AMD Launches Radeon Adrenalin Software 22.2.2 Driver Update

Today, AMD launched the Radeon Adrenalin Software 22.2.2 update. This latest driver provides support for Total War: Warhammer III and some impressive optimizations for AMD Smart Access Memory in several games. There are also fixes to known issues with Cyberpunk 2077 and God of War. Below is AMD’s press release along with a download link and product compatibility.

AMD Radeon Adrenalin Software 22.2.2 Driver Update

Support For

  • Total War™: Warhammer III
  • AMD Smart Access Memory optimizations
    • Up to 24% increase in performance in Assassin’s Creed Valhalla™ @ 1080p Ultra High settings, using Radeon™ Software Adrenalin 22.2.2 on the Ryzen 9 5900HX, versus the previous software driver version 22.2.1. RS-449
    • Up to 23% increase in performance in Battlefield™ 5 @ 1080p Ultra settings, using Radeon™ Software Adrenalin 22.2.2 on the Ryzen 7 5800H, versus the previous software driver version 22.2.1.RS-449
    • Up to 18% increase in performance in Borderlands 3™ @ 1080p Badass settings, using Radeon™ Software Adrenalin 22.2.2 on the Ryzen 9 5900HX, versus the previous software driver version 22.2.1. RS-449
    • Up to 17% increase in performance in F1® 2021 @ 1080p Ultra High settings, using Radeon™ Software Adrenalin 22.2.2 on the Ryzen 7 5800H, versus the previous software driver version 22.2.1. RS-449
    • Up to 12% increase in performance in Gears 5™ @ 1080p High settings, using Radeon™ Software Adrenalin 22.2.2 on the Ryzen 7 5800H, versus the previous software driver version 22.2.1. RS-449
    • Up to 11% increase in performance in Fortnite™ @ 1080p Ultra settings, using Radeon™ Software Adrenalin 22.2.2 on the Ryzen 7 5800H, versus the previous software driver version 22.2.1. RS-449
    • Up to 10% increase in performance in Cyberpunk® 2077 @ 1080p Ultra settings, using Radeon™ Software Adrenalin 22.2.2 on the Ryzen 9 5900HX, versus the previous software driver version 22.2.1. RS-449

Known Issues

  • Some users on Windows® 10 operating system may observe the absence of the windows transparency aero effect.
  • While playing Cyberpunk 2077™ on some AMD Graphics Products such as Radeon® RX 570 Graphics, some users may observe an issue where indoor areas appear darker than expected.
  • Stuttering or lower than expected FPS values may be experienced by some users while playing God of War™ on some AMD Graphics Products such as Radeon® RX 6900 XT Graphics.
  • 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.

Package Contents

The Radeon™ Software Adrenalin 22.2.2 installation package contains the following:

  • Radeon™ Software Adrenalin 22.2.2 Driver Version 21.40.29.01 for Windows® 10 and Windows® 11 (Windows Driver Store Version 30.0.14029.1011).

Download Link

Product Compatibility

Radeon Product Compatibility

Radeon Software Adrenalin 22.2.2 is compatible with the following AMD Radeon products.

  • Radeon™ RX 6900/6800/6700/6600/6500/6400 Series Graphics
  • Radeon™ RX 5700/5600/5500/5300 Series Graphics
  • Radeon™ VII
  • Radeon™ RX Vega Series Graphics
  • AMD Radeon™ Pro Duo
  • Radeon™ RX 500 / Radeon 500X Series Graphics
  • Radeon™ RX 400 Series Graphics

Mobility Radeon™ Product Compatibility

Radeon Software Adrenalin 22.2.2 is a notebook reference graphics driver with limited support for system vendor specific features.

  • AMD Radeon™ RX 6800M Series Graphics
  • AMD Radeon™ RX 6700M Series Graphics
  • AMD Radeon™ RX 6600M Series Graphics
  • AMD Radeon™ RX 6500M Series Graphics
  • AMD Radeon™ RX 6300M Series Graphics
  • AMD Radeon™ RX 5700M/5600M/5500M/5300M Series Graphics
  • AMD Radeon™ 600 Series Graphics

Footnotes

  • RS-449 – Testing conducted by AMD as of February 14, 2022, on a test system configured with a Ryzen 5 5600G with 16GB DDR4 RAM, Ryzen 9 5900HX with 16GB DDR4 RAM, Ryzen 7 5800H with 32GB DDR4 RAM, and Ryzen 7 5800H with 16GB DDR4 RAM, Radeon graphics, Smart Access Memory enabled, and Windows 10 Pro, with Radeon Software Adrenalin 22.2.2 and 22.2.1. Game tested with various presets at 1080p and 1440p. Performance may vary.

-John Nester (Blaylock)

 

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This is supposed to be a big one

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