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Drivers & Software

AMD’s Adrenalin 26.11.1 lists two fixes, both for excessive system drive writes

AMD Adrenalin 26.11.1: 2 fixes listed, both for system drive writes (AMD release notes)

AMD's optional 26.11.1 fixes excessive writes to the system drive, while idle and when windows are moved. Its notes give no write figures and do not name the driver where the problem began.

Saeid Yazdani
November 13, 2026

Drivers & Software

This Month’s Real GPU Upgrades Arrived in Software, Not Silicon

A solid software lane ending in a filled block beside a dashed silicon lane ending hollow, the month's gains shipping as updates.

With memory prices high and no new mainstream GPU worth queuing for, the gains this cycle landed in drivers and tools, not silicon: FSR 4.1 reaching older Radeon cards, driver strings hinting at 8x frame generation, and an Afterburner heatmap that shows where a GPU really runs on its voltage/frequency curve.

Saeid Yazdani
July 31, 2026