AMD’s Radeon Software 20.4.1 driver is prepped and ready for Resident Evil 3

AMD's Radeon Software 20.4.1 driver is prepped and ready for Resident Evil 3

AMD’s Radeon Software 20.4.1 driver is prepped and ready for Resident Evil 3

AMD has released its first major driver update for April, and it comes with game-specific optimisations for Capcom’s latest remake, Resident Evil 3, and a boatload of bug fixes.  

For starters, Radeon Vega users will no longer experience black screen issues in heroes of the Storm and Overwatch after extended playing sessions, or see HDR fail to enable on compatible Vulkan-based PC titles. DOOM Eternal will also boot easier on hybrid graphics systems and Radeon FreeSync Premium monitors will now list all of its supported refresh rate options. 

Please find the full release notes for AMD’s Radeon Software 20.4.1 driver below. 

Those interested in Resident Evil 3’s PC performance can read our PC performance Review and Optimisation Guide here. 

AMD's Radeon Software 20.4.1 driver is prepped and ready for Resident Evil 3  

Radeon Software Adrenalin 2020 Edition 20.4.1 Highlights

Support For

– Resident Evil 3


Fixed Issues

– Overwatchâ„¢ and Heroes of the Stormâ„¢ may experience a black screen or application hang while gaming for extended periods of time on some Radeon RX Vega series graphics product system configurations.
– HDR may fail to enable or be detected in applications and games using the Vulkan® API.
– Doom Eternalâ„¢ may fail to launch in some hybrid graphics system configurations.
– Radeon ReLive streaming may fail to launch or may crash when a stream session is started with performance metrics overlay enabled.
– Some clock values may fail to populate for a limited number of graphics products in the Radeon Settings Hardware information tab.
– Hotkeys can no longer be assigned to a single digit or character as this has the ability to block or cause interference with some default Windows® functionality.
– Some Radeon FreeSync Premium supported displays may not list all supported refresh rate options in Windows® when Radeon FreeSync Premium is enabled in the displays OSD settings.

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.
Running Folding@Home while also running an application using hardware acceleration of video content can cause a system hang or black screen. A potential workaround is disabling hardware acceleration for the application that has it enabled.
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.
Desktop or In-game corruption may occur intermittently when HDR is enabled.
Radeon RX Vega series graphics products may experience a system crash or TDR when playing games with Instant Replay enabled. A potential workaround for users experiencing these issues is to disable Instant Replay.
Radeon RX Vega series graphics products may experience a system crash or TDR when performing multiple task switches using Alt+Tab.
A system crash or hang may be experienced when using Edge browser to play Netflixâ„¢ 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.
Direct ML Media Filters are currently unavailable in Radeon Software Media gallery for video or image content.
XSplitâ„¢ may experience an application hang or freeze when performing a scene switch.

AMD's Radeon Software 20.4.1 driver is prepped and ready for Resident Evil 3  


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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