Radeon Software Crimson Edition is AMD's revolutionary new graphics software that delivers redesigned functionality, supercharged graphics performance, remarkable new features, and innovation that redefines the overall user experience. Every Radeon Software release strives to deliver new features, better performance and stability improvements.

Radeon Software Crimson Edition 16.5.1 Highlights

Support for:

• Forza Motorsport 6: Apex™
  • Performance increased up to 27% versus Radeon™ Software Crimson Edition 16.4.2 on AMD Radeon™ R9 Fury X⁽¹⁾

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".
• HDMI™ Scaling options may not be available in Radeon Settings on some system configurations or some applications may ignore the HDMI™ Scaling options setting.
• The option to enable/disable AMD Crossfire™ technology logo may be missing on some system configurations from the Gaming, Global Options tab in Radeon Settings.
• The Witcher® 3: Wild Hunt inventory and character pages may exhibit flickering in AMD Crossfire™ technology mode.
• Radeon Settings game manager does not display icons for Origin Games.

⁽¹⁾ Testing conducted by AMD Performance Labs as of April 3, 2016 on the AMD Radeon™ Fury X, on a test system comprising Intel i7 5960X CPU, 16GB DDR4-2666 Mhz system memory, Radeon Software Crimson Edition driver 16.4.2 and Radeon Software Crimson Edition driver 16.5.1 and Windows 10 x64 using the game Forza Motorsport 6: Apex™.  PC manufacturers may vary configurations, yielding different results. At 3840x2160, Radeon Software Crimson Edition 16.4.2 scored 47.58 and Radeon Software Crimson Edition 16.5.1 scored 60.69 on AMD Radeon™ R9 Fury X, which is 27.5% faster performance. Test results are not average and may vary. RS-30

Package Contents The AMD Radeon Software Crimson Edition 16.5.1 Driver contains the following:

• AMD Radeon Software Crimson Edition 16.5.1 Driver Version 16.15.2401.1002.

The AMD Radeon Software Crimson Edition 16.5.1 Driver can be downloaded from the following links:

• AMD Radeon Software Crimson Edition 16.5.1 Driver for Windows® 10, Windows 8.1 & Windows 7 64-bit
• AMD Radeon Software Crimson Edition 16.5.1 Driver for Windows® 10, Windows 8.1 & Windows 7 32-bit

Installing the AMD Radeon Software Crimson Edition 16.5.1 Driver For detailed instructions on how to correctly uninstall or install the AMD Radeon Software Crimson Edition Drivers, please refer to the following support resources:

• How-To Uninstall AMD Radeon Software Crimson Edition Drivers from a Windows® Based System
• How-To Install AMD Radeon Software Crimson Edition Drivers on a Windows® Based System

NOTE: This driver is not intended for use on AMD products running in Apple Boot Camp platforms. Users of these platforms should contact their system manufacturer for driver support.

When installing the AMD Radeon Software Crimson Edition 16.5.1 Driver for the Windows® operating system, the user must be logged on as Administrator, or have Administrator rights to complete the installation of the AMD Radeon Software Crimson Edition 16.5.1 Driver.

The AMD Radeon Software Crimson Edition 16.5.1 Driver requires Windows 7 Service Pack 1 to be installed.