HP Envy x360 Ryzen F19 BIOS disaster DO NOT UPDATE

[Hatshepsut1]

I'm on F19 BIOS and Adrenaline 19.1.1 but still videos glitching on Chrome. Can't see any difference with any previous versions to be honest. Let's see what the official update brings, but I'm not expecting much.

[Muhsintt]

Try these drivers

https://www.catalog.update.microsoft.com/Search.aspx?q=vega+8+mobile

http://download.windowsupdate.com/c/msdownload/update/driver/drvs/2018/12/c494f2bc-3351-4f3f-943d-5d...

it seems there is a slight difference between vega 8 and Vega 8 mobile. It may just be a difference in naming but you may want to make sure that your drivers are for Vega 8 mobile and not Vega 8 else you have to force install and the performance is not guaranteed. I had a few BSOD and crashes especially when resuming from sleep with the Vega 8 drivers. I am now using the driver I provided in the link and everything works well

[xxalazin]

Thanks for link going to give these a shot, hopefully there won't be an issue with the F20 bios......

[Muhsintt]

you are most welcome. I hope they work well for you. I am currently using F20 bios. No issues to declare so far.

[proxyx]

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@Hatshepsut1 wrote:

I'm on F19 BIOS and Adrenaline 19.1.1 but still videos glitching on Chrome. Can't see any difference with any previous versions to be honest. Let's see what the official update brings, but I'm not expecting much.

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Maybe you went one bridge too far...? I'm using the 24.20 from here https://support.hp.com/gb-en/drivers/selfservice/hp-15-db0000-laptop-pc/20395843/model/22783863?sku=... with no playback issues whatsoever (in my limited testing).

Re. Vega 8m vs Vega 8... the obvious difference is power handling and that may be a factor. I don't think that mobile ver. is in any significant way different then desktop ver. aside from power management. 

I chose to use a tested mobile driver used by laptop makers (HP, Huawei) and I'm not disappointed in any way.

Unless you look for latest and greatest in game optimization (latest bug fixes for specific games) there's no need to waste time and hop weekly from one driver to another. Stick with what works.

Btw. 24.20 is for Windows 1809, for lower Windows version use 23.20. 

[proxyx]

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@Muhsintt wrote:

Try these drivers

https://www.catalog.update.microsoft.com/Search.aspx?q=vega+8+mobile

http://download.windowsupdate.com/c/msdownload/update/driver/drvs/2018/12/c494f2bc-3351-4f3f-943d-5d...

it seems there is a slight difference between vega 8 and Vega 8 mobile. It may just be a difference in naming but you may want to make sure that your drivers are for Vega 8 mobile and not Vega 8 else you have to force install and the performance is not guaranteed. I had a few BSOD and crashes especially when resuming from sleep with the Vega 8 drivers. I am now using the driver I provided in the link and everything works well

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In my post above you'll find a 24.20, higher driver version from HP, released in Dec. You link to 23.20 from MS.

Depending on your Windows ver. HP drivers are fairly up to date, more then MS drivers. HP posted a full driver release whereas MS is display only. I'd stick with HP take on this.

Considering that, continuing lack of updates and drivers for HP Envy from HP is absolutely unacceptable.

[xxalazin]

If I use the ms driver I don't see a vulcan install where do I get that?

[proxyx]

For daily use MS drivers are just fine, no Vulcan needed. AMD drivers are more for adrenaline junkies, gaming etc.

They've been tested too. They come in a full package unlike the MS drivers. There is VulcanRT in Packages\Apps folder in the driver I have. Check if you have it too after unpacking MS driver. If not get the AMD driver and pull it from there. Hope this is what you're looking for.

[xxalazin]

No you don't need it but if you want to play Doom you do.the opengl in AMD will just crash on doom....

[xxalazin]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0rslX4tQtc&feature=youtu.be&t=610

above link reference to apu drivers in Feb looks like it may actually happen