AMD Radeon Software Adrenalin 21.12.1 released (Updated: v22.1.2)

 
AMD has published a graphics driver for Radeon-based graphics cards on Windows 10 and Windows 11. Adrenalin 21.12.1 brings the following changes:

Support For
– Halo Infinite
Up to 17% increase in performance in Halo Infinite @ 4K Ultra Settings, using Radeon Software Adrenalin 21.12.1 on the 16 GB Radeon RX 6900 XT graphics card, versus the previous software driver version 21.11.3.
Up to 19% increase in performance in Halo Infinite @ 4K Ultra Settings, using Radeon Software Adrenalin 21.12.1 on the 16 GB Radeon RX 6800 XT graphics card, versus the previous software driver version 21.11.3.
Up to 16% increase in performance in Halo Infinite @ 4K Ultra Settings, using Radeon Software Adrenalin 21.12.1 on the 12 GB Radeon RX 6700 XT graphics card, versus the previous software driver version 21.11.3.
– Fortnite
– Icarus
– Blender 3.0 on Radeon RX 6000 series Graphics.

Fixed Issues
– While running SteamVR Home on some AMD Graphics products such as Radeon VII Graphics, some users may experience a crash.
– During Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy gameplay, some users may experience driver timeouts on some AMD Graphics products such as Radeon RX 5500 XT Graphics.
– While playing PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds with multiple displays connected in extended mode, Radeon Software may become unresponsive when the user is in the lobby and attempts to open Radeon Software on the secondary display via the context menu.
– Visual corruption may be observed on a vehicle’s logo or license plate number while playing Forza Horizon 5 on some AMD Graphics products such as Radeon RX 500 series Graphics.

 

Adrenalin 22.1.1

Support For
– Monster Hunter Rise
– God of War
Up to 7% increase in performance in God of War @ 4K Ultra Settings, using Radeon Software Adrenalin 22.1.1 on the 16 GB Radeon RX 6900 XT graphics card, versus the previous software driver version 21.12.1.
Up to 7% increase in performance in God of War @ 4K Ultra Settings, using Radeon Software Adrenalin 22.1.1 on the 16 GB Radeon RX 6800 XT graphics card, versus the previous software driver version 21.12.1.
Up to 7% increase in performance in God of War @ 4K Ultra Settings, using Radeon Software Adrenalin 22.1.1 on the 12 GB Radeon RX 6700 XT graphics card, versus the previous software driver version 21.12.1.

Fixed Issues
– Connecting multiple monitors with high display bandwidths and differences in vertical intervals to a system may lead to high idle memory clock values being experienced by some users.
– After upgrading to the latest Radeon Software, the Power Tuning component of a saved tuning profile may not load correctly when a user imports a previously saved tuning profile.
– When some users zoom-in during Halo Infinite gameplay, they may experience visual corruption on some AMD Graphics Products such as Radeon RX 5600 XT Graphics.
– Flickering may be observed when playing Fortnite on some AMD Graphics Products such as Radeon RX 6800 XT Graphics using DirectX 12 with Radeon™ Boost enabled.

 

Adrenalin 22.1.2

Support For
– Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Extraction
– AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT Graphics
– AMD Radeon RX 6500M Graphics
– AMD Radeon RX 6400 Graphics
– AMD Radeon RX 6300M Graphics

Fixed Issues
– While playing Borderlands 3 using DirectX 12 with Radeon Boost enabled, longer than expected load times may be observed on some AMD Graphics Products such as Radeon RX 6800 XT Graphics.

 

Radeon Software Adrenalin Downloads

• latest version for win10/win11 64-bit @ Geeks3D
• v22.1.2 downloads + release notes @ AMD
• v22.1.1 downloads + release notes @ AMD
• v21.12.1 downloads + release notes @ AMD

 

Quick driver information

Adrenalin 21.12.1

 

Adrenalin 22.1.1

 

Adrenalin 22.1.2

 

OpenGL support

Adrenalin 21.12.1

Adrenalin 21.12.1 exposes OpenGL 4.6 and 330 extensions for a Radeon RX 6800 XT. This support is similar to Adrenalin 21.5.2.

- GL_VENDOR: ATI Technologies Inc.
- GL_RENDERER: AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
- GL_VERSION: 4.6.14802 Compatibility Profile/Debug Context 21.12.1 30.0.14011.3017
- GL_SHADING_LANGUAGE_VERSION: 4.60
- OpenGL Extensions: 330 extensions (GL=305 and WGL=25)

Adrenalin 22.1.1

Adrenalin 22.1.1 exposes OpenGL 4.6 and 330 extensions for a Radeon RX 6800 XT. This support is similar to Adrenalin 21.5.2.

- GL_VENDOR: ATI Technologies Inc.
- GL_RENDERER: AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
- GL_VERSION: 4.6.14802 Compatibility Profile/Debug Context 22.1.1 30.0.14023.1009
- GL_SHADING_LANGUAGE_VERSION: 4.60
- OpenGL Extensions: 330 extensions (GL=305 and WGL=25)

Adrenalin 22.1.2

Adrenalin 22.1.2 exposes OpenGL 4.6 and 330 extensions for a Radeon RX 6800 XT. This support is similar to Adrenalin 21.5.2.

- GL_VENDOR: ATI Technologies Inc.
- GL_RENDERER: AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
- GL_VERSION: 4.6.14802 Compatibility Profile/Debug Context 22.1.2 30.0.14023.3004
- GL_SHADING_LANGUAGE_VERSION: 4.60
- OpenGL Extensions: 330 extensions (GL=305 and WGL=25)

 

Vulkan support

Adrenalin 21.12.1

Adrenalin 21.12.1 exposes Vulkan 1.2.196 API for a Radeon RX 6800 XT on Windows 10/11. This support is similar to Adrenalin 21.11.3.

- [ device 0 ]
 - name: AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
 - deviceID: 1002-73BF (4098-29631)
 - API version (raw): 4202692
 - API version: 1.2.196
 - # of extensions: 136

 - VK_KHR_driver_properties
  -> driverName: AMD proprietary driver
  -> driverID: VK_DRIVER_ID_AMD_PROPRIETARY_KHR
  -> driverInfo: 21.12.1
  -> conformanceVersion: 1.2.2.5

Adrenalin 22.1.1

Adrenalin 22.1.1 exposes Vulkan 1.2.196 API for a Radeon RX 6800 XT on Windows 10/11. This support is similar to Adrenalin 21.11.3.

- [ device 0 ]
  - [Vulkan device 0]: AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT 
    - API version: 1.2.196
    - vendorID: 4098
    - deviceID: 29631
    - driver version: 8388812
    - # of extensions: 136

Adrenalin 22.1.2

Adrenalin 22.1.2 exposes Vulkan 1.2.196 API for a Radeon RX 6800 XT on Windows 10/11. This support is similar to Adrenalin 21.11.3.

- [ device 0 ]
  - [Vulkan device 0]: AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT 
    - API version: 1.2.196
    - vendorID: 4098
    - deviceID: 29631
    - driver version: 8388812
    - # of extensions: 136

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