Con i nuovi driver Adrenalin 19.6.2 AMD estende il supporto alle API Vulkan

Nuovo aggiornamento driver per le schede video AMD Radeon disponibile quest'oggi: si tratta della release Radeon Software Adrenalin 2019 19.6.2, con la quale AMD non introduce miglioramenti nelle prestazioni ma ha scelto di lavorare specificamente per aggiungere il supporto a varie nuove estensioni delle API Vulkan.

I driver, disponibili per il download nelle versioni a 64bit per sistemi operativi Windows 7 e Windows 10, possono essere scaricati a questo indirizzo. Di seguito sono riportate le note a corredo:

Added Vulkan Support

• VK_EXT_host_query_reset
  Allows resets of queries from the host, rather than on the GPU.
• VK_EXT_full_screen_exclusive
  Gives applications explicit control over exclusive full-screen modes (this is for instance useful for HDR support).
• VK_AMD_display_native_hdr
  Exposes FreeSync2 capabilities for improved HDR support.
• VK_EXT_separate_stencil_usage
  Separates the usage flags for depth/stencil aspects of a depth/stencil image making it possible to restrict/expand the usage relative to the depth aspect.
• VK_KHR_uniform_buffer_standard_layout
  Provides more flexible alignment for uniform buffers, enabling among other things, the usage of std430 layouts in Vulkan.

Fixed Issues

• Wireless VR may experience performance drops across multiple game titles on some Radeon RX 400 and Radeon RX 500 series graphics products.
• Performance Metrics Overlay may fail to enable or may be disabled when toggling Radeon Overlay while in game.
• A TDR may occur when exiting some gaming applications that are using DirectX 12 API when multiple displays are connected and in clone mode.
• Microsoft PIX tool may fail when a GPU is connected using AMD XConnect Technology.
• Crackdown 3 may experience an application or game hang on Radeon R7 370 series graphics products.

Known Issues

• Radeon ReLive streaming and uploading of videos and other content to Facebook is currently unavailable.
• ASUS TUF Gaming FX505 may experience discrete GPU connection issues with devices disappearing from device manager when the system is idle.
• Performance Metrics Overlay and Radeon WattMan gauges may experience inaccurate fluctuating readings on AMD Radeon VII.
• ACER Swift 3 with AMD Ryzen Processor may experience system instability when upgrading to Radeon Software Adrenalin 2019 Edition 19.6.2 using the Custom Clean Installation option.
• Graphics driver may not uninstall correctly when using the express uninstall option on some Ryzen APUs.