AMD releases new driver for Polaris and Vega GPUs after a long time

Despite ending support, AMD is continuing to bring out drivers for the aging Polaris and Vega architecture graphics cards.

A week ago, AMD released the second driver update of May in the form of Adrenalin Edition 26.5.2. Now, the company has a brand-new release available, but you will find that this one has the same version number. The difference here is that this version of the AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition 26.5.2 driver is only aimed at a couple of generations of graphics cards from its past: Polaris and Vega.

It doesn't look like the driver doesn't carry any of the new game support features or fixed issues from the last version. Instead, a single bug fix is included, and it's aimed at a crash that's affecting Apex Legends players that are using Radeon RX 400 and RX 500 series graphics cards.

Here's the full changelog:

Fixed Issues

 

• Intermittent application crash may be observed while playing Apex Legends on Radeon RX 400/500 series graphics products.

No known issues are listed in this release.

AMD officially stopped supporting Polaris and Vega graphics architectures in 2023, but has been releasing driver updates once in a while to fix critical issues.

This version of the Adrenalin Edition 26.5.2 is supported on Radeon RX 400, RX 500, Radeon Pro Duo, RX Vega, and Radeon VII discrete cards alongside Radeon 600 Series Graphics on laptops. The compatible operating systems are Windows 10 64-bit version 1809 and later as well as Windows 11 version 21H2 and later.

The AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition 26.5.2 for Polaris & Vega driver is now available for download from the AMD Software app on supported devices. A standalone download link can also be found on the official changelog page of the release over here.

The first release of this driver, with support for modern Radeon graphics cards, can be found over here instead.

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Posted Friday 22 May 2026 at 9:04 am AEST (my time).

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