Driver Update: AMD Radeon Software Crimson Edition 16.11.5 Hotfix

AMD has released a new version of Radeon Software Crimson Edition. The drivers are only suitable for the HD 7750 and above, the HD 8570 and above, and the R5, R7, and R9 series cards. As for Windows, only versions 7, 8.1 and 10 are supported. For older cards, now designated as legacy or non-gcn, Catalyst Software Suite version 15.7.1 is the latest stable release and Radeon Software Crimson Edition version 16.2.1 is considered beta offered. This release adds support for Watch Dogs 2, among other things, and also fixes some issues when using a CrossFire setup.

Support For:

• Watch Dogs 2

New AMD CrossFire profile added for DirectX 11:

• Dishonored 2

Fixed Issues

• The Division game world may flicker during game play when using AMD CrossFire technology.
• Battlefield 1 flickering may be experienced while using AMD CrossFire technology mode.

Known Issues

• A few game titles may fail to launch, experience performance issues or crash if the third party application “Raptr” has its game overlay enabled. A workaround is to disable the overlay if this is experienced.
• AMD CrossFire technology mode is currently disabled for Windows 7 configurations with Dishonored 2
• Watch Dogs 2 may experience flickering or a game crash when using AMD CrossFire technology mode with Dual Radeon RX 480s.
• DOOM may experience a crash when launched using the Vulkan API on some Graphics Core Next products.
• DOTA 2 may experience a crash when launched using the Vulkan API on some Graphics Core Next products.
• Flickering may be experienced while playing Overwatch in the main menu or viewing character models using AMD CrossFire mode.
• FIFA 17 may experience an application hang or black screen on launch for some select Hybrid Graphics or AMD PowerXpress mobile configurations.
• H.264 content may experience blocky corruption when streaming using P2P content players on some Radeon RX 400 series graphics products.