AMD Radeon Software Crimson Edition 16.3.1 driver is out

Posted on Friday, March 18 2016 @ 10:42 CET by Thomas De Maesschalck
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AMD uploaded its Radeon Software Crimson Edition 16.3.1 driver, you can get it over here. This minir update has a CrossFire profile for Hitman, support for Need for Speed and a couple of resolved issues.
Radeon Software Crimson Edition 16.3.1 Highlights

Updated Crossfire Profiles available for:
  • Hitman™

    Support for:
  • Need for Speed™

    Resolved Issues:
  • Installed or played games sometimes do not show up in the Radeon™ Settings "Gaming" tab.
  • Installing via command line may not work for some users. As a workaround please use the default GUI installer.
  • Intermittent hang sometimes experienced on UE4 applications.
  • Black screen or possible hang after launching Oculus Video Application.
  • DirectX®12 application frame rates are no longer locked to the refresh rate of the display panel.

    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"
  • FFXIV can experience black screen or application hang
  • The Division may experience flickering in AMD Crossfire™ mode.
  • 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.
  • Power efficiency toggle in Radeon™ Settings is showing up for some unsupported products.
  • Hitman™ may experience poor AMD Crossfire™ scaling when "Super Sampling" is set to 1.5x.
  • Need for Speed™ may experience poor scaling or flickering in AMD Crossfire™ mode.


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