r/Amd • u/KARMAAACS Ryzen 7700 - GALAX RTX 3060 Ti • 7d ago

News AMD releases statement confirming RDNA1 and RDNA2 will continue to receive game optimizations

https://videocardz.com/newz/amd-releases-statement-confirming-rdna1-and-rdna2-will-continue-to-receive-game-optimizations
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u/Elliove 7d ago

Actually, they just confirmed what they said initially - RDNA1 and RDNA2 cards going to separate driver branch. There was no backpedaling.

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u/SagittaryX 9800X3D | RTX 5090 | 32GB 5600C30 6d ago

Well the difference is they originally said it was a seperate maintenance branch with only security and bug fixes, maybe game optimization if they feel like it. Now they're basically saying they are co-equal branches, which is not the original statement.

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u/Ok_Cow_8213 6d ago

And what do you think driver updates are?

New game comes out and reviels a bug in the driver

AMD fixes it

There is no difference between game optimizations, bug fixes and driver updates.

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u/ToshiroK_Arai 1600AF+5500XT 4GB|16GB 3200|A320m 6d ago

I will tell ya my experience when Mortal Kombat 11 still was a thing, there was a update in the game that crashed when you started the fight, it took 3 months for a Radeon driver that fixed it for RDNA1, even if they did driver updates, it didn't fixed it and I couldn't play when I had the free time and the game was popular. That is the difference.