AMD's New Radeon Preview Driver Boosts Performance Significantly

by Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 05/12/2022 08:53 AM | source: | 143 comment(s)

A AMD Software Preview Driver May 2022 for all Radeon graphics cards is now available for download. The AMD Software Preview Driver May 2022 boosts graphics performance in certain DirectX 11 games by up to 10% on AMD's latest Radeon RX 6000-series graphics cards

In AMD's tests, Assassin's Creed Odyssey and World of Warcraft: Shadowlands fared 28% and 30% better, respectively. Additionally, the new driver optimizes SAM for Death Stranding and Watch Dogs: Legion. On a Radeon RX 6950 XT, AMD saw a 10% performance boost in Death Stranding and a 13% performance boost in Watch Dogs: Legion at 1440p. The Radeon RX 6750 XT increased frame rates in Death Stranding by 13% and Watch Dogs: Legion by 24%. AMD discovered a 6% improvement in Death Stranding and Watch Dogs: Legion on a Radeon RX 6650 XT. For testing, the company used a Ryzen 7 5800X3D and compared it to the AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition 22.5.1 driver.

AMD makes no mention of the benefits of other games in the release notes. The developer noted significant DirectX 11 performance increases in Crysis Remastered and God of War while using Cap Frame X, a popular frame capture and analysis tool. The developer used an overclocked Core i7-12700K in this scenario. Crysis Remastered saw a 24 percent improvement, while God of War saw a 41 percent improvement. The lows in Assassin's Creed Odyssey were 34% better. Customers can now change the sharpness of images using AMD's Radeon Super Resolution (RSR) 1.1 technology and the "sharpen effect" in the AMD Software Preview Driver May 2022. This Adrenalin version contains AMD's Bug Report Tool.

The AMD Software Preview Driver May 2022 for Radeon graphics cards is available on AMD's website. However, because this is a preview driver, there will be bugs. AMD has not stated when the final driver would be available.

You can download and try it here.

Highlights

Radeon™ Super Resolution
- New “Sharpen Effect” slider that allows you to fine-tune the sharpness effect of RSR to your own desired settings.
DirectX® 11 optimizations for Radeon™ RX 6000 series
- Up to 8% increase in performance in DirectX® 11-based games, using AMD Software Preview Driver May 2022 on the Radeon RX 6950 XT, versus the previous software driver version 22.5.1 RS-470
AMD Smart Access Memory optimizations for Death Stranding™ and Watch Dogs™: Legion
- Up to 10% increase in performance with new SAM optimizations in Death Stranding™ @ 1440p Very High settings and up to 13% increase in performance with new SAM optimizations in Watch Dogs™: Legion, using AMD Software Preview Driver May 2022 on the Radeon RX 6950 XT, versus AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition 22.5.1RS-471
- Up to 12% increase in performance with new SAM optimizations in Death Stranding™ @ 1440p Very High settings and up to 24% increase in performance with new SAM optimizations in Watch Dogs™: Legion, using AMD Software Preview Driver May 2022 on the Radeon RX 6950 XT, versus AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition 22.5.1RS-472
- Up to 6% increase in performance with new SAM optimizations in Death Stranding™ @ 1440p Very High settings and up to 6% increase in performance with new SAM optimizations in Watch Dogs™: Legion, using AMD Software Preview Driver May 2022 on the Radeon RX 6950 XT, versus AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition 22.5.1RS-473

Known Issues

Visual corruption may be seen in-game menus on Age of Empires™ II: Definitive Edition and Age of Empires™ III: Definitive Edition using Radeon™ RX 6000 Series.
Some textures may flicker during movement in War Thunder™ using Radeon™ RX 6000 Series.
Foliage corruption may be seen in The Elder Scrolls® Online with ultra pre-set settings using Radeon™ RX 6000 Series.
Performance drop may be experienced while playing Fortnite™ with Multithreaded Rendering and DirectX® 11 API on some AMD Graphics Products such as the Radeon® RX 6900 XT Graphics.
GPU utilization may be stuck at 100% in Radeon performance metrics after closing games on some AMD Graphics Products such as Radeon™ 570.
Display may flicker black during video playback plus gameplay on some AMD Graphics Products such as the Radeon™ RX 6700 XT.
Using Radeon™ Super Resolution on 2560x1600 resolution displays may produce a system hang. A temporary workaround is to set the display Scaling Mode to Full Panel.
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.
Radeon performance metrics and logging features may intermittently report extremely high and incorrect memory clock values.

