Latest AMD Catalyst Graphics Driver for Windows 8

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How to Install AMD Graphics Drivers Without Installing Catalyst Install Manager

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   Information

Radeon Software Adrenalin Edition 18.12.2
Release Date: December 13, 2018
Driver Version: 18.50.02 (Windows Driver Store Version 25.20.15002.58

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Release Notes

   Note

Compatible Operating Systems

• Windows 10 (64-bit)
• Windows 7 (64-bit version with SP1 or higher)

Radeon Software Adrenalin Edition 18.12.2 Highlights
Support For

• Assassin’s Creed®: Odyssey
  • Up to 4% faster performance in Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey using Radeon™ Software Adrenalin 2019 Edition 18.12.2 on the Radeon™ RX Vega 64 graphics card than with Radeon™ Software Adrenalin Edition 18.12.1 at 1920x1080 (1080p). RS-277
• Shadow of the Tomb Raider™
  • Up to 3% faster performance in Shadow of the Tomb Raider using Radeon™ Software Adrenalin 2019 Edition 18.12.2 on the Radeon™ RX Vega 64 graphics card than with Radeon™ Software Adrenalin Edition 18.12.1 at 2560x1440 (1440p). RS-278
• DOOM™
  • Up to 5% faster performance in DOOM using Radeon™ Software Adrenalin 2019 Edition 18.12.2 on the Radeon™ RX Vega 64 graphics card than with Radeon™ Software Adrenalin Edition 18.12.1 at 3840x2160 (4K). RS-279
• Wolfenstein™ II: The New Colossus
  • Up to 5% faster performance in Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus using Radeon™ Software Adrenalin 2019 Edition 18.12.2 on the Radeon™ RX Vega 64 graphics card than with Radeon™ Software Adrenalin Edition 18.12.1 at 3840x2160 (4K). RS-280
• Strange Brigade™
  • Up to 7% faster performance in Strange Brigade using Radeon™ Software Adrenalin 2019 Edition 18.12.2 on the Radeon™ RX Vega 64 graphics card than with Radeon™ Software Adrenalin Edition 18.12.1 at 3840x2160 (4K). RS-281

New Features

• Radeon ReLive (1)
  • In-Game Replay feature that allows you to replay your gaming moments instantly on screen.
  • Scene Editor allows creation and editing of scenes for recording or streaming with transitioning options via hotkeys or Radeon Overlay.
  • GIF Support allows creation of GIFs via hotkey or Radeon Overlay.
  • Added platform connection support for Restream.io, Streamable and Gfycat.
  • Multi-channel audio support and 16:9 streaming support.
• Radeon ReLive Game Streaming (2)
  • Bringing Radeon gaming quality to your mobile devices allowing up to 4K 60fps low latency gaming with hardware acceleration. Seamlessly transition from your PC to your phone or tablet. Free on both Android and iOS via the AMD Link app.
• Radeon ReLive for VR (3)
  • Bringing ultra-high PC quality VR experiences to standalone VR devices with low-level hardware acceleration optimized for streaming and recording.
  • Streaming enabled via Steam®, the Steam®VR ecosystem* and available through the Radeon ReLive VR app.
• AMD Link (4)
  • Better reliability for a stable connection.
  • Get started easily with a redesigned connection process.
  • Upgrade Radeon Software through your phone.
  • Voice Controls for Radeon ReLive and Performance Metrics.
  • Radeon WattMan support.
  • Enhanced Performance metrics for capturing average, max and min FPS.
  • Radeon ReLive support allows viewing screenshots, playing back video, cropping video and saving video to your mobile device.
• Radeon Overlay (5)
  • Enhanced Sync controls available in display tab with per game real-time adjustment.
  • Radeon FreeSync controls now found in display tab.
  • Per-game color controls now available in display tab.
  • Radeon WattMan is now supported in Radeon Overlay allowing for in-game power and performance optimizations.
  • Performance Metrics Overlay now supports visual customization with adjustable colors, columns, position, transparency and size.
  • Performance Metrics Overlay now supports a lower sample interval and frame-time measurement logging.
• Radeon Game Advisor (6)
  • Measures game performance and generates a detailed report with suggestions to improve performance or increase image quality. Available through Radeon Overlay.
• Radeon Settings Advisor (6)
  • Scans your system’s capabilities and provides optimization suggestions in just a few simple clicks. Available through Radeon Settings.
• Radeon Upgrade Advisor (7)
  • Analyzes your PC for minimum and recommended game compatibility specifications with clear compatibility indicators in Game Explorer. Available through Radeon Settings.
• Radeon WattMan (8)
  • One click tuning with Auto Overclock GPU, Auto Overclock Memory and Auto Undervolt GPU.
  • Change fan speed with temperature dependent fan curves and Zero RPM fan control.
  • Unlocked Radeon RX Vega series DPM states for finer power adjustments.
  • Targeted optimization of memory bound applications with new memory tuning feature.
• Radeon Chill (9)
  • Improved Radeon Chill efficiency allows increased power savings.
• Radeon FreeSync 2 (10)
  • Improved Radeon FreeSync 2 with auto-tone mapping for a more detailed experience in HDR 10 supported games.
• Virtual Super Resolution (11)
  • Now supports ultra-wide 21:9 displays.
• Radeon Installer (12)
  • A new one-click express install option is now available with installation progress and percentage indicators.

