AMD has released AMD Software Adrenalin Edition 26.11.1 as an optional graphics update for Radeon desktop cards and Ryzen AI platforms. The release patches a serious storage flaw that forced continuous excess data writes to primary SSD drives on idle systems. The update is available now for Windows 10 64 bit version 1809 and newer as well as Windows 11 systems.
The main patch targets Radeon RX 7000 and newer graphics cards that continuously wrote data to system storage drives during idle states. Previous user reports tracked write speeds between 0.3MB/s and 5MB/s, causing daily writes exceeding 400GB and degrading drive life. The update also eliminates a related flaw where moving or resizing desktop application windows triggered extra system drive writes.
AMD lists multiple game glitches that remain under investigation across various card generations. Players running Assassin's Creed Black Flag Remastered on Radeon RX 7000 hardware may experience intermittent application crashes or driver timeouts. Radeon RX 5000 users face timeouts in War Thunder, with AMD recommending a rollback to Adrenalin Edition 26.9.1. On Radeon RX 9000 cards, running Cyberpunk 2077 with in game frame generation alongside AMD FSR and Radeon Anti Lag while streaming video on a second display can trigger driver failures. AMD advises turning off in game frame generation to avoid crashes.
Mobile devices with Ryzen AI Max PRO 400 silicon may freeze when using Alt Tab during Call of Duty Modern Warfare Remastered. Systems powered by Ryzen AI 9 400 processors encounter black screens when launching Gears of War Remastered, which users can bypass by switching to windowed mode before returning to full screen. Radeon RX 9000 GPUs show hair rendering corruption in Phantom Blade Zero unless high quality hair effects are disabled, as well as occasional black screen visual flaws in Call of Duty Modern Warfare Remastered. On Windows 10 installations, the driver installer may automatically turn off AMD Smart Access Memory.