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#6017241 Posted on: 05/14/2022 11:45 PM

These preview drivers make Oculus Link unusable (stage movement and ghosting). Oculus Link is fine with 22.5.1. I have a Quest 2 (wired Link) 6600 XT, and Windows 10.

This happens on both wired and Air Link, V39 on the Quest 2, and both V39 and V40 PTC on the Oculus Rift client.

This error in the Service log is spammed a bit and implies AVC/H.264 with these drivers is changed in some way:

Unable to get H264 fixed slice mode support: 11

RuneScape (RS3, NXT, OpenGL) also has unexpected stuttering and lower FPS with these preview drivers, compared to Linux (haven't tried 22.5.1 on Windows). I've done nothing to really debug this aside from making sure I had the same in-game settings and GPU clocks.

The installation on Win11 22H2 (22616.100) finishes with this:

11189

Had this happen as well on 10 (10.0.19044) with these drivers, and oddly even with the 22.5.1 driver.

Went to "C:\Program Files\AMD\CIM\Log\Install.log", saw some MSIX package fail, ran the command it mentioned in the log, and I was missing "Microsoft.VCLibs.140.00.UWPDesktop". Went here, got Microsoft.VCLibs.x64.14.00.Desktop.appx, installed it through Powershell, the command worked, and the AMD installer worked fine on its own after that too.

That 1603 error code could mean a few different things, but check the log to be sure.

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#6017357 Posted on: 05/15/2022 02:08 PM

Had this happen as well on 10 (10.0.19044) with these drivers, and oddly even with the 22.5.1 driver.

Went to "C:\Program Files\AMD\CIM\Log\Install.log", saw some MSIX package fail, ran the command it mentioned in the log, and I was missing "Microsoft.VCLibs.140.00.UWPDesktop". Went here, got Microsoft.VCLibs.x64.14.00.Desktop.appx, installed it through Powershell, the command worked, and the AMD installer worked fine on its own after that too.

That 1603 error code could mean a few different things, but check the log to be sure.

I have no missing libs. My problem is:
ERROR The driver install of C:\AMD\AMD-Software-Preview-Driver-May-2022\Packages\Drivers\Display\WT6A_INF\U0379221.INF has failed. Error code returned: 0x0000000D. Corresponding HRESULT code: 0x8007000D. For more details, please see setupapi.dev.log which is located in %SystemRoot%\inf

