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AMD Radeon Software Crimson Edition 16.11.5 released, optimized for Watch_Dogs 2

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AMD has released a new driver for its graphics cards. According to the release notes, this driver is optimized for Watch_Dogs 2, and adds a Crossfire profile for Dishonored 2.

This driver also fixes the flicker issues that have been reported in The Division and Battlefield 1 on CrossFire systems.

You can download this new AMD driver from here.

And here is the changelog for the AMD Radeon Software Crimson Edition 16.11.5:

Radeon Software Crimson Edition 16.11.5 Highlights

Support For:

    • Watch Dogs®2

New AMD CrossFire profile added for DirectX® 11:

    • Dishonored™2

Fixed Issues

    • The Division™ game world may flicker during game play when using AMD CrossFire technology.
    • Battlefield™1 flickering may be experienced while using AMD CrossFire technology mode.

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.
    • AMD CrossFire technology mode is currently disabled for Windows®7 configurations with Dishonored™2
    • Watch Dogs®2 may experience flickering or a game crash when using AMD CrossFire technology mode with Dual Radeon RX 480s.
    • DOOM™ may experience a crash when launched using the Vulkan™ API on some Graphics Core Next products.
    • DOTA™2 may experience a crash when launched using the Vulkan™ API on some Graphics Core Next products.
    • Flickering may be experienced while playing Overwatch™ in the main menu or viewing character models using AMD CrossFire mode.
    • 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.

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