AMD launches their Radeon Software Adrenalin 23.5.1 driver for Lord of the Rings Gollum

AMD’s latest drivers are ready for The Lord of the Rings Gollum, promising up to 16% performance gains

AMD has officially released their new 23.5.1 WHQL drivers for Windows based PCs with Radeon graphics, adding game-specific driver optimisations for The Lord of The Rings: Gollum, as well as support for the company’s new Radeon RX 7600 graphics card.   

Highlights

Support for:

– The Lord of the Rings: Gollumâ„¢

– Up to 16% increase in performance in The Lord of the Rings: Gollumâ„¢ @ 4k, using AMD Software: Adrenalin Editionâ„¢ 23.5.1 on the Radeonâ„¢? RX 7900 Series GPUs, versus the previous software driver version 23.4.3 RS-577

– Up to 12% increase in performance in The Lord of the Rings: Gollumâ„¢ @ 4k, using AMD Software: Adrenalin Editionâ„¢ 23.5.1 on the Radeonâ„¢? RX 6000 Series GPUs, versus the previous software driver version 23.4.3 RS-578

Fixed Issues

– Application crash or driver timeout may be observed during video playback using DaVinci Resolveâ„¢ Studio.
– Brief display corruption may occur when switching between video and game windows on some AMD Graphics Products, such as the Radeonâ„¢ RX 6700 XT.
– Higher than expected memory usage during shader compilation time when first launching THE LAST OF USâ„¢ Part I.
– Intermittent system crash while playing Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® II on some AMD Graphics Products, such as the Radeonâ„¢ RX 580.

Known Issues

– High idle power has situationally been observed when using select high-resolution and high refresh rate displays on Radeonâ„¢ RX 7000 series GPUs.
– Video stuttering or performance drops may be observed during gameplay and video playback with some extended display configurations on Radeonâ„¢ RX 7000 series GPUs.
– Some virtual reality games or applications may experience lower-than-expected performance on Radeonâ„¢ RX 7000 series GPUs.
– Application crash may be intermittently observed while playing RuneScapeâ„¢ on some AMD Graphics Products, such as the Radeonâ„¢ RX 5700 XT.

Important Notes

– Factory Reset has been temporarily disabled as a precautionary measure while we address isolated installation issues that have been reported during PC upgrades. Users may use AMD Cleanup Utility as a temporary option.

Desktop GPUs 

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