PC Drivers & Software

[ChemicallyCurious]

Hello,

I first noticed when AMD released the new version of AFMF, AFMF 2, but the drivers as of late have just been completely broken outside of getting the GPU to function at it's bare minimum. With the last few versions, Adrenalin will constantly fail to open (can't right click the icon in the tray nor use the hotkey to open it's overlay), which when this happens, it results in AMD overlays (such as FPS counter, GPU usage, etc) breaking. In addition, Adrenalin also fails to correctly detect the status of games being played, for example when a game is closed it'll say it's still being run, which also leads to the inability of AMD features (such as AFMF, anti-lag, etc) to be applied to another game (since Adrenalin still thinks the past game is being played, it won't detect the new game that's run, hence it can't apply those features to said new game). 

Recently more and more posts have been popping up about Adrenalin (especially in the r/AMDhelp subreddit where users complain of Adrenalin not opening) and I'm unsure if the AMD team has noticed these issues/acknoweldged it. I can confirm it's the driver versions as downgrading to version 24.5.1 fixes everything, Adrenalin opens again, games are being detected, etc. It's a shame because I want to use the new AFMF but I can't when Adrenalin thinks a game I've closed is still being played. 

Any input is appreciated, thank you.

Edit:
Ryzen 5 5600, RX 6600, latest bios, B450M Aorus Elite, Windows 11 Pro

[ChemicallyCurious]

I agree, it's a bit disappointing that all of these are still issues with their drivers, it's like every few driver versions something goes terribly wrong and it's a toss up. 

[Thanosito]

I also have problems with 24.12.1, my drivers randomly turn off and i need to restart the pc and "turn on" the drivers in device manager and restart my pc for a second time for adrenaline to work again. I think im going to downgrade to 24.11.1. They keep messing up the drivers and never giving a solution.

Ryzen 7 5700X3D, RX 6700 XT, B450M DS3H

[ChemicallyCurious]

Yeah think it might be related to the issue of Adrenalin not opening, restarting always fixes it but only temporarily, another temporary fix was just to kill the Radeon Host Application in task manager to be able to open it again. Downgrading would probably fix it, 24.12.1 seems to be a dumpster fire. 

[Koyote7667]

Not sure how you all open adrenaline, but, for me, a single right click, or double right click on the desktop. Open Adrenaline. Done. But, i feel you. The newest version, seems a bit more buggy, no doubt. 

[ChemicallyCurious]

When it broke for me, any method I tried to open it wouldn't work. Whether it be through the desktop, using it's overlay, the tray icon, etc. Doesn't seem to be happening for everyone though so I don't know what's going on. 

[Thanosito]

My drivers crash and i need to restart my whole pc and "enable my gpu in device manager" and restart for a second time. I cant right click open adrenaline because i keep getting errors with drivers not compatible with gpu or something like that.I already reinstalled 24.12.1 3 times.Most unstable version by far , for me.

[yurikokolev]

I had probably the same issue, in the end was one of the 8pin power suply with issues , i swapped it for another one i had free and problems stopped. I was playing and screen went black but the pc was stil running i shutdown the pc by pressing the power button once and waited a few sec for the shutdown. Restart and also had a display driver error from AMD software

[Thanosito]

Ty for the advice, i ll try to switch the cables if the problem is still there, for now i downgraded to 24.10.1. This problem started after i upgraded to 24.12.1.

[yurikokolev]

i worked on computer a long time ago ( not anymore ) and i am used to see the most stupid thing. Once i had a customer asking for 2 computers with the exact same specs for his company. Finished building both , one worked well the other kept restarting and giving blue screen, reseated the ram , reseated the graphics card ( Nvidia Riva TNT )  , checked all the cables, nothing still blue screen, swap the graphics cards around, guess what both computers worked without blue screens , the customer took them and never had a single problem with them.... still until today i am oblivious on what was causing the blue screens

[Aker666]

You are right, after version 24.5.1 the drivers are broken. If the first 2025 drivers don't fix anything, I'm going back to 24.5.1 until someone confirms that everything is back to normal, as I'm not interested in AFMF 2 or Anti-lag 2.

[xynx]

After 24.5.1 Windows 11 24h2 MPO is broken for dual monitors which is annoying, only 24.5.1 and older drivers work with dual monitor MPO functionality.

[paperKite]

I thought its a me problem, even reinstalled Windows. My Adrenalin just selfdestructs after installing — RadeonSoftware.exe just deletes itself, althought the drivers is ok? it seems. 

New year, same ol' AMD...

[yurikokolev]

check if it's not windows update doing windows update things and swaping the driver for the windows driver one, that is easy to spot , because adrenalin soft wont run or say wrong driver suit, happened to me twice already

[Redima269]

I am also experiencing the same thing! 

it is so bad that it makes me almost want to get an Nvidia card!!