Catalyst 20.2.2. (Radeon Software Adrenalin 2020 Edition 20.2.2)

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Radeon Software Adrenalin 2020 Edition 20.2.2 Highlights
Fixed Issues

Performing a task switch with some Radeon Software features enabled or some third-party applications with hardware acceleration running in the background may cause a system hang or black screen.
Improvements have been made that allow for more responsive fan ramp up or fan ramp down times on Radeon RX 5700 series graphics products.
Performance Metrics Overlay and Radeon WattMan incorrectly report lower than expected clock speeds on Radeon RX 5700 series graphics products during gaming workloads.
When Instant Replay is enabled, a TDR or black screen may occur when launching games or applications.
A black screen may occur when toggling HDR on in the game settings of Battlefield™ V.
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt™ may experience an application hang or black screen during certain parts of the game or intermittently during gameplay.
Some video content in Chrome™ may appear as a black screen or be unresponsive on Radeon RX 5000 series graphics products when hardware acceleration is enabled.
Metro Exodus™ may experience an application hang or TDR when choosing some specific dialogue prompts in the Sam’s Story DLC.
Grand Theft Auto™ V may experience an application crash when invoking Radeon Software’s overlay with third party OSD applications running.
Monster Hunter World™: Iceborne may experience intermittent crashes while idle or on the character creation screen.
Some games colors may appear washed out when HDR mode has been enabled in game and Windows® on Radeon RX 5700 series graphics products
After a Factory Reset installation with the ‘Keep My Settings’ option chosen, Instant Replay could fail to function if it was enabled in the previous Radeon Software installation.
When invoking Radeon Software’s overlay while a game is open users may observe flickering in the game or in the Radeon Software interface.
Radeon Software may experience a crash and error message when locking Windows® or performing a sleep or hibernate with the Radeon Software Streaming tab open.
A loss of display with working audio may be experienced on a limited number of displays when performing a mode change on Radeon RX 5000 series graphics products.
Radeon Software may fail to launch if Radeon Software’s overlay is disabled and a game is running in the background.
Battlefield™ V may experience an application hang or TDR after extended periods of play.
Some Origin™ games may fail to be detected or may detect the incorrect game title in Radeon Software.
Some productivity applications are being detected and listed in the Radeon Software games tab.
The Radeon Chill hotkey could sometimes continue to remain enabled once the user has removed or disabled the hotkey.
Red Dead Redemption™ 2 may exhibit blocky textures on snow covered terrain.
After resuming from sleep, Chrome™ may experience an application crash if video content was previously playing on Radeon RX 5700 series graphics products.
Radeon FreeSync status in Radeon Software may sometimes fail to update when enabling or disabling the feature through the display itself.
Fortnite™ may experience an application crash on Radeon RX 500 series Hybrid Graphics system configurations.

Known Issues

Enhanced Sync may cause a black screen to occur when enabled on some games and system configurations. Enhanced Sync has been temporarily disabled from the gaming profile and any users who may be experiencing issues with Enhanced Sync enabled should disable it as a temporary workaround.
Performance Metrics Overlay and Radeon WattMan incorrectly report higher than expected idle clock speeds on Radeon RX 5700 series graphics products. Performance and power consumption are not impacted by this incorrect reporting.
DOOM™ may experience an intermittent system hang or application crash during gameplay.
Desktop cursor may intermittently remain visible after toggling Radeon Software’s overlay in some games. A workaround is to bring up the game menu or task switch to refresh the cursor.
A system crash or hang may occur when running the Final Fantasy XIV: Shadowbringers™ benchmark.
The Gaming tab in Radeon Software may display some folder locations appearing as games.
Radeon Software may open with an inconsistent window size or may not keep its previously set size when opened.
Modifying the HDMI Scaling slider may cause FPS to become locked to 30.
Some games may exhibit stutter intermittently during gameplay on Radeon RX 5000 series graphics products.
Some games may experience stutter while using Instant Replay or third-party applications that stream or perform screen capture. A potential workaround is to disable these features or applications while gaming.
Although Radeon Software Adrenalin 2020 Edition 20.2.2 resolves many black screen issues, AMD is aware that some users may still experience black screen or system hang issues during extended periods of gameplay. AMD will continue to monitor and investigate reports of these issues closely.
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That is a lot of fixes at least
 
Looks like they are ramping up tracking down everything that can cause a black screen issue which is really nice.
 
Wish they'd track down some bugs with Radeon VII still also...............

Get random black screen "flashes" and also every now and then Fressync error in software. Even though it works. Changed DP cable 3 times...
 
nutcrackr said:
That's a lot of black screen fixes.
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I feel like these drivers are just for me because of that :lol:

Haven't done any extensive testing, and although BF4 isn't listed, I was able to play it for much longer than usual and no black screen.
 
