AMD Software Adrenalin 24.1.1 Discussion

[ChaoticSplendid]

Please use this thread to discuss the AMD Software: Adrenalin Driver version 24.1.1.

AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition 24.1.1 Release Notes

New Feature Highlights

• New Game Support
  • Like A Dragon: Infinite Wealth
  • TEKKEN™ 8
• New Product Support
  • AMD Radeon™ RX 7600 XT
• AMD Fluid Motion Frames (AFMF) - Boost FPS up to 97% for a smoother gaming experience by adding frame generation technology to any DirectX® 11 and 12 game. RS-630
  • AFMF improves performance by adding frame generation technology to AMD Radeon™ 700M, RX 6000, and RX 7000 series GPUs for notebook and desktop platforms.
    • Up to 97% average increase in performance across select titles at 1080p resolution when AMD Fluid Motion Frames (AFMF) is ON and upscaled with FidelityFX™ Super Resolution 2 (FSR 2) at Quality Mode, using AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition™️ 24.1.1 on the Radeon™ RX 7600XT GPU, versus when AFMF and FSR 2 upscaling are OFF. RS-630
    • Up to 103% average increase in performance across select titles at 1440p resolution when AMD Fluid Motion Frames (AFMF) is ON and upscaled with FidelityFX™ Super Resolution 2 (FSR 2) at Quality Mode, using AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition™️ 24.1.1 on the Radeon™ RX 7600XT GPU, versus when AFMF and FSR 2 upscaling are OFF. RS-631
  • AFMF preserves image quality by dynamically disabling frame generation during fast visual motion.
• AMD Video Upscaling – Advanced video upscale algorithm to improve video playback image quality for AMD Radeon™ RX 7000 desktop series GPUs.
  • AMD Video Upscaling can be enabled within the Graphics tab to enjoy improved sharpness and clarity, for DirectX 11 applications such as Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, and Media Player, with resolution support up to 4K.
  • For more instructions on how to enable upscaling, please ensure that your version of AMD Software is up to date, and learn more HERE!
• Additional Video Improvements
  • Content Adaptive Machine Learning (CAML) text detection has been updated to support up to 4K gaming for even greater clarity.
  • Various encoding support within AMD Software including AVC, HEVC and AV1 codecs have undergone additional optimizations to improve video encode quality.
  • AMD continues to work with partners to implement video enhancements into 3rd party apps; more updates to follow in upcoming drivers.
• AMD Smart Technology Tab – Access the suite of great A+A features from one convenient location to maximize the power of your AMD-powered system.
• AMD Assistant – Automatically enable or disable AMD Software features based on various situations for improved performance or battery life.
• Additional OS Feature Support
  • Support for Hardware Accelerated GPU Scheduling has been expanded to Radeon™ RX 7600 series GPUs on Windows 11 version 22H2 and newer. Click HERE for more information.

What to Know

• AMD Fluid Motion Frames (AFMF)
  • AFMF can be enabled for any DirectX® 11 and 12 title using HYPR-RX.
    • AFMF may introduce additional latency to games and may not offer the optimal experience for fast-paced competitive titles. AFMF is recommended to be combined with AMD Radeon™ Anti-Lag to reduce in-game latency while maintaining a minimum in-game fps of 60.
    • Due to the potential latency impact of AFMF, it must be manually enabled in the per-game settings for certain fast-paced competitive titles, even if AFMF was already enabled globally. Gamers are free to enable AFMF in these titles based on their preference and gameplay style, however, they may not experience optimal performance – specifically at lower frame rates.
    • AFMF may be enabled or disabled on the fly using the default hotkey of Alt-Shift-G.
  • AFMF currently requires the game to be played in fullscreen mode with VSYNC disabled.
    • For better compatibility with borderless-fullscreen titles, Windows 11 users can enable “Optimizations for windowed games”.
    • For a better visual experience, AFMF is recommended to be used with variable refresh rate enabled.
  • Users can check AFMF’s frame generation status using AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition™’s in-game overlay.
  • AFMF adds frame generation technology to boost FPS outside the game’s engine. Users can use AMD Software Performance Metrics Overlay to see the resulting FPS.
    • Support for third-party performance monitoring tools is not available at this moment.
  • For systems setup using Hybrid Graphics (such as laptops featuring an integrated and discrete GPU), AFMF must be supported on the displaying GPU to be activated.
  • Stay tuned for future enhancements and innovations coming to HYPR-RX with AFMF, focusing on elevating image quality, smoothness, and latency. Enjoy gaming with HYPR-RX.AMD Video Upscaling
  • AMD Video Upscaling can be enabled for most DirectX 11 applications to improve image quality. However, certain applications such as Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge may require an additional step to activate AMD Video Upscaling.
    • For Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge, ‘Media Foundation for Clear’ must be enabled. This setting can be configured in the browser settings accessed through chrome://flags/ or edge://flags/.
  • Users have the flexibility to adjust the level of sharpness added by AMD Video Upscaling using the slider located within the Graphics tab.
• AMD Technical Preview Driver
  • Users had the opportunity to get an early look of AFMF through the AMD Technical Preview Drivers and provide their feedback to build and refine the feature. The feedback received through our online communities and AMD Bug Report Tool helped create a more stable experience for AFMF in AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition 24.1.1.
  • Users looking for updates of future AMD Technical Preview Drivers can subscribe to our newsletter HERE.

