– AMD Rade­on Soft­ware Adre­na­lin 21.4.1 pro­vi­des cus­to­mizable instal­la­ti­on opti­ons, enhan­ced recor­dingand strea­ming func­tion­a­li­ty, Play­Re­a­dy AV1 sup­port and new sta­bi­li­ty features –

– AMD Link now enables high-per­for­mance remo­te gam­ing on Win­dows PCs in addi­ti­on to pho­nes, tablets and TVs; new AMD Link Game fea­ture allows ano­ther Rade­on user to remo­te­ly con­nect to play local mul­ti­play­er-sup­port­ed games –

SANTA CLARA, Calif. – April 20, 2021 – AMD (NASDAQ: AMD) today announ­ced AMD Rade­on™ Soft­ware Adre­na­lin 21.4.1, the next edi­ti­on of its soft­ware suite for AMD Rade­on gra­phics, pro­vi­ding gamers, crea­tors and enthu­si­asts with incre­di­ble visu­al fide­li­ty, ultra-respon­si­ve gam­ing and advan­ced fea­tures to unlock the full poten­ti­al of their AMD gam­ing experience.

Deve­lo­ped with gamers in mind, the latest AMD Rade­on Soft­ware release intro­du­ces powerful new fea­tures and capa­bi­li­ties to deli­ver an immersi­ve and com­ple­te gam­ing expe­ri­ence. It fea­tures AMD Link¹ for Win­dows®, allo­wing users to con­nect to their gam­ing PC from ano­ther Win­dows PC, as well as from a pho­ne, tablet, or TV, to game from vir­tual­ly any­whe­re. It also pro­vi­des an updated user inter­face with a num­ber of usa­bi­li­ty enhance­ments reques­ted by Rade­on gamers, inclu­ding cus­to­mi­zed instal­la­ti­on opti­ons and sim­pli­fied recor­ding and strea­ming tools so users can easi­ly cap­tu­re and share their memo­rable gam­ing moments.

“Pro­vi­ding powerful hard­ware is only half of the equa­ti­on to deli­ver the extra­or­di­na­ry, world class AAA, esports and mul­ti­play­er expe­ri­en­ces gamers have come to expect,” said Frank Azor, chief archi­tect of Gam­ing Solu­ti­ons at AMD. “With the new AMD Rade­on Soft­ware release, our goal was to allow gamers to unlock the full poten­ti­al of their AMD gam­ing sys­tems, enab­ling them to ful­ly immer­se them­sel­ves in beau­tiful, hyper-rea­li­stic worlds, easi­ly share their latest batt­les and vic­to­ries, find new ways to game with fri­ends and cus­to­mi­ze their gam­ing expe­ri­ence as they see fit.”

Respon­si­ve Gam­ing, Vivid Visu­als & The Com­ple­te Experience

AMD Rade­on Soft­ware is the gate­way to unlock the full poten­ti­al of the AMD gam­ing expe­ri­ence, desi­gned to deli­ver respon­si­ve gam­ing, vivid visu­als and a com­ple­te expe­ri­ence for gamers. Exis­ting fea­tures like AMD Free­Sync, AMD Rade­on Anti-Lag and AMD Rade­on Boost deli­ver ultra-high frame­ra­te, low laten­cy gam­ing, while fea­tures like AMD Rade­on Image Shar­pe­ning and the AMD Fide­li­ty­FX deve­lo­per tools enable incre­di­bly immersi­ve, visual­ly stun­ning games. Buil­ding upon this foun­da­ti­on, AMD Rade­on Soft­ware Adre­na­lin 21.4.1 pro­vi­des seve­ral new and updated fea­tures, including:

• AMD Link – A free appli­ca­ti­on to con­nect a gam­ing PC with a tablet, pho­ne or TV – and now ano­ther Win­dows-based PC – lets users turn any screen into a gam­ing power­house from vir­tual­ly any­whe­re. The new AMD Link Game fea­ture allows users to invi­te a fri­end to con­nect to their PC from ano­ther AMD Rade­on sys­tem to play games that sup­port local mul­ti­play­er or split screen

mode. AMD Link also offers 144 FPS (max)², hig­her band­width strea­ming opti­ons, sup­port for 5.1 sur­round sound audio, and redu­ced strea­ming laten­cy of up to 60 per­cent in CS:GO³.

• Sim­pli­fied User Inter­face – Based on com­mu­ni­ty feed­back, the latest soft­ware release pro­vi­des seve­ral cus­to­mizable instal­la­ti­on opti­ons. Gamers can elect to do a full instal­la­ti­on or a mini­mal instal­la­ti­on with a stream­li­ned user inter­face, or a small-foot­print, dri­ver-only instal­la­ti­on. Addi­tio­nal updates include an impro­ved search bar, the avai­la­bi­li­ty of addi­tio­nal game­play stats on the games tab and more.

 

• Expan­ded Per­for­mance Metrics & Tuning – Users can now view both Rade­on gra­phics and Ryzen™ pro­ces­sor per­for­mance metrics from a sin­gle loca­ti­on, inclu­ding CPU uti­liza­ti­on, clock speed, tem­pe­ra­tu­re, vol­ta­ge, power con­sump­ti­on, and fan speed, enab­ling them to bet­ter opti­mi­ze sys­tem per­for­mance and power efficiency.

