Support For

• Microsoft PlayReady 3.0: Supported on Radeon RX 5700 series graphics products.

Fixed Issues

• Some system configurations may experience color corruption after install of Radeon Software when running Windows 10 May 2019 update. Issue is resolved in the latest Windows Update 18362.267 (KB4505903)
• Radeon Chill settings may not sync with game profile settings when changed in-game through Radeon Overlay
• Radeon RX 5700 series graphics products may experience a black screen or flickering when applying auto overclocking memory with games or applications running in fullscreen
• Radeon AntiLag may slightly impact performance in select games
• Radeon RX 5700 Series Graphics may experience a black screen during uninstall on Windows 7 system configurations. A work around is to perform uninstall in safe mode.
• Recording clips with Radeon ReLive may result in blank clips on Radeon RX 5700 Series Graphics with Windows 7 system configurations.

Highlights

• Updates an issue that prevents Windows Hello face recognition from working after you restart a device.
• Allows Microsoft Edge to print PDF documents that contain landscape and portrait-oriented pages correctly.
• Allows Microsoft Edge to open PDFs that are configured to be opened only once correctly.
• Updates an issue that may display colors incorrectly when viewing an image on 10-bit display panels. 
• Updates an issue that may prevent you from changing the display brightness after your device resumes from Sleep or Hibernation. 
• Updates an issue that may prevent a device from going to Sleep mode when some applications that rely on Bluetooth are open. 
• Improves Bluetooth audio quality when using certain audio profiles for extended periods.
• Improves compatibility with the Window-Eyes screen reader application.
• Ensures that the Start menu works as expected when new users sign in to Windows.
• Updates the Windows Ink Workspace by simplifying the menu and adding direct integration with the Microsoft Whiteboard app for a richer collaboration experience.

Mouse cursor may render incorrectly after exiting a game

It can be accessed here:
https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4844

The fastest of the three RTX SUPER cards is finally here in the form of the GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER which delivers better performance than the RTX 2080 for the same price. In this review, I found out that the RTX 2080 SUPER is good enough to handle all modern titles at 1440p and 4K resolutions and the added tensor/RT performance delivers increased performance in titles that utilize NVIDIA’s ray-tracing features.

In terms of design, the RTX 2080 SUPER is equipped with the fastest GDDR6 memory chips which run at 15.5 Gbps. The DRAM chips are actually 16 Gbps certified so users would have a lot of head-room for overclocking them however it’s disappointing that no AIBs provide an out of box OC on the memory chips. The GPU gets a nice bump in clocks by MSI and the performance increase can be seen there. The extra cores and the faster memory combine to give a 5-10% performance jump over the RTX 2080 which isn’t much but given you’re getting a boost at the same price of $699 US ($729 US in the case of the Gaming X Trio model), the upgrade is welcome.

Game Ready

• Provides the optimal gaming experience for Wolfenstein: Youngblood, Wolfenstein: Cyberpilot, Madden NFL 20, and the first DLC for Metro Exodus.

Gaming Technology

• Adds support for GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER GPUs.
• Adds support for new G-SYNC compatible monitors.
• Application SLI Profiles

Added or updated the following SLI profiles:

• Madden NFL 20

Fixed Issues in this Release

• [SLI][GeForce GTX 1080][Notebook]: The display flickers when using SLI. [2622166]
• [World of Warcraft Battle for Azeroth]: Terrain and icons flicker randomly in the game. [2633205]
• HDR option is missing from the Windows Control Panel. [200534450]

The challenges of being late on this latest [10nm] node of Moore’s Law was somewhat a function of what we’ve been able to do in the past, which in essence was define the odds on scaling the infrastructure.

The short story is we learned from it, we’ll get our 10nm node out this year. Our 7nm node will be out in two years and it will be a 2.0X scaling so back to the historical Moore’s Law curve

NVIDIA GeForce 431.36 WHQL Driver Release Notes

Game Ready

Provides the optimal gaming experience for Tom Clancy’s The Division 2, Strange Brigade, and Metro Exodus.

Gaming Technology

• Adds support for three new G-SYNC compatible monitors.
• Adds support for GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER and RTX 2070 SUPER GPUs.

Application SLI Profiles
Added or updated the following SLI profiles:

• F1 2019

Software Module Versions

• nView – 149.77
• HD Audio Driver – 1.3.38.16
• NVIDIA PhysX System Software – 9.19.0218
• GeForce Experience – 3.19.0.107
• CUDA – 10.1
• Standard NVIDIA Control Panel – 8.1.940.0
• DCH NVIDIA Control Panel – 8.1.954.0

Other Changes
Added support for the following GPUs:

• GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER
• GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER.

