Big Performance Gains! – AMD’s GPUs are ready for Starfield

AMD promises significant performance gains in Starfield with their latest GPU drivers

AMD Software version 23.8.2 has landed, and it features game-specific optimisations for Starfield, a game that is launching to early access players very soon. This driver claims to deliver up to 16% performance gains in Starfield, which is a huge performance boost for a simple driver update, and also addresses crashing issues in Baldur’s Gate 3 when that game is played under DX12.

With the promise of up to 16% performance gains in Starfield, Radeon’s AMD Software 23.8.2 driver will be a must download for players of Bethesda’s new RPG. You can expect us to analyse the game following the game’s launch and test it across a variety of graphics cards and PC configurations.

Highlights

Support for

– Starfield

– Up to 16% increase in performance for Starfield @ 4k, using AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition™ 23.8.2 on the Radeon™? RX 7900XTX GPU, versus the previous software driver version 23.8.1 RS-594

– Up to 16% increase in performance for Starfield @ 4k, using AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition™ 23.8.2 on the Radeon™? RX 7900XT GPU, versus the previous software driver version 23.8.1 RS-595

Fixed Issues

– Application crash or driver timeout may be observed while playing Baldur’s Gate 3 with DirectX® 11 API set on certain systems with Radeon™ RX 7000 series GPUs.

Known Issues

– Performance Metrics Overlay may report N/A for FPS on various games.
– Audio may intermittently become out of sync with video when recording from AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition with AV1 codec.
– Display may not reach correct brightness with certain games on select SAMSUNG™ FreeSync Premium Pro monitors or TVs with local dimming setting enabled.

Important Notes

– AMD is working with the game developers of Starfield™ to resolve an intermittent driver timeout or visual corruption issue when Dynamic Resolution is set to 75-78% with certain ultra wide monitors. Users experiencing this issue should adjust the Dynamic Resolution option as a temporary workaround.
– 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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