AMD Graphics Driver Boosts Performance by up to 16% in The Lord of the Rings: Gollum

AMD has released a graphics driver for its Radeon GPUs, adding support for Daedalic’s “The Lord of the Rings: Gollum”. The Radeon Software Adrenalin 23.5.1 driver improves the performance of both RX 6000 and RX 7900 series graphics cards in the said title. In addition to game optimizations, many bug fixes have also been rolled out.

The Adrenalin 23.5.1 driver improves the performance of the Radeon RX 7900 series GPUs by up to 16% in “The Lord of the Rings: Gollum“. The RX 6000 series GPUs are also up to 12% faster in the game than the previous driver software.

The memory usage in “The Last of Us” has been improved. Previously, the game used much higher VRAM during shader compilation when launching the game for the first time. The system crashes on older Radeon SKUs when playing Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® II have also been resolved.

AMD Radeon Software Adrenalin 23.5.1 Driver Release Notes

Highlights

• Support for:
  • The Lord of the Rings: Gollum™
    • Up to 16% increase in performance in The Lord of the Rings: Gollum™ @ 4k, using AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition™ 23.5.1 on the Radeon™ RX 7900 Series GPUs, versus the previous software driver version 23.4.3 ^RS-577
    • Up to 12% increase in performance in The Lord of the Rings: Gollum™ @ 4k, using AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition™ 23.5.1 on the Radeon™ RX 6000 Series GPUs, versus the previous software driver version 23.4.3 ^RS-578

Fixed Issues

• Application crash or driver timeout may be observed during video playback using DaVinci Resolve™ Studio.
• Brief display corruption may occur when switching between video and game windows on some AMD Graphics Products, such as the Radeon™ RX 6700 XT.
• Higher than expected memory usage during shader compilation time when first launching THE LAST OF US™ Part I.
• Intermittent system crash while playing Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® II on some AMD Graphics Products, such as the Radeon™ RX 580.

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 drops may be observed during gameplay and video playback with some extended display configurations on Radeon™ RX 7000 series GPUs.
• Some virtual reality games or applications may experience lower-than-expected performance on Radeon™ RX 7000 series GPUs.
• Application crash may be intermittently observed while playing RuneScape™ on some AMD Graphics Products, such as the Radeon™ RX 5700 XT.