v-2024.Q3.2

Driver installation instruction

v-2024.Q3.2

2024-08-29 update

New feature and improvement

• Update Khronos Vulkan Headers to 1.3.293
• Support Strix 1
• Expose VK_KHR_maintenance7
• Further shader tuning for Counter-Strike 2
• Performance optimization for int16-vec4 test in VKPeak (#279)

Issue fix

• VKCTS random crash in dEQP-VK.wsi.wayland.swapchain.render.10swapchains2 when zwp_linux_dmabuf_v1_interface is enabled
• VKCTS dEQP-VK.info.device_mandatory_features failure for textureCompressionASTC_HDR support

v-2024.Q3.1

Driver installation instruction

v-2024.Q3.1

2024-08-13 update

New feature and improvement

• Update Khronos Vulkan Headers to 1.3.292
• Add official support for Ubuntu 24.04, retire official support for Ubuntu 20.04
• Performance tuning for SeriousSam4 and RainbowSixExtraction
• Optimize the d3d9 Strict float emulation path

Issue fix

• Corruption in 7 Days to Die and Coffin Of Andy And Leyley
• Hang and texture missing in Starfield
• Failure in VKD3D tests: test_renderpass_rendering and test_execute_indirect_*
• vkQueueSubmit2 does not respect VkCommandBufferSubmitInfo::deviceMask (GPUOpen-Drivers/xgl#173)
• CTS 1.3.7 failure in dEQP-VK.robustness.*.misc.out_of_bounds_stride*

Note:

• The fix in this release enables the game Starfield to run with AMDVLK

v-2024.Q2.3

Driver installation instruction

v-2024.Q2.3

2024-06-26 update

New feature and improvement

• Update Khronos Vulkan Headers to 1.3.287
• Enable the support for the cooperativeMatrix on gfx10

Issue fix

• TeamFortress 2 crash on launch
• CTS failure in dEQP-VK.pipeline.*.extended_dynamic_state.misc.dynamic_sample_shading_*
• Broken vkCmdBindVertexBuffers2 pSizes=NULL handling · Issue #321

v-2024.Q2.2

Driver installation instruction

v-2024.Q2.2

2024-06-05 update

New feature and improvement

• Update Khronos Vulkan Headers to 1.3.285
• Export NV_Device_Generated_Commands for vkd3d engine

Issue fix

• [Proton][DX12] Halo Infinite crash after the loading screen
• CTS failure in dEQP-VK.binding_model.inline_uniform_blocks.copy_*
• Corruption in The Talos Principle 2
• Memory leak when RGP is connected

v-2024.Q2.1

Driver installation instruction

v-2024.Q2.1

2024-05-15 update

New feature and improvement

• Update Khronos Vulkan Headers to 1.3.280
• Support PHOENIX2
• Enable multiple extensions:
  • VK_EXT_nested_command_buffer
  • VK_KHR_dynamic_rendering_local_read
  • VK_KHR_shader_maximal_reconvergence
• Revise the UcodeVersion check to enable task shaders
• Add zwp_linux_dmabuf_v1 support to Wayland WS
• Enable RT recursion

Issue fix

• ESCTS failure in dEQP-GLES31.functional.shaders.* with Angle
• Crash in DXVK Left 4 Dead 2 with VK_EXT_graphics_pipeline_library enabled

v-2024.Q1.3

Driver installation instruction

v-2024.Q1.3

2024-03-26 update

New feature and improvement

• Update Khronos Vulkan Headers to 1.3.279
• Add some panel setting options

Issue fix

• VKCTS test failures in dEQP-VK.api.Maintenance3_check and dEQP-VK.pipeline.fast_linked_library.extended_dynamic_state.*
• VKCTS test warnings in dEQP-VK.pipeline.*
• Quake 2 RTX and RT demo performance loss in the previous release
• Segmented lines in some apps

Note:

• The crash issue with Vulkan loader 1.3.275 is fixed with 1.3.277 and the newer loader

v-2024.Q1.2

Driver installation instruction

v-2024.Q1.2

2024-02-23 update

New feature and improvement

• Update Khronos Vulkan Headers to 1.3.277
• Enable multiple extensions:
  • VK_EXT_graphics_pipeline_library
  • VK_EXT_primitives_generated_query
  • VK_KHR_calibrated_timestamps
  • VK_KHR_index_type_uint8
  • VK_KHR_line_rasterization
  • VK_KHR_load_store_op_none
  • VK_KHR_maintenance6
  • VK_KHR_shader_expect_assume
  • VK_KHR_shader_float_controls2
  • VK_KHR_shader_quad_control
  • VK_KHR_shader_subgroup_rotate
  • VK_KHR_vertex_attribute_divisor
• Performance optimization for Detroit become human

Issue fix

• [Raytracing] Intermittent hangs with early pair compression enabled

Note:

• There is a crash issue with Vulkan loader 1.3.275, which is fixed by
  KhronosGroup/Vulkan-Loader@7ed0f38.
  Please use older version loader to run the driver.

v-2024.Q1.1

Driver installation instruction

v-2024.Q1.1

2024-01-26 update

New feature and improvement

• Update Khronos Vulkan Headers to 1.3.273
• Add support for D24_UNORM_S8_UINT and X8_D24_UNORM_PACK32
• Optimize RayTracing pipeline compile time
• Enable gang-submit on Linux

Issue fix

• VKCTS failure in dEQP-VK.pipeline.fast_linked_library.image.suballocation.sampling_type.*.view_*.format.*
• Saints Row crash when changing settings
• Corruption in DXVK MetalGearSolid V and ELEX2 rocks
• Line corruption in TheEvilWithin2
• vkQueueSubmit/vkQueueSubmit2 returns VK_TIMEOUT when non-primary GPU is asked to wait on non-signaled timeline semaphore
• Device enumeration failure if GFX9 device presents
• Few Vulkan applications hang and crash with Kernel:6.6.rc1
• Xorg crash while running dEQP-VK.mesh_shader* on upstream stack

v-2023.Q4.3

Driver installation instruction

v-2023.Q4.3

2023-12-28 update

New feature and improvement

• Update Khronos Vulkan Headers to 1.3.271
• Bypass MALL when device_coherent_memory extension is used
• Export NV_COMPUTE_SHADER_DERIVATIVES for vkd3d engine to run DX12 games on steam
• Performance optimization for CS2

Issue fix

• Incorrect attachment clears for dynamic rendering
• Vulkan applications hang and crash with Kernel:6.6.rc1
• Pipeline creation failures for mesh shader pipelines during renderdoc replay

v-2023.Q4.2

Driver installation instruction

2023-11-24 update

New feature and improvement

• Update Khronos Vulkan headers to 1.3.269
• Enable extension KHR_cooperative_matrix
• Support spriv binary without binding decoration
• Speed up slow clears with VRS
• Enable RT triangle pair compression

Issue fix

• Performance drop observed in X-Plane with resize bar enabled
• CTS failure in dEQP-VK.ray_tracing_pipeline.misc.*
• CTS failure in dEQP-VK.dynamic_rendering.primary_cmd_buff.basic.partial_binding_depth_stencil
• ANGLE test failure in dEQP-GLES31.functional.image_load_store.3d*
• Log running out of GPU memory error for gpu profiler SQTT dumping