AMD Radeon Adrenalin Edition 19.6.2 adds support for new Vulkan features and various bug fixes

The new AMD Radeon Adrenalin Edition 19.6.2 drivers have been released, which add support for various Vulkan features and fix various issues.

New drivers released by AMD. Radeon Software Adrenalin 19.6.2 has been released. No enhancements or optimizations have been made, rather they have been created to correct some issues and add Vulkan support.

Vulkan support

• VK_EXT_host_query_reset: Allows you to reset queries from the host, rather than to the GPU.
• VK_EXT_full_screen_exclusive: Gives applications explicit control over exclusive full-screen modes (this is useful for HDR support, for example).
• VK_AMD_display_native_hdr: It exposes the capabilities of FreeSync2 for better HDR compatibility.
• VK_EXT_separate_stencil_usage: Separates usage marks for depth / template aspects of a depth / template image allowing to restrict / expand usage in relation to depth aspect.
• VK_KHR_uniform_buffer_standard_layout: Provides a more flexible alignment for uniform buffers, allowing, among other things, the use of std430 layouts in Vulkan.

Fixed issues

• Wireless VR may experience performance drops for various game titles on some of the Radeon RX 400 and Radeon RX 500 graphics products.
• The performance metric overlay may not be enabled or disabled when toggling the Radeon Overlay while in-game.
• TDR can occur when exiting some game applications that use the DirectX 12 API when multiple displays are connected and in clone mode.
• The Microsoft PIX tool may crash when connecting a GPU using AMD XConnect technology.
• Crackdown 3 may experience an application or game crashing on Radeon R7 370 series graphics products.

Known issues

• Radeon ReLive, streaming and uploading of videos and other content to Facebook ™ is currently unavailable.
• ASUS TUF Gaming FX505 may experience discrete GPU connection issues with devices disappearing from Device Manager when the system is idle.
• The Overlay and Radeon WattMan performance indicators may experience inaccurate fluctuating readings on AMD Radeon VII.
• ACER Swift 3 with AMD Ryzen Processor may experience system instability when upgrading to Radeon Software Adrenalin 2019 Edition 19.6.2 with the Custom Clean installation option.
• The graphics driver may not uninstall properly when using the quick uninstall option on some Ryzen APUs.