Download Driver For AMD Radeon Software Crimson Edition 16.3 Hotfix

AMD has released a new version of Radeon Software Crimson Edition, as the drivers are called today. The drivers are only suitable for the HD 7750 and higher, the HD 8570 and higher, and of course the cards from the R5, R7 and R9 series. As for Windows, only versions 7, 8.1 and 10 are supported. For older cards, now designated as legacy or non-gcn, Catalyst Software Suite version 15.7.1 is the latest stable release and Radeon Software Crimson Edition version 16.2.1 is considered beta offered.

Radeon Software includes a completely redesigned user interface, written in Qt and no longer in .NET, which makes it a lot faster, among other things. There is also support for LiquidVR technology and improved Freesync support. Also, frame pacing, low frame rate compensation and the use of custom resolutions and virtual super resolution have been improved. For apus, the new driver improves the video display. Finally, the loading time of games has been improved and GPUs use less energy. In version 16.3, the following improvements have also been made:

Updated Crossfire Profiles available for:

• hitman
• The Park

Support for:

• hitman

Performance and Quality improvements for:

• Rise of the Tomb Raider (2)
  • Up to 16% on AMD Radeon R9 Fury X Series vs version 16.2.
• Gears of War Ultimate Edition (3)
  • Up to 60% on AMD Radeon R9 Fury X series vs version 16.2.1
  • Up to 44% on AMD Radeon R9 380 series vs version 16.2.1

Vulkan Support (1):
Vulkan is the successor to OpenGL and a descendant of AMD’s Mantle. Vulkan is a powerful “low-overhead” graphics API that gives software developers deep control over the performance, efficiency, and capabilities of Radeon GPUs and multi-core CPUs. More information on Vulkan can be found at

Per-Game Display Scaling:
A new feature introduced in Radeon Settings that allows per game Display Scaling to be set within the Radeon Settings Gaming tab under “Profile Options”.

Language Menu:
A new feature introduced in Radeon Settings that allows the end user to select their preferred language from a drop down menu under the “Preferences -> Language” tab.

Two Display Eyefinity:
Two Display Eyefinity is now an available option under the Eyefinity tab in Radeon Settings.

AMD Crossfire Status Indicator:
A new feature in Radeon Settings that allows users to toggle an AMD Crossfire status indicator on their screen when running in AMD Crossfire mode.

Updated Social Links:
New Social links are now available for Radeon Settings home page and have also updated based on geographical region.

Power Efficiency Toggle:
A new feature introduced in the Radeon Settings Gaming tab for select AMD Radeon 300 series and AMD Radeon Fury X available under “Global Options”. This allows the user to disable some power efficiency optimizations.

AMD XConnect technology:
This driver provides initial support for external GPU enclosures configured with Radeon R9 300 Series GPUs are now supported over Thunderbolt 3 (USB-C) connections. AMD XConnect technology additionally provides plug’n’play support and an integrated management interface. Base system must have BIOS support for external GPUs (eg Razer Blade Stealth).

Resolved Issues

• Core clocks may not maintain sustained clock speeds resulting in choppy performance and or screen corruption (Fixed with new Power Efficiency feature toggled to off)
• Gears of War Ultimate Edition – Random freezes may be experienced during gameplay
• Ashes of the Singularity 2.0 Benchmark now supports DirectFlip
• XCOM 2 flickering textures may be experienced at various game locations
• Rise of the Tomb Raider – The game may randomly crash on launch if Tessellation is enabled

Known Issues

• A few game titles may fail to launch or crash if the Gaming Evolved overlay is enabled. A temporary workaround is to disable the AMD Gaming Evolved “In Game Overlay”
• Installing via command line may not work for some users. As a workaround please use the default GUI installer
• League of Legends may experience some graphical corruption on characters death animation in AMD Crossfire mode
• Rift may experience a hang when playing with FRTC and V-Sync enabled. As a work around users are suggested to disable V-Sync
• Plants vs Zombies: Garden Warfare 2 may experience some flickering in AMD Crossfire mode
• Rise of the Tomb Raider may experience graphical corruption in some cinematics
• The Division may experience flickering in AMD Crossfire mode
• Star Wars Battlefront users may experience flicker in AMD Crossfire mode on battle and tutorial loading screens
• Star Wars Battlefront users may experience ground texture issues in certain locations on Survival Hoth missions

Disclaimer
(1) Product is conformant with Vulkan 1.0 Specification. Vulkan and the Vulkan logo are trademarks of the Khronos Group Inc.
(2) Performance is relative from AMD Radeon Software Crimson Edition 16.2.1 vs AMD Radeon Software Crimson Edition 16.3. Measured on Windows 10 Pro Edition, Intel I7-5930, 16GB System Ram, 1080P Resolution, AMD Radeon R9 Fury X
(3) Performance is relative from AMD Radeon Software Crimson Edition 16.2.1 vs AMD Radeon Software Crimson Edition 16.3. Measured on Windows 10 Pro Edition, Intel I7-5960X CPU, 16GB System Ram, UHD Resolution, AMD Radeon R9 Fury X and AMD Radeon R9 380.