AMD pushed its July driver on July 28, and for once the headline addition is not a performance uplift but a welcome round of stability fixes alongside new hardware support. The Adrenalin Edition 26.7.1 WHQL release notes add official support for both the Radeon RX 9050 8GB and the just-announced RX 9050 4GB, bringing the new entry-level RDNA4 card into the chat.
Here’s what got fixed: Blender and Maxon Cinema 4D users on Radeon RX 7000 series and above have been dealing with model flickering, rendering failures, and intermittent crashes, and this driver addresses both applications. AMD had previously advised affected Blender users to roll back to the March 26.3.1 release to regain stability; 26.7.1 should allow them to move to a current driver without that workaround. A separate fix resolves a directional indicator icon that would randomly fail to render while playing Fortnite on RX 7000 series hardware. FSR Upscaling 4.1 crashes on Windows 10 with RX 7000 series cards are also patched.
On the game support side, 26.7.1 adds compatibility for the Gears of War: E-Day Open Beta Early Access (beginning August 6) and a title called Out of Control Evolution. NVIDIA released its own Game Ready driver on the same day targeting Halo and the Gears beta; AMD and NVIDIA both land their day-one drivers within hours of each other for a major upcoming multiplayer event, which is worth noting as a sign of how tight the coordination between developers and GPU vendors has become.
Known issues to flag: AMD FSR Upscaling and FSR Frame Generation may still show as inactive in Battlefield 6 on RX 9000 series hardware. An intermittent driver timeout in Battlefield 6 on Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 systems also remains unresolved. If you are primarily playing Battlefield 6, 26.7.1 is not going to fix your problems, and AMD’s release notes acknowledge ongoing work with the developer.
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