AMD Releases Radeon Software Adrenalin 2020 Edition 20.10.1 Driver

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AMD has released its Radeon Software Adrenalin 2020 Edition 20.10.1 driver. The latest driver adds support for DOOM Eternal: The Ancient Gods, Watch Dogs: Legion, DIRT 5 (early access), and World of Warcraft: Shadowlands (pre-patch).

Radeon Software Adrenalin 2020 Edition 20.10.1 also addresses a number of Radeon RX 5000 Series issues ranging from audio instability via HDMI connections to graphical corruption with multiple high-refresh-rate displays when Radeon FreeSync is enabled.

Open issues include the black screens when Enhanced Sync is used, incorrect idle clock speeds being reported in the Performance Metrics Overlay and Performance Tuning tab, and FPS being locked to 30 FPS after modifying the HDMI Scaling slider.

Support For

  • Doomâ„¢ Eternal: The Ancient Gods
  • Watch Dogsâ„¢: Legion
  • DIRT 5â„¢ Early Access
  • World of Warcraftâ„¢: Shadowlands Pre-Patch

Fixed Issues

  • Audio may experience instability when connected through an Audio Video Receiver via HDMI® on Radeon RX 5000 series graphics products.
  • Desktop may experience frame rate fluctuation when exiting a Vulkan® API game with Radeon FreeSync enabled on two or more display system configurations.
  • Uploading or streaming content to YouTubeâ„¢ may be unavailable or not working correctly.
  • Genshin Impactâ„¢ is not detected or listed in Radeon Software gaming tab.
  • Some specific Windows® screensavers such as ‘Bubbles’ may cause an application crash when applied on Radeon RX 5000 series graphics products.
  • Graphical corruption may occur on desktop or at idle when two or more connected high refresh rate displays are Radeon FreeSync enabled on Radeon RX 5000 series graphics products.
  • Upgrading to Radeon Software Adrenalin 2020 Edition releases from Radeon Software 2019 Edition releases via Radeon Settings may sometimes fail with an error message.

Known Issues

  • 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.
  • Performance Metrics Overlay and the Performance Tuning tab incorrectly report higher than expected idle clock speeds on Radeon RX 5700 series graphics products. Performance and power consumption are not impacted by this incorrect reporting.
  • Modifying the HDMI Scaling slider may cause FPS to become locked to 30.

The Radeon Software Adrenalin 2020 Edition 20.10.1 installation package can be downloaded from the following links:

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