AMD has announced that the new AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition 23.9.2 Driver for Windows 10 and Windows 11 64-bit systems is now available for download. Users will find new game support for Lies of P, Party Animals, and The Crew Motorfest, as well as new AMD Radeon Anti-Lag+ support for four titles: Starfield, The Witcher 3, Elden Ring, and Immortal of Aveum. According to the release notes and footnote, the technology grants up to a 45% decrease in latency across select titles on the Radeon RX 7900 XTX when enabled.
Testing conducted by AMD as of September 13, 2023, with a Ryzen 9 7950X3D, Radeon RX 7900XTX, 32GB DDR5, and Windows 11 Pro, with AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition 23.9.2 with AMD Radeon Anti-Lag+ ON/OFF on various titles including Starfield, Immortals of Aveum, Elden Ring, and The Witcher 3. Game tested at 4k resolution. Performance may vary. System manufacturers may vary configurations, yielding different results.
AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition 23.9.2 Driver
New Feature Highlights
- New Game Support
- Lies of P
- Party Animals
- The Crew Motorfest
- Additional SDK Support
- Microsoft Agility SDK Preview Release v1.711.3 including Shader Model 6.8 functionality for Work Graphs, Wave Matric and AV1 Encode.
- Microsoft Agility SDK Retail Release 1.610.5 including Enhanced Barriers and Vulkan on DX12 compatibility features.
- New AMD Radeon Anti-Lag+ Game Support
- AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition 23.9.2 introduces Anti-Lag+ support for Starfield, Witcher 3, ELDEN RING and Immortal of Aveum.
- Up to 45% decrease in latency across select titles when AMD Radeon Anti-Lag+ is on, using AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition️ 23.9.2 on the Radeon RX 7900 XTX GPU in select titles, versus when AMD Radeon Anti-Lag+ is off.
- AMD Radeon Anti-Lag+ features an onscreen overlay that can be used to display the system latency of supported games. When Anti-Lag+ is enabled, the onscreen overlay can be toggled on using ALT+SHIFT+L hotkey.
- Toggling the hotkey will first enable the status indicator of Anti-Lag+ (a white triangle), and then display latency in ms or number of frames.
- To compare the difference between Anti-Lag+ and Anti-Lag, hold the DEL key. To compare the difference between Anti-Lag+ On and Off, hold the right CTRL key.
- Use the ALT+SHIFT+F hotkey to monitor FPS when Anti-Lag or Anti-Lag+ is enabled in the game.
- AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition 23.9.2 introduces Anti-Lag+ support for Starfield, Witcher 3, ELDEN RING and Immortal of Aveum.
Fixed Issues
- Application crash may be observed while playing Baldur’s Gate 3 with Vulkan API set on some AMD Graphics Products, such as the Radeon RX 7900 XTX.
- GPU Clock may be artificially limited to 2700 MHz when performing manual tuning on Radeon RX 7700 XT and RX 7800 XT graphics.
- Display may not reach correct brightness with certain games on select SAMSUNG FreeSync Premium Pro monitors or TVs with local dimming setting enabled.
- Application crash or driver timeout may be observed while playing SMITE on some AMD Graphics Products, such as the Radeon RX 7900 XTX.
- Intermittent application crash or driver timeout may be observed while playing F1 23 on some AMD Graphics Products, such as the Radeon RX 7800 XT.
Known Issues
- Performance Metrics Overlay may report N/A for FPS on various games.
- Audio may intermittently become out of sync with video when recording from AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition with AV1 codec.
- The display may intermittently freeze after changing the encoding format while streaming select games using AMD Link. Users experiencing this issue are suggested to select the desired encode format before streaming as a temporary workaround.
Important Notes
- Factory Reset has been temporarily disabled as a precautionary measure while we address isolated installation issues that have been reported during PC upgrades. Users may use AMD Cleanup Utility as a temporary option.
- Users pairing an RDNA based graphics product with either Polaris or Vega based graphics product are recommended to use the AMD Auto-Detect and Install Tool.