Added Vulkan Support

• VK_EXT_inline_uniform_block
  • This extension introduces the ability to back uniform blocks directly with descriptor sets by storing inline uniform data within descriptor pool storage.
• VK_KHR_swapchain_mutable_format
  • This extension enables processing of swapchain images as different formats to that used by the window system, which is particularly useful for switching between sRGB and linear RGB formats.
• VK_EXT_scalar_block_layout
  • This extension enables C-like structure layout for uniform and storage buffers, allowing non-scalar types to be aligned solely based on the size of their components.
• Sparse Support is Enabled
  • Sparse support relaxes the requirement to have memory allocated and bound to resources prior to being used. It also relaxes the requirement for the bound memory to be contiguous and for the memory bindings to be immutable.

Fixed Isses

• Radeon Settings EULA screen may appear every time a reboot occurs.
• Google Earth VR fails to load or may not launch.
• Assassin’s Creed®: Odyssey may experience a black screen when going into action phases of the game.
• Assassin’s Creed®: Odyssey may experience a game crash or TDR in some locations of the game like performing a leap of faith or deep-diving into water.
• Forza Horizon 3™ may experience a game crash on launch.
• Call of Duty™: Black Ops 4 may experience a crash on launch on AMD Ryzen desktop processors with Radeon Vega Graphics.
• A limited number of users may experience a black screen or signal loss when watching YouTube™ videos in full screen mode on Chrome browser.
• Battlefield™ 1 may experience flickering when looking at water textures.
• Strange Brigade™ may experience stuttering when the game is set to run in windowed mode using the Vulkan™ API.
• Radeon Overlay may fail to invoke when playing Kingdom Come Deliverance™.
• Eyefinity advanced setup options may sometimes not appear in Radeon Settings after a driver upgrade.

Known Issues

• This release is not compatible with Microsoft® PIX. For Microsoft® PIX support with Radeon Software Adrenalin 2019 Edition please click here.
• Some systems running multiple displays may experience mouse lag when at least one display is enabled but powered off.
• Uninstalling Radeon Software may fail to remove Radeon Settings.
• Upgrade Advisor may intermittently fail to detect games and provide compatibility recommendations.
• Performance Metrics Overlay may change size when resolutions are changed in game.
• A port 58888 already in use error message may be observed when AMD Link Server was disabled while an IOS device client was connected.
• Radeon Overlay’s new in overlay video player may experience smoothness issues while adjusting the playback slider.
• Scene Editor may have issues with scrolling when many elements are added to a scene.
• Custom settings in Radeon WattMan may sometimes fail to apply on Radeon RX Vega series graphics products.
• Auto tuning control options fail to present the starting notification before applying in Radeon Overlay.
• Auto tuning may experience inconsistent behavior after applying Auto Overclock GPU and restarting/rebooting the system.

