AMD has published a new graphics driver for all Radeon based graphics cards. Adrenalin 18.6.1 comes performance improvements in Warhammer: Vermintide 2 and updates the Vulkan API to version 1.1.73 (latest version of the specifications is 1.1.77). All fixed and opened issues, are available in the release notes.
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OpenGL support
Adrenalin 18.6.1 exposes OpenGL 4.6 and 320 OpenGL extensions like 18.4.1.
- GL_VENDOR: ATI Technologies Inc. - GL_RENDERER: Radeon RX Vega - GL_VERSION: 4.6.13521 Compatibility Profile/Debug Context 24.20.11001.5003 - OpenGL Extensions: 320 extensions (GL=295 and WGL=25)
Vulkan support
Report from GPU Caps Viewer.
- Instance extensions: 10
- VK_KHR_surface (version: 25)
- VK_KHR_win32_surface (version: 6)
- VK_KHR_get_physical_device_properties2 (version: 1)
- VK_KHR_get_surface_capabilities2 (version: 1)
- VK_KHR_external_memory_capabilities (version: 1)
- VK_KHR_device_group_creation (version: 1)
- VK_KHR_external_semaphore_capabilities (version: 1)
- VK_KHR_external_fence_capabilities (version: 1)
- VK_EXT_debug_report (version: 9)
- VK_EXT_debug_utils (version: 1)
- Instance layers: 3
- VK_LAYER_AMD_switchable_graphics (version: 1.1.70, impl: 1)
- VK_LAYER_VALVE_steam_overlay (version: 1.0.3, impl: 1)
- VK_LAYER_LUNARG_standard_validation (version: 1.0.70, impl: 1)
- Physical devices: 1
- [Vulkan device 0]: Radeon RX Vega ------------------
- API version: 1.1.73
- vendorID: 4098
- deviceID: 26751
- driver version: 8388641
- memory heap count: 3
- heap1: 7920MB
- heap2: 768MB
- heap3: 256MB
- memory type count: 4
- mem type 0 - heap index : 0 - property flag : 1
> mem property: VK_MEMORY_PROPERTY_DEVICE_LOCAL_BIT
- mem type 1 - heap index : 1 - property flag : 6
> mem property: VK_MEMORY_PROPERTY_HOST_VISIBLE_BIT
> mem property: VK_MEMORY_PROPERTY_HOST_COHERENT_BIT
- mem type 2 - heap index : 2 - property flag : 7
> mem property: VK_MEMORY_PROPERTY_DEVICE_LOCAL_BIT
> mem property: VK_MEMORY_PROPERTY_HOST_VISIBLE_BIT
> mem property: VK_MEMORY_PROPERTY_HOST_COHERENT_BIT
- mem type 3 - heap index : 1 - property flag : 14
> mem property: VK_MEMORY_PROPERTY_HOST_VISIBLE_BIT
> mem property: VK_MEMORY_PROPERTY_HOST_COHERENT_BIT
> mem property: VK_MEMORY_PROPERTY_HOST_CACHED_BIT
- extensions: 55
- VK_KHR_sampler_mirror_clamp_to_edge (version: 1)
- VK_KHR_shader_draw_parameters (version: 1)
- VK_KHR_swapchain (version: 70)
- VK_KHR_maintenance1 (version: 2)
- VK_KHR_maintenance2 (version: 1)
- VK_KHR_maintenance3 (version: 1)
- VK_KHR_relaxed_block_layout (version: 1)
- VK_KHR_dedicated_allocation (version: 3)
- VK_KHR_descriptor_update_template (version: 1)
- VK_KHR_external_memory (version: 1)
- VK_KHR_external_memory_win32 (version: 1)
- VK_KHR_device_group (version: 3)
- VK_AMD_calibrated_timestamps (version: 1)
- VK_KHX_device_group (version: 2)
- VK_KHR_bind_memory2 (version: 1)
- VK_KHR_external_semaphore (version: 1)
- VK_KHR_external_semaphore_win32 (version: 1)
- VK_AMD_rasterization_order (version: 1)
- VK_AMD_shader_ballot (version: 1)
- VK_AMD_shader_trinary_minmax (version: 1)
- VK_AMD_shader_explicit_vertex_parameter (version: 1)
- VK_AMD_gcn_shader (version: 1)
- VK_AMD_draw_indirect_count (version: 1)
- VK_AMD_negative_viewport_height (version: 1)
- VK_AMD_gpu_shader_half_float (version: 1)
- VK_AMD_shader_info (version: 1)
- VK_AMD_gpu_shader_half_float_fetch (version: 1)
