AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition 24.12.1 WHQL driver for Radeon owners is here, and it looks like Team Red is catching up a bit as it includes new game support for several high-profile releases that have been out for weeks – including Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024, Dragon Age: The Veilguard and STALKER 2: Heart of Chornobyl.
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Support for new games often means performance optimizations and stability adjustments. That’s why major driver updates come in time for new releases. In addition to the games mentioned above, Adrenalin Edition 24.12.1 also adds support for Marvel Rivals, Slitterhead, and Detal Force.
Aside from game-specific support, the latest driver is good news for AI developers as it brings official support for Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL 2), which enables AMD ROCm software development on Windows systems. Hit the jump for the full AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition 24.12.1 release notes.
AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition 24.12.1 Release Notes
New game support
- Marvel Rivals
- Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024
- Dragon Age: The Veil Guard
- Cutter head
- Delta force
- STALKER 2: Heart of Chernobyl
AI development on Radeon
- Official support for Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL 2) allows users with supported hardware to develop with AMD ROCm™ software on a Windows system, eliminating the need for dual-boot installations.
- WSL 2 support has been added for: ONNX Runtime, TensorFlow, beta support on Triton
- Find more information on ROCm about Radeon compatibility here and configuration of Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL 2) here.
Extensive HYPR-Tune support
With HYPR-Tune support, HYPR-RX can enable in-game technologies such as AMD FidelityFX Super Resolution and AMD Radeon Anti-Lag 2. Support has been added to automatically configure AMD FidelityFX Super Resolution with frame generation in:
- Horizon Zero Dawn remastered
- MechWarrior 5: Clans
- Red Dead Redemption 2
Extensive support for Vulkan extensions
Fixed issues and improvements
- Lower than expected performance may be observed while using llama.cpp. This may also have consequences for Ollama and LM Studio.
- Texture corruption may occur while playing The Crew Motorfest.
- A system crash may occur when you first start SteamVR while using Valve Index at 144 Hz on Radeon RX 6000 series graphics products.
- The application may occasionally crash while loading a save file in Monster Hunter: World.
- An intermittent application crash may occur while playing Fortnite on Radeon RX 5000 series graphics products and above.
- H.264 encoding may not work as expected while using OBS Studio with Twitch Enhanced Broadcasting.
Known issues
- While playing Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 on some AMD Graphics products, such as the AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370, you may experience an intermittent driver timeout or crash. Users experiencing this issue can measure Temporarily Enable Variable Graphics Memory in AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition (AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition -> Performance -> Tuning -> Variable Graphics Memory).
- Intermittent stuttering may be observed while playing Marvel Rivals when AMD FidelityFX Super Resolution 3 frame generation is enabled. Users experiencing this issue are recommended to disable AMD FidelityFX Super Resolution 3 frame generation in the per-game settings as a workaround.
- After using the AMD Cleanup Utility for Windows, the AMD Bug Report Tool may occasionally appear during the installation of a new driver on AMD Ryzen 7000 and higher series processors linked to AMD Graphics Products.
- HEVC encoding may not work as expected while using OBS Studio with Twitch Enhanced Broadcasting.
- There are limitations to Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL 2) support. here.
