Download: AMD Raven Ridge APU Drivers Q2 2018 version 18.10.02
Raven Ridge based APUs, the Ryzen 5 2400G and Ryzen 3 2200G, have not seen a new driver update ever since it's release early this year. The initial driver actually was Crimson based. AMD just updated the driver, which now is Adrenalin based, it's still a standalone driver though, specific to the APUs.
We mentioned this topic a few weeks ago, that the APU was still driven by an older 2017 Crimson based driver. Over the past few weeks, I have received multiple emails from end users, complaining that the drivers have never been updated. To get you guys some answers we reached out to AMD. Initially, when we received the APUs (February) we were told that the APUs would be added towards the latest driver builds. Many weeks, even months, have passed ever since release, and everybody who bought or has a Ryzen 3 2200G (review) / Ryzen 5 2400G (review) APU, still is using the same February driver.
Since the graphics processor inside the APU is a really pretty one for budget gaming, it kind of is annoying to not receive GPU updates for support for the latest games. Well, a driver has been released and there have been some bugfixes; the increased load during the long-term play of Destiny 2 has been foxed as well as tearing with FreeSync screens has been resolved. AMD also added the possibility to upload or stream a ReLive video to Facebook without unexpected interruptions. In addition there are a number of known issues have been fixed such as a bsod when starting up Radeon Settings without restarting after a driver installation and stuttering at The Witcher 3.
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Support For
- Support for Windows10 April 2018 Update
- Support for AMD Ryzen™ Desktop Processors with Radeon™ Vega Graphics
Fixed Issues
- Destiny™2 may experience increasing load time durations when the game is run for extended periods of time.
- Tearing may be observed in some borderless fullscreen games on Radeon FreeSync enabled displays when Radeon Software performance metrics is enabled.
- Radeon ReLive streaming or uploading of videos to Facebook™ may intermittently fail.
Known Issues
- BSOD may be encountered when launching Radeon Settings if the system was not rebooted after driver installation. Workaround: Reboot the system to resolve this error.
- Radeon Chill game specific profiles may remain applied when Radeon Chill is globally disabled.
- Some games may experience minor stuttering during gameplay when the Radeon ReLive Instant Replay feature is enabled and FRTC is also enabled.
- Radeon Settings video profiles may fail to enable for some video content on Chrome™ or Firefox™ web browsers.
- Warhammer™: Vermintide 2 may experience UI flickering or disappearing on the extreme or high quality presets when using DirectX®11 API.
- Radeon Overlay may not show all available features when some games are run in borderless fullscreen mode.
- The Witcher™ 3: Wild Hunt may experience stuttering during gameplay.
Package Contents
The Radeon Software Adrenalin Edition Q2 2018 installation package contains the following:
- Radeon Software Adrenalin Edition Q2 2018 Driver Version 18.10.02 (Windows Driver Store Version 24.20.11002.8)
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So still nothing for the mobile APUs.
Waited for 2700U/2500U laptops to be such a kick in Intel's and nVidia's nuts... yet I see myself buying a 8250U/150MX in a few weeks.
Low battery life + weak driver support is a no-no for me.
What a pity, AMD.
Evade lenovo. Get HP/Dell/Acer... They make AMD's APUs in dual channel configurations.
Each manufacturer listed here has drivers on their site. And you have working drivers distributed through windows too.
Battery life is actually very good with Ryzen. Especially if you are doing something. idle battery life (meaningless value) is comparable to intel only solutions and better than laptops having nVidia GPU.
Secondly, when nVidia switching GPU use fails, you are pretty much screwed. That's old issue and people have it even today. Once it starts misbehaving, you'll be lucky to have it working.
Installing clean windows is usually 1st step you do when you get laptop full of manufacturer's software. Then you may end up having troubles with power consumption or iGPU being used when nV-GPU should be.
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Over at Anandtech they mention this driver seems to work on other chips and I can confirm that it works on my Bristol Ridge laptop which also has a discrete R7 M440. The previous driver 18.4.1 did not give the Bristol Ridge official Windows 1803 support but this one did.
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I've actually read tons of reviews for laptops with 2500U/2700U from different brands (not only Lenovo). Most mention driver problems, and all show bad battery life compared to their Intel equivalent.
You won't see a 2700U laptop lasting 8+ hours of actual web surfing, movie watching, etc. (at least I haven't found any).
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IDK i am fairly happy with the battery life of my Envy X360, but the September and November drivers are total s**t but it is possible to get some decent offical drivers from the windows catalogue, downloaded them the other day they are very good! But still going so many months with ziltch and nothing official from AMD or HP pissed me right off .
I recommend the drivers dated 4/30/2018 https://www.catalog.update.microsoft.com/Search.aspx?q=Vega+8 fixes soooooooooo many issues!!!
I am going to try the Vega 10 drivers as they are slightly newer at 5/10/2018 NVM it has the same driver version so must be the same. Might even give these ones ago that Guru3d posted, never know might work.
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So still nothing for the mobile APUs.
Waited for 2700U/2500U laptops to be such a kick in Intel's and nVidia's nuts... yet I see myself buying a 8250U/150MX in a few weeks.
Low battery life + weak driver support is a no-no for me.
What a pity, AMD.