The AMD Driver Thread

varkanoid · 18 Aug 2020 at 19:30

henson0115 said:
problem is, even checking a mini dump isn't going to tell why which part of the driver is causing the crash, only that the driver is crashing. i/e enabling enhanced sync. the only way to truly know is keep a record of changes made and which cause the crash. which for the most part of why people dont give any details, as they dont really know or analyse what they have changed in detail. or debug the driver with the dev tools used to make it

No but I was just asking the obvious question was the BSOD caused by the driver. It would also tell you which driver file was involved too so the question would be is it always the same file within the driver causing the issue.

For instance for all we know it could be the HDMI audio driver. Just wondered if anyone has actually checked whats causing it I've not seen anyone state which part of the driver it is and whether several people have the same crash with the same part of the driver software. Just as an example I use headphones so wouldnt be using the HDMI audio driver.

Yrkoon · 19 Aug 2020 at 00:22

still running 20.4.2 never had any problems after turning off ultimate free sync on my cheapo monitor settings and switching it to standard.

had all sorts of weird stuff happening before but nothing since, guess ill update to the latest ones when a game demands it

SuperOwl86 · 19 Aug 2020 at 18:17

Started a driver update for my rtx 580 to 20.8.

I am now stuck with a black screen unable to get anything to appear or even boot into bios. I have even tried to use the hdmi port on my motherboard to see if I can get a picture and nothing.

Any help would be much appreciated.

ED209 · 19 Aug 2020 at 20:12

SuperOwl86 said:
Started a driver update for my rtx 580 to 20.8.

I am now stuck with a black screen unable to get anything to appear or even boot into bios. I have even tried to use the hdmi port on my motherboard to see if I can get a picture and nothing.

Any help would be much appreciated.

Could try and remove and re seat the GPU or try another PCI slot.

Maybe try a bios reset first by taking the battery out, disconnecting the mains then holding the power button down for 30 seconds.

Once done leave the disconnected from the mains and battery removed for ten mins, once done re connect power and battery

SuperOwl86 · 19 Aug 2020 at 21:46

I have tried holding down the cmos, unplugging the card, removing ram and re inserting.

Going to try a display port cable tomorrow.

Not sure if I have a battery to take out. Running a msi x470 gaming pro board.

freddie64 · 20 Aug 2020 at 18:28

SuperOwl86 said:
Not sure if I have a battery to take out. Running a msi x470 gaming pro board.

Battery is just below the main PCI-E slot, so will be hidden by your GPU.

SuperOwl86 · 20 Aug 2020 at 23:08

The driver update must have done something with the hdmi ports/settings. bought a displayport cable which is working for me.

Whats the best way to reinstall the the drivers?

gpuerrilla · 20 Aug 2020 at 23:12

Launch the driver you want to install, during the wizard, pick the option to nuke old drivers and install using AMD utility.

Goose · 21 Aug 2020 at 13:18

Does anyone know how to add Game Pass games to Wattman? It doesn't find them automatically and the exe's seem to be hidden away somewhere so i cant apply my overclock/undervolt profile to them.

thanks

pigeonguyuk · 22 Aug 2020 at 21:50

anyone having issues of BSOD Video_TDR_Failure amdkndag.sys error? happening a loads times a day no consistency to it. Checked memory, reinstalled drivers, done sfc /scan now on cmd

Lokken86 · 23 Aug 2020 at 04:17

pigeonguyuk said:
anyone having issues of BSOD Video_TDR_Failure amdkndag.sys error? happening a loads times a day no consistency to it. Checked memory, reinstalled drivers, done sfc /scan now on cmd

Had that and it went away when I went back to 20.7.1

fizzelopeguss · 25 Aug 2020 at 01:19

Getting crazy thread_stuck BSOD's again with the last couple of driver packages. (vega56)

Bloody hell AMD.

humbug · 27 Aug 2020 at 21:25

New drivers. 20.8.3, can't see them on the site but....

humbug · 27 Aug 2020 at 21:29

Is it just me or have AMD been knocking out a lot of Drivers lately? Seems to be a new one every week.

fizzy · 27 Aug 2020 at 22:11

New drivers showing up now.

https://www.amd.com/en/support/kb/release-notes/rn-rad-win-20-8-3

Known Issues

Performance issues may be experienced when playing Horizon Zero Dawn™ on select Radeon Vega graphics.

