Driver Update: AMD Radeon Software Crimson Edition 16.3.1 Hotfix

AMD has released a new version of Radeon Software Crimson Edition, as the drivers are called today. The drivers are only suitable for the HD 7750 and higher, the HD 8570 and higher, and of course the cards from the R5, R7 and R9 series. 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.

Radeon Software includes a completely redesigned user interface, written in Qt and no longer in .NET, which makes it a lot faster, among other things. There is also support for LiquidVR technology and improved Freesync support. Also, frame pacing, low frame rate compensation and the use of custom resolutions and virtual super resolution have been improved. For apus, the new driver improves the video display. Finally, the loading time of games has been improved and GPUs use less energy. In version 16.3.1, the following improvements have also been made:

Updated Crossfire Profiles available for:

• hitman

Support for:

• Need for Speed

Resolved Issues

• Installed or played games sometimes do not show up in the Radeon Settings “Gaming” tab.
• Installing via command line may not work for some users. As a workaround please use the default GUI installer.
• Intermittent hang sometimes experienced on UE4 applications.
• Black screen or possible hang after launching Oculus Video Application.
• DirectX 12 application frame rates are no longer locked to the refresh rate of the display panel.

Known Issues

• A few game titles may fail to launch or crash if the AMD Gaming Evolved overlay is enabled. A temporary workaround is to disable the AMD Gaming Evolved “In Game Overlay”
• FFXIV can experience black screen or application hang
• The Division may experience flickering in AMD Crossfire mode.
• League of Legends may experience some graphical corruption on characters death animation in AMD Crossfire mode.
• Rift may experience a hang when playing with FRTC and V-Sync enabled. As a work around users are suggested to disable V-Sync.
• Plants vs Zombies: Garden Warfare 2 may experience some flickering in AMD Crossfire mode.
• Power efficiency toggle in Radeon Settings is showing up for some unsupported products.
• Hitman may experience poor AMD Crossfire scaling when “Super Sampling” is set to 1.5x.
• Need for Speed ​​may experience poor scaling or flickering in AMD Crossfire mode.