AMD’s latest drivers are ready for Gears Tactics and Predator: Hunting Grounds

AMD's latest drivers are ready for Gears Tactics and Predator: Hunting Grounds

AMD’s latest drivers are ready for Gears Tactics and Predator: Hunting Grounds

AMD has just released its Radeon Software 20.4.2 driver, bringing with it game-specific optimisations for both Gears Tactics and predator: Hunting Grounds, both of which are due to release before the end of this month. 

Alongside these performance optimisations, AMD will be providing its users with a large set of bug fixes, addressing some black screen issues with Vega series graphics cards, crashes when using the Edge browser and potential crashes when using Microsoft teams. These bug fixes are detailed below.  

AMD's latest drivers are ready for Gears Tactics and Predator: Hunting Grounds  

Support For

– Gears Tacticsâ„¢
– Predator: Hunting Groundsâ„¢

Fixed Issues

– Radeon RX Vega series graphics products may experience a system hang or black screen when running Folding@Home while also running an application using hardware acceleration of video content.
– A system crash or hang may be experienced when using Edge browser to play Netflixâ„¢ content.
– XSplitâ„¢ may experience an application hang or freeze when performing a scene switch.
– Minor stuttering may occur when performing a task switch with performance metrics overlay open in some games.
– Overwatchâ„¢ may experience an intermittent crash while entering a game or during extended gameplay sessions.
– Radeon RX 5700 series graphics product system configurations may intermittently experience a display loss or black screen while gaming or on desktop with a limited number of displays.
– Radeon Software may experience an application crash when playing games with non-alphanumeric characters in the game title.
– Radeon RX Vega series graphics products may experience an application crash with Microsoft® Teams when hardware acceleration is enabled.
– An ‘Unable to get requirements’ error message may intermittently occur when viewing the Upgrade Advisor tab in Radeon Software.
– Radeon RX Vega series graphics products may experience a system crash or TDR when playing games with Instant Replay or Record Desktop enabled.
– Resolved an install issue where Error 1603 could occur when an installation prerequisite for Visual C++ was not correctly detected as installed.

Known Issues

– 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.
– Using Edgeâ„¢ web browser to playback video content with a multi display system configuration may cause a system hang or crash after extended periods of use.
– Performance Metrics Overlay and Radeon WattMan incorrectly report higher than expected idle clock speeds on Radeon RX 5700 series graphics products. Performance and power consumption are not impacted by this incorrect reporting.
– Modifying the HDMI Scaling slider may cause FPS to become locked to 30.
– Some games may exhibit stutter intermittently during gameplay on Radeon RX 5000 series graphics products.
– Radeon RX Vega series graphics products may experience a system crash or TDR when performing multiple task switches using Alt+Tab.
– Desktop or In-game corruption may occur intermittently when HDR is enabled.
– Direct ML Media Filters are currently unavailable in Radeon Software Media gallery for video or image content.
– Some users may still experience black screen or system hang issues during extended periods of gameplay. AMD will continue to monitor and investigate reports of these issues closely.
– Some laptops may encounter a BSOD when installing Radeonâ„¢ Software Adrenalin 2020 Edition over an existing OEM graphics driver. To work around this issue, first uninstall the OEM graphics driver using Programs and Features within the Control Panel. Once complete, install the Radeon Software Adrenalin 2020 Edition package and select the Factory Reset option during setup.

AMD's latest drivers are ready for Gears Tactics and Predator: Hunting Grounds  

Desktop GPUs 

Radeon Desktop Product Family Compatibility

Radeon RX Navi 5700 Series Radeon VII
Radeon RX 5500 & 5500M RX 5300M (Notebook GPU)
Radeon RX Vega Series AMD Radeon Pro Duo
Radeon RX 580/590 AMD Radeon RX 570
Radeon RX 560  AMD RX 550
Radeon RX 400 Series Graphics AMD Radeon R7 300 Series Graphics
AMD Radeon Pro Duo AMD Radeon R7 200 Series Graphics
AMD Radeon R9 Fury Series Graphics AMD Radeon R5 300 Series Graphics
AMD Radeon R9 Nano Series Graphics AMD Radeon R5 200 Series Graphics
AMD Radeon R9 300 Series Graphics AMD Radeon HD 8500 – HD 8900 Series Graphics
AMD Radeon R9 200 Series Graphics AMD Radeon HD 7700 – HD 7900 Series Graphics


Supported APUs

Radeon Desktop Product Family Compatibility

AMD Ryzen Mobile Processors with Vega Graphics AMD Athlon Mobile Processors with Vega Graphics
AMD A-Series and FX Processors with Radeon Graphics AMD Ryzen pro Mobile Processors with Vega Graphics
AMD Athlon Pro Mobile Processors with Vega Graphics AMD A-Series Pro Processors with Radeon Graphics


Full Release notes for this driver can be viewed here


Download Links

– Windows 10 (64-bit)
– Windows 7 (64-bit)


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