AMD’s Radeon Software 20.8.2 driver is ready for this month’s big releases

AMD's Radeon Software 20.8.2 driver is ready for this month's big releases

AMD’s Radeon Software 20.8.2 driver is ready for this month’s big releases

AMD has just launched its Radeon Software 20.8.2 drivers, preparing their users for August’s most highly anticipated PC released. These releases include Mortal Shell, Microsoft Flight Simulator, and Marvel’s Avengers. 

Radeon’s 20.8.2 driver also provides Radeon users with significant performance uplifts in A Total War Saga: Troy, delivering a 12% boost for their Radeon RX 5700 XT when using the game’s High Preset. Those who are interested in A Total War Saga: Troy’s PC performance can look at our Performance Review and Optimisation Guide for the game here, though it is worth noting that this analysis used day-1 drivers from AMD and Nvidia. We may update this analysis to include data using AMD/Nvidia’s latest drivers. 
   

AMD's Radeon Software 20.8.2 driver is ready for this month's big releases  

Support For

– A Total War Saga: Troy
      – The High preset on the Radeonâ„¢ RX 5700 XT offers up to 12% better FPS performance playing A Total War Saga: Troy with Radeonâ„¢ Software Adrenalin 2020 edition 20.8.2 versus the Radeonâ„¢ Software Adrenalin 2020 Edition 20.8.1RS-339

– Microsoft Flight Simulator
– Mortal Shell
– Marvel’s Avengers Open Beta

Fixed Issues

– Reports of intermittent system hangs while exiting system sleep on some AMD Ryzenâ„¢ 3000 Series Mobile Processors with Radeonâ„¢ Graphics.
– Pressing a key while Radeon Overlay is open, or exiting Radeon Overlay while playing Hyper Scapeâ„¢, 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.

Known Issues

– With Radeon FreeSync enabled on Radeon RX 5000 series system configurations, task switching to another display or application may cause the display to flicker for a few moments.
– Brightness flickering may be experienced on some VP9 video content playback through applications or web browsers on Radeon RX 5000 series graphics product system configurations.
– 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.
– Performance Metrics Overlay and the Performance Tuning tab 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.
– With HDR enabled, Windows® desktop may experience flickering, and performing a task switch while in a game may cause colors to become washed out or over saturated.
– Audio may experience instability when connected through an Audio Video Receiver via HDMI® on Radeon RX 5000 series graphics products
– YouTube playback may become frozen with Microsoft® Edge player and Chromeâ„¢ when played on an extended display on some AMD Ryzenâ„¢ 7 3000 series and AMD Ryzenâ„¢ 4000 series APU system configurations.
– 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.
– AMD will continue to monitor and investigate any new reports of black screen or system hang issues during extended periods of gameplay closely. Users are encouraged to use the new Bug Reporting Tool for any issues they may encounter.

AMD's Radeon Software 20.8.2 driver is ready for this month's big releases  

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


Download Links

– Windows 10 (64-bit)

You can join the discussion on AMD’s Radeon Software Adrenalin Edition 20.8.1 driver on the OC3D Forums.

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