AMD drops full driver support for its RX 6000 GPUs, angering gamers and raising fears of lost trust in the battle against NVIDIA.AMD has quietly ended full driver and game-optimization support for its Radeon RX 6000 series graphics cards, a move that’s angered PC gamers and analysts alike. As stated in its release notes for the Adrenalin 25.10.2 driver, the company says “New game support and expanded Vulkan extensions support is available to Radeon RX 7000 and […]
AMD has quietly ended full driver and game-optimization support for its Radeon RX 6000 series graphics cards, a move that’s angered PC gamers and analysts alike.
As stated in its release notes for the Adrenalin 25.10.2 driver, the company says “New game support and expanded Vulkan extensions support is available to Radeon RX 7000 and 9000 series graphics products.”
In short, RX 6000 (RDNA 2) and RX 5000 (RDNA 1) cards are now shifted into “maintenance mode,” meaning they will receive only critical security updates and bug-fixes, but not new game optimizations or feature enhancements.
Many RX 6000 series cards launched as recently as 2022, like the RX 6750 XT, and are still widely used, meaning the premature cutoff of feature support is seen as a major misstep.