>>>  
>>>  Section start 2022/05/14 15:19:48.253
      cmd: atieclxx
     ndv: Flags: 0x00000000
     ndv: INF path: C:\WINDOWS\System32\AMD\amdfendr\amdfendr.inf
     dvs: {DrvSetupInstallDriver - C:\WINDOWS\System32\AMD\amdfendr\amdfendr.inf}
     dvs:      Flags: 0x00000000
     dvs:      {Driver Setup Import Driver Package: C:\WINDOWS\System32\AMD\amdfendr\amdfendr.inf} 15:19:48.290
     sto:           {Copy Driver Package: C:\WINDOWS\System32\AMD\amdfendr\amdfendr.inf} 15:19:48.294
     sto:                Driver Package = C:\WINDOWS\System32\AMD\amdfendr\amdfendr.inf
     sto:                Flags          = 0x00000007
     sto:                Destination    = C:\WINDOWS\TEMP\{53960f91-8fc9-ce44-bbfc-102b974a5028}
     sto:                Copying driver package files to 'C:\WINDOWS\TEMP\{53960f91-8fc9-ce44-bbfc-102b974a5028}'.
     flq:                {FILE_QUEUE_COMMIT} 15:19:48.303
     flq:                     Copying 'C:\WINDOWS\System32\AMD\amdfendr\amdfendrmgr.sys' to 'C:\WINDOWS\TEMP\{53960f91-8fc9-ce44-bbfc-102b974a5028}\amdfendrmgr.sys'.
     flq:                     Copying 'C:\WINDOWS\System32\AMD\amdfendr\amdfendr.cat' to 'C:\WINDOWS\TEMP\{53960f91-8fc9-ce44-bbfc-102b974a5028}\amdfendr.cat'.
     flq:                     Copying 'C:\WINDOWS\System32\AMD\amdfendr\amdfendr.inf' to 'C:\WINDOWS\TEMP\{53960f91-8fc9-ce44-bbfc-102b974a5028}\amdfendr.inf'.
     flq:                     Copying 'C:\WINDOWS\System32\AMD\amdfendr\amdfendr.sys' to 'C:\WINDOWS\TEMP\{53960f91-8fc9-ce44-bbfc-102b974a5028}\amdfendr.sys'.
     flq:                     Copying 'C:\WINDOWS\System32\AMD\amdfendr\amdfendrsr.ex_' to 'C:\WINDOWS\TEMP\{53960f91-8fc9-ce44-bbfc-102b974a5028}\amdfendrsr.exe'.
     flq:                {FILE_QUEUE_COMMIT - exit(0x00000000)} 15:19:48.783
     sto:           {Copy Driver Package: exit(0x00000000)} 15:19:48.784
     ump:           Import flags: 0x00000000
     pol:           {Driver package policy check} 15:19:48.813
     pol:           {Driver package policy check - exit(0x00000000)} 15:19:48.814
     sto:           {Stage Driver Package: C:\WINDOWS\TEMP\{53960f91-8fc9-ce44-bbfc-102b974a5028}\amdfendr.inf} 15:19:48.815
     inf:                Provider       = AMD
     inf:                Class GUID     = {4d36e97d-e325-11ce-bfc1-08002be10318}
     inf:                Driver Version = 12/06/2021,21.50.0.1
     inf:                Catalog File   = amdfendr.cat
     inf:                Version Flags  = 0x00000041
     inf:                {Query Configurability: C:\WINDOWS\TEMP\{53960f91-8fc9-ce44-bbfc-102b974a5028}\amdfendr.inf} 15:19:48.822
     inf:                     Driver package uses WDF.
     inf:                     Driver package 'amdfendr.inf' is configurable.
     inf:                {Query Configurability: exit(0x00000000)} 15:19:48.825
     flq:                {FILE_QUEUE_COMMIT} 15:19:48.826
     flq:                     Copying 'C:\WINDOWS\TEMP\{53960f91-8fc9-ce44-bbfc-102b974a5028}\amdfendrmgr.sys' to 'C:\WINDOWS\System32\DriverStore\Temp\{1d2d0162-2dd9-1b45-87fa-59a0f60e0498}\amdfendrmgr.sys'.
     flq:                     Copying 'C:\WINDOWS\TEMP\{53960f91-8fc9-ce44-bbfc-102b974a5028}\amdfendr.cat' to 'C:\WINDOWS\System32\DriverStore\Temp\{1d2d0162-2dd9-1b45-87fa-59a0f60e0498}\amdfendr.cat'.
     flq:                     Copying 'C:\WINDOWS\TEMP\{53960f91-8fc9-ce44-bbfc-102b974a5028}\amdfendr.inf' to 'C:\WINDOWS\System32\DriverStore\Temp\{1d2d0162-2dd9-1b45-87fa-59a0f60e0498}\amdfendr.inf'.
     flq:                     Copying 'C:\WINDOWS\TEMP\{53960f91-8fc9-ce44-bbfc-102b974a5028}\amdfendr.sys' to 'C:\WINDOWS\System32\DriverStore\Temp\{1d2d0162-2dd9-1b45-87fa-59a0f60e0498}\amdfendr.sys'.
     flq:                     Copying 'C:\WINDOWS\TEMP\{53960f91-8fc9-ce44-bbfc-102b974a5028}\amdfendrsr.exe' to 'C:\WINDOWS\System32\DriverStore\Temp\{1d2d0162-2dd9-1b45-87fa-59a0f60e0498}\amdfendrsr.exe'.
     flq:                {FILE_QUEUE_COMMIT - exit(0x00000000)} 15:19:49.294
     sto:                {DRIVERSTORE IMPORT VALIDATE} 15:19:49.295
     sig:                     Driver package catalog is valid.
