AMD Software Preview Driver May 2022 driver download and discussion

Does this new performance up lift work in polaris?

 

No major perf. changes on Vega so I assume that uplift is dedicated only to RDNA1/2

//I mean that optimizations are not applied (/applicable) to GCN etc.

 

So me buying my Sapphire Nitro+ 5700XT for $420 in Jan 2020 just 2 months before the crazy started has once again been vindicated. Still have my 390, as I like to keep one available in case my current card dies.

 

vega and polaris are using the old atidxx umds.

 

it may worth if you cannot have constant framerate above minimal value used for your screen to adaptive sync.

 

This explains my observation of zero gains compared to 22.5.1.

 

This happen with 5600XT card?
I will need also exact graphic settings you have set.

 

I don't have any of these problems...but I don't use chrome, I use FF x64 DE. No problems with Windows animations and no slowdowns in opening & closing, minimizing windows, etc. I never use Win11 insider hardware drivers, btw. I've got it set in group policy not to update those, and the setting has carried through with every upgraded build. Now on Win11 22621.100.

22.5.1 is a WHQL driver which has fixed the problem I was having with enhanced sync with my 6900XT, in the previous beta drivers--last 2 or 3 drivers, IIRC. Was getting visible screen artifacts with E-sync enabled, but apparently it was the beta drivers, all along.

Installed the May Performance Drivers twice actually, using both a simple upgrade install, and then the factory install, and both times it ended with an error "OOOoops--something went wrong" which is, I think, possibly the most uninformative error message I've ever seen... It took running the AMD Cleanup Utility to fix things and allow the performance driver to install. Both times.

I'm going to stick with 22.5.1, for the time being.

 

Holy smokes the performance on this driver for Deathloop (playing with FSR 2.0 Quality 1440p) is TERRIBLE. I get anywhere from 10-30 less FPS depending where I am and it constantly jumps around while 22.5.1 has SIGNIFICANTLY better stability and raw FPS. I was excited for this driver but it looks like they have a very long way to go... The difference is just ridiculous. I went from much lower FPS and just a roller coaster in terms of stability on this driver back to high and stable FPS on 22.5.1... crazy.

 

I bought my Red Devil 5700 XT at the same time for £350. I'm glad I did now. Crazy times.

 

Well, it really was just placebo effect for me.... that sucks.

 

Yes.
Sure thing!

Code:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<Settings>
  <version value="27" />
  <configSource>SMC_AUTO</configSource>
  <graphics>
    <Tessellation value="3" />
    <LodScale value="1.000000" />
    <PedLodBias value="0.200000" />
    <VehicleLodBias value="0.000000" />
    <ShadowQuality value="3" />
    <ReflectionQuality value="3" />
    <ReflectionMSAA value="0" />
    <SSAO value="2" />
    <AnisotropicFiltering value="16" />
    <MSAA value="2" />
    <MSAAFragments value="0" />
    <MSAAQuality value="0" />
    <SamplingMode value="0" />
    <TextureQuality value="2" />
    <ParticleQuality value="2" />
    <WaterQuality value="2" />
    <GrassQuality value="3" />
    <ShaderQuality value="2" />
    <Shadow_SoftShadows value="4" />
    <UltraShadows_Enabled value="true" />
    <Shadow_ParticleShadows value="true" />
    <Shadow_Distance value="1.000000" />
    <Shadow_LongShadows value="true" />
    <Shadow_SplitZStart value="0.930000" />
    <Shadow_SplitZEnd value="0.890000" />
    <Shadow_aircraftExpWeight value="0.990000" />
    <Shadow_DisableScreenSizeCheck value="false" />
    <Reflection_MipBlur value="true" />
    <FXAA_Enabled value="true" />
    <TXAA_Enabled value="false" />
    <Lighting_FogVolumes value="true" />
    <Shader_SSA value="true" />
    <DX_Version value="2" />
    <CityDensity value="1.000000" />
    <PedVarietyMultiplier value="1.000000" />
    <VehicleVarietyMultiplier value="1.000000" />
    <PostFX value="3" />
    <DoF value="true" />
    <HdStreamingInFlight value="true" />
    <MaxLodScale value="0.000000" />
    <MotionBlurStrength value="0.000000" />
  </graphics>
  <system>
    <numBytesPerReplayBlock value="9000000" />
    <numReplayBlocks value="36" />
    <maxSizeOfStreamingReplay value="1024" />
    <maxFileStoreSize value="65536" />
  </system>
  <audio>
    <Audio3d value="false" />
  </audio>
  <video>
    <AdapterIndex value="0" />
    <OutputIndex value="0" />
    <ScreenWidth value="2560" />
    <ScreenHeight value="1440" />
    <RefreshRate value="72" />
    <Windowed value="0" />
    <VSync value="0" />
    <Stereo value="0" />
    <Convergence value="0.100000" />
    <Separation value="1.000000" />
    <PauseOnFocusLoss value="1" />
    <AspectRatio value="0" />
  </video>
  <VideoCardDescription>AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT</VideoCardDescription>
</Settings>

