AMD Adrenalin 25.5.1 Driver: Enhanced Gaming with FSR 4 and New Hardware Support
AMD is rolling out the red carpet to its Radeon crowd with the release of the Adrenalin 25.5.1 driver, and it's full of goodies that'll make your gaming experience all the better. We're talking about the introduction of additional FSR 4 support, an improved FidelityFX SDK, and gearing up for new hardware. Let's dive in.
FSR 4 Arrives in More Games, RX 9070 GRE Prepares
The good news is that AMD is now bringing its excellent FSR 4 upscaling technology to eight more games. If you are rocking one of AMD's latest RDNA 4 "Radeon RX 9000" series GPUs, this will translate to you being able to look forward to the increased-fidelity visuals and embrace frame rate boost thanks to frame-generation support. It's all about getting to enjoy smoother, better-looking play.
In addition to FSR 4, the driver also brings improvements to Fluid Motion Frames 2.1 (AFMF). What does it do for you. Improved image quality while generating frames, less visible ghosting, and temporally smoother tracking. This one isn't exclusive to the newer cards; it also supports all the way back to RDNA 2-based Radeon RX 6000 series GPUs and even the Radeon 800M iGPU family.
And for those considering new hardware, the Adrenalin 25.5.1 driver also introduces official support for the AMD Radeon RX 9070 GRE. If you do end up purchasing this new GPU, you'll be ready to go.
You are able to download the AMD Software Adrenalin 25.5.1 Driver directly from AMD's website.
What Else is New in Adrenalin 25.5.1
This driver is not just FSR and new GPU support. Here are some other highlights of key features from the release notes:
- New Game Support: Get ready for the best performance in upcoming games like Doom: The Dark Ages and F1 25.
- FSR 4 Game Expansion: The following list of games now supports FSR 4:
- Ghost of Tsushima
- Frostpunk 2
- Everspace 2
- Fort Solis
- Warhammer 40,000: Darktide
- The Finals
- Influx Redux
- HYPR-Tune Boost: HYPR-Tune support now reaches even farther to games including Marvel's Spider-Man 2, Marvel Rivals, Grand Theft Auto V Enhanced, Kingdom Come Deliverance II, and Path of Exile 2.
- Vulkan Enhancements: Full Vulkan 1.4 support and a series of new Vulkan extensions.
- Stability Fixes: As always, AMD has flattened a number of bugs and improved overall driver stability. Among the fixes are improvements to camera detection for Ryzen AI Max systems, installation progress display, and crashes in some titles like SteamVR and Metro Exodus Enhanced Edition.
Important Notes and Known Issues
Although this driver contains numerous improvements, AMD has also listed some known issues to watch out for. These are potential intermittent crashes for games like The Last of Us Part 2 and Cyberpunk 2077, stutter with certain VR headsets, and launch failures for Battlefield 1 on specific hardware configurations. Workarounds are provided for some of these, so do make sure to check out the full release notes on AMD's website if you do encounter any problems.
FidelityFX SDK Gets a Boost to 1.0 with FSR 3.1.3
But it's not just drivers; AMD also rolled out its FidelityFX SDK 1.0, available for free to download by anyone. And that's a big deal for developers, with a one-stop solution for developers to easily incorporate FSR and other AMD tech into their games.
This new SDK package includes FSR 3.1.3, which brings a few improvements, most notably to reduce ghosting artifacts. Significant SDK changes are:
- New tuning parameters to decrease FSR upscaler ghosting.
- Default values changed to reduce extra disocclusion ghosting.
- Ability to query version info from the FFX API.
- Input requirements change for FSR 3.1.4 and later for best quality.
- Frame generation debug checker support added.
- Multiple patches and tweaks to the Vulkan Frame Interpolation Swapchain and overall system.
- Enabled frame interpolation swapchain support on older versions of Windows 10.
With this FidelityFX SDK public release, it should be easier than ever for game developers to integrate AMD's most recent visual technologies, which will ultimately be a win for us gamers in terms of more visually stunning and performance-focused titles.