Falck said:
Wish they'd track down some bugs with Radeon VII still also...............

Get random black screen "flashes" and also every now and then Fressync error in software. Even though it works. Changed DP cable 3 times...
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Most of those black screen fixes apply across the board. Not just to the new RDNA stuff.
 
Trunks0 said:
Most of those black screen fixes apply across the board. Not just to the new RDNA stuff.
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Ah great! Thought they where GPU specific they way it's listed! And also when you mention it I haven't gotten the Link error when I usually get 'em (resuming screen from sleep).

I haven't had time to check if the black screen bug is gone, but most probably then! Hopefully They've made some changes about how they develop drivers so the bugs won't be introduced again at next release :lol:
 
Nope, still getting link error message after monitor resume after monitor sleep. Just not in Radeon Software under Notifications anymore, only in Windows message center!
 
According to the interwebs this was re-released as WHQL on March 5th

Treeckcold57 said:
I didn't try 20.2.2. I'm still on 20.1.3 WHQL. I don't bother update since it's been doing fine so far.
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Pussy up trickle pickle and join me in the ever glowing bask of shiny whqlness :D
 
Falck said:
Nope, still getting link error message after monitor resume after monitor sleep. Just not in Radeon Software under Notifications anymore, only in Windows message center!
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Have you tried a new, better quality cable by chance? If you did, and said so, I may have missed it. I had similar issues about a year ago with my Vega 64, had a cable that was going great with my previous 1080p 60hz monitor, and it worked great with my 1440p 144hz Monitor paired with my 2-390x (crossfire). Continued to work normally for about a year after I upgraded to my Vega 64, then I started getting link failures. Replaced it with a new quality certified cable and I haven't had a problem since.

There are articles that state there is not difference between Display Port Cables certified for 1.1 - 1.4. I don't agree, because with each version, bandwidth requirements changed. (1.1 to 1.2 almost doubled) At this this time, that can't be confirmed for 1.3 to 1.4 because the requirements haven't been defined yet for 1.4.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DisplayPort

My original cable was a 1.1 or possibly 1.2 (can't remember), my current one is 1.4.
 
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Seyiji said:
According to the interwebs this was re-released as WHQL on March 5th

Pussy up trickle pickle and join me in the ever glowing bask of shiny whqlness :D
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I decided to installed this driver over on the top. Restarted twice and it seemed fine. I also started disliked wattman since it resetting the profile to default once. So I gave a try on overdriveNtool. It worked better and I will see how reliable it is in a few days.
 
Treeckcold57 said:
I decided to installed this driver over on the top. Restarted twice and it seemed fine. I also started disliked wattman since it resetting the profile to default once. So I gave a try on overdriveNtool. It worked better and I will see how reliable it is in a few days.
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:D :up:
 
NWR_Midnight said:
Have you tried a new, better quality cable by chance? If you did, and said so, I may have missed it. I had similar issues about a year ago with my Vega 64, had a cable that was going great with my previous 1080p 60hz monitor, and it worked great with my 1440p 144hz Monitor paired with my 2-390x (crossfire). Continued to work normally for about a year after I upgraded to my Vega 64, then I started getting link failures. Replaced it with a new quality certified cable and I haven't had a problem since.

There are articles that state there is not difference between Display Port Cables certified for 1.1 - 1.4. I don't agree, because with each version, bandwidth requirements changed. (1.1 to 1.2 almost doubled) At this this time, that can't be confirmed for 1.3 to 1.4 because the requirements haven't been defined yet for 1.4.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DisplayPort

My original cable was a 1.1 or possibly 1.2 (can't remember), my current one is 1.4.
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Thanks for suggestions.

I've tried 3 cables, first the original that came with monitor. Second a expensive one from Belkin I believe rated for 1.4, third now is a Club3D cable even more expensive, also rated 1.4.

I don't get any errors while monitor is active or in games, just when monitor resumes. As if it's too slow to report to the driver or something maybe?
 
Falck said:
Wish they'd track down some bugs with Radeon VII still also...............

Get random black screen "flashes" and also every now and then Fressync error in software. Even though it works. Changed DP cable 3 times...
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Falck said:
Ah great! Thought they where GPU specific they way it's listed! And also when you mention it I haven't gotten the Link error when I usually get 'em (resuming screen from sleep).

I haven't had time to check if the black screen bug is gone, but most probably then! Hopefully They've made some changes about how they develop drivers so the bugs won't be introduced again at next release :lol:
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Falck said:
Nope, still getting link error message after monitor resume after monitor sleep. Just not in Radeon Software under Notifications anymore, only in Windows message center!
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Falck said:
I've tried many times submitting tickets about my problems... But Since the VII is discontinued I get the feeling everything gets ignored.
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Falck said:
Thanks for suggestions.

