AMD Releases Adrenalin Edition 25.12.1 FSR Redstone and RX 9000 Features
Simultaneously released with its Adrenalin Edition 25.12.1 driver suite on December 10, 2025, is the current official AMD release. For enthusiasts, this update is sure to bear fruit as it includes support for the new Redstone phase of AMD FidelityFX Super Resolution (FSR) and extends compatibility to the latest professional-grade AI hardware. Alongside the new features, the red team has squashed several annoying bugs affecting high-refresh-rate shooters and HDMI connectivity.
New Technologies & Hardware Supported
The highlight in this release is indeed the inclusion of support for AMD FSR Redstone. While specific metrics for performance boost were not given in the notes, evolution of this iteration usually means some improvement in upscaling quality as well as frame rates. In addition, the driver caters to the professional lineup of AMD, mainly the AMD Radeon™ AI PRO R9600D and R9700S.
Major Fixes for Gamers
If you have the bleeding-edge Radeon RX 9000 series, you may have experienced some of the following annoyances that are addressed by this update
- Counter-Strike 2 Fix for Radeon Anti-Lag 2 disappearing for some users on DX11-running Radeon RX 9070 XT cards.
- HDMI 2.1 Stability Intermittent system crashes from high-bandwidth HDMI 2.1 displays going into standby mode.
- ARC Raiders Addressed crashes specifically for Blue Gate on RX 9000 series owners.
- Overlay Freezes Fixed an annoying bug where the in-game Radeon Overlay was causing intermittent application freezes.
Known Issues to Watch Out For
As any driver release, here also exist a little few gremlins within the machine. AMD is actively working with developers on the following
- Cyberpunk 2077 Loading saved games while Path Tracing is enabled may still crash the game or result in a driver timeout.
- Battlefield 6 Crash or timeout may occur among users employing the AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370. Besides that, some graphics cards may witness texture flicker or corrupt images while applying AMD Record and stream.
- Call of Duty Black Ops 7 Some shadows do not render correctly on certain graphics products.
- Roblox Switching tasks while playing Car Zone Racing & Drifting on RX 7000 series cards may result in player crashes.
Compatibility
All of these devices are well supported by these 25.12.1 drivers, which covers pretty much every modern desktop. Supported series contains
- Radeon RX 9000 Series For instance, RX 9070 and 9060 fall into this category.
- Radeon RX 7000 Series Covers devices from RX 7600 to 7900.
- Legacy Support Continues to provide support for the RX 6000 and RX 5000 series.
- AI PRO Series R9700, R9700S, and R9600D.
Users can redownload by means of the AMD Auto-detect tool or from the official download page. As always, utilizing the AMD Cleanup Utility is recommended if you are downgrading to a previous version.
