AMD graphics driver 21.10.2 is the best ever!

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Guys, if you have an AMD graphics card I urge you to update to the latest “recommended” driver 21.10.2. I’ve been flying for hours and the performace is much improved.

Details:
5800x CPU
6900 xt GPU
32 GB RAM
Reverb G2
I have the Steam version of MSFS 2020
I cap my framerate at 33 fps using the radeon chill feature
Using windows OpenXR I do not use motion reprojection

  1. No more stutters
    I didn’t have much stuttering with the previous drivers but it intermittently would micro-stutter for some seconds and then stop for awhile and repeat like that. Now… there’s no stutters! None.

  2. Improved resolution settings
    Because all stutters went away I can now up my resolution higher. I was running at 70% OpenXR and 100% in game. Now I can run at 90/100 and it’s so smooth still. At 100/100 I can feel it’s off a little so I’m running 90/100. The clarity is much improved.

  3. Using Steam’s OpenXR stutters also went away
    I hav never been able to get descent performance when running the game through Steam. But now I can. I tried 100% Steam resolution and 70% game. It worked great. No stutters this way either. However the windows OpenXR still performs better so I use that.

So give the new driver a try and see if you find what I find. I’m excited.

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I’ve been using 21.10.2 for some time already, and agree, it works quite well.

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noted. updating now from 21.8.2. What headset?

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Yes, I saw it was availble awhile ago but it wasn’t "recommended so I usually wait for that. But it’s recommeded now so I just updated and WOW.

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I just updated my post with that… Reverb G2.

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21.10.3 here

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If you’re going to go with an “optional” driver then why not the latest 21.10.4? Also did you experience what I described and is it still stutter-free with the optional drivers? Are they even better?

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Is ‘recommended only driver’, smooth

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My MSFS crashed for no reason and could not find the MSFS cache path, which resulted in not loading and AMD notifying ‘you don’t have a proper graphics card’, had to reinstall 21.10.3 from scratch. Which is bizer, bad.

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Thanks. 21.10.2 is the first driver that has been perfect for me so I’m hesitant to update. It’s good to get confirmation that the next one is just as good.

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What is the rest of your settings?

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I don’t use VR but had the exact same problem here in 21.10.4…
Reinstalled 21.10.3 and it’s pretty solid.

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  • Radeon Chill I set min 30 and max 45 so essentially a 30 fps cap.

  • Regarding all the other Radeon features they’re all off.

  • 90 OpenXR and 100 game resolutions.

  • Both LOD sliders are 100.

  • Anything that’s an on/off option I set to on except I have “light rays” or “shafts” (I forget what it’s called) off.

  • All the other options I find the max value and back it off 1 spot except Volumetric clouds is ultra.

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I have a very similar set up to yours. I have the 5950x CPU and the RX 6800 XT GPU. Curious if you have game mode in Windows enabled or disabled?

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Just received a 6800xt. Anyone use the sharpening in the radeon settings?

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Enabled. It’s a good feature to down prioritize background, non-game related, processes.

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My testing has shown it hurts performance and I can’t notice any benefit.

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For the AMD drivers, you have several presets. Gaming, Media, Standard, …
In my opinion, as I tried all of them, the Standard preset is the one that works best for MSFS. It’s just the most basic settings, and gets the job done quite nicely.

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