Radeon Software Crimson ReLive Edition 17.11.1 Release Notes

Article Number: RN-WIN-RADEONCRIMSONRELIVE-17.11.1

​Radeon™ Software Crimson ReLive Edition is AMD’s advanced graphics software for enabling high-performance gaming and engaging VR experiences. Create, capture, and share your remarkable moments. Effortlessly boost performance and efficiency. Experience Radeon Software with industry-leading user satisfaction, rigorously-tested stability, comprehensive certification, and more.

Radeon Software Crimson ReLive Edition 17.11.1 Highlights

Support For

• • Call of Duty®: WWII
    • Up to 5% faster performance on Radeon™ RX Vega⁶⁴ (8GB) graphics than with Radeon Software Crimson ReLive Edition 17.10.3 at 2560×1440. ⁽¹⁾
  • AMD XConnect™ Technology
    • Now supported on Radeon RX Vega⁵⁶ series graphics products for select eGPU enclosures.

Fixed Issues

• • Radeon Software may intermittently cause an application crash on limited numbers of DirectX®11 or OpenGL applications on their first run.
  • Some gaming or productivity applications may experience a random hang or application crash when performing task switching.
  • Radeon WattMan reset and restore factory default options may not reset graphics or memory clocks.
  • Radeon WattMan reset and restore factory default options may not reset graphics or memory clocks.
  • Oculus™ Dash may experience a random application hang.
  • Bezel compensation in mixed mode Eyefinity cannot be applied.
  • Radeon Settings may experience overlapping text or corruption in the Multi GPU profiles page.
  • Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon®: Wildlands may experience minor corruption with Anisotropic Filtering (AF) enabled.
  • Middle-earth™: Shadow of War™ may experience ghosting or distortion in gameplay on Multi GPU enabled system configurations.
  • AMD XConnect™ Technology products may not be detected/enabled on reconnection if previously disconnected during system sleep
  • A limited number of system devices such as printers may be removed during Radeon Software uninstallation.

Known Issues

• • Some desktop productivity apps may experience latency when dragging or moving windows.
  • Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six® Siege may experience an application hang when breaching walls with grenades or explosives.
  • Rise of the Tomb Raider™ may experience an intermittent application hang during gameplay.
  • A random system hang may be experienced after extended periods of use on system configurations using 12 GPU’s for compute workloads.
  • The GPU Workload feature may cause a system hang when switching to Compute while AMD CrossFire is enabled. A workaround is to disable AMD CrossFire before switching the toggle to Compute workloads.
  • Resizing the Radeon Settings window may cause the user interface to stutter or exhibit corruption temporarily.
  • Unstable Radeon WattMan profiles may not be restored to default after a system hang.
  • OverWatch™ may experience a random or intermittent hang on some system configurations. Disabling Radeon ReLive as a temporary workaround may resolve the issue.

Footnotes

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• • Testing conducted by AMD Performance Labs as of November 1st, 2017 on the 8GB Radeon RX Vega⁶⁴, on a test system comprising of Intel i7 7700X CPU (4.2 GHz), 16GB DDR4-3000 Mhz system memory, and Windows 10 x64 using the game Call of Duty®: WWII on the highest game presets. PC manufacturers may vary configurations, yielding different results. At 2560×1440, the Radeon RX Vega⁶⁴ scored 120.6 FPS with Radeon Software 17.10.3 whereas the Radeon RX Vega⁶⁴ scored 129.6 FPS with Radeon Software 17.11.1. Performance may vary based on use of latest drivers.⁽¹⁾

Package Contents

The Radeon Software Crimson ReLive Edition 17.11.1 installation package contains the following:

• • Radeon Software Crimson ReLive Edition 17.11.1 Driver Version 17.40.1031 (Windows Driver Store Version 23.20.788.1)

The Radeon Software Crimson ReLive Edition 17.11.1 installation package can be downloaded from the following links:

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• • • AMD Radeon Software Crimson Relive Edition 17.11.1 Driver for Windows® 10 64-bit​
    • AMD Radeon Software Crimson Relive Edition 17.11.1 Driver for Windows® 10 32-bit​
    • AMD Radeon Software Crimson Relive Edition 17.11.1 Driver for Windows® 7 64-bit​
    • AMD Radeon Software Crimson Relive Edition 17.11.1 Driver for Windows® 7 32-bit​​​

Installing Radeon Software Crimson ReLive Edition 17.11.1
For detailed instructions on how to correctly uninstall or install Radeon Software Crimson ReLive Edition, please refer to the following support resources:

• • How-To Uninstall Radeon Software Crimson ReLive Edition on a Windows® Based System
  • How-To Install Radeon Software Crimson ReLive 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 ReLive Edition 17.11.1 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 ReLive Edition 17.11.1.

Radeon Software Crimson ReLive Edition 17.11.1 requires Windows 7 Service Pack 1 to be installed.

Radeon Product Compatibility
Radeon Software Crimson ReLive Edition 17.11.1 is compatible with the following AMD Radeon products.

Note: AMD Radeon™ R9 Fury, Radeon™ Pro Duo and Radeon™ RX 400 Series are only supported by Radeon Software Crimson ReLive Edition on Windows 7/10 64-bit. AMD Radeon™ RX 500 Series graphics are only supported by Radeon Software Crimson ReLive Edition on Windows 7/10 64-bit.

Mobility Radeon™ Family Compatibility
Radeon Software Crimson ReLive Edition 17.11.1 is a notebook reference graphics driver with limited support for system vendor specific features.

AMD APU Product Family Compatibility​

AMD APU products are only supported by AMD Radeon Software Crimson ReLive Edition on Windows® 7 (32 & 64-bit) and Windows® 10 (32 & 64-bit).

Compatible Operating Systems
Radeon Software Crimson ReLive Edition 17.11.1 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 7 (32 & 64-bit version with SP1 or higher)

AMD Issue Reporting Form

This driver release incorporates suggestions received through the AMD Issue Reporting Form. To provide us with your feedback, visit the AMD Issue Reporting Form.

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