v-2024.Q4.1

Driver installation instruction

v-2024.Q4.1

2024-10-31 update

New feature and improvement

• Update Khronos Vulkan Headers to 1.3.297
• Add VkPhysicalDeviceImageCompressionControlFeaturesEXT for VK_EXT_image_compression_control
• Support extension VK_EXT_depth_clamp_control
• Support extension VK_EXT_fragment_shader_interlock
• Support extension VK_MESA_image_alignment_control for vkd3d
• Temporally disable zwp_linux_dmabuf_v1_interface support

Issue fix

• VKCTS failure in dEQP-VK.binding_model.descriptor_buffer.*
• Improper scaling is observed in games 1080p Resolution on Ubuntu24.04
• Corruption in '7Days To Die'
• vkGetPhysicalDeviceImageFormatProperties does not take into account VK_IMAGE_CREATE_BLOCK_TEXEL_VIEW_COMPATIBLE_BIT (GPUOpen-Drivers/xgl#178)
• GPU hang with VKD3D Raytracing sample (#298)
• Refresh rate problems (#268)

v-2024.Q3.3

Driver installation instruction

v-2024.Q3.3

2024-09-30 update

New feature and improvement

• Update Khronos Vulkan Headers to 1.3.295
• Performance tuning for Serious Sam and Talos principle
• Performance tuning for Rainbowsix Extraction on Navi33
• Remove NV31 PWS workaround
• Support extension VK_KHR_pipeline_binary

Issue fix

• VKCTS failure in dEQP-VK.pipeline.*.extended_dynamic_state.*.color_blend_att_count_0
• RT settings are grayed out in games such as Black Myth Wukong and Halo Infinite
• System Hang when entering tutorial mode in Halo Infinite

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