For non-german readers: The german online Computer Magazine "computerbase" has an article (references the original information from PCGH) which mentions that AMD will drop "Feature Support" for RDNA 2 and RDNA 1 GPU Architectures starting with AMD Software Adrenalin Edition 25.10.2. They will only receive updates for critical or security related issues. Also no Game specific patches/fixes.

I think this is a very customer un-friendly decision. Especially regarding the Handheld market with the "new" Ryzen Z2 GO and Ryzen Z2 A processors. They are (for example) used in

  • Lenovo Legion Go S
  • ROG Xbox Ally

Especially the ROG Xbox Ally released just 2 weeks ago and it will not receive GPU feature updates. What a big downside....

Originally posted in "Linux Gaming": https://discuss.tchncs.de/post/47968694

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For non-German readers: AMD will move RDNA 2 and RDNA 1 into Legacy mode starting with AMD Software Adrenalin Edition 25.10.2. Therefor these devices will only receive updates for security or other critical issues. But no new Features (e.g. FSR 4) will be added.

I think this a very customer unfriendly decision. Especially cosnidering the use of Ryzen Z2 GO and Ryzen Z2 A in the Handheld Market used (for example) in:

  • Lenovo Legion Go S
  • ROG Ally X

Does anybody know if it will be the same on Linux (e.g. SteamOS)? I did not find any information regarding support in the Linux Kernel Driver. But I think the situation might be the same?

 

For non-german readers: The german online Computer Magazine "computerbase" has an article (references the original information from PCGH) which mentions that AMD will drop "Feature Support" for RDNA 2 and RDNA 1 GPU Architectures starting with AMD Software Adrenalin Edition 25.10.2. They will only receive updates for critical or security related issues. Also no Game specific patches/fixes.

I think this is a very customer un-friendly decision. Especially regarding the Handheld market with the "new" Ryzen Z2 GO and Ryzen Z2 A processors. They are (for example) used in

  • Lenovo Legion Go S
  • ROG Xbox Ally

Especially the ROG Xbox Ally released just 2 weeks ago and it will not receive GPU feature updates. What a big downside....