AMD 16.11.2 Radeon Software Crimson Edition Release Notes

Radeon Software Crimson Edition is AMD’s revolutionary new graphics software that delivers redesigned functionality, supercharged graphics performances 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 16.11.2 Highlights

Support For:

• Improved Shader Cache storage limit. This will allow the Shader Cache feature to store more shaders for extremely demanding games that may have previously hit the old storage cap.

Known Issues

• A few game titles may fail to launch, experience performance issues or crash if the third party application “Raptr” has its game overlay enabled. A workaround is to disable the overlay if this is experienced.
• DOTA™2 may experience a crash when launched using the Vulkan™ API on some Graphics Core Next products.
• Battlefield™1 may experience an intermittent application specific error message popup citing graphics device removal
• Flickering may be experience while playing Overwatch™ in the main menu or viewing character models using AMD CrossFire mode.
• H.264 content playback may experience playback issues on internet browsers with hardware acceleration when also running gaming applications or content.
• FIFA 17™ may experience an application hang or black screen on launch for some select Hybrid Graphics or AMD PowerXpress mobile configurations.
• H.264 content may experience blocky corruption when streaming using P2P content players on some Radeon RX 400 series graphics products.

Package Contents
The Radeon Software Crimson Edition 16.11.2 installation package contains the following:

• Radeon Software Crimson Edition 16.11.2 Driver Version 16.40.3111.1002

The Radeon Software Crimson Edition 16.11.2 installation package can be downloaded from the following links:

• AMD Radeon Software Crimson Edition 16.11.2 Driver for Windows® 10 64-bit
• AMD Radeon Software Crimson Edition 16.11.2 Driver for Windows® 10 32-bit
• AMD Radeon Software Crimson Edition 16.11.2 Driver for Windows® 8.1 64-bit
• AMD Radeon Software Crimson Edition 16.11.2 Driver for Windows® 8.1 32-bit
• AMD Radeon Software Crimson Edition 16.11.2 Driver for Windows® 7 64-bit
• AMD Radeon Software Crimson Edition 16.11.2 Driver for Windows® 7 32-bit

Installing Radeon Software Crimson Edition 16.11.2
For detailed instructions on how to correctly uninstall or install Radeon Software Crimson Edition, please refer to the following support resources:

• How-To Uninstall Radeon Software Crimson Edition on a Windows® Based System
• How-To Install Radeon Software Crimson Edition on a Windows® Based System

NOTE:
This driver is not intended for use on AMD Radeon products running in Apple Boot Camp platforms. Users of these platforms should contact their system manufacturer for driver support.

When installing Radeon Software Crimson Edition 16.11.2 for the Windows® operating system, the user must be logged on as Administrator, or have Administrator rights to complete the installation of Radeon Software Crimson Edition 16.11.2.

Radeon Software Crimson Edition 16.11.2 requires Windows 7 Service Pack 1 to be installed.

Radeon Product Compatibility
Radeon Software Crimson Edition 16.11.2 is compatible with the following AMD Radeon products.

Note that AMD Radeon™ R9 Fury, Radeon™ Pro Duo, and Radeon™ RX 400 Series graphics are only supported by Radeon Software Crimson Edition on Windows 7/8.1/10 64-bit.

Mobility Radeon™ Family Compatibility
Radeon Software Crimson Edition 16.11.2 is a notebook reference graphics driver with limited support for system vendor specific features.

Compatible Operating Systems
Radeon Software Crimson Edition 16.11.2 is designed to support the following Microsoft® Windows® platforms. Operating System support may vary depending on your specific AMD Radeon product.

• Windows® 10 (32 & 64-bit version)
• Windows 8.1 (32 & 64-bit version)
• Windows 7 (32 & 64-bit version with SP1 or higher)