AMD Radeon Software Adrenalin 23.2.2 Driver released, adding more game support

After a bit of turmoil regarding new GPU drivers for AMD Radeon graphics cards, it looks like Team Red is back on track. Its latest AMD Radeon Software Adrenalin 23.2.2 Driver is a unified driver release covering AMD Radeon RX 7000, Radeon RX 6000, and older GPUs. Primarily it adds support for two new PC game releases - Atomic Heart and Company of Heroes 3.

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Atomic Heart and Company of Heroes 3

For Company of Heroes 3, AMD notes that the new drivers deliver a decent performance boost - up to 13% for the Radeon RX 7900 XT at 4K and up to 9% for the Radeon RX 6800 XT at 4K. The update also fixes a few issues relating to video encoding, with a few game fixes coming to Hitman 3 and when using the Valve Index VR headset.

Unfortunately, the high idle power issue for the Radeon RX 7000 series is still listed as a known issue - so hopefully, that fix will come soon.

Here's a look at the AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition 23.2.2 Release Notes

Support for:

Atomic Heart

Company of Heroes 3

• Up to 13% increase in performance for Company of Heroes 3 @ 4K, using AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition 23.2.2 on the Radeon RX 7900XTX, versus the previous software driver version 23.2.1 RS-528
• Up to 14% increase in performance for Company of Heroes 3 @ 4K, using AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition 23.2.2 on the Radeon RX 7900XT, versus the previous software driver version 23.2.1 RS-529
• Up to 9% increase in performance for Company of Heroes 3 @ 4K, using AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition 23.2.2 on the Radeon RX 6950XT, versus the previous software driver version 23.2.1 RS-530
• Up to 9% increase in performance for Company of Heroes 3 @ 4K, using AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition 23.2.2 on the Radeon RX 6800XT, versus the previous software driver version 23.2.1 RS-531
• Up to 7% increase in performance for Company of Heroes 3 @ 4K, using AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition 23.2.2 on the Radeon RX 6650XT, versus the previous software driver version 23.2.1 RS-532

Fixed Issues

• Corruption may be briefly observed when moving Netflix video between displays or minimize-to-fullscreen on some AMD Products such as AMD Ryzen 7 6800U.
• Maximum encode bitrate is limited to 100Mbps for certain applications.
• AMD Bug Report Tool pop-up or system hang may be observed after driver upgrade on some hybrid graphics notebooks.
• Application crash may be observed while playing Hitman 3 with ray tracing settings enabled.
• Valve Index VR headset may show a blank screen with 144Hz refresh rate setting on Radeon RX 7000 series GPUs.
• Certain videos played with Movies and TV may briefly show corruption when moving the window between displays on some AMD Graphics Products such as AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT.
• Situational performance drop may be observed in DirectX 11 based games on Radeon RX 6000 series GPUs using Ryzen processors.

Known Issues

• High idle power has situationally been observed when using select high-resolution and high refresh rate displays on Radeon RX 7000 series GPUs.
• Video stuttering or performance drop may be observed during gameplay plus video playback with some extended display configurations on Radeon RX 7000 series GPUs.
• Application crash may be observed while opening Premium Gold Packs in EA SPORTS FIFA 23.
• Some virtual reality games or apps may experience lower-than-expected performance on Radeon RX 7000 series GPUs.
• Brief display corruption may occur when switching between video and game windows on some AMD Graphics Products such as the Radeon RX 6700 XT.
• Metrics overlay may intermittently re-size to 50% after gameplay.
• Corruption may be observed in Returnal in certain scenes with ray tracing enabled on Radeon RX 6000 series GPUs.