The AMD Driver Thread

[LtMatt]

Try this Stu, it's quick and easy.

Cheers Matt - forwarded that to him. Should keep him quiet for a while.

Matt - just heard back from him, apparently you're a star, he loves you and you're his new hero. I'm guessing that means it worked.

Thanks again Matt, really appreciate you helping me (and him) out, as always.

 

[LtMatt]

I'm surprised Matt or Joe didn't post this. AMD driver team are taking questions on Crimson drivers..

https://community.amd.com/thread/193374

I'm answering the technical questions.

 

[LtMatt]

wow, just tried GTA V first time with Crimson drivers, a total stuttery mess. The game was never like this before, now every 5 seconds the games does a huge stutter, almost a split second where everything stops, absolutely ridiculous. Getting so pee'd off now.

I noticed the same thing after the recent GTA V patch.

 

[LtMatt]

is it still doing it Matt? I'm off to put in yet another report...seems all i've been doing this last 3 weeks is reporting issues with crossfire on games

It was working fine before the game patch on the same driver.

 

[LtMatt]

seems we are not the only ones

I had to step in before the pitchfork crew started blaming our drivers.

 

[LtMatt]

AMD Radeon Software Crimson Edition 15.12

Highlights of AMD Radeon Software Crimson Edition 15.12




Hello everyone,


This is the WHQL version of Crimson 15.11.1 Beta. It contains two new resolved issues mentioned at the top of the Resolved Issues section of the release notes.


Click here to download the driver.


Resolved Issues:
Radeon Settings driver update check is not available for minor driver versions
System has higher idle power usage on Windows® 7 when running with Radeon Settings
Star Wars™: Battlefront - Snow flickers in a few locations in the game
Star Wars™: Battlefront - Sky rendering may be broken in some game locations
Fallout 4 - The compass may flicker during gameplay on AMD Radeon R9 390 series products. We continue to investigate the issue with AMD Radeon R9 290 and AMD Radeon R9 295X2 series products
Star Wars™: Battlefront - Shadowy textures are visible around hills/structures/caves
Just Cause 3 - Texture corruption may be experienced during gameplay
Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 - Poor AMD Crossfire™ performance may be experienced
The driver installation may fail while installing the ACP component
The font size in Chinese language installations may be too small
The label range values in some AMD Freesync™ installations may be incorrect
The Radeon Settings dropbox does not close when it is clicked on a second time
The AMD Overdrive™ fan settings is always set to ON after first edit on reboot
Language shows up as Chinese Simplified when Chinese Traditional is selected in Windows® 7
Radeon Settings crashes on the Display tab when cloning a display via HDMI on some notebooks
Overdrive™ fan speed is reset to Manual on exiting from a 3D game or application
Radeon Settings does not get upgraded in some install scenarios
AMD Overdrive™ cannot revert to default settings in some situations


Known Issues:
Dirt Rally - A crash may be experienced starting a new race with AMD Crossfire™ and AMD Freesync™ enabled
PowerDVD - 3D playback may fail on some configurations using an HDMI 2.0 dongle
Starcraft 2: Flickering may be observed in the 'Episode 3' campaign
Fable Legends: The DirectX® 12 benchmark may fail to launch on some configurations
Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 - Flickering or poor performance may be experienced when running in AMD Crossfire™ mode
Assassin's Creed Syndicate - A crash may be experienced when setting game to Ultra-High graphics mode
Flickering may be observed on some Freesync monitors while playing Wolfenstein - The New Order and Battlefield™:
Hardline with Vsync disabled
A system restart may be experience when waking the system from sleep mode on some systems with Intel processors
Unable to create 4x1 or 2.1 portrait mode SLS with 4K displays
Star Wars™: Battlefront - texture corruption may be experienced if the game "Field of View" setting is > 100
Call of Duty Online - the game may crash if the Printscreen key is pressed on a 4K monitor
Launching a game from the Game Manager may launch on a single display after enabling and disabling AMD Crossfire™ in a 3x1 AMD Eyefinity™ setup
A crash may be experienced if an HDMI™ display is a cloned display device on an HP Envy 15 notebook
Unable to change resolution if a wireless display is the only connected display
Marginally increased power consumption may be observed during video playback
Flickering may be experienced on some monitors when AMD Freesync™ is enabled
Assassin's Creed Syndicate - Building textures may be missing on some AMD Freesync™ displays with Vsync enabled
Ark Survival Evolved - Poor performance may be experienced when running in AMD Crossfire™ mode
Star Wars™ : Battlefront - Some flickering may be experienced in shaded areas of the screen while game levels are loading
Star Wars™ : Battlefront - Some users may experience minor flickering or corruption at different game location or while viewing the in-game cinematics


AMD Issue Reporting Form:
This driver release incorporates suggestions received through the AMD Issue Reporting Form. To provide us with your feedback, visit the AMD Issue Reporting Form.

 

[LtMatt]

Mmm might just wait till next release.. The known issues with freesync is little worrying..
Was this in 15.11.1 Crimson? If so I'll install these not had any flicker.

