Release Notes & Download
Radeon Software Crimson Edition 16.8.2 Highlights
Support for:
No Man's Sky™
Paragon™ Open Beta
Fixed Issues
Overwatch™ may experience an intermittent application crash when browsing the hero gallery.
With a Freesync supported display and Freesync enabled, some users may experience flickering on desktop during system idle.
A small number of Windows 10 Anniversary Edition systems may experience install issues with secure boot enabled.
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".
Grand Theft Auto V™ may experience an application hang on Radeon RX 400 Series Graphics when playing at 4K resolution in story mode.
A small number of 144hz non-Freesync enabled displays may exhibit flickering during gaming or on desktop.
Ark Survival Evolved™ may experience an error message when trying to launch the game in some configurations.
DOTA2™ may experience an application hang when using the Vulkan™ API and changing resolution or game/quality settings.
Corruption may be experienced in Rise of the Tomb Raider using the DirectX®12 API on some Hybrid Graphics configurations when performing a task switch.
Shader Cache may remain be enabled when set to "off" in Radeon Settings on some Hybrid Graphics configurations.
Radeon RX 480 graphics may experience intermittent stuttering in The Division™ when high game settings are used and vsync is enabled.
Battlefield™ 4 may experience intermittent crashes when using Mantle. As a work around users are suggested to switch to DirectX®11.
Radeon Pro Duo may experience a black screen in Total War™: Warhammer with the games API set to DirectX®12 and V-Sync enabled.
World of Tanks™ may experience stuttering after performing a task switch in AMD CrossFire mode.
Rocket League™ may experience flickering when in AMD CrossFire mode.
Ashes of the Singularity™ may experience an application crash with "crazy" in game settings and Multi-GPU enabled.
Package Contents
The Radeon Software Crimson Edition 16.8.2 installation package contains the following:
Radeon Software Crimson Edition 16.8.2 Driver Version 16.30.2511.1001.
Compatible Operating Systems
Radeon Software Crimson Edition 16.8.2 is designed to support the following Microsoft® Windows® platforms. Operating System support may vary depending on your specific AMD Radeon product.
Windows 10 (32 & 64-bit version)
Windows 8.1 (32 & 64-bit version)
Windows 7 (32 & 64-bit vcersion with SP1 or higher)
Radeon Product Compatibility
Radeon Software Crimson Edition 16.8.2 is compatible with the following AMD Radeon products.
Note that AMD Radeon™ R9 Fury, Radeon™ Pro Duo, and Radeon™ RX 400 Series graphics are only supported by Radeon Software Crimson Edition on Windows 7/8.1/10 64-bit.
Radeon Desktop Product Family Compatibility
AMD Radeon™ RX 400 Series Graphics
AMD Radeon™ R7 300 Series Graphics
AMD Radeon™ Pro Duo
AMD Radeon™ R7 200 Series Graphics
AMD Radeon™ R9 Fury Series Graphics
AMD Radeon™ R5 300 Series Graphics
AMD Radeon™ R9 Nano Series Graphics
AMD Radeon™ R5 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
Mobility Radeon™ Family Compatibility
Radeon Software Crimson Edition 16.8.2 is a notebook reference graphics driver with limited support for system vendor specific features.
Radeon 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
