please please please have fixed the random but constant driver crash with firefox/waterfox and mpc. soooo dang annoying

Awesome driver and no problems to report , keep them coming AMD !

please please please have fixed the random but constant driver crash with firefox/waterfox and mpc. soooo dang annoying

First of all, whenever I personally encounter crashes in Firefox, it's because of an extension or an enabled setting that really shouldn't have been. Second, seeing as I never heard of Waterfox, I'm guessing it's not exactly based on stable releases. So, I wouldn't be too quick to point fingers at the drivers unless you have proof that older ones worked. That doesn't mean alternative drivers won't crash, but, that doesn't mean it's AMD's fault either. You can't judge a car's safety by driving off a cliff, so you can't judge the stability of drivers when using unstable software. I don't know what MPC is so no comment there. If you find yourself with several programs failing to run, you may want to wipe clean all of your drivers and do a fresh new install. Same goes for Firefox itself; there have been a few times where Firefox was giving me issues and the only way to fix it was to reinstall it. Weirdly enough, keeping my extensions didn't repeat the problem.

Until they make a driver that support r9 290 series 4k VSR i will not use latest driver. I have to use crimson 16.1 with modded files to have 4k VSR, please unlock 4k VSR for cards that can have that, why did you lock that, I'm so dissapointed in AMD :-(

How bout you learn how to use DDU to make 4k downsampling work. Have fun not having the newer support on drivers as well as they run alot better then 16.1 did on my 290x. I have 3440x1440@80hz and 3840x1600@60hz working on my 21:9 2560x1080@60hz and it has no VSR support. Its not hard to do. The internal scaler of the 290 is limited vs the newer cards, hence why newer GCN cards after 290 can support 4k VSR.

First of all, whenever I personally encounter crashes in Firefox, it's because of an extension or an enabled setting that really shouldn't have been. Second, seeing as I never heard of Waterfox, I'm guessing it's not exactly based on stable releases. So, I wouldn't be too quick to point fingers at the drivers unless you have proof that older ones worked. That doesn't mean alternative drivers won't crash, but, that doesn't mean it's AMD's fault either. You can't judge a car's safety by driving off a cliff, so you can't judge the stability of drivers when using unstable software. I don't know what MPC is so no comment there. If you find yourself with several programs failing to run, you may want to wipe clean all of your drivers and do a fresh new install. Same goes for Firefox itself; there have been a few times where Firefox was giving me issues and the only way to fix it was to reinstall it. Weirdly enough, keeping my extensions didn't repeat the problem.

um no the last driver release 16.12.1 was the issue. all other driver versions worked fine. and so far this one is working fine. and watefox is the 64bit version of firefox before firefox went 64bit. (still works better then firefox honestly). also 16.12.1 was crashing when using mpc = media player classic (how can you not know that either?). so yea i can judge it. and i always do a clean wipe of drivers and ddu. it all had to do with video play back in a browser or player and the drivers. (guess i should have been more clear on issue)

mpc = media player classic (how can you not know that either?)

What do you mean "either"? Nothing you said is obvious or common knowledge. As you have already stated, Firefox already has 64 bit builds. Since I primarily use Linux, I've had access to 64 bit Firefox for years, so I've had no reason to encounter Waterfox. Anyway, I didn't know what mpc was because most people don't use it. Most people use either the "modern" Media Player, iTunes, Winamp, VLC, Kodi, or some media-specific application (like PowerDVD).

What do you mean "either"? Nothing you said is obvious or common knowledge. As you have already stated, Firefox already has 64 bit builds. Since I primarily use Linux, I've had access to 64 bit Firefox for years, so I've had no reason to encounter Waterfox. Anyway, I didn't know what mpc was because most people don't use it. Most people use either the "modern" Media Player, iTunes, Winamp, VLC, Kodi, or some media-specific application (like PowerDVD).

lol Alot of people here on Guru3d use MPC its the media player of choice for hardware enthusiasts you might want to doing a bit of reading on it And I had the same issue Criceseye its the drivers this new one resolves those issues I spent all last night throwing youtube and mpc at the new drivers just to be sure

lol Alot of people here on Guru3d use MPC its the media player of choice for hardware enthusiasts you might want to doing a bit of reading on it