Thanks Matt.

Not experienced any FreeSync flickering on my system Shanks. I'm not overly familiar with the issue, but i think it relates to one specific display only.

 

[LtMatt]

Is this the aocg2460pf by any chance?

We think it's isolated to 1440P 144HZ.

 

[LtMatt]

Thanks. Should clear up the confusion in the monitor section.

Let me get confirmation on that, I'll be back.

Have the bouncing clocks issue been fixed in this driver Matt?

That issue is still under investigation.

 

[LtMatt]

Is this the aocg2460pf by any chance?

Thanks. Should clear up the confusion in the monitor section.

Let me get confirmation on that, I'll be back.

We think it's isolated to 1440P 144HZ.

 

[LtMatt]

I'm going to give this clock blocking....yes I did say clock and not something else, a go tomorrow. Fed up with my clocks dropping all the time.

http://forums.guru3d.com/showthread.php?t=404465

Contrary to what was said by someone else from AMD, Elite is still not fixed. I read elsewhere, that the new driver was going to resolve it. This is getting silly now.

Taking it's toll on me too

Clock fluctuation and Elite are both under investigation, so they should get fixed. I can offer some suggestions for workarounds for both issues.

Clock Fluctuation:

Download GPU Tweak

• Navigate to Professional Mode

• Click 2D

• Set 2D clock to 3D clock value - Click apply

• No more clock fluctuation

Click default to restore regular 2D clocks





Elite Dangerous Supercruise Mode:

Try placing the 15.6 DLL files in the Elite Dangerous folder, this should resolve the issue and allow you to keep using the Crimson drivers in other games. Additionally, you can try installing Catalyst 15.6 driver which does not have the issue.

Link
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I don't have Elite, but in the example below i placed the DLL's in the GTA V directory.

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Not aimed at you directly Matt but that's poor. How the heck did such poor inconsistent drivers get out of the door never mind WHQL'd.

Rather than pull the entire abomination AMD rather than lose face after the fan-fair of Crimson plod along with them while they're useless for many users. Users that end up playing the driver un-install / re-install game over and over again to see what broke this time. Then having to rely on community coders (clockblock) put a sticking plaster on the poor work of the driver team.

I understand the frustration, it's out of my hands though.

I have a temporary workaround for the clock fluctuation issue above which works.

 

[LtMatt]

Matt, wont installing this program stop the core and mem clocks throttling to 300mhz and 150mhz respectively on the desktop when they are not being used?

thx

Yes, that's why i said click default (the option appears in GPUTweak after adjusting the 2D clocks) to restore 2D clocks. It's a couple of extra clicks, but it allows you to use Crimson and overcome this particular issue - until it's fixed in a future Crimson driver.

 

[LtMatt]

So I have installed the new version and this is what my GPU's do in AB running the Heaven Benchmark

Spoiler

It's perfectly normal, gpu usage should fluctuate.

However if you want to a more consistent GPU usage reading then tick Enable Unified GPU Usage Monitoring.

ok yep understand. Can this program run alongside MSI AB as well at the same time?

Yes, tested by myself. Just use AB for fan/clock speeds.

 

[LtMatt]

cool.

Just noticed I dont have a 2d/3d tab in the latest version, but there is something that says "always 3d clocks" I guess I just enable that right?

Good spot. I've not tried using that so see if it works otherwise use the method above.

Thanks AMDMatt

My CF all seems to be working fine now so currently I don't seem to have any real issues ... I do have a question about Enabling CF in the options screen the tick box " Enable AMD Crossfire for DX 9/10/11 etc keeps loosing the tick as does the Show AMD CrossFire Icon box is this correct ??

Cool.

 

[LtMatt]

thats definitely sorted out my clocks mate, solid now.

Tony can you try running Star Wars Battlefront with CrossFire enabled without MSI Afterburner running. Someone on the AMD Forums mentioned that disabling afterburner fixed it for them. I find this hard to believe and suspect it's an isolated case, but if you get a moment try it out please.

Also, where do you see the option Always run 3D clocks? I can't seem to find it in the Fury GPU Tweak. Wondering if this may only be applicable to 3xx/2xx series GPU's.

 

[LtMatt]

Matt do you have any ideas why having FreeSync on would cause the clocks bounce?

No idea mate.

Have you tried either of the workarounds? Both are pretty easy to maintain and work well if you want to use the drivers.

 

[LtMatt]

I've just been doing a bit of reading on AMD Dual Graphics (hybrid crossfire with an APU and discrete GPU). On the AMD page here it seems like the 78x0 APUs only work together with R7 series cards.

Are there any plans to expand compatibility to R9 cards? And would there even be any point in doing so? I'm just wondering if there could be any cool benefits to getting a 7870K over an 860K... or would the GPU part of the APU basically be useless in this scenario?

Cheers,

Su

I don't think so as the extra GPU power is likely to go unused as the APU would not be strong enough. The fastest GPU for an APU would be the R7 370 but i would only consider using that GPU if you're using a 7870K and its been overclocked. Otherwise the R7 250 would be a good match.