This is a copy of the "settings.xml" inside of Documents\Rockstar Games\GTA V

 

Some very basic testing on DCS and im seeing about 4% - 8% boost in framerates on a simple ME Mission with not that much else going on.

 

Have you tested it?
judging by this video, it doesn't seem like RDNA1 is getting the love:



also:


Nvidia has this better multithreading "thing" for DX11 coded in the drivers for a decade or so. Do I really need a RDNA2 card to get the same treatment from AMD?
If so, this is very disappointing.

 

I made a post about testing DA:I with the preview driver, and have some very notable improvement, especially in regards to minfps and 1% low... This game once fluctuated between 44 to 60 fps in my test area, and now is a flat pancake at 60fps (on my 4K display using 85% Res Scaling) coupled with a 3600 CPU.

I suggest doing your own tests instead of relying on what a Youtuber posts.

 

Just tested Ryse Son Of Rome and its still a complete mess.

Low GPU usage, low clocks, and horrible performance.



just look at the frametime graph and the clocks on the GPU. This is at max settings 1440p and the GPU doesn't even touch 1GHz.

Crysis Remastered had a nice boost in performance with this driver so I thought maybe Ryse is now playable. Big fat nope.

 

These preview drivers make Oculus Link unusable (stage movement and ghosting). Oculus Link is fine with 22.5.1. I have a Quest 2 (wired Link) 6600 XT, and Windows 10.

This happens on both wired and Air Link, V39 on the Quest 2, and both V39 and V40 PTC on the Oculus Rift client.

This error in the Service log is spammed a bit and implies AVC/H.264 with these drivers is changed in some way:

Code:

Unable to get H264 fixed slice mode support: 11

RuneScape (RS3, NXT, OpenGL) also has unexpected stuttering and lower FPS with these preview drivers, compared to Linux (haven't tried 22.5.1 on Windows). I've done nothing to really debug this aside from making sure I had the same in-game settings and GPU clocks.

Had this happen as well on 10 (10.0.19044) with these drivers, and oddly even with the 22.5.1 driver.

Went to "C:\Program Files\AMD\CIM\Log\Install.log", saw some MSIX package fail, ran the command it mentioned in the log, and I was missing "Microsoft.VCLibs.140.00.UWPDesktop". Went here, got Microsoft.VCLibs.x64.14.00.Desktop.appx, installed it through Powershell, the command worked, and the AMD installer worked fine on its own after that too.

That 1603 error code could mean a few different things, but check the log to be sure.

 

I have no missing libs. My problem is:

Spoiler: install.log

ERROR The driver install of C:\AMD\AMD-Software-Preview-Driver-May-2022\Packages\Drivers\Display\WT6A_INF\U0379221.INF has failed. Error code returned: 0x0000000D. Corresponding HRESULT code: 0x8007000D. For more details, please see setupapi.dev.log which is located in %SystemRoot%\inf

Spoiler: setupapi.dev.log

Code:

>>>  [Device Install (DiInstallDriver) - C:\WINDOWS\System32\AMD\amdfendr\amdfendr.inf]
>>>  Section start 2022/05/14 15:19:48.253
      cmd: atieclxx
     ndv: Flags: 0x00000000
     ndv: INF path: C:\WINDOWS\System32\AMD\amdfendr\amdfendr.inf
     dvs: {DrvSetupInstallDriver - C:\WINDOWS\System32\AMD\amdfendr\amdfendr.inf}
     dvs:      Flags: 0x00000000
     dvs:      {Driver Setup Import Driver Package: C:\WINDOWS\System32\AMD\amdfendr\amdfendr.inf} 15:19:48.290
     sto:           {Copy Driver Package: C:\WINDOWS\System32\AMD\amdfendr\amdfendr.inf} 15:19:48.294
     sto:                Driver Package = C:\WINDOWS\System32\AMD\amdfendr\amdfendr.inf
     sto:                Flags          = 0x00000007
     sto:                Destination    = C:\WINDOWS\TEMP\{53960f91-8fc9-ce44-bbfc-102b974a5028}
     sto:                Copying driver package files to 'C:\WINDOWS\TEMP\{53960f91-8fc9-ce44-bbfc-102b974a5028}'.
     flq:                {FILE_QUEUE_COMMIT} 15:19:48.303
     flq:                     Copying 'C:\WINDOWS\System32\AMD\amdfendr\amdfendrmgr.sys' to 'C:\WINDOWS\TEMP\{53960f91-8fc9-ce44-bbfc-102b974a5028}\amdfendrmgr.sys'.
     flq:                     Copying 'C:\WINDOWS\System32\AMD\amdfendr\amdfendr.cat' to 'C:\WINDOWS\TEMP\{53960f91-8fc9-ce44-bbfc-102b974a5028}\amdfendr.cat'.
     flq:                     Copying 'C:\WINDOWS\System32\AMD\amdfendr\amdfendr.inf' to 'C:\WINDOWS\TEMP\{53960f91-8fc9-ce44-bbfc-102b974a5028}\amdfendr.inf'.
     flq:                     Copying 'C:\WINDOWS\System32\AMD\amdfendr\amdfendr.sys' to 'C:\WINDOWS\TEMP\{53960f91-8fc9-ce44-bbfc-102b974a5028}\amdfendr.sys'.
     flq:                     Copying 'C:\WINDOWS\System32\AMD\amdfendr\amdfendrsr.ex_' to 'C:\WINDOWS\TEMP\{53960f91-8fc9-ce44-bbfc-102b974a5028}\amdfendrsr.exe'.
     flq:                {FILE_QUEUE_COMMIT - exit(0x00000000)} 15:19:48.783
     sto:           {Copy Driver Package: exit(0x00000000)} 15:19:48.784
     ump:           Import flags: 0x00000000
     pol:           {Driver package policy check} 15:19:48.813
     pol:           {Driver package policy check - exit(0x00000000)} 15:19:48.814
     sto:           {Stage Driver Package: C:\WINDOWS\TEMP\{53960f91-8fc9-ce44-bbfc-102b974a5028}\amdfendr.inf} 15:19:48.815
     inf:                Provider       = AMD
     inf:                Class GUID     = {4d36e97d-e325-11ce-bfc1-08002be10318}
     inf:                Driver Version = 12/06/2021,21.50.0.1
     inf:                Catalog File   = amdfendr.cat
     inf:                Version Flags  = 0x00000041
     inf:                {Query Configurability: C:\WINDOWS\TEMP\{53960f91-8fc9-ce44-bbfc-102b974a5028}\amdfendr.inf} 15:19:48.822
     inf:                     Driver package uses WDF.
     inf:                     Driver package 'amdfendr.inf' is configurable.
     inf:                {Query Configurability: exit(0x00000000)} 15:19:48.825
     flq:                {FILE_QUEUE_COMMIT} 15:19:48.826
     flq:                     Copying 'C:\WINDOWS\TEMP\{53960f91-8fc9-ce44-bbfc-102b974a5028}\amdfendrmgr.sys' to 'C:\WINDOWS\System32\DriverStore\Temp\{1d2d0162-2dd9-1b45-87fa-59a0f60e0498}\amdfendrmgr.sys'.
     flq:                     Copying 'C:\WINDOWS\TEMP\{53960f91-8fc9-ce44-bbfc-102b974a5028}\amdfendr.cat' to 'C:\WINDOWS\System32\DriverStore\Temp\{1d2d0162-2dd9-1b45-87fa-59a0f60e0498}\amdfendr.cat'.
     flq:                     Copying 'C:\WINDOWS\TEMP\{53960f91-8fc9-ce44-bbfc-102b974a5028}\amdfendr.inf' to 'C:\WINDOWS\System32\DriverStore\Temp\{1d2d0162-2dd9-1b45-87fa-59a0f60e0498}\amdfendr.inf'.
     flq:                     Copying 'C:\WINDOWS\TEMP\{53960f91-8fc9-ce44-bbfc-102b974a5028}\amdfendr.sys' to 'C:\WINDOWS\System32\DriverStore\Temp\{1d2d0162-2dd9-1b45-87fa-59a0f60e0498}\amdfendr.sys'.
     flq:                     Copying 'C:\WINDOWS\TEMP\{53960f91-8fc9-ce44-bbfc-102b974a5028}\amdfendrsr.exe' to 'C:\WINDOWS\System32\DriverStore\Temp\{1d2d0162-2dd9-1b45-87fa-59a0f60e0498}\amdfendrsr.exe'.
     flq:                {FILE_QUEUE_COMMIT - exit(0x00000000)} 15:19:49.294
