AMD Drivers – AMD Adrenalin 18.5.1 drags Raven Ridge APUs into the driving force mainstream

AMD has launched the newest Radeon Adrenalin Edition 18.5.1 drivers for public consumption, bringing with them assist for the Windows 10 April Update, Raven Ridge APUs, Ancestors Legacy, and finalised assist for Microsoft’s PlayReady 3.zero on Polaris graphics playing cards.

AMD customers at the moment are supported for the the newest Windows April 2018 Update, which introduced with it options resembling: Timeline, some fancy UI results, and a bunch of settings updates. However, one of many extra wanted updates from staff crimson has been the inclusion of PlayReady 3.zero assist, which is a needed DRM measure required by Netflix for streaming in 4K.

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Most 10-series Nvidia GPUs, and a few Intel CPUs since Kaby Lake, have had PlayReady assist for some time, however all-AMD rigs have been caught with sub-4K streaming for a while. Ryzen CPUs don’t have any built-in GPU, so except you could have one of many Raven Ridge APUs, it’s all right down to your graphics card. That’s beginning to change, nonetheless. Beta assist for Polaris PlayReady rolled out within the final driver replace, nonetheless, it has now been finalised and Polaris 400- and 500-series GPUs now formally assist the content material safety tech. AMD have indicated Vega assist will come later within the 12 months.