AMD Radeon Software Crimson Edition 16.3 Hotfix – Tweakers

AMD has released a new version of Radeon Software Crimson edition, as the drivers are called nowadays. The drivers are suitable for the HD 7750 and above, the HD 8570 and higher, and of course the cards from the R5, R7 and R9 series. As for Windows versions are only 7, 8.1, and 10 is supported. For older maps that are legacy or non-GCN are referred is Catalyst Software Suite version 15.7.1, the latest stable release and Radeon Software Crimson Edition version 16.2.1 offered as a beta.

Radeon Software includes a completely redesigned user interface, which is written in Qt and no longer in .NET, which makes, among other things a lot faster. There is support for LiquidVR technology and improved Free Sync support. Also frame pacing, low frame rate compensation and the use of custom resolutions and virtual super resolution improved. APUs for the new driver improves video playback. Finally, the load time of games has improved and would devoid GPUs less energy. In version 16.3, the following improvements have been further made:

Updated Crossfire Profiles available for:
  Support for:
  Performance and Quality improvements for:
 

• Rise of the Tomb Raider (2)
   
  • Up to 16% on AMD Radeon R9 Series vs. Fury X version 16.2.
  
   

 

• Gears of War Ultimate Edition (3)
   
  • Up to 60% on AMD Radeon R9 Series vs. Fury X version 16.2.1

   

  • Up to 44% on AMD Radeon R9 380 series vs. version 16.2.1

   

 

Support Vulkan (1):
Vulkan is the successor to OpenGL and a descendant or AMD’s Mantle. 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 at https://www.khronos.org/vulkan/.

Per-Game Display Scaling:
A new feature Introduced in Radeon Settings That Allows per game Display Scaling to be set within the Radeon Gaming Settings tab under “Profile Options”.

Language menu:
A new feature Introduced in Radeon Settings That Allows the end user to select Their preferred language from a drop down menu under the “Preferences – & gt; Language “tab

Two Display Eyefinity:.
Two Display Eyefinity is now an available option under the Radeon Eyefinity tab in Settings.

AMD Crossfire Status Indicator:
A new feature in Radeon Settings That allows users to toggle an AMD Crossfire Status Indicator On Their Screen When running in AMD Crossfire mode.

Updated Social Links:
New Social Links are now available for Radeon Settings home page and have usefull updated based on geographical region.

Toggle Power Efficiency:
A new feature Introduced in the Radeon Gaming Settings tab for select AMD Radeon 300 series and AMD Radeon Fury X available under “Global Options”. This Allows the user to disable some power efficiency optimizations.

AMD XConnect technology: This
driver biedt initial support for external enclosures configured with GPU Radeon R9 300 Series GPUs are now supported on Thunderbolt 3 (USB-C) connections . AMD technology XConnect Additionally biedt plug’n’play support and an integrated management interface. Base system must have BIOS support for external GPUs (e.g. Razer Blade Stealth).

Resolved Issues
 

• Core clocks May not maintain sustained clock speeds Resulting in choppy performance and or screen corruption (Fixed with new Power Efficiency feature toggled to off)

 

• Gears of War Ultimate Edition – Random freezes May be experienced during gameplay

 

• Ashes of the Singularity Benchmark 2.0 now supports Direct Flip

 

• XCOM two flickering textures May be experienced at various gaming locations

 

• Rise of the Tomb Raider – The Game May randomly crash on launch if Tessellation is enabled

 

Known Issues
 

• A few game titles May Fail to Launch or crash if the Gaming Evolved overlay is enabled. A temporary workaround is to disable the AMD Gaming Evolved “In Game Overlay”

 

• Installing via commandline May not work for some users. As a workaround, please use the default GUI installer

 

• 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 workaround, users are Suggested to disable V-Sync

 

• Plants vs Zombies: Garden Warfare 2 May experience some flickering in AMD Crossfire mode

 

• Rise of the Tomb Raider May experience graphical corruption in some cinematics

 

• The Division May experience flickering in AMD Crossfire mode

 

• Star Wars Battlefront users experience flicker in May AMD Crossfire mode on battle tutorial and loading screens

 

• Star Wars Battlefront users May experience ground texture issues in certainement locations on Hoth Survival missions

 

Disclaimer
(1) Product is conformant with Vulkan 1.0 Specification. Vulkan Vulkan and the logo are trademarks of the Khronos Group Inc.
(2) Performance is relative from AMD Radeon Software Crimson Edition 16.2.1 vs. AMD Radeon Software Crimson Edition 16.3. Measured on Windows 10 Pro Edition, Intel I7-5930, 16GB System Ram, 1080P resolution, AMD Radeon R9 Fury X
(3) Performance is relative from AMD Radeon Software Crimson Edition 16.2.1 vs. AMD Radeon Software Crimson Edition 16.3 . Measured on Windows 10 Pro Edition, Intel I7-5960X CPU, 16GB Ram System, UHD resolution, AMD Radeon R9 Fury X and AMD Radeon R9 380.