AMD: mining driver update

The long-awaited update from AMD pleased miners who use Radeon video cards to extract cryptocurrency. Recall that after the announcement and sale of the latest mining equipment from the manufacturer Bitmain, which mines Ethereum, the performance of AMD chips fell sharply. Therefore, the AMD event: all cryptocurrency diggers were waiting for the update of drivers for mining, not forgetting to scold the pools and the manufacturer of video cards on social networks.

AMD: mining driver update

Updating the Radeon Software Adrenalin Edition 18.3.4 affects only AMD card owners mining cryptocurrencies. There are no innovations for players in the installation package. On this, developers focus the user's attention before downloading updates.

According to AMD representatives, there are no plans to further catch bugs and release a new update in the coming quarter. It is hoped that the programmers wrote the code “evenly”. Otherwise, miners will have serious problems. But experts say that when the next “ASIC” appears on the market, AMD will have time to react and equip the owners of Radeon video cards with updated software.

Error 1603 AMD - add "AMD" directory from "Program Files" to antivirus exclusions

As for the update itself, it is not necessary to choose a “clean install”. The program rolls over and after restarting the computer it works. Disappoint after installing users may error 1603 AMD. It appears when there is no access to its own libraries of the installed update. It is solved by adding an AMD antivirus directory from Program Files to the exception and rebooting the PC.