Posted on Tuesday, April 05 2016 @ 13:44 CEST by Thomas De Maesschalck
A year ago everyone wondered if AMD has given up on fast-paced Catalyst driver development but in recent months the company significantly stepped up its game. Now you can download the
AMD Radeon Software Crimson Edition 16.4.1 driver, this release offers support for Quantum Break, the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive. Furthermore, this release also resolves a frame capping issue experienced in some DX12 games.
Radeon Software Crimson Edition 16.4.1 Highlights:
Support for:
Quantum Break: Upto 35% faster performance using Quantum Break on Radeon R9 Fury X than with Radeon™ Software Crimson Edition 16.3.2(1).
Oculus Rift
HTC Vive
Resolved Issues
Frame rate capping issues experienced in some DirectX®12 applications is resolved.
Hitman™ may experience flickering when played in DirectX® 11 mode using high game shadow settings.
Known Issues
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"
Need For Speed™ may experience poor scaling or flickering in AMD Crossfire™ mode. As a work around users can disable the profile through the Radeon™ Settings game manager.
The Division™ may experience flickering in AMD Crossfire™ mode.
Power efficiency toggle in Radeon™ Settings is showing up for some unsupported products.
XCOM2™ users may experience an application crash when using AMD Crossfire™ mode. As a work around please disable AMD Crossfire™ for the games profile in the Radeon™ Settings Gaming tab.
Some DX9 applications cannot disable AMD Crossfire™ mode through Radeon™ Settings.
A small subset of AMD Radeon™ R9 380 users may be experiencing slower than expected fan speeds. A work around is to raise your fan speeds through AMD Overdrive in Radeon™ Settings manually to a desired amount.
HDMI Scaling options may not be available in Radeon™ Settings on some system configurations.