Hmm..... interesting. I thought 20.8.1 came out for HZD? That's the current ones I'm using.

shankly1985 · 27 Aug 2020 at 22:51

Radeon Software Adrenalin 2020 Edition 20.8.3 Highlights
Support For

Project CARS 3™
Marvel’s Avengers™
Fortnite™
- Using AMD’s latest driver Radeon™ Software Adrenalin 2020 edition 20.8.3, a Radeon™ RX 5700 XT GPU offers an average 12% better FPS performance in Fortnite™ (DX12) on the Epic setting, vs. the previous driver iteration, Radeon Software Adrenalin 2020 edition 20.8.1.RS-340

Added Vulkan® Support

VK_EXT_extended_dynamic_state
- This extension adds more dynamic states. This allows applications to reduce the need to recompile and bind pipeline state objects.
VK_EXT_private_data
- This extension allows applications to store application-defined data in a 64-bit private data slot.
VK_EXT_image_robustness
- This extension adds stricter requirements such that drivers return default RGBA values instead of undefined values for out-of-bounds reads. The number of components returned depends on the number of components present in the selected format.
VK_GOOGLE_user_type
- This extension indicates the driver’s support for shader modules using the SPV_GOOGLE_user_type SPIR-V extension.

Fixed Issues

Mortal Shell™ may experience a game or application crash when opening the inventory window in game.
Enabling HDR on some Radeon FreeSync 2 displays, may intermittently cause the display refresh rate to be forced to the FreeSync ranges minimum refresh rate during gameplay.
Surviving Mars™ may experience an application crash or hang at launch on Radeon RX 5000 series graphics products.
eFootball PES 2020™ may experience an application crash at launch on Radeon RX 5000 series graphics products.
Radeon Overlay may not be available or may fail to invoke on Hybrid Graphics system configurations when playing Hyper Scape™.
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive™ may experience intermittent stutter when some applications are running in the background such as third party matchmaking clients or Discord™.
YouTube playback may become frozen with Microsoft® Edge player and Chrome™ when played on an extended display on some AMD Ryzen™ 7 3000 series and AMD Ryzen™ 4000 series APU system configurations.

Known Issues

Project CARS 3™ may experience mirror like corruption when using VR during game menus on GCN based Radeon graphics products.
Project CARS 3™ may experience performance issues when the Radeon Software performance metrics overlay is enabled.
Performance issues may be experienced when playing Horizon Zero Dawn™ on select Radeon Vega graphics.
With Radeon FreeSync enabled on Radeon RX 5000 series system configurations, task switching to another display or application may cause the display to flicker for a few moments.
Brightness flickering may be experienced on some VP9 video content playback through applications or web browsers on Radeon RX 5000 series graphics product system configurations.
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.
Performance Metrics Overlay and the Performance Tuning tab 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.
With HDR enabled, Windows® desktop may experience flickering, and performing a task switch while in a game may cause colors to become washed out or over saturated.
Audio may experience instability when connected through an Audio Video Receiver via HDMI® on Radeon RX 5000 series graphics products.
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.
AMD will continue to monitor and investigate any new reports of black screen or system hang issues during extended periods of gameplay closely. Users are encouraged to use the new Bug Reporting Tool for any issues they may encounter.

5t3v0 · 28 Aug 2020 at 00:33

Not sure if we should be worried we're back to multiple releases in a month. Anyway, after the disaster that was 20.8.1, I was getting on OK with 20.8.2 but had to try this out after seeing a claimed 12% FPS boost in Fortnite DX12 in the hope that this would translate to all Unreal Engine 4 games on all supported cards. Alas Borderlands 3 in DX12 Ultra only gained a 0.5% improvement on a Vega 56 on stock settings. A gain is a gain though so will stick with it for now...

shankly1985 · 28 Aug 2020 at 06:55

5t3v0 said:
Not sure if we should be worried we're back to multiple releases in a month. Anyway, after the disaster that was 20.8.1, I was getting on OK with 20.8.2 but had to try this out after seeing a claimed 12% FPS boost in Fortnite DX12 in the hope that this would translate to all Unreal Engine 4 games on all supported cards. Alas Borderlands 3 in DX12 Ultra only gained a 0.5% improvement on a Vega 56 on stock settings. A gain is a gain though so will stick with it for now...

Why be worried with the fact Amd is releasing game ready drivers for new games? Lol

Phixsator · 28 Aug 2020 at 07:35

20.8.1 wasn't very good for me, a Vega 64 user. 20.8.2 was better but still, some quirks and oddballs. So by this rate 20.8.4 might actually be good for me. Not in a rush though to update as the 20.7.2 is working without issues and I'm getting very good frame pacing with it.

5t3v0 · 28 Aug 2020 at 09:27

shankly1985 said:
Why be worried with the fact Amd is releasing game ready drivers for new games? Lol

Call me an old sceptic (for I am) but I can't help wondering whether game releases are just a cover for urgent bug fixes to keep the press noise down ahead of big Navi. I'm still scarred from July last year and January this year when AMD released 5 and 4 versions respectively because they just couldnt get the stability right. More releases = rushed development = more mistakes in my experience