I've tried 3 cables, first the original that came with monitor. Second a expensive one from Belkin I believe rated for 1.4, third now is a Club3D cable even more expensive, also rated 1.4.

I don't get any errors while monitor is active or in games, just when monitor resumes. As if it's too slow to report to the driver or something maybe?
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Have you check if Radeon VII's vbios is using the latest bios? I heard a few people reverted their Radeon VII bios to the older version to make it working. Depends on their system. If your DP cable is certified then it might be your monitor itself. Maybe you also should check your Samsung C34F791 34" Ultra-Wide and see if it has any firmware update.

Can you please describe exactly how your monitor flashes black screen? Examples?

I bought my new 27" LG 27GL83A 144hz 1440p and plugged it with a new 6 feet Accell cerified DP 1.4 cable and I moved my 24" Dell P2418D down to the kitchen. LG takes a bit delayed turning on. My 1st monitor Dell U2515H instantly turns on. and There is no black screen flashes on that, but my LG does that once sometimes. But it seemed normal to me. It only does happens when every time i wake up my PC from sleep mode. Secondly, freesync is working properly here. No errors here.

By the way, also watch this vid. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ylpyj0A7COo

Try switching to 6-bit color and see if that works for you. My suspicious is that Samsung C791 might have a hardware problem.
 
Treeckcold57 said:
Have you check if Radeon VII's vbios is using the latest bios? I heard a few people reverted their Radeon VII bios to the older version to make it working. Depends on their system. If your DP cable is certified then it might be your monitor itself. Maybe you also should check your Samsung C34F791 34" Ultra-Wide and see if it has any firmware update.

Can you please describe exactly how your monitor flashes black screen? Examples?

I bought my new 27" LG 27GL83A 144hz 1440p and plugged it with a new 6 feet Accell cerified DP 1.4 cable and I moved my 24" Dell P2418D down to the kitchen. LG takes a bit delayed turning on. My 1st monitor Dell U2515H instantly turns on. and There is no black screen flashes on that, but my LG does that once sometimes. But it seemed normal to me. It only does happens when every time i wake up my PC from sleep mode. Secondly, freesync is working properly here. No errors here.

By the way, also watch this vid. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ylpyj0A7COo

Try switching to 6-bit color and see if that works for you. My suspicious is that Samsung C791 might have a hardware problem.
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Thanks for many suggestions! Haven't tried changing bit depth. Will that not sacrifice color accuracy going from 8 to 6? Anyways, I'm on the latest BIOS, the one that got pulled. Thought it didn't matter, but will try to re-flash older version if that is what AMD recommends using. Weird I cannot find any BIOS on their website, maybe they should have released the older BIOS if the newer introduced some breaking problems?

The black screen flashing happens randomly, but haven't exprienced it in-game. Only desktop, and there it can happen in Chrome, file explorer, or just sitting at desktop. Haven't noticed it when viewing videos through potplayer though. The flash is really noticeable, would estimate around 50-100ms (I'm awesome at estimations! Take my word for it!)

Yeah, maybe it's also the Samsung monitor. Somehow I have a feeling this thing got a little rushed. And I've grown so accustomed to the awesome 1500R on this screen that almost every other curved screen seems kinda flat :lol:
 
Falck said:
Thanks for many suggestions! Haven't tried changing bit depth. Will that not sacrifice color accuracy going from 8 to 6? Anyways, I'm on the latest BIOS, the one that got pulled. Thought it didn't matter, but will try to re-flash older version if that is what AMD recommends using. Weird I cannot find any BIOS on their website, maybe they should have released the older BIOS if the newer introduced some breaking problems?

The black screen flashing happens randomly, but haven't exprienced it in-game. Only desktop, and there it can happen in Chrome, file explorer, or just sitting at desktop. Haven't noticed it when viewing videos through potplayer though. The flash is really noticeable, would estimate around 50-100ms (I'm awesome at estimations! Take my word for it!)

Yeah, maybe it's also the Samsung monitor. Somehow I have a feeling this thing got a little rushed. And I've grown so accustomed to the awesome 1500R on this screen that almost every other curved screen seems kinda flat :lol:
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Yeah, Shouldn't sacriface color accuracy at all. I tried from 10-bit to 8-bit and hard to tell the difference. if you have any spare monitor that has DP port. You should test that. If it's working properly without showing any black screen flashes. Then it would be Samsung's problem for sure. I wouldn't count on AMD driver issues until you narrow it down to find a exact problem. That's why I always troubleshooting myself. I wouldn't blame on AMD driver till I narrow down to find a culprit.
 
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