I know what it is... there are articles here where it is featured. I just never see it abbreviated... As for being "the media player of choice for hardware enthusiasts", that's a bold claim. MPC is great for stuff like 4K video playback or fresh new codecs that other programs may be slow to support. But the vast majority of people (including PC enthusiasts) don't care or have abundant access to that stuff. It gets pretty old when people act like having a 1440p+ display, a GTX 1070, an i7 K series, and 16GB of RAM is a healthy minimum; having fancy stuff doesn't make you an enthusiast. Anyway when it comes to Windows, your codecs have more to do with your results than the application itself. For example, some issues people have with VLC in Windows that don't happen in MPC also don't happen in Mac or Linux. Sometimes it's the other way around. When using a VR headset, some codecs/plugins allow quicker time selections while others offer smoother playback, even on the same video and same application. Since MPC is relatively so barebones, it's much easier to eliminate other variables that could be interfering with playback. I'm not trashing MPC here, but it doesn't cater to all enthusiasts either.

What do you mean "either"? Nothing you said is obvious or common knowledge. As you have already stated, Firefox already has 64 bit builds. Since I primarily use Linux, I've had access to 64 bit Firefox for years, so I've had no reason to encounter Waterfox. Anyway, I didn't know what mpc was because most people don't use it. Most people use either the "modern" Media Player, iTunes, Winamp, VLC, Kodi, or some media-specific application (like PowerDVD).

um firefox did not have 64 bit versions for years. it was always 32 bit till dec 15 2015 (and it wasnt good till months later). if it was for linux and you primarily use linux then why even try to help (cause you didnt you just argued obviously not knowing). or in my opinion tried to belittle.

um firefox did not have 64 bit versions for years. it was always 32 bit till dec 15 2015 (and it wasnt good till months later). if it was for linux and you primarily use linux then why even try to help (cause you didnt you just argued obviously not knowing). or in my opinion tried to belittle.

Over the years, there have been several iterations of 64 bit Firefox in Windows, though most of them weren't long lived nor stable. To my knowledge, the nightly builds also supported 64 bit for years. The argument about 64 bit builds don't matter. The only reason it's part of the discussion (and the fact that the Linux 64 bit version has always worked fine) was to clarify my reasoning for not knowing about Waterfox. My point was that if you're using potentially unstable software, you can't be so quick to blame drivers when things stop working. Firefox in general is not exactly known for being both stable and a good performer at the same time. There's a reason why Firefox hasn't consistently had stable 64 bit Windows releases for so long...

Hey guys, please would anyone check if these drivers have options such as brightness, contrast, color etc. in it's additional settings? Thanks for your reply 🙂

I thought it did? At least from previous versions of Crimson, they had chunks of the old CCC around for stuff like that. But, you don't need that anyway: http://www.howto-connect.com/adjust-brightness-and-contrast-on-windows-10-desktop/

lol Alot of people here on Guru3d use MPC its the media player of choice for hardware enthusiasts you might want to doing a bit of reading on it And I had the same issue Criceseye its the drivers this new one resolves those issues I spent all last night throwing youtube and mpc at the new drivers just to be sure

DAum Potplayer over MPC anytime. I do have both but I just dont use MPC...Why would I? It's less... edit: AMD update from their "radeon settings" says I have the latest driver (16.12.1)...What gives? :3eyes: oh well...AMD...

^ That dreaded bug has been around for the past 15 releases or more. Before the Windows 10 Anniversary update rolled out, I used to see my card go into ZeroCore mode, meaning the fans would stop spinning when it's idle. Ever since I updated to Windows Anniversary, it no longer works. I am downloading this, but I am not expecting any miracles over the previous 16.12.2 "Hotfix" drivers. Clearly this is the same driver with just the WHQL stamp on it. Waiting to see feedback from R9 290/290X and 390/390X owners as to whether this driver fixes their issues.

Anydody can explain what the wifi adapters have... to do with graphics card's driver? "some ping time issues with certain WiFi adapters..."?!

I can tell that I use Waterfox for more than two years now, it has never failed on me and it is as much stable as the original Firefox if not even more stable. I have never had any problems with Waterfox, I use it everyday as my default browser and I recommend it for you to try it too. Hope that I have helped a bit clearing the confusion about Waterfox.

I can vouch for Waterfox also, been using it for a few years and it is very good. https://www.waterfoxproject.org/

For me, this is causing serious problem. ALways ehen i boot i get picture to the screen until windows has loaded. Then screeen goes blank and i have to hard reset and then it loads.. Going back to previous drivers fixed this problem. Didnt have this problem with previous monitor and HDMI.. Now im with DP

For me its actually much slower than previous releases.I tested with far cry 4 ,3d mark11 and kombustor they all runed slower.

This is weird. Have you done a clean installation?