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Adrenalin August edition (21.8.2) now available Aug 28, 2021 10:10:31 GMT

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Post by Mat HD on Aug 28, 2021 10:10:31 GMT

August 2021 edition, based on 21.8.2, is now available for all modern Macs.

COMPATIBLE WITH THE FOLLOWING CARDS ONLY

Radeon 450, 455, 460 Pro
Radeon 550, 555, 560 Pro and X variants
Radeon 5300, 5500, 5600, 5700 Pro and XT variants
All Vega cards
All modern eGPUs manufactured from 2016 onwards (including Radeon VII)
WX workstation graphics

Older Macs will get Version-modified versions of May edition once I've figured out how to make them work properly.

Please test on your Mac in BootCamp and report back findings as soon as you can. Revert to your previous driver version if you have any issues.
Use device manager to update your driver if you encounter any issues the DDU way (instructions available below).

Change list....

Support for 6600 XT eGPU as well as W6800X, W6800X Duo, W6900X graphics cards in the new Mac Pro.

AMD Fixed issues....

AMD Release Notes

Downloads....

Red gaming edition
Best for gaming, emulators and general use for most users.:
DOWNLOAD RED GAMING EDITION

Blue enterprise edition
Best for scientific software and enterprise users. Fixes resolution issues for Radeon Pro 500 and 5000 series above 4K resolutions (mainly affecting iMacs and users with 5K monitors). Designed for scientific computing. Does not include gaming features such as ReLive, gaming profiles etc.:
DOWNLOAD BLUE GAMING EDITION

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Device manager update instructions

Begin with stock official Apple BootCamp drivers installed (do not uninstall with DDU or use setup.exe). If you have January edition installed on your MacBook Pro 16" then you can start with these drivers instead.
Open 'Device Manager' (search for it in the search box) and select your GPU from the 'Display adaptors' drop-down.
Right-click and select "Update driver"
Select "Browse my computer for drivers" (lower option) and navigate to the downloaded drivers folder. Make sure the 'Include subfolders' checkbox is ticked then click 'Next'.
The driver will now update with the screen flickering a couple of times.
To install the AMD software run "setup.exe" from the downloaded driver folder. Click on "Additional Options". Make sure the "Factory reset" checkbox is NOT ticked (it isn't by default normally), then click install.
Restart and enjoy!

Last Edit: Aug 28, 2021 13:01:12 GMT by Mat HD

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Adrenalin August edition (21.8.2) now available Aug 29, 2021 22:26:08 GMT

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Post by mark on Aug 29, 2021 22:26:08 GMT

Couldn't get the red ones to work. Windows kept rebooting until I got to the recovery screen. I tried installing over the July drivers and then DDU. I was able to get the blue drivers to install but 3dmark performance seems pretty average.

This is on a 2020 27" iMac with the 5700.

Last Edit: Aug 30, 2021 9:13:08 GMT by mark: forgot to add my specs

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Adrenalin August edition (21.8.2) now available Aug 30, 2021 23:06:06 GMT

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Post by mark on Aug 30, 2021 23:06:06 GMT

Aug 29, 2021 22:26:08 GMT mark said:

Couldn't get the red ones to work. Windows kept rebooting until I got to the recovery screen. I tried installing over the July drivers and then DDU. I was able to get the blue drivers to install but 3dmark performance seems pretty average.

This is on a 2020 27" iMac with the 5700.

I tried again, using the Device Manager upgrade path instead and was able to successfully install the Red drivers this time. interestingly, the 3DMark score was initially lower than the Blue test, but when i ran it a second time, it was much higher and on par with the Red drivers from the past few months.

thanks for another update.

cycatrix Newbie Boot Camper Posts: 7	Adrenalin August edition (21.8.2) now available Aug 31, 2021 2:17:09 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by cycatrix on Aug 31, 2021 2:17:09 GMT Is it still best to use the blue drivers on the 16" MBP even for gaming?

