AMD's latest driver drop for its Radeon graphics cards brings in support for some upcoming games. The Radeon Software Adrenalin 2019 Edition 19.1.2 driver is recommended to those who are looking to pick up the Resident Evil 2 remake, Anthem or the recently delayed Tropico 6.
The company hasn't gone into detail on what kind of support has Resident Evil 2 and Tropico 6 have received with this update. But considering the Capcom horror title is being given for free with Radeon graphics cards these days, we can expect the optimization levels to be high on the red team's side when the game launches on January 25.
Meanwhile, the Anthem optimizations are for the game's early access crowd, who will be able to experience the game from January 25 by pre-ordering or subscribing to Origin Access. AMD says the BioWare title performs 7% faster while using this driver on RX 580 graphics cards over the previous driver release.
Note that these performance bumps usually apply to the entire GCN-lineup of the company, even though only a single product is mentioned.
There are some fixed and known issues in this driver as well, which are as follows:
Fixed Issues
- Some displays may experience a black screen on reboot until the display is power cycled.
- A toast message may intermittently popup incorrectly suggesting that a new driver upgrade is available.
- Rocket League™ may experience flickering or erratic refresh rates when Radeon FreeSync is enabled.
- Custom installations of Radeon Software may sometimes fail to install Radeon Settings.
- Radeon Settings may experience an application crash when Upgrade Advisor is refreshed by the user multiple times.
- Users may not be able to upgrade to an optional driver if the latest recommended driver was installed by AMD Link.
Known Issues
- Battlefield™ V players may experience character outlines stuck on screen after being revived.
- Mouse lag or system slowdown is observed for extended periods of time with two or more displays connected and one display switched off.
- Game Advisor may fail to load compatibility information for games when the gaming library is very large.
- Uninstalling Radeon Software may fail to remove Radeon Settings.
- Pixel Format settings may not retain after system restart.
- Scene Editor may have issues with scrolling when many elements are added to a scene.
- Custom settings in Radeon WattMan may sometimes fail to apply on Radeon RX Vega series graphics products.
- Radeon ReLive may intermittently experience captured recordings or Instant Replays with inverted colors.
- HDMI Underscan settings may not retain after system restart.
The Radeon Software Adrenalin 2019 Edition 19.1.2 driver is available to download through the links listed on its release notes page over here. Those who are upgrading from a previous driver version can find the option now to do so on the Radeon Settings interface on Windows.
