This article provides information on the latest posting of the AMD Radeon Software Crimson Edition Driver. The AMD Radeon Software Crimson Edition Driver is compatible with the following AMD products.
| AMD Desktop Product Family Compatibility | |
| AMD Radeon R9 Fury Series Graphics | AMD Radeon R7 300 Series Graphics |
| AMD Radeon R9 Nano Series Graphics | AMD Radeon R7 200 Series Graphics |
| AMD Radeon R9 300 Series Graphics | AMD Radeon HD 8500 - HD 8900 Series Graphics |
| AMD Radeon R9 200 Series Graphics | AMD Radeon HD 7700 - HD 7900 Series Graphics |
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 APU Product Family Compatibility | |
| Desktop | Mobile |
| AMD A-Series APUs with Radeon R7 Graphics | AMD A-Series APUs with Radeon™ R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, or R8 Graphics |
| AMD A-Series APUs with Radeon R6 Graphics | AMD FX-8800P APUs with AMD Radeon™ R7 Graphics |
| AMD A-Series APUs with Radeon R5 Graphics | AMD E-Series APUs with Radeon™ R2 Graphics |
| AMD A-Series APUs with Radeon R4 Graphics | AMD Radeon™ HD 8500 - HD 8900 Series Graphics |
| AMD Pro A-Series APUs with Radeon R5 or R7 Graphics | AMD Pro A-Series APUs with Radeon™ R5, R6, or R7 Graphics |
AMD Mobility Radeon Family Compatibility
AMD Radeon Software Crimson Edition Driver is a notebook reference graphics driver with limited support for system vendor specific features.
| AMD Mobility Product Family Compatibility | |
| AMD Radeon R9 M300 Series Graphics | AMD Radeon R7 M200 Series Graphics |
| AMD Radeon R7 M300 Series Graphics | AMD Radeon R5 M200 Series Graphics |
| AMD Radeon R5 M300 Series Graphics | AMD Radeon HD 8500M - HD 8900M Series Graphics |
| AMD Radeon R9 M200 Series Graphics | AMD Radeon HD 7700M - HD 7900M Series Graphics |
Radeon Software Crimson Edition 16.3.1 Highlights
Updated Crossfire Profiles available for:
- Hitman
Support for:
- Need for Speed
Resolved Issues
- Installed or played games sometimes do not show up in the Radeon™ Settings "Gaming" tab.
- Installing via command line may not work for some users. As a workaround please use the default GUI installer.
- Intermittent hang sometimes experienced on UE4 applications.
- Black screen or possible hang after launching Oculus Video Application.
- DirectX 12 application frame rates are no longer locked to the refresh rate of the display panel.
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"
- FFXIV can experience black screen or application hang
- The Division may experience flickering in AMD Crossfire mode.
- 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.
- Power efficiency toggle in Radeon Settings is showing up for some unsupported products.
- Hitman may experience poor AMD Crossfire scaling when "Super Sampling" is set to 1.5x.
- Need for Speed may experience poor scaling or flickering in AMD Crossfire™ mode.
Read our Hitman PC Graphics performance review here