- VK_EXT_sampler_filter_minmax (version: 1)
- VK_AMD_shader_fragment_mask (version: 1)
- VK_AMD_wave_limits (version: 1)
- VK_AMD_texture_gather_bias_lod (version: 1)
- VK_AMD_mixed_attachment_samples (version: 1)
- VK_EXT_sample_locations (version: 1)
- VK_AMD_gpu_shader_int16 (version: 1)
- VK_EXT_shader_subgroup_vote (version: 1)
- VK_KHR_16bit_storage (version: 1)
- VK_KHR_storage_buffer_storage_class (version: 1)
- VK_AMD_gpa_interface (version: 1)
- VK_EXT_shader_subgroup_ballot (version: 1)
- VK_EXT_shader_stencil_export (version: 1)
- VK_EXT_shader_viewport_index_layer (version: 1)
- VK_KHR_get_memory_requirements2 (version: 1)
- VK_KHR_image_format_list (version: 1)
- VK_KHR_multiview (version: 1)
- VK_KHR_external_fence (version: 1)
- VK_KHR_external_fence_win32 (version: 1)
- VK_KHR_win32_keyed_mutex (version: 1)
- VK_EXT_global_priority (version: 2)
- VK_AMD_buffer_marker (version: 1)
- VK_AMD_shader_image_load_store_lod (version: 1)
- VK_EXT_external_memory_host (version: 1)
- VK_EXT_depth_range_unrestricted (version: 1)
- VK_AMD_shader_core_properties (version: 1)
- VK_EXT_queue_family_foreign (version: 1)
- VK_KHR_variable_pointers (version: 1)
- device layers: 1
- VK_LAYER_AMD_switchable_graphics (version: 1.1.70, impl: 1)
- device features:
- robustBufferAccess: true
- fullDrawIndexUint32: true
- imageCubeArray: true
- independentBlend: true
- geometryShader: true
- tessellationShader: true
- sampleRateShading: true
- dualSrcBlend: true
- logicOp: true
- multiDrawIndirect: true
- drawIndirectFirstInstance: true
- depthClamp: true
- depthBiasClamp: true
- fillModeNonSolid: true
- depthBounds: true
- wideLines: true
- largePoints: true
- alphaToOne: false
- multiViewport: true
- samplerAnisotropy: true
- textureCompressionETC2: false
- textureCompressionASTC_LDR: false
- textureCompressionBC: true
- occlusionQueryPrecise: true
- pipelineStatisticsQuery: true
- vertexPipelineStoresAndAtomics: true
- fragmentStoresAndAtomics: true
- shaderTessellationAndGeometryPointSize: true
- shaderImageGatherExtended: true
- shaderStorageImageExtendedFormats: true
- shaderStorageImageMultisample: true
- shaderStorageImageReadWithoutFormat: true
- shaderStorageImageWriteWithoutFormat: true
- shaderUniformBufferArrayDynamicIndexing: true
- shaderSampledImageArrayDynamicIndexing: true
- shaderStorageBufferArrayDynamicIndexing: true
- shaderStorageImageArrayDynamicIndexing: true
- shaderClipDistance: true
- shaderCullDistance: true
- shaderFloat64: true
- shaderInt64: true
- shaderInt16: true
- shaderResourceResidency: false
- shaderResourceMinLod: false
- sparseBinding: false
- sparseResidencyBuffer: false
- sparseResidencyImage2D: false
- sparseResidencyImage3D: false
- sparseResidency2Samples: false
- sparseResidency4Samples: true
- sparseResidency8Samples: false
- sparseResidency16Samples: false
- sparseResidencyAliased: false
- variableMultisampleRate: true
- inheritedQueries: true
- device limits
- maxImageDimension1D: 16384
- maxImageDimension2D: 16384
- maxImageDimension3D: 2048
- maxImageDimensionCube: 16384
- maxImageArrayLayers: 2048
- maxTexelBufferElements: 4294967295
- maxUniformBufferRange: 4294967295
- maxStorageBufferRange: 4294967295
- maxPushConstantsSize: 128
- maxMemoryAllocationCount: 4096
- maxSamplerAllocationCount: 1048576
- bufferImageGranularity: 1
- sparseAddressSpaceSize: 17592186044415
- maxBoundDescriptorSets: 32