     sto:                {DRIVERSTORE IMPORT VALIDATE} 15:19:49.295
     sig:                     Driver package catalog is valid.
     sig:                     {_VERIFY_FILE_SIGNATURE} 15:19:49.308
     sig:                          Key      = amdfendr.inf
     sig:                          FilePath = C:\WINDOWS\System32\DriverStore\Temp\{1d2d0162-2dd9-1b45-87fa-59a0f60e0498}\amdfendr.inf
     sig:                          Catalog  = C:\WINDOWS\System32\DriverStore\Temp\{1d2d0162-2dd9-1b45-87fa-59a0f60e0498}\amdfendr.cat
     sig:                          Success: File is signed in catalog.
     sig:                     {_VERIFY_FILE_SIGNATURE exit(0x00000000)} 15:19:49.313
     sto:                {DRIVERSTORE IMPORT VALIDATE: exit(0x00000000)} 15:19:49.599
     sig:                Signer Score  = 0x0D000005 (WHQL)
     sig:                Signer Name   = Microsoft Windows Hardware Compatibility Publisher
     sig:                Submission ID = 30001810_14394295992936489_1152921505694284039
     sto:                {Core Driver Package Import: amdfendr.inf_amd64_090b9f5adef247c0} 15:19:49.599
     sto:                     {DRIVERSTORE IMPORT BEGIN} 15:19:49.599
     sto:                     {DRIVERSTORE IMPORT BEGIN: exit(0x00000000)} 15:19:49.599
     cpy:                     {Copy Directory: C:\WINDOWS\System32\DriverStore\Temp\{1d2d0162-2dd9-1b45-87fa-59a0f60e0498}} 15:19:49.615
     cpy:                          Target Path = C:\WINDOWS\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\amdfendr.inf_amd64_090b9f5adef247c0
     cpy:                     {Copy Directory: exit(0x00000000)} 15:19:49.662
     idb:                     {Register Driver Package: C:\WINDOWS\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\amdfendr.inf_amd64_090b9f5adef247c0\amdfendr.inf} 15:19:49.709
     idb:                          Created driver package object 'amdfendr.inf_amd64_090b9f5adef247c0' in SYSTEM database node.
     idb:                          Created driver INF file object 'oem49.inf' in SYSTEM database node.
     idb:                          Registered driver package 'amdfendr.inf_amd64_090b9f5adef247c0' with 'oem49.inf'.
     idb:                     {Register Driver Package: exit(0x00000000)} 15:19:49.709
     idb:                     {Publish Driver Package: C:\WINDOWS\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\amdfendr.inf_amd64_090b9f5adef247c0\amdfendr.inf} 15:19:49.709
     idb:                          Activating driver package 'amdfendr.inf_amd64_090b9f5adef247c0'.
     cpy:                          Published 'amdfendr.inf_amd64_090b9f5adef247c0\amdfendr.inf' to 'oem49.inf'.
     idb:                          Indexed 2 device IDs for 'amdfendr.inf_amd64_090b9f5adef247c0'.
     sto:                          Flushed driver database node 'SYSTEM'. Time = 110 ms
     idb:                     {Publish Driver Package: exit(0x00000000)} 15:19:49.831
     sto:                     {DRIVERSTORE IMPORT END} 15:19:49.850
     dvi:                          Flushed all driver package files to disk. Time = 109 ms
     sig:                          Installed catalog 'amdfendr.cat' as 'oem49.cat'.
     sto:                          {Reflect Driver Package: C:\WINDOWS\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\amdfendr.inf_amd64_090b9f5adef247c0\amdfendr.inf}
     sto:                               Flags          = 0x0000047F
     dvi:                               {Configure Device: ROOT\AMDLOG\0000}
     dvi:                                    Device Instance Id = ROOT\AMDLOG\0000
     dvi:                                    Updating existing device instance.
     dvi:                                    Marked device for re-installation.
     dvi:                               {Configure Device: exit(0x00000000)}
     flq:                               {FILE_QUEUE_COMMIT} 15:19:50.647
     flq:                               {FILE_QUEUE_COMMIT - exit(0x00000000)} 15:19:50.647
     sto:                          {Reflect Driver Package: exit(0x00000000)}