 

• Enhan­ced Recor­ding and Strea­ming – Inte­gra­ting all recor­ding and strea­ming set­tings under a sin­gle tab, the new AMD Rade­on Soft­ware release offers sce­ne edi­tor usa­bi­li­ty enhancements,

 

impro­ved sort­ing and tag­ging func­tion­a­li­ty, and a new wizard⁴ to make it easier for ent­ry-level users to begin streaming.

 

• Color Defi­ci­en­cy Cor­rec­tion⁴ – Cus­to­mizable set­tings allow users with the three major color visi­on defi­ci­en­cy con­di­ti­ons – prot­an­opia, deu­te­ran­o­pia and tri­tan­opia – to expe­ri­ence games in more vivid detail wit­hout any expec­ted per­for­mance impact.

 

• Micro­soft® Play­Re­a­dy AV1 Sup­port^4,5 – Sup­port for the open-source, royal­ty-free Play­Re­a­dy AV1 hard­ware-acce­le­ra­ted decode for AMD Rade­on RX 6000 Series gra­phics cards ensu­res high-qua­li­ty, pro­tec­ted content.

 

• AMD Crash Defen­der⁴ – A new sta­bi­li­ty fea­ture to ensu­re sys­tems “stay ali­ve,” pre­ser­ve data and ful­ly reco­ver from poten­ti­al hangs or cra­s­hes in sel­ect sce­na­ri­os. Pai­red with the AMD Bug Report Tool, Rade­on Soft­ware can pro­vi­de a more com­ple­te pic­tu­re of user-sub­mit­ted issues for quicker reso­lu­ti­on by AMD sup­port teams.

 

Avai­la­bi­li­ty

 

AMD Rade­on Soft­ware Adre­na­lin 21.4.1 can be down­loa­ded today from the AMD Dri­vers and Sup­port page.

 

Sup­port­ing Resources

 

• Lean more about the AMD Rade­on Soft­ware Adre­na­lin suite here

 

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About AMD

For 50 years AMD has dri­ven inno­va­ti­on in high-per­for­mance com­pu­ting, gra­phics and visua­liza­ti­on tech­no­lo­gies ― the buil­ding blocks for gam­ing, immersi­ve plat­forms and the dat­a­cen­ter. Hundreds of mil­li­ons of con­su­mers, lea­ding For­tu­ne 500 busi­nesses and cut­ting-edge sci­en­ti­fic rese­arch faci­li­ties around the world rely on AMD tech­no­lo­gy dai­ly to impro­ve how they live, work and play. AMD employees around the world are focu­sed on buil­ding gre­at pro­ducts that push the boun­da­ries of what is pos­si­ble. For more infor­ma­ti­on about how AMD is enab­ling today and inspi­ring tomor­row, visit the AMD (NASDAQ:AMD) web­site, blog, Face­book and Twit­ter pages.

 

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• AMD Link requi­res Rade­on™ Soft­ware ver­si­on 21.4.1. Game strea­ming requi­res pho­ne or tablet which sup­ports Android 7.0 and grea­ter or iOS

 

• and grea­ter, any­whe­re the­re is a high-speed inter­net con­nec­tion. For TV sup­port, Apple TV 4th and 5th gene­ra­ti­on run­ning tvOS 12.x and grea­ter, or Android TV 7.0 and grea­ter are requi­red. Strea­ming at 4K requi­res 4K capa­ble strea­ming hard­ware and is com­pa­ti­ble with: AMD Rade­on™ GCN-based dis­crete gra­phics and newer. Sup­ports Win­dows® 10. Link Game requi­res an inter­net con­nec­tion. Con­trol­lers must be com­pa­ti­ble with sel­ec­ted game and head­set, plea­se con­sult ven­dor for com­pa­ti­bi­li­ty infor­ma­ti­on. GD-159

 

• Requi­res a moni­tor that sup­ports 144Hz refresh rate and sys­tem capa­ble of 144 FPS. GD-186

 

• Test­ing con­duc­ted by AMD as of March 29th, 2021 on a test sys­tem com­pri­sed of a Rade­on RX 5700 GPU with Adre­na­lin 21.4.1 (with AMD Link 4.0), and Adre­na­lin 21.3.1 (with AMD Link 3.0). Red­mi Note 6 Pro Android device used for AMD Link cli­ent. While strea­ming CS:GO using the HEVC enco­ding @ 20Mbps bit rate, 1080p reso­lu­ti­on and 60 fps. RS-357

 

• Rade­on™ Soft­ware Adre­na­lin Edi­ti­on 21.4.1 Vivid Gam­ing color pre­set and color cor­rec­tion fea­tures are available on Rade­on™ RX 5000 and 6000 Series Gra­phics, Ryzen™ 4000 Series Pro­ces­sors with Rade­on™ Gra­phics, and newer with Win­dows 10 exclu­si­ve­ly. Strea­ming Wizard and Crash Defen­der fea­tures are available with Win­dows 10 only. AV1 decode sup­port is available on Rade­on™ Gra­phics 6000 series dGPUs exclu­si­ve­ly; and requi­res Win­dows 10 with KB5000842 updates as well as sup­port­ed con­tent from strea­ming ser­vices. GD- 187

 

• Video codec acce­le­ra­ti­on (inclu­ding at least the HEVC (H.265), H.264, VP9, and AV1 codecs) is sub­ject to and not ope­ra­ble wit­hout inclusion/installation of com­pa­ti­ble media play­ers. GD-176