AMD Adrenalin 18.3.3 Graphics Driver Released With Vulkan 1.1 Support (Updated: v18.3.4)


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Adrenalin 18.3.4 has been released and brings support for Far Cry 5.

Radeon Adrenalin 18.3.4 Downloads

This driver exposes OpenGL 4.5 (317 OpenGL extensions + 17 SPIR-V/GL extensions) and Vulkan 1.1.70 APIs:


AMD Radeon Software Adrenalin software information

AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 + GPU Caps Viewer


AMD has published a new graphics driver for all Radeon based graphics cards. Adrenalin 18.3.3 comes with Vulkan 1.1 support and optimizations for Sea of Thieves as well as A Way Out titles.


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Fixed Issues:

– Forza Motorsport 7 may experience intermittent stutter during gameplay.
– Some Radeon ReLive recorded clips may experience corruption or audio distortion when played back.
– Final Fantasy XV may experience flickering or disappearing objects during some gameplay in multi GPU enabled system configurations.
– Star Wars Battlefront 2 may experience a system hang on the initial splash screen in multi GPU enabled system configurations.

Radeon Adrenalin 18.3.3 Downloads


AMD Radeon Software Adrenalin software information

AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 + GPU Caps Viewer

Adrenalin 18.3.3 exposes OpenGL 4.5 and 317 OpenGL extensions (same number than previous drivers).

Vulkan support has been updated to version 1.1.70. Here is the complete GPU Caps Viewer report for a Radeon RX Vega 56 on Win10 64-bit:

- Instance extensions: 10
  - VK_KHR_surface (version: 25)
  - VK_KHR_win32_surface (version: 6)
  - VK_KHR_get_physical_device_properties2 (version: 1)
  - VK_KHR_get_surface_capabilities2 (version: 1)
  - VK_KHR_external_memory_capabilities (version: 1)
  - VK_KHR_device_group_creation (version: 1)
  - VK_KHR_external_semaphore_capabilities (version: 1)
  - VK_KHR_external_fence_capabilities (version: 1)
  - VK_EXT_debug_report (version: 9)
  - VK_EXT_debug_utils (version: 1)
- Instance layers: 3
  - VK_LAYER_VALVE_steam_overlay (version: 1.0.3, impl: 1)
  - VK_LAYER_AMD_switchable_graphics (version: 1.1.70, impl: 1)
  - VK_LAYER_LUNARG_standard_validation (version: 1.0.70, impl: 1)
- Physical devices: 1
  - [Vulkan device 0]: Radeon RX Vega ------------------
    - API version: 1.1.70
    - vendorID: 4098
    - deviceID: 26751
    - driver version: 8388626
  - memory heap count: 3
    - heap1: 7920MB
    - heap2: 768MB
    - heap3: 256MB
  - memory type count: 4
    - mem type 0 - heap index : 0 - property flag : 1
      > mem property: VK_MEMORY_PROPERTY_DEVICE_LOCAL_BIT
    - mem type 1 - heap index : 1 - property flag : 6
      > mem property: VK_MEMORY_PROPERTY_HOST_VISIBLE_BIT
      > mem property: VK_MEMORY_PROPERTY_HOST_COHERENT_BIT
    - mem type 2 - heap index : 2 - property flag : 7
      > mem property: VK_MEMORY_PROPERTY_DEVICE_LOCAL_BIT
      > mem property: VK_MEMORY_PROPERTY_HOST_VISIBLE_BIT
      > mem property: VK_MEMORY_PROPERTY_HOST_COHERENT_BIT
    - mem type 3 - heap index : 1 - property flag : 14
      > mem property: VK_MEMORY_PROPERTY_HOST_VISIBLE_BIT
      > mem property: VK_MEMORY_PROPERTY_HOST_COHERENT_BIT
      > mem property: VK_MEMORY_PROPERTY_HOST_CACHED_BIT
  - extensions: 52
    - VK_KHR_sampler_mirror_clamp_to_edge (version: 1)
    - VK_KHR_shader_draw_parameters (version: 1)
    - VK_KHR_swapchain (version: 70)
    - VK_KHR_maintenance1 (version: 1)
    - VK_KHR_maintenance2 (version: 1)
    - VK_KHR_maintenance3 (version: 1)
    - VK_KHR_relaxed_block_layout (version: 1)
    - VK_KHR_dedicated_allocation (version: 3)
    - VK_KHR_descriptor_update_template (version: 1)
    - VK_KHR_external_memory (version: 1)
    - VK_KHR_external_memory_win32 (version: 1)
    - VK_KHR_device_group (version: 3)
    - VK_KHX_device_group (version: 2)
    - VK_KHR_bind_memory2 (version: 1)
    - VK_KHR_external_semaphore (version: 1)
    - VK_KHR_external_semaphore_win32 (version: 1)
    - VK_AMD_rasterization_order (version: 1)
    - VK_AMD_shader_ballot (version: 1)
    - VK_AMD_shader_trinary_minmax (version: 1)
    - VK_AMD_shader_explicit_vertex_parameter (version: 1)
    - VK_AMD_gcn_shader (version: 1)
    - VK_AMD_draw_indirect_count (version: 1)
    - VK_AMD_negative_viewport_height (version: 1)
    - VK_AMD_gpu_shader_half_float (version: 1)
    - VK_AMD_shader_info (version: 1)
    - VK_AMD_gpu_shader_half_float_fetch (version: 1)
    - VK_EXT_sampler_filter_minmax (version: 1)
    - VK_AMD_shader_fragment_mask (version: 1)
    - VK_AMD_wave_limits (version: 1)
    - VK_AMD_texture_gather_bias_lod (version: 1)
    - VK_AMD_mixed_attachment_samples (version: 1)
    - VK_EXT_sample_locations (version: 1)
    - VK_AMD_gpu_shader_int16 (version: 1)
    - VK_EXT_shader_subgroup_vote (version: 1)
    - VK_KHR_16bit_storage (version: 1)
    - VK_KHR_storage_buffer_storage_class (version: 1)
    - VK_AMD_gpa_interface (version: 1)
    - VK_EXT_shader_subgroup_ballot (version: 1)
    - VK_EXT_shader_stencil_export (version: 1)
    - VK_EXT_shader_viewport_index_layer (version: 1)
    - VK_KHR_get_memory_requirements2 (version: 1)
    - VK_KHR_image_format_list (version: 1)
    - VK_KHR_multiview (version: 1)
    - VK_KHR_external_fence (version: 1)
    - VK_KHR_external_fence_win32 (version: 1)
    - VK_KHR_win32_keyed_mutex (version: 1)
    - VK_EXT_global_priority (version: 2)
    - VK_AMD_buffer_marker (version: 1)
    - VK_AMD_shader_image_load_store_lod (version: 1)
    - VK_EXT_external_memory_host (version: 1)
    - VK_EXT_depth_range_unrestricted (version: 1)
    - VK_AMD_shader_core_properties (version: 1)
  - device layers: 1
    - VK_LAYER_AMD_switchable_graphics (version: 1.1.70, impl: 1)
  - device features:
    - robustBufferAccess: true
    - fullDrawIndexUint32: true
    - imageCubeArray: true
    - independentBlend: true
    - geometryShader: true
    - tessellationShader: true
    - sampleRateShading: true
    - dualSrcBlend: true
    - logicOp: true
    - multiDrawIndirect: true
    - drawIndirectFirstInstance: true
    - depthClamp: true
    - depthBiasClamp: true
    - fillModeNonSolid: true
    - depthBounds: true
    - wideLines: true
    - largePoints: true
    - alphaToOne: false
    - multiViewport: true
    - samplerAnisotropy: true
    - textureCompressionETC2: false
    - textureCompressionASTC_LDR: false
    - textureCompressionBC: true
    - occlusionQueryPrecise: true
    - pipelineStatisticsQuery: true
    - vertexPipelineStoresAndAtomics: true
    - fragmentStoresAndAtomics: true
    - shaderTessellationAndGeometryPointSize: true
    - shaderImageGatherExtended: true
    - shaderStorageImageExtendedFormats: true
    - shaderStorageImageMultisample: true
