Changing your Driver Options with Radeon Pro Settings Quick Start User Guide v2.1 This guide will show you how to switch between Professional Mode and Gaming Mode when using Radeon Pro Software.
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Table of Contents Important Notices... 2 Supported Platforms... 3 Operating System... 3 Hardware... 3 Install Professional Driver... 4 Install Gaming Driver... 8 Switching to Gaming Mode... 12 Install and Switch to Gaming Mode... 14 Switching back to Professional Mode... 15
OVERVIEW 1 OVERVIEW The Driver Options feature will allow your professional workstation system to switch between professional mode and gaming mode. Your system can support up to two gaming drivers (Radeon Software for Radeon Pro drivers) and one professional driver (Radeon Pro Software) with a Microsoft Windows 10 system configuration.
IMPORTANT NOTICES 2 Important Notices It is advisable to always reboot the system after installing a new driver prior to a driver switch. Driver Options must be installed using the Custom Install option. If you have an existing AMD driver installed, do NOT use Clean Install under Custom Install. Otherwise, Driver Options cannot be enabled. You can: o Manually uninstall any existing graphics driver, then perform a Custom Install. o Click Install rather than Clean Install under Custom Install. Version number for the drivers may be missing or incorrect during driver install and switch in the Radeon Pro Settings user interface. However, the correct version will be used. The version number of the installed driver can be confirmed in the System Tab of Radeon Pro Settings
SUPPPORTED PLATFORMS 3 Supported Platforms Operating System Microsoft Windows 10 (64-bit) Hardware Driver Options for Radeon Pro Software is compatible with the following professional graphics products. Radeon Product Family Compatibility Radeon Pro WX series Radeon Pro WX 9100 Radeon Pro WX 7100 Radeon Pro WX 5100 Radeon Pro WX 4100 Radeon Pro WX 3100 Radeon Pro WX 2100 Radeon Vega Frontier Edition
PRO DRIVER INSTALL 4 Install Professional Driver Note: It is advised to remove any graphics driver before starting this installation. Download the driver and begin the install. Accept the End User License Agreement. Click on the right-hand side to download the professional driver.
PRO DRIVER INSTALL 5 Select Custom Install. Note: The Driver Options feature is only installed when performing a Custom Install. This feature is not available from Express Install. The following message will appear. Click Yes to enable download and use of multiple drivers.
PRO DRIVER INSTALL 6 Click on Install to continue. The Radeon Pro Software will now be installed.
PRO DRIVER INSTALL 7 Install Radeon Pro ReLive (optional). Confirmation that Radeon Pro Software has installed. Note: You do not need to restart the system if you did not install Radeon Pro ReLive, but is always advisable to restart.
GAMING DRIVER INSTALL 8 Install Gaming Driver Right-click desktop to open AMD Radeon Pro and AMD FirePro Settings. The default mode is professional mode - you can tell by the blue icon Driver Options. in the taskbar. Click on
GAMING DRIVER INSTALL 9 Click Check for Drivers. The latest Radeon Software for Radeon Pro Gaming Driver(s) will appear.
GAMING DRIVER INSTALL 10 Click and install the Gaming Driver. You may also choose to install and switch to gaming mode directly. Note: This feature supports the install of two Gaming Drivers. Click to Proceed with the installation.
GAMING DRIVER INSTALL 11 Radeon Software for Radeon Pro driver will now be installed. Confirmation that Radeon Software for Radeon Pro has installed. You can repeat the same process to install a second gaming driver. Note: Installing a third gaming driver will prompt you to remove one of the two already installed gaming drivers
SWITCH TO GAMING MODE 12 Switching to Gaming Mode Right-click desktop to open AMD Radeon Pro and AMD FirePro Settings again. Go to Driver Options. Click Switch Driver Mode. You have the option of switching to your installed gaming drivers. Under Switch Driver Mode, switch to the Gaming Driver. Your system will switch drivers.
SWITCH TO GAMING MODE 13 Note: Your screen may flicker during this process. After switching to Gaming Mode, the user interface displays Radeon Software and a red icon on the taskbar. In Gaming Mode, you can still check for updates for the latest Radeon Software for Radeon Pro.
Install and Switch to Gaming Mode INSTALL AND SWITCH TO GAMING MODE 14 Under Driver Options, you can also install and switch directly to Gaming Mode from Professional Mode. Click to Proceed with the installation and switch.
Switching back to Professional Mode Right-click desktop to open AMD Radeon Settings. SWITCH TO PROFESSIONAL MODE 15 Go to Driver Options.
SWITCH TO PROFESSIONAL MODE 16 Click Switch Driver Mode. You also have the option of switching to the gaming driver(s). Note: You can also check for any new gaming drivers by clicking Check for Drivers. You can directly install and switch to other gaming drivers in Gaming Mode. To switch back to Professional Mode, go to Switch Driver Mode and select the Professional Driver.
SWITCH TO PROFESSIONAL MODE 17 Click to Proceed with the switch.
Changing your Driver Options with Radeon Pro Settings Quick Start User Guide v2.1 Written by: Annie Yu 10/26/2017 2017 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. All rights reserved.