     sig:                     {_VERIFY_FILE_SIGNATURE} 15:19:49.308
     sig:                          Key      = amdfendr.inf
     sig:                          FilePath = C:\WINDOWS\System32\DriverStore\Temp\{1d2d0162-2dd9-1b45-87fa-59a0f60e0498}\amdfendr.inf
     sig:                          Catalog  = C:\WINDOWS\System32\DriverStore\Temp\{1d2d0162-2dd9-1b45-87fa-59a0f60e0498}\amdfendr.cat
     sig:                          Success: File is signed in catalog.
     sig:                     {_VERIFY_FILE_SIGNATURE exit(0x00000000)} 15:19:49.313
     sto:                {DRIVERSTORE IMPORT VALIDATE: exit(0x00000000)} 15:19:49.599
     sig:                Signer Score  = 0x0D000005 (WHQL)
     sig:                Signer Name   = Microsoft Windows Hardware Compatibility Publisher
     sig:                Submission ID = 30001810_14394295992936489_1152921505694284039
     sto:                {Core Driver Package Import: amdfendr.inf_amd64_090b9f5adef247c0} 15:19:49.599
     sto:                     {DRIVERSTORE IMPORT BEGIN} 15:19:49.599
     sto:                     {DRIVERSTORE IMPORT BEGIN: exit(0x00000000)} 15:19:49.599
     cpy:                     {Copy Directory: C:\WINDOWS\System32\DriverStore\Temp\{1d2d0162-2dd9-1b45-87fa-59a0f60e0498}} 15:19:49.615
     cpy:                          Target Path = C:\WINDOWS\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\amdfendr.inf_amd64_090b9f5adef247c0
     cpy:                     {Copy Directory: exit(0x00000000)} 15:19:49.662
     idb:                     {Register Driver Package: C:\WINDOWS\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\amdfendr.inf_amd64_090b9f5adef247c0\amdfendr.inf} 15:19:49.709
     idb:                          Created driver package object 'amdfendr.inf_amd64_090b9f5adef247c0' in SYSTEM database node.
     idb:                          Created driver INF file object 'oem49.inf' in SYSTEM database node.
     idb:                          Registered driver package 'amdfendr.inf_amd64_090b9f5adef247c0' with 'oem49.inf'.
     idb:                     {Register Driver Package: exit(0x00000000)} 15:19:49.709
     idb:                     {Publish Driver Package: C:\WINDOWS\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\amdfendr.inf_amd64_090b9f5adef247c0\amdfendr.inf} 15:19:49.709
     idb:                          Activating driver package 'amdfendr.inf_amd64_090b9f5adef247c0'.
     cpy:                          Published 'amdfendr.inf_amd64_090b9f5adef247c0\amdfendr.inf' to 'oem49.inf'.
     idb:                          Indexed 2 device IDs for 'amdfendr.inf_amd64_090b9f5adef247c0'.
     sto:                          Flushed driver database node 'SYSTEM'. Time = 110 ms
     idb:                     {Publish Driver Package: exit(0x00000000)} 15:19:49.831
     sto:                     {DRIVERSTORE IMPORT END} 15:19:49.850
     dvi:                          Flushed all driver package files to disk. Time = 109 ms
     sig:                          Installed catalog 'amdfendr.cat' as 'oem49.cat'.
     sto:                          {Reflect Driver Package: C:\WINDOWS\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\amdfendr.inf_amd64_090b9f5adef247c0\amdfendr.inf}
     sto:                               Flags          = 0x0000047F
     dvi:                               {Configure Device: ROOT\AMDLOG\0000}
     dvi:                                    Device Instance Id = ROOT\AMDLOG\0000
     dvi:                                    Updating existing device instance.
     dvi:                                    Marked device for re-installation.
     dvi:                               {Configure Device: exit(0x00000000)}
     flq:                               {FILE_QUEUE_COMMIT} 15:19:50.647
     flq:                               {FILE_QUEUE_COMMIT - exit(0x00000000)} 15:19:50.647
     sto:                          {Reflect Driver Package: exit(0x00000000)}
     dvi:                          {Install Root Device: ROOT\AMDLOG\0000} 15:19:50.647
     dvi:                               {Register Device - ROOT\AMDLOG\0000}
     dvi:                               {Register Device - exit(0x00000000)}
