AMD Software 24.2.1 smashes stutter in a tonne of games

AMD’s latest Radeon Drivers add new Vulkan extensions and a lot of stutter fixes

Team Radeon has now released AMD Software 24.2.1, adding game-specific optimisations for Skull and Bones, and Nightingale. Additionally, this deliver also adds crash fixes for Helldivers and support for a large number of new Vulkan extensions.

One of the main changes that this driver offers is “improvements to excessive stutter” while playing a large list of games. This list includes Battlefield 2042, Destiny 2, Overwatch 2, Monster Hunter World, PUBG, and Star Wars: Battlefront 2. This driver also features a multitude of other fixed issues. Full release notes for AMD Software 24.2.1 are listed below.

AMD Software 24.2.1 New Feature Highlights

• New Game Support

  • Skull and Bones
  • Nightingale

• Expanded Vulkan Extensions Support

  • VK_KHR_calibrated_timestamps
  • VK_KHR_line_rasterization
  • VK_KHR_load_store_op_none
  • VK_KHR_index_type_uint8
  • VK_KHR_shader_expect_assume
  • VK_KHR_shader_quad_control
  • VK_KHR_shader_subgroup_rotate
  • VK_KHR_vertex_attribute_divisor
  • VK_KHR_shader_float_controls2
  • VK_EXT_primitives_generated_query
  • VK_EXT_graphics_pipeline_library
  • VK_KHR_maintenance6
  • Click HERE for more information about other Vulkan extension support.

Fixed Issues

• Improvement to intermittent driver timeout or application crash experienced while playing HELLDIVERS 2 on AMD Radeon RX 7000 series GPUs. AMD is continuing to investigate additional reports of driver timeouts and application crashes while playing HELLDIVERS 2.
• Improvements to excessive stutter while playing various games, including Battlefield 2042, Destiny 2, Overwatch 2, Monster Hunter: World, PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS and STAR WARS Battlefront II.
• Deathloop may experience extended loading times on some AMD Graphics Products, such as the Radeon RX 6900 XT.
• Dead Space may experience an application crash after enabling RTAO on some AMD Graphics Products, such as the Radeon RX 6800.
• Intermittent application crash when first launching Enshrouded or changing Anti-Aliasing settings on Radeon 7000 series graphics products.
• Shadows may appear bright, or reflections may be missing while playing Enshrouded on Radeon 7000 series graphics products.
• HDR settings may intermittently fail to take effect while playing certain games such as Like A Dragon: Infinite Wealth.
• Intermittent driver timeout or application crash may be considered while playing Counterstrike 2 with FSR enabled on some AMD Graphics Products, such as the Radeon RX 7900 XTX.

Fixed Issues

• Graphics API metric may be incorrectly reported as DirectX 12 for some Vulkan games.
• After a system reboot, Parsec host application may experience a crash on some AMD Graphics Products, such as the Radeon RX 7900 XTX.
• During Microsoft Teams meetings, the camera may intermittently display looped footage on some AMD Products, such as the AMD Ryzen 7 7840U Processor.
• Oculus Rift S may display with a green tint on AMD Radeon RX 7000 series GPUs.
• AFMF may be inaccurately displayed on select hybrid graphics configurations, particularly in systems where one of the devices lacks support for AFMF. AFMF must be supported on the displaying GPU to be activated.
• Mouse lag or stutter may be observed when selecting the discrete GPU as the primary display adapter on certain mobile systems, such as an AMD Ryzen 9 6900HS Mobile Processor paired with an AMD Radeon RX 6800S Mobile GPU.

Known Issues

• Intermittent driver timeout or application crash may be experienced while playing HELLDIVERS 2 with 100% GPU utilization on some AMD Graphics Products, such as the Radeon RX 7900 XTX.
• Intermittent application crash or driver timeout may be observed while playing Starcraft II on Radeon RX 7000 series GPUs.
• Intermittent application crash or driver timeout may be observed while playing Overwatch 2 with Radeon Boost enabled on Radeon RX 6000 and above series GPUs. Users experiencing this issue are recommended to disable Radeon Boost as a temporary workaround.
• World of Warcraft may experience extended initial loading times with DirectX 12 API on some AMD Graphics Products, such as the Radeon RX 6800.
• Shader caching may fail for Windows usernames containing accented characters. [Resolution targeted for 24.3.1]
• FPS performance metric may incorrectly report values while a game is minimized. [Resolution targeted for 24.3.1]
• AMD SmartAccess Video may be incorrectly reported as “Available” on some systems with the Parsec Virtual Display Driver installed.
• Performance drop may be observed while using some DirectML workloads in Topaz AI.
• Audio and video may intermittently become out of sync while recording using the AV1 codec in AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition. [Resolution targeted for Q3]

AMD Software 24.2.1 GPU support

AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition 24.2.1 supports graphics cards as far back as AMD’s Radeon RX 5000 series. This driver only supports RDNA based Radeon graphics cards.

PC gamers can download AMD’s 24.2.1 GPU driver for RDNA and newer GPUs here.

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