AMD Radeon Software Adrenalin Edition 18.8.1 fixes a Fortnite crash issue

AMD uploaded its Radeon Software Adrenalin Edition 18.8.1 drivers, these feature optimizations for Monster Hunter: World, World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth, We Happy Few, and Madden NFL 19. Furthermore, this version has new Vulkan extensions and also fixes some bugs, including a Fortnite crash issue on game launch in Windows 7.

Support for:

Monster Hunter™: World:
- Up to 5% faster performance using Radeon Software Adrenalin Edition 18.8.1 on the Radeon™ RX Vega 64 (8GB) graphics card than with Radeon Software Adrenalin Edition 18.6.1 at 1920x1080 (1080p) - Up to 6% faster performance using Radeon Software Adrenalin Edition 18.8.1 on the Radeon™ RX 580 (8GB) graphics card than with Radeon Software Adrenalin Edition 18.6.1 at 1920x1080 (1080p)

World of Warcraft™: Battle for Azeroth

We Happy Few™

Madden NFL 19™

Fixed Issues

Fortnite™ may experience an application crash on game launch in Windows®7.

Some games may experience a game crash or hang on multi GPU system configurations when changing or applying resolutions.

Graphics and memory clock speeds may remain elevated or locked while gaming if video content is also playing on the system.

Civilization® VI may experience a game crash using DirectX®12 API on game or map launch.

Samsung™ HMD Odyssey may experience intermittent black screens or flashing on Radeon RX Vega series graphics products.

Known Issues

Cursor or system lag may be observed on some system configurations when two or more displays are connected and one display is powered off.

Some games may experience instability or stutter when playing with FRTC and Instant Replay enabled.

Toggling performance metrics while gaming on a non-native display resolution may cause the game to scale incorrectly.

Radeon WattMan memory and frequency sliders may not list correct minimum values.

Upgrade Advisor may fail to show up in Radeon Settings.

Radeon FreeSync may fail to enable when playing Monster Hunter™: World.

Video profiles may not correctly apply on web browser video content.

You can find the latest AMD driver over here.