Radeon Software Crimson Edition Version 16.8.1 Beta
Radeon Software Crimson Edition 16.8.1 Highlights
- Support for:
- Radeon RX 470 Graphics
- Radeon RX 460 Graphics
- New AMD Crossfire profile available for:
- F1 2016
Fixed Issues
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- Max memory overclock available on Radeon RX 480 being too low in Radeon WattMan has been resolved.
- Overwatch™ may experience an application crash on some Radeon™ RX 480 configurations when using AMD Crossfire technology mode.
- The Division poor Crossfire scaling may be experienced in some low resolution configurations when using AMD Crossfire technology mode.
- DOTA2™ may experience lower than expected performance when in AMD Crossfire mode.
- Radeon Settings may not report the correct Vulkan™ driver or API version information.
- Firefox™ may experience an application crash when hardware acceleration is enabled for content playback.
- Low frame rate or stutter may be experienced Wolfenstein®: The Old Blood™ on Radeon™ RX 480.
- Updating drivers through Radeon Settings may sometimes fail with an error message.
Known Issues
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- 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".
- 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 DirectX®12 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 DirectX®11.
- Radeon Pro Duo may experience a black screen in Total War™: Warhammer with the games API set to DirectX®12 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.
Package Contents
The Radeon Software Crimson Edition 16.8.1 installation package contains the following:
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- Radeon Software Crimson Edition 16.8.1 Driver Version 16.30.2511.
The Radeon Software Crimson Edition 16.8.1 installation package can be downloaded from the following links:
AMD Radeon Software Crimson Edition 16.8.1 Driver for Windows® 10 64-bit
AMD Radeon Software Crimson Edition 16.8.1 Driver for Windows® 10 32-bit
AMD Radeon Software Crimson Edition 16.8.1 Driver for Windows® 8.1 64-bit
AMD Radeon Software Crimson Edition 16.8.1 Driver for Windows® 8.1 32-bit
AMD Radeon Software Crimson Edition 16.8.1 Driver for Windows® 7 64-bit
AMD Radeon Software Crimson Edition 16.8.1 Driver for Windows® 7 32-bit