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Adrenalin August edition (21.8.2) now available Aug 31, 2021 7:24:54 GMT

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Post by IceMan on Aug 31, 2021 7:24:54 GMT

Aug 31, 2021 2:17:09 GMT cycatrix said:

Is it still best to use the blue drivers on the 16" MBP even for gaming?

currently people are reporting last version of the drivers are not working for 5600M GPU what GPU do you have ? with your Macbook pro 16 inch ?

iMac 5k 2020: Core i7 @ 3,8 GHZ, 1TB SSD, 32 GB RAM, AMD 5700 XT 16 GB VRAM GPU.

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Adrenalin August edition (21.8.2) now available Aug 31, 2021 14:49:45 GMT

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Post by furiousgreg on Aug 31, 2021 14:49:45 GMT

Matt/IceMan I don't know if you saw this because it happened yesterday (Aug 30th) but there is a new official AMD 20.45 Driver update for all models including iMac 2020 27"!
www.amd.com/en/support/kb/release-notes/apple-boot-camp

It's not the latest driver version so don't know if this is helpful with the current driver updates you're doing but maybe there's something in this official update that can help with compatibility issues?

Last Edit: Aug 31, 2021 14:59:52 GMT by furiousgreg

Mat HD
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Adrenalin August edition (21.8.2) now available Aug 31, 2021 19:46:33 GMT via mobile

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Post by Mat HD on Aug 31, 2021 19:46:33 GMT

Aug 31, 2021 14:49:45 GMT furiousgreg said:

Matt/IceMan I don't know if you saw this because it happened yesterday (Aug 30th) but there is a new official AMD 20.45 Driver update for all models including iMac 2020 27"!
www.amd.com/en/support/kb/release-notes/apple-boot-camp

It's not the latest driver version so don't know if this is helpful with the current driver updates you're doing but maybe there's something in this official update that can help with compatibility issues?

Could prove useful for implementing bug fixes yes thanks 😊

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Adrenalin August edition (21.8.2) now available Aug 31, 2021 21:42:49 GMT

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Post by mark on Aug 31, 2021 21:42:49 GMT

Aug 30, 2021 23:06:06 GMT mark said:

Aug 29, 2021 22:26:08 GMT mark said:

Couldn't get the red ones to work. Windows kept rebooting until I got to the recovery screen. I tried installing over the July drivers and then DDU. I was able to get the blue drivers to install but 3dmark performance seems pretty average.

This is on a 2020 27" iMac with the 5700.

I tried again, using the Device Manager upgrade path instead and was able to successfully install the Red drivers this time. interestingly, the 3DMark score was initially lower than the Blue test, but when I ran it a second time, it was much higher and on par with the Red drivers from the past few months.

thanks for another update.

The Red drivers didn't seem to survive a reboot. Came back very low res forcing me to uninstall and start again. I'm sure I rebooted when I installed them the first time so not sure why that would have happened on the second reboot, unless switching back to macOS in between could have had some effect.

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Adrenalin August edition (21.8.2) now available Sept 1, 2021 6:03:19 GMT

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Post by snake089 on Sept 1, 2021 6:03:19 GMT

Aug 31, 2021 7:24:54 GMT IceMan said:

Aug 31, 2021 2:17:09 GMT cycatrix said:

Is it still best to use the blue drivers on the 16" MBP even for gaming?

currently people are reporting last version of the drivers are not working for 5600M GPU what GPU do you have ? with your Macbook pro 16 inch ?

i tried the new driver on 5600m after a reboot the driver can't be loaded like on July 2021 version. This happend on both red and blue.

