AMD critics have sounded the alarm on what they believe is a diminishing level of support for the company’s last-generation (RDNA 2) Radeon cards. Florin Musetoiu, a YouTuber who runs the Beards & Chips channel, took to Twitter today to point out that AMD hasn’t released a new driver for Radeon RX 6000 Series graphics cards since AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition 22.11.2—a package that launched nearly two months ago on December 2, 2022 (although some say it was actually available as early as November), featuring support for The Callisto Protocol, Need for Speed Unbound, and The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt’s next-gen update. The discovery has prompted Musetoiu to make the claim that Radeon has “aged like milk.”
From a Wccftech report:
To name them, the last graphics driver that was actually released for the RDNA 2-based Radeon RX 6000 series graphics cards was the 22.11.12 which was made for a November release. Then, AMD’s Radeon RX 7900 graphics cards launched in December, and guess what? All four graphics drivers, 2 in December and two in January (2023) have been exclusive to the RDNA 3 architecture. These are the driver releases over the past two months:
- AMD Radeon Software 23.1.2 (RX 7900 Only) – 24th January
- AMD Radeon Software 23.1.1 (RX 7900 Only) – 12th January
- AMD Radeon Software 22.12.2 (RX 7900 Only) – 21st December
- AMD Radeon Software 22.12.1 (RX 7900 Only) – 13th December
- AMD Radeon Software 22.11.2 (RX 6000) – 1st December
The last @amdradeon RDNA2, and older, driver was out in November 2022 even though they claim to be a December release
— Florin Musetoiu (@FlorinMusetoiu) January 30, 2023
22.11.2 ( for who doesn't know, it's year-month-version)
January is over, that means @AMD hasn't put out a driver for 2 months now
Radeon aged like milk ~ pic.twitter.com/6lSqnL71rb
1st dec but it was available few days prior.
— Florin Musetoiu (@FlorinMusetoiu) January 30, 2023
Still makes it 60 days span after they bragged about their driver achievements