    - shaderStorageImageReadWithoutFormat: true
    - shaderStorageImageWriteWithoutFormat: true
    - shaderUniformBufferArrayDynamicIndexing: true
    - shaderSampledImageArrayDynamicIndexing: true
    - shaderStorageBufferArrayDynamicIndexing: true
    - shaderStorageImageArrayDynamicIndexing: true
    - shaderClipDistance: true
    - shaderCullDistance: true
    - shaderFloat64: true
    - shaderInt64: true
    - shaderInt16: true
    - shaderResourceResidency: false
    - shaderResourceMinLod: false
    - sparseBinding: false
    - sparseResidencyBuffer: false
    - sparseResidencyImage2D: false
    - sparseResidencyImage3D: false
    - sparseResidency2Samples: false
    - sparseResidency4Samples: true
    - sparseResidency8Samples: false
    - sparseResidency16Samples: false
    - sparseResidencyAliased: false
    - variableMultisampleRate: true
    - inheritedQueries: true
  - device limits
    - maxImageDimension1D: 16384
    - maxImageDimension2D: 16384
    - maxImageDimension3D: 2048
    - maxImageDimensionCube: 16384
    - maxImageArrayLayers: 2048
    - maxTexelBufferElements: 4294967295
    - maxUniformBufferRange: 4294967295
    - maxStorageBufferRange: 4294967295
    - maxPushConstantsSize: 128
    - maxMemoryAllocationCount: 4096
    - maxSamplerAllocationCount: 1048576
    - bufferImageGranularity: 1
    - sparseAddressSpaceSize: 17592186044415
    - maxBoundDescriptorSets: 32
    - maxPerStageDescriptorSamplers: 4294967295
    - maxPerStageDescriptorUniformBuffers: 4294967295
    - maxPerStageDescriptorSampledImages: 4294967295
    - maxPerStageDescriptorStorageImages: 4294967295
    - maxPerStageDescriptorInputAttachments: 4294967295
    - maxPerStageResources: 4294967295
    - maxDescriptorSetSamplers: 4294967295
    - maxDescriptorSetUniformBuffers: 4294967295
    - maxDescriptorSetUniformBuffersDynamic: 8
    - maxDescriptorSetStorageBuffers: 4294967295
    - maxDescriptorSetStorageBuffersDynamic: 8
    - maxDescriptorSetSampledImages: 4294967295
    - maxDescriptorSetStorageImages: 4294967295
    - maxDescriptorSetInputAttachments: 4294967295
    - maxVertexInputAttributes: 64
    - maxVertexInputBindings: 32
    - maxVertexInputAttributeOffset: 4294967295
    - maxVertexInputBindingStride: 16383
    - maxVertexOutputComponents: 128
    - maxTessellationGenerationLevel: 64
    - maxTessellationPatchSize: 32
    - maxTessellationControlPerVertexInputComponents: 128
    - maxTessellationControlPerVertexOutputComponents: 128
    - maxTessellationControlPerPatchOutputComponents: 120
    - maxTessellationControlTotalOutputComponents: 4096
    - maxTessellationEvaluationInputComponents: 128
    - maxTessellationEvaluationOutputComponents: 128
    - maxGeometryShaderInvocations: 127
    - maxGeometryInputComponents: 128
    - maxGeometryOutputComponents: 128
    - maxGeometryOutputVertices: 1024
    - maxGeometryTotalOutputComponents: 16384
    - maxFragmentInputComponents: 128
    - maxFragmentOutputAttachments: 8
    - maxFragmentDualSrcAttachments: 1
    - maxFragmentCombinedOutputResources: 4294967295
    - maxComputeSharedMemorySize: 32768
    - maxComputeWorkGroupCount: [65535; 65535; 65535]
    - maxComputeWorkGroupInvocations: 1024
    - maxComputeWorkGroupSize: [1024; 1024; 1024]
    - subPixelPrecisionBits: 8
    - subTexelPrecisionBits: 8
    - mipmapPrecisionBits: 8
    - maxDrawIndexedIndexValue: 4294967295
    - maxDrawIndirectCount: 4294967295
    - maxSamplerLodBias: 15.996094
    - maxSamplerAnisotropy: 16.000000
    - maxViewports: 16
    - maxViewportDimensions: [16384; 16384]
    - viewportBoundsRange: [-32768.000000 ; 32767.000000]
    - viewportSubPixelBits: 8
    - minMemoryMapAlignment: 64
    - minTexelBufferOffsetAlignment: 1
    - minUniformBufferOffsetAlignment: 16
    - minStorageBufferOffsetAlignment: 4
    - minTexelOffset: 4294967232
    - maxTexelOffset: 63
    - minTexelGatherOffset: 4294967264
    - maxTexelGatherOffset: 31
    - minInterpolationOffset: -2.000000
    - maxInterpolationOffset: 2.000000
    - subPixelInterpolationOffsetBits: 8
    - maxFramebufferWidth: 16384
    - maxFramebufferHeight: 16384
    - maxFramebufferLayers: 2048
    - framebufferColorSampleCounts: 15
    - framebufferDepthSampleCounts: 15
    - framebufferStencilSampleCounts: 15
    - framebufferNoAttachmentsSampleCounts: 15
    - maxColorAttachments: 8
    - sampledImageColorSampleCounts: 15
    - sampledImageIntegerSampleCounts: 15
    - sampledImageDepthSampleCounts: 15
    - sampledImageStencilSampleCounts: 15
    - storageImageSampleCounts: 15
    - maxSampleMaskWords: 1
    - timestampComputeAndGraphics: 1
    - timestampPeriod: 37.037037
    - maxClipDistances: 8
    - maxCullDistances: 8
    - maxCombinedClipAndCullDistances: 8
    - discreteQueuePriorities: 2
    - pointSizeRange: [0.000000 ; 8191.875000]
    - lineWidthRange: [0.000000 ; 8191.875000]
    - pointSizeGranularity: 0.125000
    - lineWidthGranularity: 0.125000
    - strictLines: 0
    - standardSampleLocations: 1
    - optimalBufferCopyOffsetAlignment: 1
    - optimalBufferCopyRowPitchAlignment: 1
    - nonCoherentAtomSize: 128


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