AMD aggiorna i driver con Radeon Software Crimson Edition 16.4.2

Nuovi driver per le schede video AMD della famiglia Radeon, che arrivano alla versione Crimson Editon 16.4.2 implementando nuovi profili CrossFire per i titoli Elite Dangerous e Need for Speed. Non manca anche il supporto alla tecnollogia AMD Xconnect, che sfrutta collegamento Thunderbolt 3 per permette di interfacciare una scheda video discreta delle serie Radeon R9 Fury, Nano o 300 ad un PC portatile.

Il download dei driver, in versione a 32bit e a 64bit per i sistemi operativi Windows 7, Windows 8.1 e Windows 10, è accessibile a questo indirizzo. Di seguito le principali note fornite con i driver:

Radeon Software Crimson Edition 16.4.2 Highlights

• Updated or New Crossfire Profiles available for:
  • Elite Dangerous™
  • Need for Speed™
• AMD Xconnect™ technology: This driver provides full support for Thunderbolt™ 3 eGFX enclosures configured with Radeon™ R9 Fury, Nano or 300 Series GPUs. This driver also provides plug'n'play simplicity, plus an integrated management interface for such devices.⁽¹⁾

Resolved Issues

• The Division™ may experience flickering in AMD Crossfire™ technology mode.
• DOTA2™ toggling between borderless fullscreen and exclusive fullscreen can sometimes cause flickering or corruption when in AMD Crossfire™ technology mode.
• Some DirectX® 9 applications cannot disable AMD Crossfire™ technology mode through Radeon Settings.
• GPU clocks on some products may remain in high states after recovering from an application crash.
• A small subset of AMD Radeon™ R9 380 users may be experiencing slower than expected fan speeds.
• Power efficiency toggle in Radeon Settings is showing up for some unsupported products.
• The check for software updates feature in Radeon Settings may not find the latest available update.
• Some games may fail to show up in Radeon Settings gaming tab.
• The Radeon Settings option may sometimes disappear as a shortcut from the right-click context menu on desktop after a software upgrade.
• Steam®VR Performance Test may experience flickering in AMD Crossfire™ technology mode.
• Stuttering or corruption observed while playing Fallout 4™ on some graphics products in AMD Crossfire™ technology mode.
• Corruption in Hitman™ when using AMD Crossfire™ technology mode.
• Stuttering or freezing in some loading scenes while playing Hitman™ using AMD Crossfire™ technology mode.
• Negative scaling seen on Hitman™ when using AMD Crossfire™ technology mode.

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".
• HDMI™ Scaling options may not be available in Radeon Settings on some system configurations or some applications may ignore the HDMI™ Scaling options setting.
• The option to enable/disable AMD Crossfire™ technology logo may be missing on some system configurations from the Gaming, Global Options tab in Radeon Settings.
• The Witcher® 3: Wild Hunt inventory and character pages may exhibit flickering in AMD Crossfire™ technology mode.
• Radeon Settings game manager does not display icons for Origin Games.
• AMD Radeon Pro Duo users may experience a system crash or hang after resuming from sleep or hibernate.