AMD kills Windows 10 support in its latest Adrenalin update — Battlefield 6 picks up bug fixes and optimizations

AMD's Adrenalin software support center for its Radeon graphics received a significant update on October 29 as part of its regular release schedule.

The 25.10.2 update appears to be rather standard at first glance, with newfound support for Battlefield 6 (DX12) and Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 (DX12), new support for the AMD Ryzen AI 5 330's integrated Radeon 820M graphics, expanded Vulkan support, several bug fixes, and more.

What makes this update stand out is tucked away at the bottom of AMD's Adrenalin update notes. It's the first update to arrive with no listed support for Windows 10 systems.

According to AMD, this update is only designed to work with Windows 11 version 21H2 or later. For the record, 21H2 was Windows 11's first official release in 2021, so it's not exactly a matter of age. Regardless, we all knew this type of thing was coming after Microsoft sent Windows 10 to an early grave on October 14, but it's still a bit jarring to see.

The previous AMD Adrenalin update, version 25.10.1, launched on October 9, 2025, with full Windows 10 and Windows 11 support. It's amazing what just a couple of weeks can do.

AMD's older RDNA 1 and RDNA 2 graphics cards are also being dropped

As mentioned, AMD's Adrenalin 25.10.2 update has added game support for Battlefield 6 and Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2. However, the new game support only extends to AMD's Radeon RX 7000 and RX 9000 GPUs.

That means that AMD's RDNA 1 and RDNA 2 graphics cards — including the likes of the RX 6800 and RX 5700 XT — won't have access to the new game support despite the overall Adrenalin update applying to those generations.

AMD also states that its expanded Vulkan extension support is now being limited to RDNA 3 and RDNA 4 GPUs. If I were planning to retire support for my older GPUs, this is how I'd do it — one step at a time.

Also included in the package is the "initial introduction" of Work Graphs support for AMD's Radeon RX 9000 GPUs. Work Graphs are a relatively recent feature for graphics APIs that can help with GPU autonomy, essentially removing a huge burden from the CPU.

AMD's Adrenalin 25.10.2 update squashes a lot of bugs, but several remain

It wouldn't be a driver update without some bug fixes, and AMD has a number of notes regarding specific game and hardware issues. Here's a full list of the fixed issues from AMD's notes:

• Intermittent application crash may be observed while playing The Last of Us Part II on Radeon™ RX 7900 series graphics products. 
• Intermittent application crash may be observed while playing FBC: Firebreak on some AMD Ryzen™ processors such as the Ryzen™ AI 300 series and the Ryzen™ 8000 series. 
• Corruption (missing scan travel lines) may be observed while playing GTFO™ on Radeon™ RX 7000 series graphics products. 
• Stutter may be observed while playing games with some VR headsets at 80Hz or 90Hz refresh rate on some AMD Radeon™ Graphics Products such as the Radeon™ RX 7000 series. Users experiencing this issue are recommended to change the refresh rate as a temporary workaround.
• Intermittent application crash may be observed while playing NBA 2K25 in MyCareer mode on Radeon™ RX 9070 series graphics products. AMD is actively working on a resolution to be released as soon as possible.
• Stutter may be observed While playing Baldur’s Gate 3 on some AMD Radeon Graphics™ Products such as the Radeon™ RX 9000 and 7000 series. 
• Texture flickering or corruption may appear while playing Serious Sam 4 on Radeon™ RX 6000 series graphics products.
• Shadow corruption on left eye is seen while playing VTOL VR on Radeon™ RX 7000 series and Radeon™ RX 9000 series graphics products.
• CVE-2023-4969 (RDNA only), CVE-2024-21969 (RDNA only), CVE-2024-36323, CVE-2024-36325, CVE-2024-36333, CVE-2025-61964, CVE-2025-61965, CVE-2025-61966, CVE-2025-61967, CVE-2025-61968

Some bugs are still present in the update, but AMD is aware.

To do with Battlefield 6, there remains a nasty issue with "intermittent application crash or driver timeout" when playing on an AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 mobile CPU, and there's another bug causing "texture flickering or corruption" that may appear when playing the game with AMD's Record and Stream features enabled.

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Here's a full list of the known issues still plaguing AMD's software:

• Intermittent application crash or driver timeout may be observed while loading a saved game in Cyberpunk 2077 with Path Tracing enabled. AMD is actively working on a resolution with the developer to be released as soon as possible.
• Intermittent application crash or driver timeout may be observed while playing Battlefield™ 6 on AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370.
• Intermittent application crash or driver timeout may be observed while playing Roblox Player (Car Zone Racing & Drifting) when task switching between media on Radeon™ RX 7000 series products. 
• Texture flickering or corruption may appear while playing Battlefield™ 6 with AMD Record and Stream on some AMD Graphics Products.
• Radeon Anti-Lag 2 option may not be available while playing Counter-Strike 2 (DX11) with Radeon Anti-Lag 2 enabled on some AMD Graphics Products, such as the Radeon™ RX 9070 XT. Users experiencing this issue are recommended to use the Vulkan API as a temporary workaround.

You can download the AMD Adrenalin 25.10.2 driver for Windows 11 directly from the AMD website.

(via Neowin)

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