60FPS ???

 

[Micrornd]

Can you direct sharpness in the film? And see a difference?
Can you tune RGB 10BIT or 12 BIT and see a difference?
What does it improve in a movie?

Can't help there, I don't watch movies on the computer.
But I can see a difference in the few games I play, colorwise and sharpness, with or without HDR10.

 

[VirtualLarry]

do amd have good 24 p Progressive that looks like 60FPS ???

I personally think so, but I maybe don't have the same display setup that you do.

See your other thread, I think that you need to disable "Black Frame Insertion" on your TV, to get a better, smoother, flicker-free 24P signal.

 

[Despoiler]

No matter the resolution, I manage to convert any movie to RGB
4: 4: 4 and with the 1050TI see new color quality and more light
No matter HDR10 or Dolby Vision

do amd have good 24 p Progressive that looks like 60FPS ???

Sending 4:4:4 over a cable is much like sending LPCM audio over a cable vs Dolby or DTS. Sure you can do it, but it's just an increase in storage file size and bandwidth not perceptive quality. 4:2:0 is visually lossless for video content. That's why it's a standard. I very much doubt that you would be able to reliably pick out what is 4:4:4 and what is 4:2:0 in a test where you didn't know what content was what. You say you can see new color quality and more light. If that is actually true and not just various forms of bias, how did you determine it was better? If it is not various forms of bias is the content accurately depicted after conversion? Have you verified it's accurate against the industry's source file? Usually you cannot increase quality above your source.

 

[Ranulf]

Bah, nm.