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AMD Radeon Crimson Edition 16.5.2.1 Boosts DOOM Performance

AMD has released a driver update for its Radeon graphics cards, bringing with it a 35% performance boost when running DOOM on a Radeon R9 390, compared to the last driver released a week ago. However, the driver comes with caveats, with AMD admitting that some users might encounter some issues, listed below.

From the driver release notes:

Radeon Software Crimson Edition 16.5.2.1 Highlights

Performance increase by up to 35% on AMD Radeon R9 390 series products in Doom™ versus Radeon Software Crimson Edition 16.5.2

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”.
Users in Quad AMD Crossfire technology configurations may be unable to re-enable AMD Crossfire mode when using the global AMD Crossfire option in the “Gaming” tab and toggling it from on to off.
The Witcher® 3: Wild Hunt inventory and character pages may exhibit flickering in AMD Crossfire technology mode.
Call of Duty™: Advanced Warfare may exhibit stuttering when using AMD FreeSync™ technology and AMD Crossfire technology in conjunction.
Installing Radeon Software Crimson Edition 16.5.2.1 multiple times on the same machine after rebooting may cause the installer to hang.
The AMD Crossfire mode options in Radeon Settings may not take effect on Origin or Uplay applications.
Radeon Settings Additional Settings page may not be available when upgrading to Radeon Software Crimson Edition 16.5.2.1 from the current windows update driver. As a work around please clean uninstall all current Radeon Software when upgrading if your system exhibits this issue.
Some textures may exhibit flickering in Fallout™ 4 when using AMD Crossfire technology.
Forza Motorsport 6: Apex™ may exhibit brightness flickering when using AMD FreeSync™ technology.
Frame Rate Target Control gaming profiles may fail to enable for some games.