AMD recently announced that its Radeon RX 5000 and RX 6000 series graphics cards will be in “maintenance mode” for upcoming driver updates, sparking confusion and concerns among reviewers. However, the company has clarified that this does not necessarily indicate that the GPUs will not receive optimizations for new games.
AMD stated that they will provide new features, bug fixes, and game optimizations based on market requirements in the maintenance mode business, according to another comment made to Tom’s Hardware staff.
AMD is changing the maintenance mode for the boards to indicate that they will only receive security patch fixes, with some conditions.
AMD does not commit to providing support for new games on RDNA 1 and 2.
AMD’s recent statement is unclear and may raise questions among its customers. It seems like the company is intentionally ambiguous to keep its options open for providing performance enhancements for older generation boards in future games.
More popular games are likely to continue receiving optimization, potentially causing delays in updates for older GPUs like the Radeon RX 9000, which is expected to be prioritized. The company did not provide any additional information beyond this.
The driver page has not been updated yet.
The latest AMD driver update has caused confusion, prompting the company to provide additional clarification due to its lack of transparent release.
The changelog mentioned adding support for new games and Vulkan extensions in Radeon RX 7000 and 9000 series products, leading to speculation about the return of RX 5000 and RX 6000 cards, which the company later confirmed.
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The statement is still visible on the Adrenalin 25.10.2 Software page, indicating that WHQL optimizations for Battlefield 6 and Bloodlines 2 are not yet available for dedicated RDNA 1 and 2 GPUs.