Fixed Issues

• [GeForce Experience]: FPS Counters appear in the Windows Start Menu for certain applications after upgrading to Windows 10 May 2019 Update. [2617230]
• [Notebook]: Fixed BSOD that occurred after waking ASUS GL703GS/ASUS GL502VML notebook from hibernation. [2612106/2540582]
• Code 43 error occurs when installing driver 430.64 on Windows 10 May 2019 Update system with Intel Sandy Bridge CPU. [2606672]
• [Grand Theft Auto V]: The game may experience flickering when MSAA is used.[2583604]
• [Forza Horizon 4]: The game may crash when driving through tunnels. [200515120/200523430]
• [Shadow of the Tomb Raider][Pascal GPU]: The game may crash or experience a TDR when launched on Pascal GPU. [200519081]
• [Shadow of the Tomb Raider]: Benchmark quits when running with ray tracing is enabled. [2599507]

Fixed Issues

• Graphics driver may not uninstall correctly when using the express uninstall option on some Ryzen APUs.
• Performance Metrics Overlay may intermittently display incorrect colors when being displayed in game.
• Radeon Overlay may fail to appear or invoke when playing DOOM.
• Radeon Overlay may fail to appear or invoke when a game is running fullscreen on Window ®7 system configurations.
• Some users may be experiencing AMD DLL file signing issues with Easy Anti-Cheat. A clean install of Radeon Software Adrenalin 2019 Edition 19.7.1 may be required to fix this issue.

Office CPU Performance and Productivity
It’s in these categories where AMD’s strengths lie: In the majority of our system benchmarks, AMD more often than not is able to best Intel’s Core i7-9700K and i9-9900K in terms of performance. It was particularly interesting to see the new 3rd gen Ryzens post larger improvements in the web tests, all thanks to Zen 2’s improved and larger op cache.

In anything that is more than lightly multi-threaded, AMD is also able to take the performance crown among mainstream desktop processors, thanks to their inclusion of 12 cores in their top SKU Ryzen 3900X. For total MT throughput, Intel can still beat this with their massive X-series HEDT chips, but these server-derrived parts are in a completely different class in both features and price, and AMD has their own Threadripper parts to rival that. All of this means that for heavily threaded scenarios, the 3900X rules the roost among true desktop processors.

Meanwhile, even when AMD doesn't have a core count advantage – as is the case with the Ryzen 3700X – the chip is still extremely competitive. Overall the 3700X falls in-between the more expensive 9700K and 9900K when it comes to multi-threaded workloads – and sometimes it even beats the 9900K, a respectable result indeed.

Gaming Performance

When it comes to gaming performance, the 9700K and 9900K remain the best performing CPUs on the market. Even without an IPC advantage anymore, Intel's high clockspeeds and supporting elements such as the core ringbus still give them the best performance in the kind of lightly-threaded and tightly-threaded scenarios that games often follow.

That being said, the new 3700X and 3900X are posting enormous improvements over the 2700X. And we can confirm AMD’s claims of up to 30-35% better performance in some games over the 2700X. So AMD has not been standing still.

Ultimately, while AMD still lags behind Intel in gaming performance, the gap has narrowed immensely, to the point that Ryzen CPUs are no longer something to be dismissed if you want to have a high-end gaming machine. Intel's performance advantage is rather limited here – and for the power-conscientious, AMD is delivering better efficiency at this point – so while they may not always win out as the best choice, the 3rd gen Ryzens are still very much a viable option worth considering.

Support For

• F1® 2019

Fixed Issues

• YouTube™ login for Radeon ReLive may fail to connect your account.
• A system hang may occur when performing overclocking or underclocking GPU memory in three display Eyefinity configurations.
• Radeon ReLive and Radeon Overlay may fail to function correctly after beginning a recording with Radeon ReLive.
• Region recording in Radeon ReLive may record black frames when an application playing video in the region has been minimized and then maximized.
• Hyper-V enabled systems may fail to boot after driver installation.
• Radeon ReLive VR fails to install on Radeon RX 570 series graphics products.

Known Issues

• Radeon Overlay may fail to enable when playing DOTA™2 in fullscreen mode.
• Radeon ReLive streaming and uploading of videos and other content to Facebook™ is currently unavailable.
• ASUS TUF Gaming FX505 may experience discrete GPU connection issues with devices disappearing from device manager when the system is idle.
• Performance Metrics Overlay and Radeon WattMan gauges may experience inaccurate fluctuating readings on AMD Radeon VII.
• ACER Swift 3 with AMD Ryzen Processor may experience system instability when upgrading to Radeon Software Adrenalin 2019 Edition 19.6.3 using the Custom Clean Installation option.
• Graphics driver may not uninstall correctly when using the express uninstall option on some Ryzen APUs.

Steve Collins Q&A: Why AMD is resurgent, and what we must do next
To provide additional color and context on the Intel-AMD competitive environment, we talked recently with Steven Collins. He is the Director of the Data-centric Competitive Assessment group on our company's Performance, Power and Competitive Analysis team.

