Radeon Software Crimson Edition 16.3 Newsletter

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.

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Radeon Software Crimson Edition 16.3 Highlights

 Updated Crossfire Profiles available for:

o Hitman™

o The Park

 Support for:

o Hitman™

 Performance improvements for:

o Rise of the Tomb Raider™(2)

 Up to 16% on AMD Radeon™ R9 Fury X Series vs AMD Radeon™ Software Crimson Edition 16.2.1

o Gears of War Ultimate Edition(3)

 Up to 60% on AMD Radeon™ R9 Fury X series vs AMD Radeon™ Software Crimson Edition 16.2.1

 Up to 44% on AMD Radeon™ R9 380 series vs AMD Radeon™ Software Crimson Edition 16.2.1

 Vulkan™ Support(1): Vulkan™ is the successor to OpenGL and a descendant of AMD’s Mantle. Vulkan™ is a powerful “low-overhead” graphics API that gives software developers deep control over the performance, efficiency, and capabilities of Radeon™ GPUs and multi-core CPUs. More information on Vulkan™ can be found at https://www.khronos.org/vulkan/.

 Per-Game Display Scaling: A new feature introduced in Radeon™ Settings that allows per game Display Scaling to be set within the Radeon™ Settings Gaming tab under “Profile Options”.

 Language Menu: A new feature introduced in Radeon™ Settings that allows the end user to select their preferred language from a drop down menu under the “Preferences -> Language” tab.

 Two Display Eyefinity: Two Display Eyefinity is now an available option under the Eyefinity tab in Radeon™ Settings.

 AMD Crossfire™ Status Indicator: A new feature in Radeon™ Settings that allows users to toggle an AMD Crossfire™ status indicator on their screen when running in AMD Crossfire™ mode.

 Updated Social Links: New Social links are now available for Radeon™ Settings home page and have also updated based on geographical region.  Power Efficiency Toggle: A new feature introduced in the Radeon™ Settings Gaming tab for select AMD Radeon™ 300 series and AMD Radeon™ Fury X available under “Global Options”. This allows the user to disable some power efficiency optimizations.

 AMD XConnect™ technology: This driver provides initial support for external GPU enclosures configured with Radeon™ R9 300 Series GPUs are now supported over Thunderbolt™ 3 (USB-C) connections. AMD XConnect™ technology additionally provides plug’n’play support and an integrated management interface. Base system must have BIOS support for external GPUs (e.g. Razer Blade Stealth).

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Disclaimer

(1)Product is conformant with Vulkan 1.0 Specification. Vulkan™ and the Vulkan™ logo are trademarks of the Khronos Group Inc. (2)Performance is relative from AMD Radeon™ Software Crimson Edition 16.2.1 vs AMD Radeon™ Software Crimson Edition 16.3. Measured on Windows 10 Pro Edition, Intel I7-5930, 16GB System Ram, 1080P Resolution, AMD Radeon™ R9 Fury X. (3)Performance is relative from AMD Radeon™ Software Crimson Edition 16.2.1 vs AMD Radeon™ Software Crimson Edition 16.3. Measured on Windows 10 Pro Edition, Intel I7-5960X CPU, 16GB System Ram, UHD Resolution, AMD Radeon™ R9 Fury X and AMD Radeon™ R9 380.