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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JonasBeckman
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#5797609 Posted on: 06/09/2020 08:45 PM

That might be simpler still, make the process behave as if it's running under Windows 7 and avoid problems with OS compatibility entirely if that's all that is needed now.

EDIT: No problems with device manager manual installation either or missing installations for other components.

mzso
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#5797612 Posted on: 06/09/2020 08:49 PM

If the install process won't work there's the control panel -> system settings and from there the device manager.
Thanks. I'll take a look. I guess I should uninstall, the driver from Asus' website first?
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.)
Sadly it doesn't I only get the unsupported OS message.
changing the exe compatibility to w7 should also work.
It doesn't. Apparently it's not enough to fool the installer.

jwb1
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#5797637 Posted on: 06/09/2020 09:47 PM

Am I imagining things, or does that list of "known issues" seem to be pretty consistent across driver releases?

One wonders if there is just one person handling the driver writing at AMD like some of the mobo makers BIOS writers.

mzso
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#5797699 Posted on: 06/10/2020 12:28 AM

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.)
No success for audio. It always claims that the driver (generic 2013 Microsoft driver) is up to date...

JonasBeckman
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#5797771 Posted on: 06/10/2020 06:33 AM

Hmm perhaps I got the device wrong?

There's the "Audio input and outputs." with a whole lot of speaker devices which usually have generic Microsoft drivers on them.
Below these there's the "Sound, video and game controllers."

AMD High Definition Audio Device here should be using a AMD driver 10.0.1.12 I think it's up to from early October last year.

That one should hopefully accept a device driver update.

There's a little ReleaseNotes.txt in that folder too showing what's been altered between versions.

Driver version = 10.0.1.12 , 07/10/2019
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Bug fixed: Resolved delay in audio streaming when HDMI to type C dongle is used
The Microsoft License and copyrights have been updated

Driver version = 10.0.1.11 , 05/10/2019
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Bug fixed: BSOD is resolved in race conditions.

Driver version = 10.0.1.10 , 04/30/2019
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Bug fixed: BSOD is resolved in long plug/unplug cycles.

Driver version = 10.0.1.09 , 02/27/2019
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Bug fixed: Surprise removal of an external dGPU is now supported.

Driver version = 10.0.1.08 , 01/11/2019
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Improvements: 1. Device can now enter D3 state in idle condition.
2. BACO settings from audio side implemented.

Driver version = 10.0.1.07 , 03/30/2018
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Changes: To support latest OS version RS4

Driver version = 10.0.1.06 , 11/16/2017
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Bug fixed: Avoiding device to enter D3 in DC mode.

Driver version = 10.0.1.05 , 10/30/2017
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Removed: DelayAPO is not supported.

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