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AMD Radeon Software Crimson Edition 16.10.1 released, optimized for Gears of War 4 & Mafia III

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AMD has released a new driver for its graphics cards. According to the release notes, the AMD Radeon Software Crimson Edition 16.10.1 adds support for Gears of War 4 and Mafia III, and packs a Crossfire profile for Shadow Warrior 2.

You can download this new AMD driver from here.

And here is the changelog for the AMD Radeon Software Crimson Edition 16.10.1:

Radeon Software Crimson Edition 16.10.1 Highlights
Support For:

  • Gears of War 4
  • Mafia III

New AMD CrossFire profile added for DirectX® 11:

  • Shadow Warrior 2

Fixed Issues

  • Deus Ex: Mankind Divided may experience minor stutter during gameplay when using AMD CrossFire mode or may crash when launching the in game benchmark.
  • The Crew may experience a random or sudden FPS drop while playing.
  • Battlefield 1 may experience flickering on some surfaces when using AMD CrossFire mode.
  • Radeon WattMan may fail to keep Power Limit settings after hitting apply in some cases.
  • Overwatch may experience flickering character models while in the hero selection menu or during gameplay in AMD Crossfire mode.
  • Paragon may experience flickering while using AMD FreeSync technology and AMD CrossFire mode in conjunction.
  • Pixel Format option is no longer missing for some Radeon RX 400 series products in Radeon Settings.

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.
  • The Division may experience a game hang during extended periods of play while in AMD CrossFire mode.
  • Rise of the Tomb Raider may experience an application crash when changing the resolution from in-game menus when running DirectX®12. Users can restart the game to complete the resolution change.
  • While using or having Radeon WattMan open in Radeon Settings in AMD CrossFire mode, the secondary/slave graphics processor clocks will increase to their highest state.
  • H.264 content may experience blocky corruption when streaming using P2P content players on some Radeon RX 400 series graphics products.

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