It seems like we are spending more time updating drivers than playing new games lately. During the past month we have received four new AMD drivers and it's more or less the same with NVIDIA. AMD has released the latest update to their Radeon GPU drivers, the Radeon Software Adrenalin Edition 17.12.1. This version should give gamers immersive gameplay and more social features.


The latest version of the Radeon Software Adrenalin Edition 17.12.1 drivers, fixes a few issues that were present before and apart from that new features has been added as well. In the case of the features, AMD has added support for Vulkan API and Eyefinity on Radeon ReLive. In addition the software has been optimized for lower FPS overhead while using ReLive for recording. AMD Radeon WattMan can now save and load user's profile to local hard disk.

When it comes to support and performance improvements, AMD has been working on Freesync adding support for HDR10. As always, you can download the latest AMD Radeon Software Adrenalin Edition drivers over at AMD's support page.
Radeon Settings

• Added new Connect tab which houses new social engagement features.
• Added new Gallery tab for Radeon ReLive recording file management, video trimming, and social platform sharing functionality.
• Added new Accounts tab to connect ReLive content and upload sharing to social platforms
• Added new Resource Center tab highlighting informative guides and instructions for Radeon Software features.
• Added new Performance Monitoring tab.
• Added three UI themes for Radeon Settings customization.
• Added new AMD Link tab to connect Radeon Settings to the AMD Link mobile application. For more information on AMD Link visit here.

Radeon Overlay

• Added new Overlay feature (default ALT+R) allowing management of certain Radeon Settings features while in-game or on desktop such as Radeon ReLive, Radeon FreeSync, Radeon Chill, Frame Rate Target Control, Display Color, and Performance Monitoring.
• Added performance monitoring overlay to display system performance metrics in DirectX® 9, 11, 12, and Vulkan applications.
• Added performance logging feature to save performance metrics to a file.

Radeon ReLive

• Further optimized for lower FPS ov
erhead while using Radeon ReLive for recording. (RS-198)
• Added support for Vulkan API.
• Added support for Eyefinity.
• Added support for borderless window region capture.
• Added support for mouse button hotkeys.
• Added chat and viewer count overlay for Radeon ReLive live streaming to supported platforms.
• Added Chroma Key support to allow background transparency when using a webcam.
• Now supports expanded social platforms.
• Now supports separate microphone and audio track recording.

Radeon Chill

• Radeon Chill now has expanded support for most game titles.

Enhanced Sync

• Added support for all GCN-based Radeon graphics products.
• Added support for Vulkan API.
• Added support Multi-GPU configurations.
• Added support for Eyefinity configurations.

Radeon WattMan

• Added new profile functionality to save and load user defined Radeon WattMan profile configurations to local hard disk.

Frame Rate Target Control

• Added support for Vulkan API.

Radeon FreeSync

• Added support for HDR10 titles with Radeon FreeSync2 displays.
• Added per-application Radeon FreeSync support.

Source: AMD