After a wave of criticism, AMD has revised its decision to put RDNA 1 and RDNA 2 into "maintenance mode" and promised to continue releasing updates with game optimizations.
AMD found itself at the center of discussion after the release of the new Adrenalin Edition 25.10.2 driver, where users noticed that RDNA 1 and RDNA 2 GPUs were missing from the list of models that received optimizations for new games.
Later, PC Games Hardware journalists requested a comment from AMD, and the company explained that it no longer planned to release game optimizations and new features for the RDNA 1 and RDNA 2 generations — updates were to be limited to fixing serious bugs and vulnerabilities only.
Now, AMD has officially refuted the cessation of support, telling Tom’s Hardware that new features, bug fixes, and game optimizations will continue to be released "depending on market needs within the 'maintenance branch'." Does this mean that previous generations of video cards will receive updates in the same volume and frequency, or less often — the company does not specify.
Thus, the company has effectively reversed its previous decision, likely after a massive negative reaction from users on social networks. Previously, the situation caused concern among owners of Radeon RX 5000 and RX 6000 video cards, as well as portable devices based on RDNA 2, including ROG Ally, which could be left without optimizations for new games.
