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AMD Releases Radeon Software Crimson Edition 16.10.1 WHQL

The latest WHQL-signed Radeon Software Crimson Edition was released today, bring the drivers up to version 16.10.1. These are the same drivers which launched earlier this month, but of course, they’re signed now and not a beta update for those who love to wait till drivers are a little more proven/stable.

The update included improved performance for Gears of War 4, as well as Mafia II, CrossFire profiles for Shadow Warrior 2, as well as support for the Oculus Asynchronous Spacewarp feature for Polaris 10 cards; RX 480 and RX 470.

What is Asynchronous Spacewarp?

“ASW compares previously rendered frames, detects the motion between them, and extrapolates the position of scene components to create a new synthetic frame. Using this technology, synthetic frames will accurately approximate the fully-rendered frames they’re designed to replace.” – AMD

Radeon Software Crimson Edition 16.10.1 Highlights

Support For:
- Gears of War® 4
- Mafia III™
- Support for Oculus’ Asynchronous Spacewarp (ASW) feature on select Radeon RX 400 series graphics products. ASW compares previously rendered frames, detects the motion between them, and extrapolates the position of scene components to create a new synthetic frame. Using this technology, synthetic frames will accurately approximate the fully-rendered frames they’re designed to replace.

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.

Package Contents
The Radeon Software Crimson Edition 16.10.1 installation package contains the following:

Radeon Software Crimson Edition 16.10.1 Driver Version 16.40.2715

The Radeon Software Crimson Edition 16.10.1 installation package can be downloaded from the following links:

Peter Donnell

As a child still in my 30's (but not for long), I spend my day combining my love of music and movies with a life-long passion for gaming, from arcade classics and retro consoles to the latest high-end PC and console games. So it's no wonder I write about tech and test the latest hardware while I enjoy my hobbies!