Q. Why does it matter that AMD is going to TSMC for manufacturing?

• It means that they have the flexibility to use whatever process technology they want, whatever process is best for their products. TSMC offers an advantage in terms of process node advancements. [See the Circuit News competitive profile on TSMC.] They're using their 7 nm process, and with that they get a per-core frequency bump and lower power, which means they can scale to more cores per processor.
• On top of that, AMD made improvements in their 2nd generation Zen core and their disaggregated chiplet-based architecture scales cores efficiently. Therefore, on workloads that are heavily threaded, including heavy content creation and most server workloads, they'll get great performance results. And on price, we expect their pricing to be significantly below ours. So they'll likely get good performance-per-dollar. That's what they're going to compete on, and that's the risk to Intel.

Q. So that raises the obvious point: How do we respond when people say "Wow, AMD is charging a lot less for their products than Intel."

• It's not well understood that Intel actually offers the market a larger selection of product pricing. While the press often likes to focus on Intel's top price points being higher than AMD's top price, few people recognize that Intel also offers lower entry pricing than AMD. So Intel offers more price point choices to our customers.
• Additionally, I would say users don't buy a chip. They buy a system. They buy a whole solution that includes software enabling, vendor enabling, validation, technical support, manageability, out-of-box experience, supplier sustained consistency, and more. So, yes, while an OEM or ODM might buy a chip, the end user doesn't generally buy only a chip. We believe that our product pricing vis-à-vis AMD reflects the great deal of added value that specifically comes from buying Intel with our decades of unmatched investments in validation, software, and security.
• Especially for enterprise customers, acquisition cost is just one part of the total cost of ownership. Customers using an alternative solution may need additional validation, optimization, debugging, and certifications - all normal cost adders when introducing a new solution in an IT environment. Additionally, some software is licensed per core and therefore more cores from the AMD solution results in higher licensing costs.
• Performance challenges absolutely exist, but we will continue to position our value and our advantages. Some innovations we bring to the table that deliver customer value may not always result in higher performance benchmark scores, or the value of the innovation goes beyond standard benchmark results. We price to what our customers value.
• Intel is a premium brand. At times, and on some workloads, we might dip below on performance, like the second half of this year. At other times, and on other workloads, we are 3x or more the performance. Our pricing will continue to reflect the value we deliver to our customers.

Q. What accounts for AMD's competitive resurgence? Did TSMC turn AMD into our biggest competitor, or is it AMD's focus on higher-end desktop and server parts?

• From 2006 to 2017, AMD had positive net income only three of the twelve years. I'm not sure we can point to a single thing that turned AMD around. But I do think it's was absolutely rooted in the strategic changes AMD initiated in 2015/2016 that narrowed and simplified their focus. AMD shifted to focus on higher margin or premium segments, specifically high-end client, datacenter, graphics for gaming. And they continued their investment in their semi-custom and console business.
• Rather than going after lower-margin, low-end products, they refocused on how to win higher-margin business. AMD added much-needed clarity since they were previously distracted by markets that didn't align with their strengths. They simplified their investments and roadmap and started leveraging best-in-class foundries. Most importantly, they executed to that strategy. Having a clear focus and direction helps enable great execution.
• I also believe AMD's comeback was a result of being very product-centric. A top priority for AMD was building great products - high-performance compute and graphics solutions - from definition to development to delivery.

Q. How do you think we should be looking overall at the Intel-AMD competitive picture right now?

• Well, first, it's clearly a challenging time. We have significant competitive challenges to navigate. That said, I think we have a great strategy and a great roadmap.
• While it has been a number of years since we've faced a similar competitive environment (in the early 2000s with 1 GHz barrier, integrated memory controller, 64-bit, and so on) Intel has risen to every situation and almost always emerged better and stronger.
• Our focus needs to be on getting our execution in shape as soon as possible. We're in a competitive time partly because of our execution issues, whether that's related to our process technology node, or to our products that intercept those nodes. So I think that execution to our roadmap and strategy will help tremendously.
• Beyond product execution, we need to lean on our software expertise and strength and amplify our software differentiation - now more than ever.
• Finally, in competitive times, overall marketing, ensuring our customers understand our differentiated value proposition, along with customer obsession, are critical. Now more than ever, we need to lean into our sales and marketing teams to help carry us through these product challenges.

Q. And your last point touches on our cultural transformation, too.

• Yes. AMD's next gen 7nm-based products amplify our competitive challenges. While it has been a number of years since we've faced similar competition, Intel has risen to every situation and almost always emerged better and stronger. Are we acting as One Intel or are we stepping on each other's toes? Are we facing our challenges with truth and transparency?
• Are we listening to our customers and designing the right things in the first place? I think it all goes back to these things. As we succeed at these cultural transformations, I believe our overall competitiveness will improve too.
• I'd encourage all employees to browse the Intel resources at the bottom of this story, especially competition.intel.com. This is where, for example, we will publish data on AMD's upcoming Zen 2-based systems.
• Finally, I would say that even in the face of strong competitive challenges, when all 107,000 of us behave as One Intel, as CEO Bob Swan has said, we are unstoppable.