Fixed Issues

• Performance drop may be observed in some DirectML workloads.
• Intermittent grey screen after driver upgrade with certain monitors (such as Nixeus NX-EDG274K) on Radeon™ RX 7000 series GPUs.
• Graphics API metric may show as N/A in certain UWP applications.
• Heavy stuttering may be experienced while playing Warframe and loading into a new area or starting a mission.
• Black artifacts may be observed in smoke effects while playing Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® III.
• Black texture flickering may be observed while playing Starfield on some AMD Graphics Products, such as the Radeon™ RX 5600 XT.
• Intermittent install failure may be observed when using the factory reset setting.

Known Issues

• Deathloop may experience extended loading times on some AMD Graphics Products, such as the Radeon™ RX 6900 XT. [Resolution targeted for 24.2.1]
• Dead Space may experience an application crash after enabling RTAO on some AMD Graphics Products, such as the Radeon™ RX 6800.
• Excessive stuttering may be experienced when first playing a match in Overwatch 2. [Resolution targeted for 24.2.1]
• Audio may intermittently become out of sync with the video when recording from AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition using AV1 codec. [Resolution targeted for Q2]
• Oculus Rift S may display with a green tint on AMD Radeon™ RX 7000 series GPUs.
• After a system reboot, Parsec host application may experience a crash on some AMD Graphics Products, such as the Radeon™ RX 7900 XTX. [Resolution targeted for 24.2.1]
• During Microsoft Teams meetings, the camera may intermittently display looped footage on some AMD Products, such as the AMD Ryzen™ 7 7840U Processor.

Important Notes

• For users that game remotely with AMD Link, one important announcement is that AMD is ending support for the AMD Link software. We originally launched AMD Link at a time when there were few alternative remote gaming solutions for Radeon graphics users. Today, there are many options available for users to stream their PC content to other devices. AMD’s role is to enable and support developers, not compete with them. As such, we are ending support for AMD Link and focusing our resources on other core capabilities and features that benefit users. We will also continue to support developers with our SDKs such as the AMD Advanced Media Framework that allow them to enable streaming functionality within their solutions.
• For users who previously installed an AMD Software preview driver, running AMD Cleanup Utility is recommended before installing this driver.
• AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition 24.1.1 will now automatically clear previously installed drivers located in the C:\AMD folder to save space.

[WingWarper1]

Just took a spin around Kona (Hawaii) in the Longitude after installing the new driver and turning on frame gen. This is the 1st official release of AMD’s AFMF frame generation technology in their base WHQL driver. Wow, what a great experience - smooth (ok, fluid ) as can be getting 260-280 fps with my 7900x3d/7900xtx. Spectacular!!

Highly recommended!!

[Myran21]

How did you activate AFMF? For me its says that I need to enable full screen and turn vsync off. The problem is that I already have full screen enable and vsync turned off…
I am on rx6800 btw

[Wundermann]

Maybe you just need to swich to windowed mode and back to fullscreen for it kick in.

[WingWarper1]

@Myran21

How did you activate AFMF?

This is how I activated AFMF:

1. Turn on AFMF & anti-lag in the Adrenalin driver in the Gaming->Graphics section section (note: this is a global setting for all apps)
   

   

2. Turn on Freesync for your monitor in the Adrenalin driver in the Gaming->Display section. Note, if you have multiple monitors, you need to highlight your MSFS display.
   

   

3. Turn on AFMF, anti-lag & Freesync in the Adrenalin driver in the Gaming->MSFS 2020 section (note: this is specific to MSFS but do this just to be safe)
   

   

4. In the Adrenalin software, turn on the metric overlay under Performance->Metrics section so you can see the doubled frame rate.
   

   

5. In the sim, set display mode = to Full Screen, vsync = on, and frame rate limit = 100%. I also recommend turning on FSR 2 at Quality. I know AMD recommends to set vsync off when running AFMF, however, my PC works best with it on - YMMV.
   

   

6. Enjoy!!

[EnjonUK]

Same here. I’m also on RX6800 and get the same message, even after following WingWarper’s method. Did you get yours working?