   Tip

Legacy video drivers for AMD Radeon HD 4000, HD 3000 and HD 2000 Series

32 bit - Legacy

64 bit - Legacy


Legacy video drivers for AMD Radeon HD 8000, HD 7000, HD 6000, and HD 5000 Series

32 bit - Legacy

64 bit - Legacy

 

[Phone Man]

Update my driver today with this package and works fine. Be aware that Windows Update will try and install the old driver.

Jim

 

[fersoft]

Thanks!

 

[alphastar]

Has anyone tried this for AMD Switchable Graphics (e.g. Intel HD Graphics 3000 + AMD Radeon HD 6700M) on Windows 8 Release Preview x64 (Build 8400)?

I am aware of Leshcat's drivers, but they are only built for Windows 7 and below.

If anyone has this working (without setting the PC's BIOS to Fixed Mode, but rather, using Dynamic Mode with AMD's Win8 Catalyst Control Center), please post the installation steps + drivers + versions used.

Thanks much,

A.

 

[brk]

I have problem on ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5470. I get BlueScreen when i try install drivers from Catalyst Installer or Device Manager. I tried installing old (Consumer Preview or Win 7 12.6 Beta, 12.4, 12.2) driver but then i can not switch to AMD 5470 from AMD 4250. I see code 10 error on properties of 5470 in Device Manager. I am using Power Saving GPU now and waiting for a solution on internet

 

[Kynix]

Sorry for waking up this a week old topic, but just asking: Is that AMD's driver for windows 8 a complete one, or just a small compatibility conversion to 8, since the conversion didn't work with accelerated OpenGL mode (and that's why i had to downgrade back to 7)

 

[The Doctor]

WDDM1.2 is awful on my system (Radeon HD5770).
Text in all applications is blurry with ghosting etc.
I have tried everything suggested on the forums but the problem persists.
I can understand WDDM1.1 being a bit buggy, but AMD have had plenty of time to fix those issues.

 

[Ron]

Have you guys tried running Cyberlink PowerDVD 12 or WinDVD Pro 11 or Truetheater using AMD graphics cards? Know any driver version that would allow me to use these softwares?

Tried running these same apps using Intel HD 3000 and it would load up correctly

 

[Assassino]

is ati hd 4650 supported??????

 

[Phone Man]

is ati hd 4650 supported??????

The Preview drivers are for HD5000 and up. AMD has split their drivers for Windows 7 also with one driver for HD 5000 and up and another for the older versions. Windows 8 drivers for you card should be coming out as RTM is released to the public but don't know when.

Jim

 

[jamezb3]

Working Windows 8 Catalyst Control Centre HERE including RTM

 

[Brink]

New AMD graphics driver 12.8 WHQL released with support for Windows 8 now. See first post for more details.

 

[Simoleon]

is ati hd 4650 supported??????

The Preview drivers are for HD5000 and up. AMD has split their drivers for Windows 7 also with one driver for HD 5000 and up and another for the older versions. Windows 8 drivers for you card should be coming out as RTM is released to the public but don't know when.

Jim

I don't believe AMD will release Windows 8 drivers for 'Legacy' products.

Note: The In-the-box AMD graphics driver that is included with Windows® 8 will include support for the AMD Radeon HD 4000, 3000, and 2000 series, and it will support the WDDM 1.1 driver level features. Please also note there will be no support for AMD PowerXpress™ feature on the mobility variants. The AMD Catalyst driver for Windows 8 will only include support for WDDM 1.2 support products (AMD Radeon HD 5000 and later), and will not support the AMD Radeon HD 4000, HD 3000, and HD 2000 series.

Source: AMD Catalyst

 

[A Guy]

A thread about what works for legacy cards in Windows 8 HERE if anyone is interested. A Guy

 

[Simoleon]

A thread about what works for legacy cards in Windows 8 HERE if anyone is interested. A Guy

Do you have any links for the Mobility drivers?

