AMD Radeon™ Software Beta for Vulkan™ Version 16.15.2401.1001

AMD Radeon™ Software Beta for Vulkan™ Version 16.15.2401.1001. - As a complement to OpenGL, descended from AMD's Mantle, and forged by the industry, Vulkan™ is a powerful low-overhead graphics API that gives software developers deep control over the performance, efficiency, and capabilities of Radeon™ GPUs and multi-core CPUs. More information on Vulkan™ can be found here.

AMD Radeon™ Software Beta for Vulkan™ Version 16.15.2401.1001
DriverVer=04/18/2016, 16.150.2401.1001

Compatible Operating Systems

AMD Radeon™ Software Beta for Vulkan™ is designed to support the following Microsoft® Windows® platforms:

• Windows® 10 (32 & 64-bit version)
• Windows 8.1 (32 & 64-bit version)
• Windows 7 (32 & 64-bit version with SP1 or higher)

Highlights

PowerXpress Systems - Added Vulkan Support
The Talos Principle - Potential version compatability issues addressed
Hologram - No longer crashes on launch

Important Notes

Product is conformant with Vulkan™ 1.0 Specification​.
This driver is intended as beta level support for use solely with Vulkan applications and as such some Radeon Software functionality has been removed. This is including and not limited to support for other Graphics APIs, Radeon Settings and other Radeon Software driver features.
Current comformance status can be found at www.khronos.org/conformance/

What is Vulkan™?

As a complement to OpenGL, descended from AMD's Mantle, and forged by the industry, Vulkan™ is a powerful low-overhead graphics API that gives software developers deep control over the performance, efficiency, and capabilities of Radeon™ GPUs and multi-core CPUs. More information on Vulkan™ can be found here. More information on the latest AMD Vulkan™-related news can be found here.

Known Issues

Windows re-sizing in some applications may cause an application crash
HDMI and DP to DVI adapters on Windows 7 may intermittently cause display issues
Some AMD PowerXpress systems may experience flickering in some applications

The AMD Radeon™ Software Beta for Vulkan™ can be downloaded from the following links:

• AMD Radeon Software Vulkan Beta Driver for Windows® 10, Windows 8.1 & Windows 7 64 -bit
• AMD Radeon Software Vulkan Beta Driver for Windows® 10, Windows 8.1 & Windows 7 32 -bit​

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