     dvi:                          {Install Root Device: ROOT\AMDLOG\0000} 15:19:50.647
     dvi:                               {Register Device - ROOT\AMDLOG\0000}
     dvi:                               {Register Device - exit(0x00000000)}
     dvi:                               Install Device: Setting up device. 15:19:50.647
     dvi:                               Install Device: Setting up device completed. 15:19:50.647
     dvi:                          {Install Root Device: exit(0x00000000)} 15:19:50.647
     sto:                     {DRIVERSTORE IMPORT END: exit(0x00000000)} 15:19:50.647
     sto:                {Core Driver Package Import: exit(0x00000000)} 15:19:50.647
     sto:           {Stage Driver Package: exit(0x00000000)} 15:19:50.647
     dvs:           Driver Package:
     dvs:                Outcome        - Imported
     dvs:                Driver INF     - amdfendr.inf (oem49.inf)
     dvs:                Class GUID     - {4d36e97d-e325-11ce-bfc1-08002be10318}
     dvs:                Driver Version - 12/06/2021,21.50.0.1
     dvs:      {Driver Setup Import Driver Package - exit (0x00000000)} 15:19:50.701
     dvs:      {Driver Setup Update Device: ROOT\AMDLOG\0000} 15:19:50.712
     utl:           {Select Drivers - ROOT\AMDLOG\0000} 15:19:50.714
     utl:                Driver Node:
     utl:                     Status         - Selected | Installed
     utl:                     Driver INF     - oem16.inf (C:\WINDOWS\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\amdfendr.inf_amd64_dd6924b1303c8010\amdfendr.inf)
     utl:                     Class GUID     - {4d36e97d-e325-11ce-bfc1-08002be10318}
     utl:                     Driver Version - 02/24/2022,22.10.0.1
     utl:                     Configuration  - ROOT\AMDLOG [AMDFENDR_INSTALL]
     utl:                     Driver Rank    - 00FF0000
     utl:                     Signer Score   - WHQL (0D000005)
     utl:                     Submission ID  - 30001810_13939581722735854_1152921505694592537
     utl:                Driver Node:
     utl:                     Status         - Outranked
     utl:                     Driver INF     - oem49.inf (C:\WINDOWS\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\amdfendr.inf_amd64_090b9f5adef247c0\amdfendr.inf)
     utl:                     Class GUID     - {4d36e97d-e325-11ce-bfc1-08002be10318}
     utl:                     Driver Version - 12/06/2021,21.50.0.1
     utl:                     Configuration  - ROOT\AMDLOG
     utl:                     Driver Rank    - 00FF0000
     utl:                     Signer Score   - WHQL (0D000005)
     utl:                     Submission ID  - 30001810_14394295992936489_1152921505694284039
     utl:           {Select Drivers - exit(0x00000000} 15:19:50.723
     dvs:           Device does not need an update.
!    dvs:           No better matching drivers found for device 'ROOT\AMDLOG\0000'.
     dvs:      {Driver Setup Update Device - exit(0x00000000)} 15:19:50.725
!    dvs:      No devices were updated.
     dvs: {DrvSetupInstallDriver - exit(00000103)}
<<<  Section end 2022/05/14 15:19:50.757
<<<  [Exit status: FAILURE(0x00000103)]

It looks like a fake error. I have the driver installed properly. I think that I started to have some weird detections of devices some time ago because of my Logitech G19 keyboard. In this case, I had to unplug and plug it during AMD driver installation. Otherwise, the installation hangs during blinking the screen. So weird!

 

delete C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution\Download\<contents>

 

On a bright new installed Windows? I'm sure that somehow my problem is caused by my Logitech G19 keyboard.

I have to unplug and plug it back almost every time during any AMD driver installation. Sometimes I don't have to do it even for the same driver. It happens randomly.

When I have time I will try to install AMD drivers before the Logitech software for the mouse and the keyboard. Or to install it with a different keyboard. I think it's a kind of compatibility problem or my keyboard is malfunctioning.