v-2021.Q4.2

Driver installation instruction

2021-12-8 update

New feature and improvement

• Update Khronos Vulkan Headers to 1.2.197
• Enable extension VK_EXT_index_type_uint8
• Enable extension VK_KHR_format_feature_flags2
• Enable extension VK_EXT_border_color_swizzle
• Enable extension VK_KHR_dynamic_rendering
• Enable extension VK_EXT_primitive_topology_list_restart
• Enable extension VK_EXT_pageable_device_local_memory
• Enable extension VK_EXT_ycbcr_image_arrays

Issue fix

• CTS test dEQP-GLES2.functional.clipping.point.wide_point_clip fails on angle
• Driver restricts YUV planar image views to 1 layer which is against the spec

v-2021.Q4.1

Driver installation instruction

2021-11-4 update

New feature and improvement

• Limit the maximum memory size of pipeline cache in 32-bit system
• Update Khronos Vulkan Headers to 1.2.195
• Improve the shader cache hit rate

Issue fix

• Runtime Setting `PipelineCachingEnvironmentVariable' Incorrect Behavior
• Inappropriate memory size requirements causing high memory usage
• Deadlock in MemoryCacheLayer

v-2021.Q3.7

Driver installation instruction

2021-9-30 update

New feature and improvement

• Enable extension: VK_KHR_shader_integer_dot_product
• Enable extension: VK_EXT_shader_atomic_float/VK_EXT_shader_atomic_float2
• Update Khronos Headers to 1.2.191
• Add DCC present PAL setting: DisplayDccSkipRetileBlt
• Add RGP detailed thread trace support for compute
• Enable flat scratch for navi21
• Optimize pipeline early compile
• Reduce CPU cost in render pass

Issue fix

• [AMDVLK-203][DXVK-1.8] Skyrim Special Edition: Rendering issues with menu spell effects

v-2021.Q3.6

Driver installation instruction

2021-9-9 update

New feature and improvement

• Enable extension VK_EXT_load_store_op_none
• Enable extension VK_KHR_zero_initialize_workgroup_memory
• Add exclusion for implicit external synchronization if there is no layout transition
• Update Khronos Headers to 1.2.188
• Valhiem shader optimization

Issue fix

• [XGL issue #126] Switchable graphics layer filters out cards AMDVLK dropped support for
• Heavy flickering observed while performing ALT-TAB in Ghost Recon: Breakpoint Vulkan
• Corruption when turning on DebugOverlayEnable
• RPCS3 Corruption observed on game window
• [AMDVLK issue #236] Confusing implementation of VK_EXT_hdr_metadata
• GPU Profiler: per-draw SPM filenames collide and clobbering each other if the draws use the same shaders

v-2021.Q3.5

Driver installation instruction

2021-8-24 update

New feature and improvement

• Add Navi23 support
• Add settings to override bin size calculation

Issue fix

• [Angle] Failures while running CTS "dEQP.KHR_GLES31/core_shader*" test group

v-2021.Q3.4

Driver installation instruction

2021-8-11 update

Issue fix

• Fix broken switchable graphics layer

v-2021.Q3.3

Driver installation instruction

2021-8-6 update

New feature and improvement

• Update Khronos Headers to 1.2.185
• Performance tuning for Rage2 on Navi21

Issue fix

• [AMDVLK #228] Kernel driver crash if the game has been started with RADV before
• Valheim crashes when GPU profiler is enabled in
• Driver uses wrong pipeline cache between enable/disable some runtime settings

v-2021.Q3.2

Driver installation instruction

2021-7-22 update

New feature and improvement

• Enable extension: VK_EXT_extended_dynamic_state2
• Enable extension: VK_KHR_copy_commands2
• Enable implicit external synchronization for all GPUs
• Add Pal setting: dumpCmdBufPerFrame

Issue fix

• Issue #243: Swizzled image view on R8_UNORM is not sampled correctly
• Hang, crash or corruption issue for a couple of DXVK games

v-2021.Q3.1

Driver installation instruction

2021-7-9 update

New feature and improvement

• Update Khronos Vulkan Headers to 1.2.182
• Enable extension VK_KHR_shader_subgroup_uniform_control_flow
• Improve the multi-pipeline cache files init
• Performance tuning for Strange Brigade on Navi10

Issue fix

• Synchronization issue when using pinned memory

v-2021.Q2.6

Driver installation instruction

2021-6-24 update

New feature and improvement

• Support CLOCK_MONOTONIC_RAW for EXT_calibrated_timestamps extension
• Drop support for Pre-Polaris and Pre-Raven asics

Issue fix

• Memory leaks during full CTS run