Crimson Edition 16.2.1 Hotfix

['Cuda340]

Release Date: 3/1/2016

Radeon Software Crimson Edition 16.2.1 Highlights

Crossfire Profile available for
Far Cry Primal


Resolved Issues

*A black screen/TDR error may be encountered when booting a system with Intel + AMD graphics and an HDMI monitor connected
*Choppy gameplay may be experienced when both AMD Freesync™ and AMD Crossfire™ are both enabled
*Display corruption may be observed after keeping system idle for some time
*Fallout 4 - Flickering may be experienced at various game locations with the v1.3 game update and with AMD Crossfire™ enabled
*Fallout 4 - Foliage/water may ripple/stutter when game is launched in High/Ultra settings mode
*Fallout 4 - Screen tearing in systems with both AMD Freesync™ and AMD Crossfire™ enabled if game is left idle for a short period of time
*Fallout 4 - Thumbnails may flicker or disappear while scrolling the Perk levels page
*Far Cry 4 - Stuttering may be observed when launching the game with AMD Freesync™ and AMD Crossfire™ enabled
*FRTC options are displayed on some unsupported laptop configurations with Intel CPU's and AMD GPU's
*Radeon Settings may sometimes fails to launch with a "Context Creation Error" message
*Rise of the Tomb Raider™ - Corruption can be observed at some locations during gameplay
*Rise of the Tomb Raider™ - Flickering may be experienced at various game locations when the game is left idle in AMD Crossfire™ mode under Windows 7
*Rise of the Tomb Raider™ - Game may intermittently crash or hang when launched with very high settings and AA is set to SMAA at 4K resolution
*Rise of the Tomb Raider™ - Lara Croft's hair may flicker in some locations if the Esc key is pressed
*Rise of Tomb Raider™ - A TDR error may be observed with some AMD Radeon 300 Series products after launching the "Geothermal Valley" mission
*The AMD Overdrive™ memory clock slider does not show original clock values if memory speeds are overclocked
*World of Warcraft runs extremely slowly in quad crossfire at high resolutions


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"
*Star Wars™: Battlefront - Corrupted ground textures may be observed in the Survival of Hoth mission
*Cannot enable AMD Crossfire with some dual GPU AMD Radeon HD 59xx and HD 79xx series products
*Fallout 4 - In game stutter may be experienced if the game is launched with AMD Crossfire enabled
*XCOM 2 - Flickering textures may be experienced at various game locations
*Rise of the Tomb Raider™ - The game may randomly crash on launch if Tessellation is enabled
*Core clocks may not maintain sustained clock speeds resulting in choppy performance and or screen corruption

Release Notes & Download Links etc...

 

[Zuzzz]

That last known issue is a bit scary. I hope they fix that one soon!

Z

 

[Sannakji]

We don't have to uninstall and re-install right? We can just install over the top? Wording on the page seems odd.

 

[Janus67]

We don't have to uninstall and re-install right? We can just install over the top? Wording on the page seems odd.

Up to you. I generally do a full uninstall, clean, and reinstall for every graphics driver however small because of the random issues involved.

 

[Sannakji]

Does this replace the Radeon Pro toolset or would I get anything out of downloading it? XCOM 2 is running like a dog for me, really frustrating

 

[Joe88]

I got the black screen error a few times but it was with a DVI->HDMI adapter

 

[Zuzzz]

When I did this with 16.2 hotfix I had to add it to my current install or it didnt install everything properly. I first attempted to install it stand alone and it didnt install some of the Crimson features. I think this is meant to be installed in addition to the regular driver package. It is after all a 'hot-fix'. The only other thing would be to totally remove all AMD drivers and let Win10 install the drivers and THEN install the hot fix after. YMMV

Z

 

[AngelfireUk83]

I'm interested in trying these drivers out I'm still on the 15.71's should I just download this hotfix instead of the previous drivers

 

[Zuzzz]

16.2.1 is a stand alone installer. Use DDU to uninstall the old drivers and install the 16.2.1 fresh. I'll assume they fixed something in 16.2 as this was released just 4 days later. But yes this is a working stand alone installer.

Z

 

[AngelfireUk83]

Radeon Software Crimson Edition 16.3 Highlights

Updated Crossfire Profiles available for

Hitman™
The Park

Support for​

Hitman™

Performance and Quality improvements for​

Rise of the Tomb Raider™(2)
​Up to 16% on AMD Radeon™ R9 Fury X Series vs AMD Radeon™ Software Crimson Edition 16.2.
​Gears of War Ultimate Edition(3)
Up to 60% on AMD Radeon™ R9 Fury X series vs AMD Radeon™ Software Crimson Edition 16.2.1
Up to 44% on AMD Radeon™ R9 380 series vs AMD Radeon™ Software Crimson Edition 16.2.1

​Vulkan™ Support(1): Vulkan™ is the successor to OpenGL and a descendant of 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™ Settings Gaming 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 -> Language" tab.

Two Display Eyefinity: Two Display Eyefinity is now an available option under the Eyefinity tab in Radeon™ 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 also updated based on geographical region.​

Power Efficiency Toggle: A new feature introduced in the Radeon™ Settings Gaming 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 provides initial support for external GPU enclosures configured with Radeon™ R9 300 Series GPUs are now supported over Thunderbolt™ 3 (USB-C) connections. AMD XConnect™ technology additionally provides 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 2.0 Benchmark now supports DirectFlip
XCOM 2 flickering textures may be experienced at various game 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 command line 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 work around 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 may experience flicker in AMD Crossfire™ mode on battle and tutorial loading screens
Star Wars Battlefront users may experience ground texture issues in certain locations on Survival Hoth missions
Gears of War Ultimate Edition - Stutter / Tearing may be experienced on some systems with Intel processors and AMD GPU's

Above is what the 16.3's fix and whats known for glitches and driver issues I've updated to the hotfix ones and some of my games are even better

http://support.amd.com/en-us/kb-articles/Pages/AMD_Radeon_Software_Crimson_Edition_16.3.aspx

 

[Sannakji]

These are getting pumped out. Kudos AMD.