The raven ridge drivers will be updated only four times a year

AMD announced the merger of its graphics card drivers and Raven Ridge APUs with the arrival of the Radeon Software Adrenalin 18.5.1 version, although the merger will ultimately not be complete, contrary to expectations.

Not all versions of Radeon Software Adrenalin offer support for Raven Ridge

The arrival of the Radeon Software Adrenalin 18.5.1 seemed like big news, putting Raven Ridge APUs on par with AMD's dedicated graphics card offerings, thereby expecting them to receive updates with new bug fixes, game optimizations and new features, although unfortunately this was not the case for long.

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In the AMD Radeon Software Adrenalin 18.6.1 release notes, it is seen that the company did not include support for these Ryzen 3 2200G and Ryzen 5 2400G APUs in these drivers, leaving them without the bug fixes and improvements contained in the controller. An AMD representative. Called AMDMatt stated on Overclockers UK forums that "the drivers for the APUs are updated every three months."

The AMD Ryzen 3 2200G and Ryzen 5 2400G processors can offer great gaming performance compared to the competition, but it's still a product focused primarily on mid-range laptop and desktop users, not demanding gamers. Considering Radeon's limited resources, it can be understood why AMD doesn't want to spend so much time and money on validation for these chips, especially if it would lead to delays in driver releases.

Despite this, the lack of regular driver versions for the new AMD APUs is disappointing, since at this rate we will have to wait until August to get a new version.

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