{"id":163248,"date":"2025-11-03T20:21:36","date_gmt":"2025-11-03T20:21:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ushopwell.com\/ublog\/after-confusing-driver-release-amd-says-old-gpus-are-still-actively-supported\/"},"modified":"2025-11-03T20:21:36","modified_gmt":"2025-11-03T20:21:36","slug":"after-confusing-driver-release-amd-says-old-gpus-are-still-actively-supported","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ushopwell.com\/ublog\/after-confusing-driver-release-amd-says-old-gpus-are-still-actively-supported\/","title":{"rendered":"After confusing driver release, AMD says old GPUs are still actively supported"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Last week, AMD released <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amd.com\/en\/resources\/support-articles\/release-notes\/RN-RAD-WIN-25-10-2.html\">version 25.10.2<\/a> of its Adrenalin driver package for Radeon GPUs. It seemed like a relatively routine driver release with a typical list of bug fixes and game performance improvements, except for one accompanying announcement: AMD said at the time that it would be moving support for Radeon RX 5000-series and 6000-series GPUs (and their RDNA 1 and RDNA 2 architectures) to \u201cmaintenance mode.\u201d That meant that a bunch of GPUs, including some dedicated graphics cards launched as recently as 2022, would no longer get fresh fixes and performance optimizations for newly launched games.<\/p>\n<p>As <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomshardware.com\/pc-components\/gpu-drivers\/new-amd-driver-snubs-radeon-rx-5000-6000-gpus-with-latest-updates-also-disables-usb-c-functionality-on-rx-7900-series\">reported by Tom\u2019s Hardware<\/a>, AMD released several clarifying statements to address the ensuing backlash, saying that these older GPUs would still get \u201cnew features, bug fixes, and game optimizations\u201d based on \u201cmarket needs.\u201d That must not have quieted the complaints, because AMD then made an entirely separate post to confirm that the 25.10.2 driver release \u201cis not the end of support for RDNA 1 and RDNA 2,\u201d and that integrated and dedicated GPUs based on these architectures would continue to receive \u201cgame support for new releases,\u201d \u201cstability and game optimizations,\u201d and \u201csecurity and bug fixes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>AMD confirmed that these older GPU architectures had been moved to a separate driver path, but the company says this is meant to keep fixes and features intended for newer RDNA 3 and RDNA 4-based GPUs from inadvertently breaking things for RDNA 1 and RDNA 2 GPUs.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/gadgets\/2025\/11\/amd-says-that-its-not-pulling-driver-support-for-older-radeon-gpus-afterall\/\">Read full article<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/gadgets\/2025\/11\/amd-says-that-its-not-pulling-driver-support-for-older-radeon-gpus-afterall\/#comments\">Comments<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wpematico_credit\"><small>Powered by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wpematico.com\" target=\"_blank\">WPeMatico<\/a><\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last week, AMD released version 25.10.2 of its Adrenalin driver package for Radeon GPUs. 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