Adrenalin 20.8.1
The Radeon Adrenalin 20.8.1 graphics driver has been released with the following changes and fixes:
Support For
– Hyper Scape
– Horizon Zero Dawn Complete Edition for PC
– Grounded : The Epic preset on the Radeon RX 5700 XT offers up to 9% better FPS performance playing Grounded with Radeon Software Adrenalin 2020 edition 20.8.1 versus the Radeon Software Adrenalin 2020 Edition 20.7.2.Fixed Issues
– With Radeon FreeSync enabled, task switching to another display or application may intermittently cause the desktop refresh rate to be locked to an arbitrary interval causing stuttering.
– Streaming and recording features are not working or are failing to enable on Radeon RX 5000 series graphics products in Windows 7 system configurations.
– Radeon Software may experience an application crash or hang when waking from sleep after joining the AMD User Experience program.
– DOOM Eternal may experience a very dark or dim screen when changing V-Sync settings in game with HDR enabled.
– Hot plugging a powered off HDMI display and then powering on the display, may intermittently cause a system crash or hang.
– Enabling Instant Replay may rarely cause a system hang or TDR on Radeon RX 5000 series graphics products.
– Compatibility Advisor may show an “Unable to get requirements” error message when opened. Users will need to perform a factory reset of settings in Radeon Software for this fix to take effect.
Adrenalin 20.8.2
The Radeon Adrenalin 20.8.2 graphics driver has been released with the following changes and fixes:
Support For
– A Total War Saga: Troy
The High preset on the Radeon RX 5700 XT offers up to 12% better FPS performance playing A Total War Saga: Troy with Radeon Software
Adrenalin 2020 edition 20.8.2 versus the Radeon Software Adrenalin 2020 Edition 20.8.1.
– Microsoft Flight Simulator
– Mortal Shell
– Marvel’s Avengers Open BetaFixed Issues
– Reports of intermittent system hangs while exiting system sleep on some AMD Ryzen 3000 Series Mobile Processors with Radeon Graphics.
– Pressing a key while Radeon Overlay is open, or exiting Radeon Overlay while playing Hyper Scape, may cause the players actions to freeze or fail to recognize input from the user.
– Upgrade Advisor may show an “Unable to get requirements” error message when opened on Windows 7 system configurations.
Radeon Adrenalin 2020 Downloads
- latest version for win10 64-bit @ Geeks3D
- latest version for win7 64-bit @ Geeks3D
- v20.8.2 downloads + release notes @ AMD
- v20.8.1 downloads + release notes @ AMD
Quick driver information
Adrenalin 20.8.1
Adrenalin 20.8.2
OpenGL support
Adrenalin 20.8.1
Adrenalin 20.8.1 exposes OpenGL 4.6 and 328 extensions for a Radeon RX 5500 XT. The OpenGL support is similar to Adrenalin 20.5.1.
- GL_VENDOR: ATI Technologies Inc. - GL_RENDERER: Radeon RX 5500 XT - GL_VERSION: 4.6.14736 Compatibility Profile/Debug Context 20.8.1 27.20.2001.13001 - GL_SHADING_LANGUAGE_VERSION: 4.60 - OpenGL Extensions: 328 extensions (GL=304 and WGL=24) - OpenGL SPIR-V Extensions: 17
Adrenalin 20.8.2
Adrenalin 20.8.2 exposes OpenGL 4.6 and 328 extensions for a Radeon RX 5500 XT. The OpenGL support is identical to the previous driver 20.8.1.
- GL_VENDOR: ATI Technologies Inc. - GL_RENDERER: Radeon RX 5500 XT - GL_VERSION: 4.6.14736 Compatibility Profile/Debug Context 20.8.2 27.20.2001.16003 - GL_SHADING_LANGUAGE_VERSION: 4.60 - OpenGL Extensions: 328 extensions (GL=304 and WGL=24) - OpenGL SPIR-V Extensions: 17
Vulkan support
Adrenalin 20.8.1
Adrenalin 20.8.1 exposes Vulkan 1.2.139 support like Adrenalin 20.7.2.
- [Vulkan device 0]: Radeon RX 5500 XT ------------------
- API version: 1.2.139
- vendorID: 4098
- deviceID: 29504
- driver version: 8388753
- extensions: 100
Adrenalin 20.8.2
Adrenalin 20.8.2 exposes the same Vulkan 1.2.139 support than previous 20.8.1.
- [Vulkan device 0]: Radeon RX 5500 XT ------------------
- API version: 1.2.139
- vendorID: 4098
- deviceID: 29504
- driver version: 8388753
- extensions: 100