Driver update: AMD Radeon Software Crimson Edition 15:12 – Tweakers

AMD has released a new version of Radeon Software Crimson Edition, as the drivers are called nowadays. The drivers are suitable only for the HD 7750 and above, the HD 8570 and higher, and of course the cards from the R5, R7 and R9 series. As far as windows are only versions 7, 8.1 and 10 supported. For older cards, now known as legacy is designated, the latest drivers are version 15.7.1. However, there is a beta release of Radeon Software available for the older cards, but it is unclear whether this will ever leave the beta stage.

Radeon Software includes a completely redesigned user interface, which is written in Qt and no longer in .NET, which makes, inter alia, a lot faster. Furthermore, there is support for LiquidVR technology and enhanced Free Sync support. Also frame pacing, low frame rate compensation and enhanced using custom resolutions and virtual super resolution. APUs for the new driver improves video playback. Finally, the loading time of games has improved and would devoid GPUs less energy. The complete release notes are as follows:

Highlights of AMD Radeon Software Crimson Edition 15:12
 

• This release biedt users with a Microsoft WHQL certified version of the AMD Radeon Software Crimson Edition 15.11.1 Update driver.

 

Resolved Issues
 

• [83 112] Settings Radeon driver update check is not available for minor driver versions

 

• [83 111] System Has higher idle power usage on Windows 7. When running with Radeon Settings

 

• [82 050] Star Wars: Battlefront – Snow flickers in a few locations in the game

 

• [82 240] Star Wars: Battlefront – Sky rendering May be interrupted in some gaming locations

 

• [82 645] Fallout 4 – The compass May flicker constantly gameplay on AMD Radeon R9 390 series products. We continued to Investigate the issue with AMD Radeon R9 290 and AMD Radeon R9 295X2 series products

 

• [82 667] Star Wars: Battlefront – Shadowy textures are visible around hills / structures / caves

 

• [81 890] Just Cause 3 – Texture corruption May be experienced consistently gameplay

 

• [54 874] Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 – Poor AMD Crossfire performance May be experienced

 

• [82 338] The Driver Installation May Fail while installing the ACP component

 

• [82 426] The font size in Chinese language installations May be too small

 

• [82 438] The label range values ​​in some AMD Free Sync installations May be incorrect

 

• [82 536] The Radeon Settings Dropbox does not close When it is clicked on a second time

 

• [82 603] The AMD Overdrive fan settings is always set to ON after first edit on reboot

 

• [82 586] German shows up as Chinese Simplified Chinese Traditional When is selected in Windows 7

 

• [82 656] Radeon crashes Settings tab on the Display When cloning a display via HDMI on some notebooks

 

• [82 671] Overdrive fan speed is reset to Manual on exiting from a 3D game or application

 

• [82 766] Radeon Settings does not get upgraded in some scenarios install

 

• [82 691] AMD Overdrive can not revert to default settings in some situations

 

Known Issues
 

• [82 789] Total War: Rome II: Choppy gameplay May be experienced

 

• [82 788] Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 – Frame freezing constantly gameplay May be experienced

 

• [82 794] Just Cause 3 – The System May Hang When task switching on systems with AMD CPUs and GPUs

 

• [82 775] Just Cause 3 – Flickering May be experienced constantly on gameplay and menu screens

 

• [82 778] Anno 2205 – Water splatter May flicker constantly in Ultra high fashion on 4K displays

 

• [82 779] Fallout 4 – Gameplay May be choppy in AMD Free Sync mode in Ultra mode at 1440p resolution

 

• [58 978] Dirt Rally – A crash May be experienced starting a new race with AMD and AMD Crossfire Free Sync enabled

 

• [59 475] Elite: Dangerous – Poor Performance May be experienced in Super Cruise mode under Windows 10

 

• [78 139] PowerDVD – 3D playback May Fail on some configurations using an HDMI dongle 2.0

 

• [79 428] StarCraft 2: Flickering May be observed in the ‘Episode 3′ campaign

 

• [80 251] Fable Legends: The DirectX 12 benchmark May fail to launch on some configurations

 

• [80 836] Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 – Flickering or poor performance May be experienced When running in AMD Crossfire mode

 

• [81 402] Assassin’s Creed Syndicate – A crash May be experienced When setting game to Ultra High graphics mode

 

• [81 403] Flickering May be observed on some Free Sync monitors while playing Wolfenstein – The New Order and Battlefield: Hardline with Vsync disabled

 

• [81 448] A system restart May be experience When waking the system from sleep mode on some systems with Intel processors

 

• [81 489] Unable to create 4×1 or 1/2 portrait mode SLS with 4K displays

 

• [81 651] Star Wars: Battlefront – texture corruption May be experienced if the game “Field of View” setting is & gt; 100

 

• [81 736] Call of Duty Online – the game May crash if the Print Screen key is pressed on a 4K monitor

 

• [81 777] Launching a game from the Game Manager May launch on a single display after enabling and disabling AMD Crossfire in a 3×1 AMD Eyefinity setup

 

• [81 809] A crash May be experienced if an HDMI display is a clone display device on an HP Envy 15 Notebook

 

• [81 844] Unable to change resolution if a wireless display is the only connected display

 

• [81 856] Marginally Increased power consumption May be observed consistently video playback

 

• [81 859] Flickering May be experienced on some monitors When AMD Free Sync is enabled

 

• [81 915] Assassin’s Creed Syndicate – Building textures May be missing on some AMD Free Sync displays with Vsync enabled

 

• [82 083] Survival Ark Evolved – Poor Performance May be experienced When running in AMD Crossfire mode

 

• [82 093] Star Wars: Battlefront – Some flickering May be experienced in the shaded areas of the screen while loading game levels are

 

• [82 213] Star Wars: Battlefront – May Some users experience minor flickering or corruption at different game location or while viewing the in-game cinematics

 

• [82 387] Assassin’s Creed Syndicate – The May crash if the game Gaming Evolved “In Game Overlay” is enabled. A temporary workaround is to disable the AMD Gaming Evolved “In Game Overlay”