What is new in AMD Radeon Software Adrenalin Edition

VideoCardz got its hands on the launch presentation of AMD's upcoming Radeon Software Adrenalin Edition. This time, the site didn't publish the slides but created a transcript of the most interesting tidbits.

The biggest new feature of this release is Radeon Overlay, this will let you monitor and track your PC gaming performance. The feature provides in-game control of your Radeon Settings and promises greater insight for better gaming performance. This also works via AMD Link, a mobile app for your smartphone or tablet.

AMD Link (mobile APP)
Performance Monitoring

Monitor and track your PC gaming performance.

Bar graphs to monitor FPS and system info.
Notifications

Stay informed about Radeon Software

Receive real-time notifications when Radeon Software updates are released

Keep AMD Link up-to-date with the newest features and stability updates

Introducing Radeon Overlay

In-game control of Radeon Settings and PC performance monitoring (Press ALT+R to enable)

Greater insight for better gaming

FPS performance monitoring

Convenient built-in performance logging

Supported on DirectX 9, 11, 12 and Vulkan

There are also some other things like frame rate target control support for Vulkan and some updates to Radeon ReLive and Enhanced Sync.

Perhaps more interesting are the performance optimizations, albeit with one giant caveat. On the surface, the performance gains look impressive but the company is comparing versus the performance of the original Radeon Software Crimson ReLive Edition driver. Testing was performed on a system with the Radeon RX 480, with a 1920 x 1080 pixel resolution and high quality preset.