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Title: AMD Will Continue Game Optimization Support For Older Radeon GPU's
After All

Link: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/11/03/2142...

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Tom's Hardware: After a turbulent
weekend of updates and clarifications, AMD has published an entire web page
to assuage user backlash and reaffirm its commitment to continued support for
its RDNA 1 and RDNA 2-based drives, following a spate of confusion
surrounding its recent decision to put Radeon RX 5000 and 6000 series cards
in "maintenance mode." This comes after AMD had to deny that the RX 7900
cards were losing USB-C power supply moving forward, even though the drive
changelog said something quite different. Just last week, AMD released a new
driver update for its graphics cards, and it went anything but smoothly.
First, the wrong drivers were uploaded, and even after that was corrected,
several glaring errors in the release notes required clarification. AMD was
forced to correct claims about its RX 7900 cards, but at the time clarified
that, indeed, RX 5000 and 6000 graphics cards were entering "Maintenance
Mode," despite some RX 6000 cards being only around four years old. Now,
though, AMD has either rolled back that decision or someone higher up the
food chain has made a new call, as game optimizations are back on the menu
for RDNA 1 and RDNA 2 GPUs. "We've heard your feedback and want to clear up
the confusion around the AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition 25.10.2 driver
release," AMD said in a statement. "Your Radeon RX 5000 and RX 6000 series
GPUs will continue to receive: Game support for new releases, Stability and
game optimizations, and Security and bug fixes," AMD said.

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