AMD Radeon Adrenalin Edition 20.4.2 driver download WHQL

Posted by: Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 05/27/2020 08:00 AM [ 26 comment(s) ]

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Download the all-new Radeon Software Adrenalin 2020 Edition 20.4.2. This release supports the launch of Gears Tactics and Predator: Hunting Grounds. This release also contains improvements to stability with new fixes for end user issues.

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Radeon Software Adrenalin 2020 Edition 20.4.2 Highlights

Support For

Gears Tactics
Predator: Hunting Grounds

Fixed Issues

Radeon RX Vega series graphics products may experience a system hang or black screen when running Folding@Home while also running an application using hardware acceleration of video content.
A system crash or hang may be experienced when using Edge browser to play Netflix™ content.
XSplit™ may experience an application hang or freeze when performing a scene switch.
Minor stuttering may occur when performing a task switch with performance metrics overlay open in some games.
Overwatch™ may experience an intermittent crash while entering a game or during extended gameplay sessions.
Radeon RX 5700 series graphics product system configurations may intermittently experience a display loss or black screen while gaming or on desktop with a limited number of displays.
Radeon Software may experience an application crash when playing games with non-alphanumeric characters in the game title.
Radeon RX Vega series graphics products may experience an application crash with Microsoft® Teams when hardware acceleration is enabled.
An ‘Unable to get requirements’ error message may intermittently occur when viewing the Upgrade Advisor tab in Radeon Software.
Instant Replay or Record Desktop enabled.
Resolved an install issue where Error 1603 could occur when an installation prerequisite for Visual C++ was not correctly detected as installed.

Known Issues

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.
Using Edge™ web browser to playback video content with a multi display system configuration may cause a system hang or crash after extended periods of use.
Performance Metrics Overlay and Radeon WattMan incorrectly report higher than expected idle clock speeds on Radeon RX 5700 series graphics products. Performance and power consumption are not impacted by this incorrect reporting.
Modifying the HDMI Scaling slider may cause FPS to become locked to 30.
Some games may exhibit stutter intermittently during gameplay on Radeon RX 5000 series graphics products.
Radeon RX Vega series graphics products may experience a system crash or TDR when performing multiple task switches using Alt+Tab.
Desktop or In-game corruption may occur intermittently when HDR is enabled.
Direct ML Media Filters are currently unavailable in Radeon Software Media gallery for video or image content.
Some users may still experience black screen or system hang issues during extended periods of gameplay. AMD will continue to monitor and investigate reports of these issues closely.
Some laptops may encounter a BSOD when installing Radeon™ Software Adrenalin 2020 Edition over an existing OEM graphics driver. To work around this issue, first uninstall the OEM graphics driver using Programs and Features within the Control Panel. Once complete, install the Radeon Software Adrenalin 2020 Edition package and select the Factory Reset option during setup.

Package Contents

The Radeon Software Adrenalin 2020 Edition 20.4.2 installation package contains the following:

Radeon Software Adrenalin 2020 Edition 20.4.2 Driver Version 19.50.29.27 (Windows Driver Store Version 26.20.15029.27015)

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mzso
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#5797579 Posted on: 06/09/2020 07:28 PM

Hi!
Windows 8.1 is specified for one of the downloads, but all I get is an error that the OS is not supported. How do I install the driver on Win 8.1?

JonasBeckman
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#5797585 Posted on: 06/09/2020 07:48 PM

I think you have to use the Windows 7 driver possibly manually through the device manager if that becomes needed to get it to update but AMD went a bit odd a while back and dumped 8 and 8.1 support instead of going at it in order but then Win7 was just so much more popular and had a wider install base so it couldn't be cut entirely either.

Also cut 32-bit but NVIDIA did the same a while ago though the 64-bit driver is still 64/32 as it has to be so it feels like that didn't really give much either but it might simplify the build process and testing as x86 / 32-bit OS's diminish in favor of a larger install base of x64/64-bit (With 32-bit support.)

Suppose now that 7 is ended AMD could either go back to 8 or 8.1 or just cut it to be Windows 10 only leaving Windows 7 for more critical updates if needed or a slower cycle but it's probably too early still to consider just doing that anytime soon.

mzso
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#5797593 Posted on: 06/09/2020 08:05 PM

I think you have to use the Windows 7 driver possibly manually through the device manager if that becomes needed to get it to update

How would I do that?

AMD went a bit odd a while back and dumped 8 and 8.1 support instead of going at it in order but then Win7 was just so much more popular and had a wider install base so it couldn't be cut entirely either.

I'm quite sure Microsoft cutting the Win 8 line's throat had something to do with it.

By the way, I managed to install the driver that's on Asus' website for my RX580, but this is from 2018... And for some reason the HDMI audio devices don't work. (Maybe the drivers aren't even included for this.)

JonasBeckman
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#5797601 Posted on: 06/09/2020 08:25 PM

The Windows 7 drivers from here should work.
https://www.amd.com/en/support/kb/release-notes/rn-rad-win-20-4-2

Which would be this but grabbing links directly and not from the AMD website redirection leads to a message instead.
https://drivers.amd.com/drivers/win7-radeon-software-adrenalin-2020-edition-20.4.2-may25.exe

If the install process won't work there's the control panel -> system settings and from there the device manager.

Expand the display adapters menu here and double click on the GPU device go to drivers and the option for updating drivers.
Select that you have a disk and point it to the folder where you let AMD's installer unpack which would by default be the C:\AMD directory.

Path from that to the drivers would be like this after that.
C:\Downloads\AMD_Display\Packages\Drivers\Display\WT6A_INF

In my case I just store it to "C:\Downloads\AMD_Display" moving or removing earlier drivers.

Should be a INF in the "Packages\Display" folder though the WT6 folder might have a alternate name for the Windows 7 driver package.

If that works the device manager should just install the new drivers and you'll be on 20.4.2 or 20.5.1 and the driver version and file date for these whichever you chose.

Though ideally the Windows 7 installer works fine on Windows 8 or 8.1 and you can just run through AMD's setup routine without any manual steps being required by using the Windows 7 package instead of the Windows 10 one as it should be compatible.
(That's how it used to work at least when AMD stopped their Windows 8 GPU driver support.)

EDIT: The HDMI audio device driver can also be updated, AMD's driver should be under the sound listings in the device manager and pointing that towards this folder should find the INF for it.

C:\AMD\Packages\Drivers\Audio\HDMI\WT64A\
(Windows 7 folder names could differ slightly for that driver package.)

And again if it works the installer being compatible across any Windows Device Display Model 1.x version (WDDM) and just running the install process would avoid any manual steps like this unlike the Windows 10 package and WDDM 2.0 (or higher in newer Win10 builds.) requirements.

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#5797604 Posted on: 06/09/2020 08:34 PM

changing the exe compatibility to w7 should also work.

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