- maxPerStageDescriptorSamplers: 4294967295
- maxPerStageDescriptorUniformBuffers: 4294967295
- maxPerStageDescriptorSampledImages: 4294967295
- maxPerStageDescriptorStorageImages: 4294967295
- maxPerStageDescriptorInputAttachments: 4294967295
- maxPerStageResources: 4294967295
- maxDescriptorSetSamplers: 4294967295
- maxDescriptorSetUniformBuffers: 4294967295
- maxDescriptorSetUniformBuffersDynamic: 8
- maxDescriptorSetStorageBuffers: 4294967295
- maxDescriptorSetStorageBuffersDynamic: 8
- maxDescriptorSetSampledImages: 4294967295
- maxDescriptorSetStorageImages: 4294967295
- maxDescriptorSetInputAttachments: 4294967295
- maxVertexInputAttributes: 64
- maxVertexInputBindings: 32
- maxVertexInputAttributeOffset: 4294967295
- maxVertexInputBindingStride: 16383
- maxVertexOutputComponents: 128
- maxTessellationGenerationLevel: 64
- maxTessellationPatchSize: 32
- maxTessellationControlPerVertexInputComponents: 128
- maxTessellationControlPerVertexOutputComponents: 128
- maxTessellationControlPerPatchOutputComponents: 120
- maxTessellationControlTotalOutputComponents: 4096
- maxTessellationEvaluationInputComponents: 128
- maxTessellationEvaluationOutputComponents: 128
- maxGeometryShaderInvocations: 127
- maxGeometryInputComponents: 128
- maxGeometryOutputComponents: 128
- maxGeometryOutputVertices: 1024
- maxGeometryTotalOutputComponents: 16384
- maxFragmentInputComponents: 128
- maxFragmentOutputAttachments: 8
- maxFragmentDualSrcAttachments: 1
- maxFragmentCombinedOutputResources: 4294967295
- maxComputeSharedMemorySize: 32768
- maxComputeWorkGroupCount: [65535; 65535; 65535]
- maxComputeWorkGroupInvocations: 1024
- maxComputeWorkGroupSize: [1024; 1024; 1024]
- subPixelPrecisionBits: 8
- subTexelPrecisionBits: 8
- mipmapPrecisionBits: 8
- maxDrawIndexedIndexValue: 4294967295
- maxDrawIndirectCount: 4294967295
- maxSamplerLodBias: 15.996094
- maxSamplerAnisotropy: 16.000000
- maxViewports: 16
- maxViewportDimensions: [16384; 16384]
- viewportBoundsRange: [-32768.000000 ; 32767.000000]
- viewportSubPixelBits: 8
- minMemoryMapAlignment: 64
- minTexelBufferOffsetAlignment: 1
- minUniformBufferOffsetAlignment: 16
- minStorageBufferOffsetAlignment: 4
- minTexelOffset: 4294967232
- maxTexelOffset: 63
- minTexelGatherOffset: 4294967264
- maxTexelGatherOffset: 31
- minInterpolationOffset: -2.000000
- maxInterpolationOffset: 2.000000
- subPixelInterpolationOffsetBits: 8
- maxFramebufferWidth: 16384
- maxFramebufferHeight: 16384
- maxFramebufferLayers: 2048
- framebufferColorSampleCounts: 15
- framebufferDepthSampleCounts: 15
- framebufferStencilSampleCounts: 15
- framebufferNoAttachmentsSampleCounts: 15
- maxColorAttachments: 8
- sampledImageColorSampleCounts: 15
- sampledImageIntegerSampleCounts: 15
- sampledImageDepthSampleCounts: 15
- sampledImageStencilSampleCounts: 15
- storageImageSampleCounts: 15
- maxSampleMaskWords: 1
- timestampComputeAndGraphics: 1
- timestampPeriod: 37.037037
- maxClipDistances: 8
- maxCullDistances: 8
- maxCombinedClipAndCullDistances: 8
- discreteQueuePriorities: 2
- pointSizeRange: [0.000000 ; 8191.875000]
- lineWidthRange: [0.000000 ; 8191.875000]
- pointSizeGranularity: 0.125000
- lineWidthGranularity: 0.125000
- strictLines: 0
- standardSampleLocations: 1
- optimalBufferCopyOffsetAlignment: 1
- optimalBufferCopyRowPitchAlignment: 1
- nonCoherentAtomSize: 128
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