AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition 24.2.1 Release Notes
Article Number
RN-RAD-WIN-24-2-1
New Feature Highlights
New Game Support
- Skull and Bones
- Nightingale
Expanded Vulkan Extensions Support
Fixed Issues
- Improvement to intermittent driver timeout or application crash experienced while playing HELLDIVERS™ 2 on AMD Radeon™ RX 7000 series GPUs. AMD is continuing to investigate additional reports of driver timeouts and application crashes while playing HELLDIVERS™ 2.
- Improvements to excessive stutter while playing various games, including Battlefield™ 2042, Destiny 2, Overwatch 2, Monster Hunter: World, PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS and STAR WARS™ Battlefront™ II.
- Deathloop may experience extended loading times on some AMD Graphics Products, such as the Radeon™ RX 6900 XT.
- Dead Space may experience an application crash after enabling RTAO on some AMD Graphics Products, such as the Radeon™ RX 6800.
- Intermittent application crash when first launching Enshrouded or changing Anti-Aliasing settings on Radeon™ 7000 series graphics products.
- Shadows may appear bright, or reflections may be missing while playing Enshrouded on Radeon™ 7000 series graphics products.
- HDR settings may intermittently fail to take effect while playing certain games such as Like A Dragon: Infinite Wealth.
- Intermittent driver timeout or application crash may be considered while playing Counterstrike 2 with FSR enabled on some AMD Graphics Products, such as the Radeon™ RX 7900 XTX.
- Graphics API metric may be incorrectly reported as DirectX® 12 for some Vulkan® games.
- After a system reboot, Parsec host application may experience a crash on some AMD Graphics Products, such as the Radeon™ RX 7900 XTX.
- During Microsoft Teams meetings, the camera may intermittently display looped footage on some AMD Products, such as the AMD Ryzen™ 7 7840U Processor.
- Oculus Rift S may display with a green tint on AMD Radeon™ RX 7000 series GPUs.
- AFMF may be inaccurately displayed on select hybrid graphics configurations, particularly in systems where one of the devices lacks support for AFMF. AFMF must be supported on the displaying GPU to be activated.
- Mouse lag or stutter may be observed when selecting the discrete GPU as the primary display adapter on certain mobile systems, such as an AMD Ryzen™ 9 6900HS Mobile Processor paired with an AMD Radeon™ RX 6800S Mobile GPU.
Known Issues
- Intermittent driver timeout or application crash may be experienced while playing HELLDIVERS™ 2 with 100% GPU utilization on some AMD Graphics Products, such as the Radeon™ RX 7900 XTX.
- Intermittent application crash or driver timeout may be observed while playing Starcraft II™ on Radeon™ RX 7000 series GPUs.
- Intermittent application crash or driver timeout may be observed while playing Overwatch® 2 with Radeon™ Boost enabled on Radeon™ RX 6000 and above series GPUs. Users experiencing this issue are recommended to disable Radeon™ Boost as a temporary workaround.
- World of Warcraft may experience extended initial loading times with DirectX 12 API on some AMD Graphics Products, such as the Radeon™ RX 6800.
- Shader caching may fail for Windows usernames containing accented characters. [Resolution targeted for 24.3.1]
- FPS performance metric may incorrectly report values while a game is minimized. [Resolution targeted for 24.3.1]
- AMD SmartAccess Video may be incorrectly reported as “Available” on some systems with the Parsec Virtual Display Driver installed.
- Performance drop may be observed while using some DirectML workloads in Topaz AI.
- Audio and video may intermittently become out of sync while recording using the AV1 codec in AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition. [Resolution targeted for Q3]
Important Notes
- For users who previously installed an AMD Software preview driver, running AMD Cleanup Utility is recommended before installing this driver.
- Some per-game graphics profiles may have incorrectly been set to HYPR-RX Eco after a driver upgrade. Users experiencing this issue may use the Factory Reset option to return all profiles to default.
Package Contents
AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition 24.2.1 Driver Version 23.40.19.01 for Windows® 10 and Windows® 11 (Windows Driver Store Version 31.0.24019.1006).
The AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition 24.2.1 installation package can be downloaded from the following link:
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Systems pairing RDNA series graphics products with Polaris or Vega series graphics products:
Installing AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition
For detailed instructions on how to correctly uninstall or install AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition, please refer to the following support resources:
NOTE: This driver is not intended for use on AMD Radeon products running in Apple Boot Camp platforms. Users of these platforms should contact their system manufacturer for driver support. When installing AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition 24.2.1 for the Windows® operating system, the user must be logged on as Administrator, or have Administrator rights to complete the installation of AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition 24.2.1.
Radeon Product Compatibility
AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition 24.2.1 is compatible with the following AMD Radeon products.
Radeon™ RX 7900/7800/7700/7600 Series Graphics |
Radeon™ RX 6900/6800/6700/6600/6500/6400 Series Graphics |
Radeon™ RX 5700/5600/5500/5300 Series Graphics |
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Mobility Radeon™ Product Compatibility
AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition 24.2.1 is a notebook reference graphics driver with limited support for system vendor specific features.
AMD Radeon™ RX 7900M Series Graphics |
AMD Radeon™ RX 7900M/S Series Graphics |
AMD Radeon™ RX 6800M Series Graphics |
AMD Radeon™ RX 6700M Series Graphics |
AMD Radeon™ RX 6600M Series Graphics |
AMD Radeon™ RX 6500M Series Graphics |
AMD Radeon™ RX 6300M Series Graphics |
AMD Radeon™ RX 5700M/5600M/5500M/5300M Series Graphics |
AMD Processors with Radeon Graphics Product Compatibility
Important Note for Laptop and All-In-One (AIO) PCs
AMD recommends OEM-provided drivers which are customized and validated for their system-specific features and optimizations.
If you experience issues using the AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition driver package downloaded from AMD.com, please install the OEM-provided drivers for full support and compatibility.
AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition does not include support for handheld gaming devices. Users should check with the OEM for device specific drivers.
DESKTOP | MOBILE |
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AMD Ryzen™ Processors with Radeon™ Graphics | AMD Ryzen™ Processors with Radeon™ Graphics |
AMD Ryzen™ PRO Processors | AMD Ryzen™ PRO Processors |
AMD Athlon™ Processors with Radeon™ Graphics | AMD Athlon™ Processors with Radeon™ Graphics |
AMD Athlon™ PRO Processors | AMD Athlon™ PRO Processors |
WHQL Results
| Status |
WHQL Test Suite Results | Passed |
WHQL Microsoft Certification | Passed |
Compatible Operating Systems
AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition 24.2.1 is designed to support the following Microsoft® Windows® platforms. Operating System support may vary depending on your specific AMD Radeon product.
- Windows 11 version 21H2 and later
- Windows 10 64-bit version 1809 and later