AMD has released a new preview driver that introduces a range of exciting performance optimizations to its family of Radeon RX 6000 Series graphics cards. Among them are substantial improvements in select DirectX 11 titles; a new community blog post shared by AMD claims that the new driver will enable performance gains of as high as 30% in titles such as Blizzard’s latest World of Warcraft expansion, World of Warcraft: Shadowlands. AMD’s new preview driver also introduces a new version of Radeon Super Resolution (RSR) that features a new “sharpen effect” filter, allowing users to fine-tune the level of sharpness to their satisfaction. A direct link to the preview driver for Windows 10 and Windows 11 64-bit systems can be found here.
- Far Cry 5 – at 4% gains
- Farming Simulator 22 – at 3% gains
- Total War Saga: Troy – at 17% gains
- Total War Hammer 3 – at 5% gains
- Watch Dogs Legion – at 10% gains
- The Witcher 3 – at 3% gains
- Apex Legends – at 5% gains
- Overwatch – at 3% gains
- PLAYERUNKNOWN’S BATTLEGROUNDS – at 3% gains
- Valorant – at 7% gains
AMD Software Preview Driver May 2022 Release Notes
Highlights
- Radeon Super Resolution
- New “Sharpen Effect” slider that allows you to fine-tune the sharpness effect of RSR to your own desired settings.
- DirectX 11 optimizations for Radeon RX 6000 series
- Up to 8% increase in performance in DirectX 11-based games, using AMD Software Preview Driver May 2022 on the Radeon RX 6950 XT, versus the previous software driver version 22.5.1
- AMD Smart Access Memory optimizations for Death Stranding and Watch Dogs: Legion
- Up to 10% increase in performance with new SAM optimizations in Death Stranding 1440p Very High settings and up to 13% increase in performance with new SAM optimizations in Watch Dogs: Legion, using AMD Software Preview Driver May 2022 on the Radeon RX 6950 XT, versus AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition 22.5.1
- Up to 12% increase in performance with new SAM optimizations in Death Stranding 1440p Very High settings and up to 24% increase in performance with new SAM optimizations in Watch Dogs: Legion, using AMD Software Preview Driver May 2022 on the Radeon RX 6950 XT, versus AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition 22.5.1
- Up to 6% increase in performance with new SAM optimizations in Death Stranding 1440p Very High settings and up to 6% increase in performance with new SAM optimizations in Watch Dogs: Legion, using AMD Software Preview Driver May 2022 on the Radeon RX 6950 XT, versus AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition 22.5.1
Known Issues
- Visual corruption may be seen in-game menus on Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition and Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition using Radeon RX 6000 Series.
- Some textures may flicker during movement in War Thunder using Radeon RX 6000 Series.
- Foliage corruption may be seen in The Elder Scrolls Online with ultra pre-set settings using Radeon RX 6000 Series.
- Performance drop may be experienced while playing Fortnite with Multithreaded Rendering and DirectX 11 API on some AMD Graphics Products such as the Radeon RX 6900 XT Graphics.
- GPU utilization may be stuck at 100% in Radeon performance metrics after closing games on some AMD Graphics Products such as Radeon 570.
- Display may flicker black during video playback plus gameplay on some AMD Graphics Products such as the Radeon RX 6700 XT.
- Using Radeon Super Resolution on 2560×1600 resolution displays may produce a system hang. A temporary workaround is to set the display Scaling Mode to Full Panel.
- 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.
- Radeon performance metrics and logging features may intermittently report extremely high and incorrect memory clock values.
Source: AMD