AMD heeft een nieuwe versie uitgebracht van Radeon Software Crimson Edition, zoals de drivers tegenwoordig heten. De drivers zijn alleen geschikt voor de HD 7750 en hoger, de HD 8570 en hoger, en natuurlijk de kaarten uit de R5-, R7- en R9-series. Voor wat betreft Windows worden alleen versies 7, 8.1 en 10 ondersteund. Voor oudere kaarten, die nu als legacy of non-gcn worden aangeduid is Catalyst Software Suite versie 15.7.1 de laatste stabiele uitgave en wordt Radeon Software Crimson Edition versie 16.2.1 als bèta aangeboden.
Radeon Software bevat een geheel vernieuwde gebruikersinterface, die in Qt is geschreven en niet langer meer in .NET, wat het onder meer een stuk sneller maakt. Verder is er ondersteuning voor LiquidVR-technologie en verbeterde Freesync-ondersteuning. Ook is frame pacing, low frame rate compensation en het gebruik van custom resoluties en virtual super resolution verbeterd. Voor apu's verbetert de nieuwe driver de videoweergave. Ten slotte is de laadtijd van games verbeterd en zouden gpu's minder energie verstoken. In versie 16.3 zijn verder nog de volgende verbeteringen aangebracht:
Updated Crossfire Profiles available for:Support for:
- Hitman
- The Park
Performance and Quality improvements for:
- Hitman
Vulkan Support (1):
- Rise of the Tomb Raider (2)
- Up to 16% on AMD Radeon R9 Fury X Series vs version 16.2.
- Gears of War Ultimate Edition (3)
- Up to 60% on AMD Radeon R9 Fury X series vs version 16.2.1
- Up to 44% on AMD Radeon R9 380 series vs version 16.2.1
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 IssuesKnown 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
Disclaimer
- 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
(1) Product is conformant with Vulkan 1.0 Specification. Vulkan and the Vulkan 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 System Ram, UHD Resolution, AMD Radeon R9 Fury X and AMD Radeon R9 380.