Driver Update: AMD Radeon Software Crimson Edition 16.8.2 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 hotfix adds support for the games No Man’s Sky and the open beta of Paragon, among other things, and fixes a number of issues.

Support for:

• No Man’s Sky
• Paragon Open Beta

Fixed Issues

• Overwatch may experience an intermittent application crash when browsing the hero gallery.
• With a Freesync supported display and Freesync enabled, some users may experience flickering on desktop during system idle.
• A small number of Windows 10 Anniversary Edition systems may experience install issues with secure boot enabled.

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”.
• Grand Theft Auto V may experience an application hang on Radeon RX 400 Series Graphics when playing at 4K resolution in story mode.
• A small number of 144hz non-Freesync enabled displays may exhibit flickering during gaming or on desktop.
• Ark Survival Evolved may experience an error message when trying to launch the game in some configurations.
• DOTA2 may experience an application hang when using the Vulkan API and changing resolution or game/quality settings.
• Corruption may be experienced in Rise of the Tomb Raider using the DirectX12 API on some Hybrid Graphics configurations when performing a task switch.
• Shader Cache may remain be enabled when set to “off” in Radeon Settings on some Hybrid Graphics configurations.
• Radeon RX 480 graphics may experience intermittent stuttering in The Division when high game settings are used and vsync is enabled.
• Battlefield 4 may experience intermittent crashes when using Mantle. As a work around users are suggested to switch to DirectX11.
• Radeon Pro Duo may experience a black screen in Total War: Warhammer with the games API set to DirectX12 and V-Sync enabled.
• World of Tanks may experience stuttering after performing a task switch in AMD CrossFire mode.
• Rocket League may experience flickering when in AMD CrossFire mode.
• Ashes of the Singularity may experience an application crash with “crazy” in game settings and Multi-GPU enabled.