 

[cognus]

ugly

ouch... of all the issues I was NOT expecting with a clean install of Enterprise RTM... after the first hour or so, got around to d/l'ing Catalyst 12.8, installed, [custom], all went fine.
But it is UGLY.... I swear I thought the thing had reverted to something like enhanced vga... the fonts all look overdriven and fuzzy, the icons look odd. it is the correct driver [that is, it installed] but what on earth happened??

whatever the driver is/was that loaded with the original install package looked fine, but 12.8 looks horrid.
I went from Win7 to 8 on the same rig with no hardware changes. removed the old drive for safekeeping, put a different drive in, formatted and clean-installed.
On the old rig, it correctly ID'd my big external monitor connected via hdmi. with the new Windows 8 + 12.8, it shows it as a "generic monitor" but with the right default resolution of 1920x1080

I guess I shall uninstall the device & driver and start over.
If any of you have been here and fixed, pls share

c

 

[The Doctor]

Re: UGLY Font Rendering

I have the same problem on Windows 8 Pro RTM.
However, I also had this problem with the original Windows 8 driver and on the Release Preview and all previous iterations of Windows 8.

I am able to get reasonably clear fonts only in Firefox and Waterfox by setting in about:config
gfx.direct2d.disabled = true

Apparently the font rendering in Windows 8 is different to Windows 7. One aspect is the use of grey-scale anti-aliasing instead of RGB anti-aliasing.

On a Mozilla forum one poster had noted this problem on PCs with varying configurations including Intel HD graphics and both Nvidia and AMD video cards.

The blurry fonts in IE10 make it virtually unusable for me.

I am dual booting Windows 7 on the same PC and have no font problems in Windows 7 using Catalyst 12.8.

 

[cognus]

same here - my card in this lab mule is a radeon 5570 and it is flat glorious on the display under windows 7 - that was with 12.6, haven't loaded up .8 as yet although I use on my thinkpad and its the best so far on it - win7 x64 hp.

I tried some remediation on the W8 system this morning - you can help it a LITTLE by changing the pixel format to the last one on the list .. something like RGB 4;4 - last selection. in fact, the difference between that one and the default is shocking if you flip them back/forth -. but its still flat ugly compared to xp or Win7 - somethings will have you thinking your eyesight has failed.

I assume that on the new tablets it will look 'normal' and hopefully on the new phones coming late year. for me, its a downgrade at the moment so I'll be putting my other drive back to work.

I have the same problem on Windows 8 Pro RTM.
However, I also had this problem with the original Windows 8 driver and on the Release Preview and all previous iterations of Windows 8.

I am able to get reasonably clear fonts only in Firefox and Waterfox by setting in about:config
gfx.direct2d.disabled = true

Apparently the font rendering in Windows 8 is different to Windows 7. One aspect is the use of grey-scale anti-aliasing instead of RGB anti-aliasing.

On a Mozilla forum one poster had noted this problem on PCs with varying configurations including Intel HD graphics and both Nvidia and AMD video cards.

The blurry fonts in IE10 make it virtually unusable for me.

I am dual booting Windows 7 on the same PC and have no font problems in Windows 7 using Catalyst 12.8.

 

[Rollerdog]

One other issue resolved by 12.8 in windows 8 is that Minecraft will now run in Win8.

 

[Prasana]

Has anyone tried this for AMD Switchable Graphics (e.g. Intel HD Graphics 3000 + AMD Radeon HD 6700M) on Windows 8 Release Preview x64 (Build 8400)?

I am aware of Leshcat's drivers, but they are only built for Windows 7 and below.

If anyone has this working (without setting the PC's BIOS to Fixed Mode, but rather, using Dynamic Mode with AMD's Win8 Catalyst Control Center), please post the installation steps + drivers + versions used.

Thanks much,

A.

Someone please answer this guy. I'm in the same situation. HD4000 + Radeon 7750 graphics card. Switchable graphics could be a problem win8