AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition 26.8.1 Driver Release Notes
Last Updated: August 20th, 2026.
Highlights
New Product Support
AMD Radeon™ RX 9050 4GB
New Game Support
Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy
STAR WARS Zero Company™
Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 4 Open Beta Early Access
Fixed Issues
Marvel Rivals™ and Subnautica 2 may fail to launch in a multi-adapter (combined graphics) configuration on Radeon™ RX 7000 series and above graphics products.
Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® III may crash on startup in a combined graphics configuration on Radeon™ RX 9000 series graphics products.
AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition recording and replay features may fail to save the captured file when no audio output device is selected on Radeon™ RX 9000 series graphics products on Windows® 10.
Known Issues
Failure to install may be observed while installing AI Bundle components in some regions with limited access to HuggingFace and GitHub.
AMD Smart Access Memory may become disabled after driver installation on Windows® 10 systems.
AMD FSR Upscaling and AMD FSR Frame Generation may show as inactive in AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition while playing Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 4 Open Beta Early Access when enabled on Radeon™ RX 9000 series graphics products.
Anti-Lag 2 may show as inactive in AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition after disabling Frame Generation in Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy.
Cyberpunk 2077 recommends a minimum of 6GB of video memory. AMD Radeon™ RX 9050 4GB users experiencing issues are recommended to set graphics intensive features to low or off.
Intermittent game crash may be observed while playing Starfield on Radeon™ RX 9000 series graphics products. Users experiencing this issue are recommended to install AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition 26.7.1.
Additional Information
When downgrading to a previous version of AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition, it is recommended to use the AMD Cleanup Utility.
The AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition 26.8.1 installation package can be downloaded from the following link:
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Preferred method for downloading the latest driver for all AMD products can be found using the Auto-detect and Install Driver Update Option Available here.
Systems with RDNA series graphics products: AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition 26.8.1 Driver
Installing AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition
For detailed instructions on how to correctly uninstall or install AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition, please refer to the following support resources:
How-To Uninstall AMD Software on a Windows® Based System
How-To Install AMD Software on a Windows® Based System
NOTE: This driver is not intended for use on AMD Radeon products running in Apple Boot Camp platforms. Users of these platforms should contact their system manufacturer for driver support. When installing AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition 26.8.1 for the Windows® operating system, the user must be logged on as Administrator, or have Administrator rights to complete the installation of AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition 26.8.1.
Radeon Product Compatibility
AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition 26.8.1 is compatible with the following AMD Radeon products.
AMD Radeon™ RX 9070 / 9060 / 9050 Series Graphics
AMD Radeon™ AI PRO R9700
AMD Radeon™ AI PRO R9700S
AMD Radeon™ AI PRO R9600D
AMD Radeon™ RX 7900/7800/7700/7650/7600 Series Graphics
AMD Radeon™ RX 6900/6800/6700/6600/6500/6400 Series Graphics
AMD Radeon™ RX 5700/5600/5500/5300 Series Graphics
AMD Radeon™ PRO W7900 Dual Slot/W7900/W7800 48GB/W7800/W7700/W7600/W7500/W7400 Series Graphics
AMD Radeon™ PRO W6800/W6600/W6300 Series Graphics
AMD Radeon™ PRO W5700/W5500 Series Graphics
