Friday, June 12th 2026 AMD Software 26.6.1 Drivers Support Microsoft Advanced Shader Delivery in XBOX PC App by btarunr Today, 13:30 Discuss (0 ) Microsoft today rolled out Advanced Shader Delivery (ASD), a feature that allows game developers to ship pre-compiled shaders to end-users specific to graphics hardware, to minimize game loading times. Modern games perform runtime shader compilation on the end-user's machine, usually during the first startup of an installed game, or when graphics settings are significantly changed, to build or rebuild shaders specific to the installed hardware. This can sometimes take frustratingly long, as your machine is essentially compiling code for your GPU. Microsoft developed a framework to eliminate this on the XBOX PC app, but this requires participation of hardware vendors. AMD is onboard. AMD announced that its recently released Adrenalin 26.6.1 WHQL drivers support Advanced Shader Delivery feature on the XBOX PC app. This allows game developers to stream pre-compiled shaders, reducing game loading times by up to 95%, or as if you're trying to launch the game after shader compilation. AMD says that the feature is rolling out to all RDNA architecture GPUs, which would mean Radeon RX 5000 series, RX 6000 series, RX 7000 series, and the current RX 9000 series; starting with 26.6.1 WHQL drivers, and the latest XBOX PC app from the Microsoft Store. "Forza Horizon 6" is the first game to support pre-compiled shader delivery. Source: Microsoft Related News Tags: Adrenalin AMD AMD Software Driver Forza Horizon 6 Microsoft Microsoft Store WHQL Jul 21st 2025 AMD's Upcoming UDNA / RDNA 5 GPU Could Feature 96 CUs and 384-bit Memory Bus (200) May 14th 2026 AMD FSR Upscaling 4.1 Officially Arrives to Radeon RX 7000/6000 GPUs (252) Aug 27th 2025 AMD's Next-Gen UDNA: Four Die Sizes, One Potential 96-CU Flagship (87) Nov 3rd 2025 AMD Clarifies "Maintenance Mode" for Radeon RX 5000/6000 Series, First-Day Game Support Remains (160) May 26th 2026 NVIDIA GeForce Graphics Drivers 610.47 WHQL Drops Control Panel Support (143) Feb 21st 2026 AMD Seemingly Stops Driver Updates for Ryzen Z1 Extreme Processor (119) Oct 30th 2025 No More Game Optimizations for AMD Radeon RX 6000 and RX 5000, Still Part of Main Driver Branch (286) Jul 3rd 2025 AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT Gains 9% Performance at 1440p with Latest Driver, Beats RTX 5070 Ti (153) May 14th 2026 AMD Releases Adrenalin Edition 26.5.2 WHQL Drivers (23) Mar 20th 2026 AMD FSR 4.1 Update Brings Sharper Details, Smoother Camera Motion, and Better Perfomance (33) Add your own on AMD Software 26.6.1 Drivers Support Microsoft Advanced Shader Delivery in XBOX PC App There are no yet.