     dvi:                               Install Device: Setting up device. 15:19:50.647
     dvi:                               Install Device: Setting up device completed. 15:19:50.647
     dvi:                          {Install Root Device: exit(0x00000000)} 15:19:50.647
     sto:                     {DRIVERSTORE IMPORT END: exit(0x00000000)} 15:19:50.647
     sto:                {Core Driver Package Import: exit(0x00000000)} 15:19:50.647
     sto:           {Stage Driver Package: exit(0x00000000)} 15:19:50.647
     dvs:           Driver Package:
     dvs:                Outcome        - Imported
     dvs:                Driver INF     - amdfendr.inf (oem49.inf)
     dvs:                Class GUID     - {4d36e97d-e325-11ce-bfc1-08002be10318}
     dvs:                Driver Version - 12/06/2021,21.50.0.1
     dvs:      {Driver Setup Import Driver Package - exit (0x00000000)} 15:19:50.701
     dvs:      {Driver Setup Update Device: ROOT\AMDLOG\0000} 15:19:50.712
     utl:           {Select Drivers - ROOT\AMDLOG\0000} 15:19:50.714
     utl:                Driver Node:
     utl:                     Status         - Selected | Installed
     utl:                     Driver INF     - oem16.inf (C:\WINDOWS\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\amdfendr.inf_amd64_dd6924b1303c8010\amdfendr.inf)
     utl:                     Class GUID     - {4d36e97d-e325-11ce-bfc1-08002be10318}
     utl:                     Driver Version - 02/24/2022,22.10.0.1
     utl:                     Configuration  - ROOT\AMDLOG 
     utl:                     Driver Rank    - 00FF0000
     utl:                     Signer Score   - WHQL (0D000005)
     utl:                     Submission ID  - 30001810_13939581722735854_1152921505694592537
     utl:                Driver Node:
     utl:                     Status         - Outranked
     utl:                     Driver INF     - oem49.inf (C:\WINDOWS\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\amdfendr.inf_amd64_090b9f5adef247c0\amdfendr.inf)
     utl:                     Class GUID     - {4d36e97d-e325-11ce-bfc1-08002be10318}
     utl:                     Driver Version - 12/06/2021,21.50.0.1
     utl:                     Configuration  - ROOT\AMDLOG
     utl:                     Driver Rank    - 00FF0000
     utl:                     Signer Score   - WHQL (0D000005)
     utl:                     Submission ID  - 30001810_14394295992936489_1152921505694284039
     utl:           {Select Drivers - exit(0x00000000} 15:19:50.723
     dvs:           Device does not need an update.
!    dvs:           No better matching drivers found for device 'ROOT\AMDLOG\0000'.
     dvs:      {Driver Setup Update Device - exit(0x00000000)} 15:19:50.725
!    dvs:      No devices were updated.
     dvs: {DrvSetupInstallDriver - exit(00000103)}
<<<  Section end 2022/05/14 15:19:50.757
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It looks like a fake error. I have the driver installed properly. I think that I started to have some weird detections of devices some time ago because of my Logitech G19 keyboard. In this case, I had to unplug and plug it during AMD driver installation. Otherwise, the installation hangs during blinking the screen. So weird!

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#6017358 Posted on: 05/15/2022 02:12 PM

delete C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution\Download\

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#6017360 Posted on: 05/15/2022 02:21 PM

delete C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution\Download\

On a bright new installed Windows? I'm sure that somehow my problem is caused by my Logitech G19 keyboard.

I have to unplug and plug it back almost every time during any AMD driver installation. Sometimes I don't have to do it even for the same driver. It happens randomly.

When I have time I will try to install AMD drivers before the Logitech software for the mouse and the keyboard. Or to install it with a different keyboard. I think it's a kind of compatibility problem or my keyboard is malfunctioning.

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