AMD Radeon Software Crimson 16.5.3

AMD Radeon Software Crimson 16.5.3

DRIVER BUILD

16.20.1013

SUPPORTED SYSTEMS

Windows 10 32-bit/64-bit
Windows 8.1 32-bit/64-bit
Windows 7 32-bit/64-bit

HIGHLIGHTS

Support for:
Total War: Warhammer™
Overwatch™
Dota™2 (with Vulkan™ API)

New AMD Crossfire profile available for:
Total War: Warhammer™
Overwatch™

RESOLVED ISSUES

Fallout 4™ may experience minor stuttering in AMD Crossfire™ technology mode
Radeon Settings may be removed from the system if the Radeon Software installer is launched while Radeon Settings is open.
Radeon Settings "Additional Settings" option may intermittently fail to launch.
Users in Quad AMD Crossfire technology configurations may be unable to re-enable AMD Crossfire mode when using the global AMD Crossfire option in the "Gaming" tab and toggling it from on to off.
Some game textures in The Division™ exhibit flickering in AMD Crossfire™ mode.
Intermittent stability issues with Intel Skull Canyon NUC (NUC6i7KYK) using AMD XConnect™ Technology are no longer observed.
Safe unplugging for AMD XConnect™ Technology no longer results in a random BSOD.

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".
Total War: Warhammer™ may experience stuttering in AMD Crossfire™ technology mode if the AMD Gaming Evolved App or Plays.Tv is running in the background. A workaround is to disable the AMD Gaming Evolved and Plays.Tv applications.
The Division™ may hang when using Quad AMD Crossfire™ technology. As a workaround users are recommended to disable AMD Crossfire™ technology mode.
Heroes of the Storm™ may experience flickering in AMD Crossfire™ technology mode.
The AMD Crossfire™ technology mode options in Radeon Settings may not take effect on Origin or Uplay applications.
Forza Motorsport 6: Apex™ may exhibit brightness flickering when using AMD FreeSync™ technology.
Frame Rate Target Control gaming profiles may fail to enable for some games.
Catalyst Install Manager unable to detect the display driver while uninstallation.

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ONE MORE THING

Vulkan is full of love <3

 

Thanks, downloading...

Ill post 3dmark results asap.

 

AMD is on fire?

What is going on...those fast driver updates every month.

Known Issues , all CF :S

 

wtf happen to amd nice job AMD :banana:

 

3DMark Ultra

16.5.3 vs 16.5.2.1
http://www.3dmark.com/compare/fs/8557206/fs/8492653#

Ill edit now with API and standar FS.

edit1:

API

16.5.3 vs 16.5.2.1
http://www.3dmark.com/compare/aot/138212/aot/137106#

edit2:

3DMark FS

16.5.3 vs Idk xDD 16.5.something i think
http://www.3dmark.com/compare/fs/8557282/fs/8374477#

 

To me there is some loss in firestrike.

16.5.2.1
http://www.3dmark.com/3dm/12054280?

16.5.3
http://www.3dmark.com/3dm/12146787?

 

Is this real life? 2 (TWO) CF profiles for yet unreleased games? This is unbelievable. I hope they both work well since both TW and OW look like great fun.

 

In the 16.5.3 your GPU Core clock is lower.
No wonder there is a loss there...

 

Mm slower here too. Not much. I runned several times.

16.5.2.1
http://www.3dmark.com/3dm/12146265

16.5.3
http://www.3dmark.com/3dm/12146919

 

Atiapfxx.blb

Crossfire profile changes for:
XCom2
Star Wars: Battlefront (3)
Fallout 4
Rise of the Tomb Raider
The Division
Hitman (2016)

New profiles for:
Battleborn
Mirror's Edge: Catalyst
Overwatch

"HighPerfGPUAffinity" flags for:
Oculus Cinema
Oculus Photos
"VR Application"
Shufflepuck
The Mean Greens: Plastic Warfare
Total War: Warhammer
Doom 4
(Supposedly this forces use of dedicated GPU over integrated if I understood correctly.)

There's a profile for Mirror's Edge Catalyst targeting MirrorsEdgeCatalystTrial.exe in addition to MirrorsEdgeCatalyst.exe so I guess they're doing a EA Access demo for it soon-ish?

 

Nice to see new drivers after just watching the YouTube vid of NVIDIA Devs and Marketing trying to explain why Founders Edition cards are worth the +$100 premium, when they're basically "Reference" designs. lol

Anyhoo, did the upgrade install, no issues other than a reboot required.

 

MPC-HC+MadVR still broken. :realmad:

 

Update your madVR version to 0.90.20.
The performance regression I had with 16.5.2(.1) is gone with this driver.

 

this is what AMD should have been doing all along. It looks like they cleaned up the parasites that were bringing the company down, and replaced them.

 

sorry but these drivers are insane...

something general in cfx must have been changed. because i get 99% gpu util in cfx in GTA V now almost throughout every scenery. before it was still good with 75-99% but now it rarely drops below 95% for me.

just made some shots - 2 with and 2 without sweetfx (smaa, sharpen, etc, first one is without)

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i mean i had my setup optimized to the max already. btw i am working on several youtube videos at the moment which take a lot of time for a newbie in terms of recording/publishing.
but there will be a 270X CFX performance bomb PRETTY soon.
and i am talking about 1440p gameplay in hitman, gta v, fallout 4, witcher 3 and some more. and we're talking ~80FPS median ... (higher in gta and fallout)
you got your teaser screenshots here

oh here's one in original size for people who are interested. but it's not what it looks like when gaming on my 1080p screen...

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EDIT: btw can confirm fallout 4 performance improvement in CFX as well

 

Thanks! I had the 0.90.17... Updated to 0.90.20 and its working :banana:

 

Finally AMD is making an effort in fast game support specially in CFX with this new increase release rate.

At this rate maybe we can see 16.5.4.3.2.1 released!

 

What's the status for the people who had problems with flickering with 16.5.2 with video or desktop usage?

 

Aleluia another driver,another uninstall/install.

Yeah looks like old farts are gone.

CEO Lisa Su is chinese(Taiwan),right?Right.Then looks like some chinese fellows work for them.Faster than others.

 

Now that Overwatch released I played a few games with the shiny, new profile at 4K.

It's an absolute joke, the stutter is horrible, FPS drops all over the place and it's in absolutely no way better better than forcing AFR compatible on the beta. :bang::bang: I'm almost certain all they did was to enable AFR friendly/compatible by default, I seriously doubt they've actually done something to make an OW-specific profile. Maybe I'm wrong, but it runs exactly the same as it did in the open beta when I forced AFR compatible myself.

Another driver, another disappointment, I should've known not to get my hopes up when AMD releases drivers.