AMD vient de mettre en ligne de nouveaux drivers graphiques autour de l’API Vulkan. Ces Radeon Graphics Vulkan Driver 16.15.2401.1001 Beta proposent de petites améliorations et des corrections de bugs.
Ils s’adressent aux environnements Windows 7, 8.1 et 10 dans leurs déclinaisons 32 ou 64-bits. Il faut également vérifier la prise en charge de son matériel afin de savoir si la solution graphique présente est supportée.
Voici les solutions graphiques prises en charge
| AMD Desktop Product Family Compatibility | |
| Radeon R9 Fury Series Graphics | Radeon R7 300 Series Graphics |
| Radeon R9 Nano Series Graphics | Radeon R7 200 Series Graphics |
| Radeon R9 300 Series Graphics | Radeon HD 8500 – HD 8900 Series Graphics |
| Radeon R9 200 Series Graphics | Radeon HD 7700 – HD 7900 Series Graphics |
| AMD APU Product Family Compatibility | |
| Desktop | Mobile |
| A-Series APUs with Radeon R4, R5, R6, or R7 Graphics | Pro A-Series APUs with Radeon R5, R6, or R7 Graphics |
| Pro A-Series APUs with Radeon R5 or R7 Graphics | FX-Series APUs with Radeon R7 Graphics |
| Athlon Series APUs with Radeon R3 Graphics | E-Series APUs with Radeon R2 Graphics |
| Sempron Series APUs with Radeon R3 Graphics | Radeon HD 8180 – HD 8400 Series Graphics |
| A-Series APUs with Radeon R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, or R8 Graphics | |
| AMD Mobility Product Family Compatibility | |
| Radeon R9 M300 Series Graphics | Radeon R7 M200 Series Graphics |
| Radeon R7 M300 Series Graphics | Radeon R5 M200 Series Graphics |
| Radeon R5 M300 Series Graphics | Radeon HD 8500M – HD 8900M Series Graphics |
| Radeon R9 M200 Series Graphics | Radeon HD 7700M – HD 7900M Series Graphics |
L’installation passe par le téléchargement de l’archive correspondant à son matériel et à son OS. Une fois enregistré, il faut lancer l’exécutable, attendre la décompression des fichiers puis suivre les différentes étapes affichées à l’écran. Il est conseillé de redémarrer sa machine afin que les changements prennent effets.
AMD Radeon Software Beta for Vulkan is designed to support the following Microsoft Windows platforms:
- Windows® 10 (32 & 64-bit version)
- Windows 8.1 (32 & 64-bit version)
- Windows 7 (32 & 64-bit version with SP1 or higher)
Highlights
- PowerXpress Systems – Added Vulkan Support
- The Talos Principle – Potential version compatability issues addressed
- Hologram – No longer crashes on launch
Important Notes
- Product is conformant with Vulkan™ 1.0 Specification.
- This driver is intended as beta level support for use solely with Vulkan applications and as such some Radeon Software functionality has been removed. This is including and not limited to support for other Graphics APIs, Radeon Settings and other Radeon Software driver features.
- Current comformance status can be found at https://www.khronos.org/conformance/
What is Vulkan ?
As a complement to OpenGL, descended from AMD’s Mantle, and forged by the industry, Vulkan™ is a powerful low-overhead graphics API that gives software developers deep control over the performance, efficiency, and capabilities of Radeon™ GPUs and multi-core CPUs.
Known Issues
- Windows re-sizing in some applications may cause an application crash
- HDMI and DP to DVI adapters on Windows 7 may intermittently cause display issues
- Some AMD PowerXpress systems may experience flickering in some applications
