Radeon’s first driver of 2021 promises big performance gains for Hitman 3

  

Support For

Hitman 3

– Up to 10% increase in performance in Hitman 3, @4K Ultra settings, with Radeonâ„¢ Software Adrenalin 2020 Edition 21.1.1 on the 16GB Radeon RX 6800 XT graphics card versus the previous driver edition 20.12.1.RS-349

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Fixed Issues

– The recording and streaming overlay indicator may sometimes reset itself to the default position.
– Performance Metrics Overlay size may intermittently reset or may not match values that are set in Radeon Software after performing a task switch.
– The Radeon Software installer screen can sometimes display the incorrect release date of the Radeon Software version you are installing.
– Performance Metrics Overlay may flicker during video playback on displays with HDR enabled.
– Reflections in Grand Theft Auto Vâ„¢ may fail to appear when ‘Reflection MSAA’ is enabled in the game settings.
– PlayerUnknown’s Battlegroundsâ„¢ session timer may continue in Radeon Software even after the game has been exited.
– DOOM Eternalâ„¢ may experience an application crash while gaming and having Steamâ„¢ overlay enabled.
– Recorded content from Radeon Software may appear cropped or recorded at an incorrect resolution on Radeon RX Vega series graphics products.
– The Samsungâ„¢ Odyssey G9 C49G95T may experience display or corruption issues when set to [email protected]
– Anisotropic Filtering in Radeonâ„¢ Software graphics settings is not taking effect in DirectX®9 applications on RDNA graphics products.
– Some displays such as the Sceptre C series or Samsungâ„¢ Odyssey G9 series may experience an intermittent black screen on Radeon RX 6000 series graphics products.
– Oculus Link users may experience intermittent crashes on Polaris and Vega series graphics products.

Known Issues

– Brightness flickering may intermittently occur in some games or applications when Radeonâ„¢ FreeSync is enabled, and the game is set to use borderless fullscreen.
– Display flicker or corruption may be experienced when two displays are connected to Radeon RX Vega series graphics products with at least one display set to a high refresh rate.
– Metro Exodusâ„¢ may experience intermittent application crashes with DirectX® Raytracing enabled.
– Radeonâ„¢ recording and streaming features may fail to enable on AMD Radeonâ„¢ HD 7800 series graphics products.
– Screen flickering might be observed when using MSI Afterburner.
– 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.

Disclaimer

– Testing conducted by AMD Performance Labs as of Jan 15, 2021 on the 16GB Radeonâ„¢ RX 6800 XT, using a test system comprising of AMD Ryzen 9 5900X CPU (3.7 GHz), 16GB DDR4-3200MHz memory, and Windows 10×64 with Radeon Software Adrenalin 2020 Edition 21.1.1 versus the previous driver edition 20.12.1 on Hitman 3 @ 4K Ultra settings. Performance may vary. RS-349.

  

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