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Download: AMD Radeon Adrenalin Edition 19.9.2
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Download: NVIDIA GeForce 436.30 WHQL driver - 09/10/2019 03:03 PM
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Download: Intel Graphics DCH 26.20.100.7158 driver - 09/06/2019 10:06 AM
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Download: CPU-Z Version 1.90 adds support for Threadripper 3000 - 08/28/2019 01:51 PM
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#5710751 Posted on: 09/13/2019 09:05 AM
Lovely, im trying these when i get home tonight. Polaris is getting some love from amd.
Lovely, im trying these when i get home tonight. Polaris is getting some love from amd.
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#5710755 Posted on: 09/13/2019 09:13 AM
That's a very nice treat to see this feature in the older cards.
That's a very nice treat to see this feature in the older cards.
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#5710770 Posted on: 09/13/2019 10:16 AM
https://vulkan.lunarg.com/sdk/home#windows
https://vulkan.lunarg.com/doc/sdk/1.1.121.0/windows/release-notes.html
The Vulkan runtime and loader have been updated to 1.1.121.0
As of the prior AMD driver AMD's own VLK version bundled with the driver installation was also updated from 1.1.108.0 to 1.1.114.0 and it's mostly SDK related but this new version does include a few changes to the loader itself.
(It's backwards compatible.)
New GPU assisted validation for VK_EXT_buffer_device_address. See the updated GPU Assisted Validation Whitepaper for more details.
VK_LUNARG_assistant_layer functionality has moved to the VK_LAYER_KHRONOS_validation as a new object. VK_LUNARG_assistant_layer is still included in this SDK but is now deprecated and will be removed in the next Vulkan SDK. Refer to the Best Practices documentation for more information.
SDK documentation is no longer included with the SDK, but rather provided online at vulkan.lunarg.com/doc/sdk
vkconfig now includes the ability to configure the VK_LAYER_LUNARG_screenshot, VK_LAYER_LUNARG_devsim_simulation layers, and VK_VALIDATION_FEATURE_ENABLE_BEST_PRACTICES_EXT
Two new passes have been added to spirv-opt to automatically convert SPIR-V shaders to utilize RelaxedPrecision semantics. These passes allow the developer to take advantage of lower precision computations without having to make changes to the shader source. See the Relaxed Precision whitepaper for more details.
The loader will now check the API version implemented by a driver by checking the version in the driver's manifest JSON file. If the manifest file does not specify version 1.1 or later, then 1.0 will be assumed without further checks. This avoids a crash that could be present in old Vulkan 1.0 drivers.
The loader will now check that a driver found from the local machine registry actually corresponds to a GPU on the system. If it does not correspond to a GPU, it will be skipped.
Since the release of SDK 1.1.114.0, the following extensions have been added to the Vulkan spec and may be supported by a Vulkan device. To query extensions available to a given physical device, call vkEnumerateDeviceExtensionProperties() or run vulkaninfo.
VK_AMD_device_coherent_memory
VK_KHR_pipeline_executable_properties
VK_AMD_shader_core_properties2
VK_AMD_pipeline_compiler_control
VK_EXT_line_rasterization
VK_EXT_texture_compression_astc_hdr
VK_EXT_index_type_uint8
VK_EXT_subgroup_size_control
Bug fixes (see the SDK Components section below)
Improved validation coverage. VUID validation coverage documentation (validation_error_database.csv and validation_error_database.html) has been updated to represent the validation layer VUID coverage status as of this 1.1.121.0 SDK.
https://vulkan.lunarg.com/sdk/home#windows
https://vulkan.lunarg.com/doc/sdk/1.1.121.0/windows/release-notes.html
The Vulkan runtime and loader have been updated to 1.1.121.0
As of the prior AMD driver AMD's own VLK version bundled with the driver installation was also updated from 1.1.108.0 to 1.1.114.0 and it's mostly SDK related but this new version does include a few changes to the loader itself.
(It's backwards compatible.)
Overview of new features in SDK 1.1.121.0
New GPU assisted validation for VK_EXT_buffer_device_address. See the updated GPU Assisted Validation Whitepaper for more details.
VK_LUNARG_assistant_layer functionality has moved to the VK_LAYER_KHRONOS_validation as a new object. VK_LUNARG_assistant_layer is still included in this SDK but is now deprecated and will be removed in the next Vulkan SDK. Refer to the Best Practices documentation for more information.
SDK documentation is no longer included with the SDK, but rather provided online at vulkan.lunarg.com/doc/sdk
vkconfig now includes the ability to configure the VK_LAYER_LUNARG_screenshot, VK_LAYER_LUNARG_devsim_simulation layers, and VK_VALIDATION_FEATURE_ENABLE_BEST_PRACTICES_EXT
Two new passes have been added to spirv-opt to automatically convert SPIR-V shaders to utilize RelaxedPrecision semantics. These passes allow the developer to take advantage of lower precision computations without having to make changes to the shader source. See the Relaxed Precision whitepaper for more details.
The loader will now check the API version implemented by a driver by checking the version in the driver's manifest JSON file. If the manifest file does not specify version 1.1 or later, then 1.0 will be assumed without further checks. This avoids a crash that could be present in old Vulkan 1.0 drivers.
The loader will now check that a driver found from the local machine registry actually corresponds to a GPU on the system. If it does not correspond to a GPU, it will be skipped.
Since the release of SDK 1.1.114.0, the following extensions have been added to the Vulkan spec and may be supported by a Vulkan device. To query extensions available to a given physical device, call vkEnumerateDeviceExtensionProperties() or run vulkaninfo.
VK_AMD_device_coherent_memory
VK_KHR_pipeline_executable_properties
VK_AMD_shader_core_properties2
VK_AMD_pipeline_compiler_control
VK_EXT_line_rasterization
VK_EXT_texture_compression_astc_hdr
VK_EXT_index_type_uint8
VK_EXT_subgroup_size_control
Bug fixes (see the SDK Components section below)
Improved validation coverage. VUID validation coverage documentation (validation_error_database.csv and validation_error_database.html) has been updated to represent the validation layer VUID coverage status as of this 1.1.121.0 SDK.
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#5710780 Posted on: 09/13/2019 10:43 AM
@HiAlgoBoost
what is the go with all the Vega APU + Geforce notebooks shipping with vulkan and opengl broken?
The Radeon driver is the direct cause, as updating it rectifies the problem.
@HiAlgoBoost
what is the go with all the Vega APU + Geforce notebooks shipping with vulkan and opengl broken?
The Radeon driver is the direct cause, as updating it rectifies the problem.
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Looks good for us RX 5700 owners.
Can anyone test if HW acceleration now works without BSOD on firefox/chrome/opera with Navi cards?
Work fine with RX5700 since a while on Firefox since 1st day on the PC of my GF