Release notes: Drivers + Support AMD Radeon Software Crimson Edition 16.6.2 Release Notes Article Number: RN-WIN-RADEONCRIMSON16.6.2 Radeon Software Crimson Edition is AMD's revolutionary new graphics software that delivers redesigned functionality, supercharged graphics performance, remarkable new features, and innovation that redefines the overall user experience. Every Radeon Software release strives to deliver new features, better performance and stability improvements. Radeon Software Crimson Edition 16.6.2 Highlights Support for: Radeon™ RX 480 New AMD Crossfire profile available for: World of Tanks™ Radeon WattMan: A brand new utility for Radeon Software that allows users more complete control over their graphics processor. More information on Radeon WattMan and its supported products can be found here. AMD Crossfire Toggle: A new option has been introduced into Radeon Settings under the "Gaming -> Global Settings" tab. This allows users to toggle AMD Crossfire support globally "on" for supported games or "off" for all gaming profiles. HDMI® Scaling: Radeon Settings now provides the option for the user to adjust their display image scaling on HDMI® connected displays. This option is available under the "Display" tab in Radeon Settings for supported configurations.***8203; Display Color Temperature: Radeon Settings now allows a user to set display color temperature based on either the displays predefined settings or manually via a slider configured to support the displays supported range. This option is available under the "Display" tab in Radeon Settings for supported configurations. Desktop Color: Radeon Settings has added the option to launch the operating systems color page via the new "Desktop Color" button which is available in the "Display" tab in Radeon Settings for supported configurations. Vulkan™ Version: Currently installed Vulkan™ version information has now been made available through the Radeon Settings "System -> Software" tab. Fixed Issues Flickering may be observed in AMD Crossfire mode configurations while playing Hitman™ in select gameplay missions. Flickering may be observed in AMD Crossfire mode configurations while playing Heroes of the Storm™. Intermittent or minor white flashing may occur on some web browsers when using Netflix™ and hovering over the UI or icons. Minor stuttering may occur in AMD Crossfire mode configurations when playing Elite Dangerous™. Flickering may be observed in AMD Crossfire mode configurations while using the inventory and character pages in The Witcher® 3: Wild Hunt. Flickering may be observed in AMD Crossfire mode configurations during the battle and tutorial loading screens in Star Wars™ Battlefront. 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". Radeon Pro Duo may experience a black screen in Total War™: Warhammer with the games API set to DirectX®12 and V-Sync enabled. DiRT™ Rally may experience flickering terrain in some races when the advanced blending option is enabled in the games settings page. Some Overdrive settings may not appear in Radeon Settings for Radeon Fury X when in AMD Crossfire mode. Display may exhibit a minor flicker on Radeon RX 480 when Freesync is enabled on a games launch or exit. Dota™2 may crash when using the Vulkan™ API and the user changes resolutions or quality settings. Battlefield™ 4 may experience crashes when using Mantle. As a work around users are suggested to switch to DirectX®11. Need for Speed™ may experience flickering on some light sources in AMD Crossfire mode. Hitman™ may experience graphical corruption when the game is set to use DirectX®12 API and using zoom with weapons. Frame Rate Target Control gaming profiles may fail to enable for some games. Radeon Wattman may retain settings of an overclock after it has failed. If you have failed an overclock with a system hang or reboot make sure to use the "Reset" option in the Radeon WattMan settings page when the system has rebooted. Low frame rate or stutter may be experienced Wolfenstein®: The Old Blood™ on Radeon™ RX 480. Assassin's Creed® Syndicate may experience a game crash or hang when in game settings are set to high or greater. Disabling AMD Crossfire mode on Radeon™ RX 480 may disable the device in Windows Device Manager. A workaround is to reboot the system to re-enable the device. Package Contents The Radeon Software Crimson Edition 16.6.2 installation package contains the following: Radeon Software Crimson Edition 16.6.2 Driver Version 16.20.1035.

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Wattman? LOL. Nice name. Here is his wife: http://d28mt5n9lkji5m.cloudfront.net/i/Xzfh10Tt-Nt.jpg?160x226 Thanks for the heads up! Downloading now.

Radeon WattMan is availa***8203;***8203;ble in the Radeon Settings application of Radeon Software, replacing the current AMD OverDrive™ tab, and is compatible with the Radeon™ RX 400 Series GPUs

GCN1.0 still improving : https://s32.postimg.org/xw1fmf59x/Untitled.png

GCN1.0 still improving :

Try dx11 overhead please.

Radeon WattMan is availa***8203;***8203;ble in the Radeon Settings application of Radeon Software, replacing the current AMD OverDrive™ tab, and is compatible with the Radeon™ RX 400 Series GPUs

Ah, ****. Only for the new card.

Try dx11 overhead please.

There you go : https://s32.postimg.org/ux3pqi06t/Untitled.png

Ah, ****. Only for the new card.

Still overdrive here as well..

Polaris has new registry keys: HKR,, DisableFBCForFullScreenApp, %REG_SZ%, 1 I guess FrameBufferCheck. Probably no longer needed to do it via driver. and has: HKR,, EnableSlsSupport, %REG_DWORD%, 0x1C HKR,, DisablePowerGating, %REG_DWORD%, 1 (same as Tonga, but Fiji does not have this) Does not Have: HKR,, StutterMode, %REG_DWORD%, 0x2002

No WattMan for us? 🙁

No WattMan for us? 🙁

You what man? 😀

You what man? 😀

Damn AMD :bang:

My API Overhead numbers haven't changed

Installed My Fiji as Polaris10. Performance went down. Compute was horrid. Utilization all over place. Then I added registry entries for Fiji and altered those different from Polaris10 to Fiji. Performance got bit better but still quite worse than 16.6.1. Then I did uninstall and clean install of 16.6.2, same performance as with Fiji registry. Do not like this driver at all. Does not give any advantage, anything new. I wonder if Polaris 10 has actually lower performance than it would have with proper driver too. Fiji release driver was so bad that I installed it card as HD7970 and it performed better than any reviewed card as I got better utilization.

Any kind soul want to copy out the driver versions?

Device Manager - 16.200.1035.0 Radeon Settings Version - 2016.0621.1741.29990 Driver Packaging Version - 16.20.1035-160621a-303814C Provider - Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. 2D Driver Version - 8.1.1.1558 Direct3D® Version - 9.14.10.1197 OpenGL® Version - 6.14.10.13440 OpenCL™ Version - 2.0.6.0 AMD Mantle Version - 9.1.10.123 AMD Mantle API Version - 98309 AMD Audio Driver Version - 10.0.0.3 Vulkan Driver Version - 1.1.0 Vulkan API Version - 1.0.13

Fixed mantle error in BF4 ? 🙁

Installed My Fiji as Polaris10. Performance went down. Compute was horrid. Utilization all over place. Then I added registry entries for Fiji and altered those different from Polaris10 to Fiji. Performance got bit better but still quite worse than 16.6.1. Then I did uninstall and clean install of 16.6.2, same performance as with Fiji registry. Do not like this driver at all. Does not give any advantage, anything new. I wonder if Polaris 10 has actually lower performance than it would have with proper driver too. Fiji release driver was so bad that I installed it card as HD7970 and it performed better than any reviewed card as I got better utilization.

The architecture looks quite new, in my layman's eyes it looks like it has the potential to improve a lot in utilization, and it's quite apparent on lower-resolution tests too. Example: https://tpucdn.com/reviews/AMD/RX_480/images/fallout4_1600_900.png It seems to be much more efficient but it gets resource (compute, ROP) limited at higher resolutions.