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Adrenalin August edition (21.8.2) now available Sept 1, 2021 7:13:10 GMT

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Post by IceMan on Sept 1, 2021 7:13:10 GMT

Sept 1, 2021 6:03:19 GMT snake089 said:

Aug 31, 2021 7:24:54 GMT IceMan said:

currently people are reporting last version of the drivers are not working for 5600M GPU what GPU do you have ? with your Macbook pro 16 inch ?

i tried the new driver on 5600m after a reboot the driver can't be loaded like on July 2021 version. This happend on both red and blue.

only you can do right now is go back to May version because i think thats the last one that works with 5600M or you can go official amd driver as it got updated yesterday

iMac 5k 2020: Core i7 @ 3,8 GHZ, 1TB SSD, 32 GB RAM, AMD 5700 XT 16 GB VRAM GPU.

overanheim Junior Boot Camper Posts: 17	Adrenalin August edition (21.8.2) now available Sept 1, 2021 10:57:24 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by overanheim on Sept 1, 2021 10:57:24 GMT Apple released AMD Bootcamp Drivers v20.45 on Monday. www.amd.com/en/support/kb/release-notes/apple-boot-camp Would that package help improve iMac 2020 with 5700XT compatibility in any way?
	iMac 2020 5k i9-10C 3.6Ghz, 4Tb SSD, 64 Gb RAM, Radeon 5700XT GPU

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Adrenalin August edition (21.8.2) now available Sept 1, 2021 13:44:34 GMT

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Post by IceMan on Sept 1, 2021 13:44:34 GMT

Sept 1, 2021 10:57:24 GMT overanheim said:

Apple released AMD Bootcamp Drivers v20.45 on Monday.

www.amd.com/en/support/kb/release-notes/apple-boot-camp

Would that package help improve iMac 2020 with 5700XT compatibility in any way?

the newest Driver from here has support for your 5700xt on the iMac i have same configuration and works without problem.

iMac 5k 2020: Core i7 @ 3,8 GHZ, 1TB SSD, 32 GB RAM, AMD 5700 XT 16 GB VRAM GPU.

bluevast Junior Boot Camper Posts: 12	Adrenalin August edition (21.8.2) now available Sept 1, 2021 23:58:40 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by bluevast on Sept 1, 2021 23:58:40 GMT This one also works good on 580 thnx c:

swylll Boot Camper Posts: 23	Adrenalin August edition (21.8.2) now available Sept 5, 2021 15:28:17 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by swylll on Sept 5, 2021 15:28:17 GMT So will there be any chance for Pro 5600M to get another driver update newer than May version? I tried July but failed, somebody under this topic said Aug version is also unavailable, will AMD fix it?

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Adrenalin August edition (21.8.2) now available Sept 6, 2021 10:09:01 GMT

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Post by Mat HD on Sept 6, 2021 10:09:01 GMT

Sept 5, 2021 15:28:17 GMT swylll said:

So will there be any chance for Pro 5600M to get another driver update newer than May version? I tried July but failed, somebody under this topic said Aug version is also unavailable, will AMD fix it?

The more that people report it to AMD using the bug report button on the bootcampdrivers website then the more likely they will fix it quickly.
Eventually we should see a fix yes.

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Adrenalin August edition (21.8.2) now available

Post by Mat HD on Aug 28, 2021 10:10:31 GMT

Post by mark on Aug 29, 2021 22:26:08 GMT

Post by mark on Aug 30, 2021 23:06:06 GMT

Post by cycatrix on Aug 31, 2021 2:17:09 GMT

Post by IceMan on Aug 31, 2021 7:24:54 GMT

Post by furiousgreg on Aug 31, 2021 14:49:45 GMT

Post by Mat HD on Aug 31, 2021 19:46:33 GMT

Post by mark on Aug 31, 2021 21:42:49 GMT

Post by snake089 on Sept 1, 2021 6:03:19 GMT

Post by IceMan on Sept 1, 2021 7:13:10 GMT

Post by overanheim on Sept 1, 2021 10:57:24 GMT

Post by IceMan on Sept 1, 2021 13:44:34 GMT

Post by bluevast on Sept 1, 2021 23:58:40 GMT

Post by swylll on Sept 5, 2021 15:28:17 GMT

Post by Mat HD on Sept 6, 2021 10:09:01 GMT