The main new addition to Radeon Software is a redesigned driver utility called Radeon Settings that focuses on accessibility and usability. Rather than hiding various features in confusing drop-down menus and cluttered panels, Radeon Settings is now much easier to navigate thanks to suitable separation of features into different tabs.

Note: You can download the latest AMD Radeon Crimson Edition Graphics Driver here.

Radeon Software Crimson Edition 16.4.2 Highlights:

  • Updated or New Crossfire Profiles available for:
  • 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.
  • SteamVR 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.

Notes: Product is based on the Vulkan 1.0 Specification and has been submitted to, and is expected to pass, the Khronos Conformance Process. Current conformance status can be found at www.khronos.org/conformance. Vulkan and the Vulkan logo are trademarks of the Khronos Group Inc. Vulkan and the Vulkan logo are trademarks of the Khronos Group Inc.

Supported Products:

AMD Desktop Product Family Compatibility​

  • AMD Radeon R9 200 Series
  • AMD Radeon HD 8500+ Series​
  • AMD Radeon R7 200 Series
  • AMD Radeon HD 7700+ Series
  • AMD Radeon R5 230 Series

AMD APU Product Family Compatibility

AMD APU series codenamed "Kaveri", "Godavari" and "Carrizo" are only supported by AMD Radeon Software Crimson Edition on Windows 7 (32 & 64-bit), Windows 8.1 (64-bit) and Windows 10 (64-bit).

  • AMD A-Series APUs with Radeon R7 Graphics
  • AMD A-Series APUs with Radeon R6 Graphics
  • AMD A-Series APUs with Radeon R5 Graphics
  • AMD A-Series APUs with Radeon R4 Graphics
  • AMD A-Series APUs with Radeon R3 Graphics
  • AMD FX-8800P APUs with AMD Radeon​ R7 Graphics
  • AMD E-Series APUs with Radeon R2 Graphics
  • AMD Radeon HD 8500+ Series Graphics

AMD Mobility Radeon Family Compatibility

AMD Catalyst Mobility is a notebook reference graphics driver with limited support for system vendor specific features.

  • AMD Radeon R9 M200 Series
  • AMD Radeon HD 8500M+ Series
  • AMD Radeon R7 M200 Series
  • AMD Radeon HD 7700M+ Series
  • AMD Radeon R5 M200 Series

Previous versions:

AMD Radeon Crimson Edition Graphics Driver 2016-03-29

AMD Radeon Crimson Edition Graphics Driver 2015-12-21

Resolved Issues:

[83112] Radeon Settings driver update check is not available for minor driver versions
[83111] System has higher idle power usage on Windows 7 when running with Radeon Settings
[82050] Star Wars: Battlefront - Snow flickers in a few locations in the game
[82240] Star Wars: Battlefront - Sky rendering may be broken in some game locations
[82645] Fallout 4 - The compass may flicker during gameplay on AMD Radeon R9 390 series products. We continue to investigate the issue with AMD Radeon R9 290 and AMD Radeon R9 295X2 series products
[82667] Star Wars: Battlefront - Shadowy textures are visible around hills/structures/caves
[81890] Just Cause 3 - Texture corruption may be experienced during gameplay
[54874] Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 - Poor AMD Crossfire performance may be experienced
[82338] The driver installation may fail while installing the ACP component
[82426] The font size in Chinese language installations may be too small
[82438] The label range values in some AMD Freesync™ installations may be incorrect
[82536] The Radeon Settings dropbox does not close when it is clicked on a second time
[82603] The AMD Overdrive fan settings is always set to ON after first edit on reboot
[82586] Language shows up as Chinese Simplified when Chinese Traditional is selected in Windows 7
[82656] Radeon Settings crashes on the Display tab when cloning a display via HDMI on some notebooks
[82671] Overdrive fan speed is reset to Manual on exiting from a 3D game or application
[82766] Radeon Settings does not get upgraded in some install scenarios
[82691] AMD Overdrive™ cannot revert to default settings in some situations

Known Issues:​

[82789] Total War : Rome II : Choppy gameplay may be experienced
[82788] Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 - Frame freezing during gameplay may be experienced
[82794] Just Cause 3 - The system may hang when task switching on systems with AMD CPUs and GPUs
[82775] Just Cause 3 - Flickering may be experienced during gameplay and on menu screens
[82778] Anno 2205 - Water splatter may flicker during in Ultra high mode on 4K displays
[82779] Fallout 4 - Gameplay may be choppy in AMD Freesync mode in Ultra mode at 1440p resolution
[58978] Dirt Rally - A crash may be experienced starting a new race with AMD Crossfire and AMD Freesync enabled
[59475] Elite: Dangerous - Poor performance may be experienced in SuperCruise mode under Windows 10
[78139] PowerDVD - 3D playback may fail on some configurations using an HDMI 2.0 dongle
[79428] Starcraft 2: Flickering may be observed in the 'Episode 3' campaign
[80251] Fable Legends: The DirectX 12 benchmark may fail to launch on some configurations
[80836] Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 - Flickering or poor performance may be experienced when running in AMD Crossfire mode
[81402] Assassin's Creed Syndicate - A crash may be experienced when setting game to Ultra-High graphics mode
[81403] Flickering may be observed on some Freesync monitors while playing Wolfenstein - The New Order and Battlefield: Hardline with Vsync disabled
[81448] A system restart may be experience when waking the system from sleep mode on some systems with Intel processors
[81489] Unable to create 4x1 or 2.1 portrait mode SLS with 4K displays
[81651] Star Wars: Battlefront - texture corruption may be experienced if the game "Field of View" setting is > 100
[81736] Call of Duty Online - the game may crash if the Printscreen key is pressed on a 4K monitor
[81777] Launching a game from the Game Manager may launch on a single display after enabling and disabling AMD Crossfire in a 3x1 AMD Eyefinity setup
[81809] A crash may be experienced if an HDMI display is a cloned display device on an HP Envy 15 notebook
[81844] Unable to change resolution if a wireless display is the only connected display
[81856] Marginally increased power consumption may be observed during video playback
[81859] Flickering may be experienced on some monitors when AMD Freesync is enabled
[81915] Assassin's Creed Syndicate - Building textures may be missing on some AMD Freesync displays with Vsync enabled
[82083] Ark Survival Evolved - Poor performance may be experienced when running in AMD Crossfire mode
[82093] Star Wars : Battlefront - Some flickering may be experienced in shaded areas of the screen while game levels are loading
[82213] Star Wars : Battlefront - Some users may experience minor flickering or corruption at different game location or while viewing the in-game cinematics
[82387] Assassin's Creed Syndicate - The game may crash if the Gaming Evolved "In Game Overlay" is enabled. A temporary workaround is to disable the AMD Gaming Evolved "In Game Overlay"