[Stamatz2107R]

I have a 6800XT and installed the driver the other day. I have full screen on and vsync off in MSFS. AMFM kicks in when the screen focus is on my main monitor.
If I click on my second monitor AMFM turns off but when I click back on the main monitor its activated again. Frame rates doubled and it seems fluid, more testing needed to see if it’s actually beneficial. I also use TAA and not FSR and my monitor is set at 2560x1440p and 100% scaling in MSFS.

[Myran21]

Unfortunately it didn´t work for me either…
but I´m really grateful for mr WingWarper´s took his time to make a short tutorial how he mange to activate AFMF.

Could the problem be that I don´t have a freesync monitor?

[EnjonUK]

I have a Freesync monitor (AOC 27G2) so I don’t think it’s that, in my case at least.

[EnjonUK]

Thanks for that. I have a similar multi monitor setup and it looks like that may have been the reason for the message, however, there is no increase in FPS when the main monitor is active.

EDIT: A reboot of the PC and not just Adrenaline and the game seemed to do the trick. Can’t get it to work with TAA still though.

[NixonRedgrave]

I’m finding this version of Adrenalin to be crashing repeatedly when I attempt to open it via the taskbar icon or the start menu.

It seems really unstable for me.

Fortunately, I have zero need to “mess” with it, but since I’ve been trying to explore some of its new features, I’ve been trying to access it more than I have in quite awhile.

It seems to be fine on a reboot of the PC, but will crash when I try to access it when MSFS is running or had been running.

Odd. I’d not had this sort of experience with it in the past.

I have an RX 7900 XTX.

[WingWarper1]

@NixonRedgrave

It seems to be fine on a reboot of the PC, but will crash when I try to access it when MSFS is running or had been running.

Odd. I’d not had this sort of experience with it in the past.

Perhaps a spring cleaning is needed with DDU? I know I’ve had to use it a couple of times as RyzenMaster seems to get wrapped around the driver and get unstable. In the v24.1.1 release notes it recommends to use the AMD Cleanup Utility if you’ve had the preview driver installed.

[WingWarper1]

@Myran21

Could the problem be that I don´t have a freesync monitor?

Freesync is not a requirement for AMD frame gen. I did notice in the release notes it said:

So you can go to Windows settings->System->Display->Graphics->Default Settings and turn on variable refresh rate and optimizations for windowed games. Actually, you can turn on all four of the settings on that screen.

[jpht1964]

This is really a gamechanger. For the first time MSFS runs really smooth without any stutters. Thanks AMD…

[Sunday748]

Do I need to turn vsync off in MSFS or can I leave it on?
Because without vsync I have a very bad tearing.
Anyway, I did a Checkride with fluid motion frames on my 6900xt and it’s just wow. That’s how I should work since the beginning.

[Mooncatt3953]

@Sunday748

Do I need to turn vsync off in MSFS or can I leave it on?
Because without vsync I have a very bad tearing.

If you have vsync on in the sim, FMF will not kick on. Or at least that’s how it was with me and matches with AMD’s own requirements.

Are you able to maintain 60 fps natively? That’s another recommendation from AMD to use this properly. When I tried it, I had the same issue plus artifacts. This also matches up with my opinion of frame generation in general. If your system is strong enough run it without distracting artifacts, chances are you don’t need it in the first place.

Thankfully in my case I have the sim tuned for fine performance without needing frame generation in the first place.

[Sunday748]

No, can’t hold 60fps in all sitations. Thats the reason why i’m trying it.
Its quite strange. I did a testride 2 hrs ago and it was smooth. Just sitting in again and i’m facing weird flickering during moving inside the cockpit.

[Zeppos]

Started trying it with a 6800XT and an old LG 34" 144Hz freesync display (locked at 120fps and 2560x1080). It really more than doubles fps in places I used to get 25-35fps at best. I’ll now get anywhere between 55 to 70 fps. In TBM850 or Wbsim C172 which at places at the ground couldn’t go above 40fps, I’m now getting over 80fps. As a matter of fact I’m not really sure how to cap fps at 60, other than set it in Windows.

However this comes with a cost of some tearing or slight temporary blurring when moving the camera left-right, none of which can be observed when AFMF is off. Doesn’t matter if vsync is off or on, not does Frame Rate Limit seem to have any effect.

I’ll probably have to get used to it but it’s a great improvement anyway.

[Mooncatt3953]

@Sunday748

Just sitting in again and i’m facing weird flickering during moving inside the cockpit.

I was just watching a video on FMF going mainstream release and he mentioned it will disable itself in fast motion situations. I remember reading something about that now that I think about it, but I don’t know what is considered “fast motion” in the driver. Part of the issue is likely related to only being at the driver level and not able to access all of the game information.

[WingWarper1]

@Sunday748

No, can’t hold 60fps in all situations. Thats the reason why i’m trying it.

Make sure you try turning on FSR 2 at balanced mode as you will pick up a few more fps.