AMD Software Adrenalin 26.9.1 WHQL Drivers Released
AMD has released version 26.9.1 WHQL of its Software Adrenalin drivers. The update includes optimizations for 'Onimusha: Way of the Sword' and 'The Blood of Dawnwalker,' and fixes intermittent game crashes in 'Starfield' and 'Apex Legends' on Radeon RX 9000 series GPUs. The drivers are available for download.
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