Amd adrenalin 19.7.1 drivers reduce gaming performance by 10%

AMD released its new Radeon RX 5700 XT and RX 5700 and also released the Radeon Adrenalin 19.7.1 drivers for all GPUs currently supported by AMD.

AMD Adrenalin 19.7.1 lowers Polaris graphics performance by 10%

With these new controllers already on the street, the people of PCGamer have taken the trouble to make a comparison between the latest and older controllers, which are from version 19.5.2. The graphics card used was the RX 590. Keep in mind that the Radeon Adrenalin 19.7.1 controllers were created to officially support the new RX 5700 graphics.

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Through the 11 games tested, the average framerate obtained is between 3.5 and 8% higher with the oldest drivers (19.5.2).

Because this is an average, it means that certain games show much higher improvements. Assassin’s Creed Odyssey works 5 to 15% faster, Forza Horizon 4 is 12 to 23% with 'older' controllers, Hitman 2 is 8 to 19% faster, and Warhammer II is up to 12% faster. Of the tested games, only Shadow of the Tomb Raider shows better performance with 2% new drivers.

Comparative table between both Adrenalin versions

Thus, for a user who owns any model of the RX 500/400 graphics card series, the most recommended is to continue with the 19.5.2 drivers, for now. Possibly AMD will improve the drivers later so that the previous series are not affected, in addition to improving the performance of the current RX 5700. We will keep you informed.

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