 

[LtMatt]

Apparently my system just doesn't want to play ball today.



Been stuck on this for 20 minutes now, after already closing it 3 times..

Try temporarily disabling your AntiVirus and Internet Connection prior to running the installer.

 

[LtMatt]

AMD Radeon Software Crimson Edition 16.1 Hotfix

Highlights of AMD Radeon Software Crimson Edition 16.1 Hotfix




Hello everyone,


Click here to download the 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

Resolved Issues:
Elite: Dangerous - Poor performance may be experienced in Supercruise mode under Windows® 10
Fallout 4 – The compass flickers during gameplay on AMD Radeon™ R9 290 and AMD Radeon™ R9 295X2
Frame Rate Target Control (FRTC) setting do not apply consistently to all games. In order for FRTC to function properly, Vertical Refresh/VSync must be turned off
The driver installer appears to hang at various stages of the install process
Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 – random frame freezes may be observed during gameplay
DiRT Rally – A crash may occur when starting a new race with AMD Crossfire™ and AMD FreeSync™ enabled
The AMD Gaming Evolved overlay may cause a black screen, or introduce game stutter
Assassins Creed Syndicate - Using “Very High” graphics settings in 3x1 Eyefinity mode may cause displays to switch off
Star Wars™: Battlefront - Some flickering may be experienced in shaded areas of the screen while game levels are loading
Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 - Frame freezing during gameplay may be experienced
Just Cause 3 - The system may hang when task switching on systems with AMD CPUs and GPUs
Just Cause 3 - Application profile setting added for laptops with Switchable Graphics
Fallout 4 - Gameplay may be choppy in AMD FreeSync™ mode in Ultra mode at 1440p resolution
Fallout 4 - Brightness flickering observed with AMD FreeSync™ enabled on certain displays
cnext.exe intermittently crashes during Windows® shutdown
A crash may be experienced if an HDMI™ display is a cloned display device on an HP Envy 15 notebook
Failed to create OpenGL context" error message may appear after installation
Cannot find RadeonSettings.exe" error message may appear during installation
AMD Install Manager has stopped working" error message may appear during installation
Cannot find cncmd.exe" error message may appear during installation
Display may flicker on certain laptops after prolonged gameplay with AMD FreeSync™ enabled
Unable to create 4x1 or 2x1 portrait mode SLS with 4K displays
Video corruption may appear in Movies & TV app when is VSR enabled and scaling mode is set to "Full panel"
Portrait Eyefinity mode may not be configured correctly using Radeon Additional Settings
No display on certain laptops when toggling display mode or connecting an HDMI™ display
Flickering may be experienced on some monitors when AMD FreeSync™ is enabled
Notifications reverting back to English on non-English systems after reboot
Misaligned UI may be observed on the Bezel Compensation screen
Launching a game from the Game Manager may launch on a single display after enabling and disabling AMD CrossFire™ in a 3x1 AMD Eyefinity™ setup
Marginally increased power consumption may be observed during video playback



Known Issues:
StarCraft II: Flickering may be observed in the 'Episode 3' campaign
Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 - Flickering or poor performance may be experienced when running in AMD Crossfire™ mode
Call of Duty Online - The game may crash if the Print Screen key is pressed on a 4K monitor
A system restart may be experience when waking the system from sleep mode on some systems with Intel processors
Star Wars™: Battlefront - Texture corruption may be experienced if the game "Field of View" setting is > 100
Star Wars™: Battlefront - Some users may experience minor flickering or corruption at different game location or while viewing the in-game cinematics
Assassin's Creed Syndicate - Building textures may be missing on some AMD Freesync™ displays with VSync enabled
Assassin's Creed Syndicate - The game may crash if the Gaming Evolved "In Game Overlay" is enabled. A temporary workaround is to disable the AMD Gaming Evolved "In Game Overlay"
Total War™: Rome II - Choppy gameplay may be experienced
Gaming Evolved client does not initiate when launching Metro Last Light if AMD CrossFire™ is enabled
Far Cry 4 – A crash may occur after performing (ALT + Enter) to switch between windowed/full screen modes with the AMD Gaming Evolved “Video Capture” feature turned on
Talos Principle - A crash may occur while changing Gaming Evolved Video settings or pressing ALT + Enter when "In Game Overlay" is enabled
Mad Max – Low FPS performance may be experienced in game when AMD FreeSync™ and AMD CrossFire™ are enabled
Battlefield Hardline – A crash may occur when changing graphics settings from "Ultra" to "High" during gameplay
Some games may experience brightness flickering with AMD FreeSync™ enabled
Radeon Settings - AMD OverDrive™ clock gauge needles for the secondary GPU may be in wrong position when the system is idle and the secondary GPU is inactive
Radeon Settings – AMD OverDrive™ Power setting changes on the secondary GPU are not immediately displayed. This is seen only on dual GPU graphics cards, such as the AMD Radeon™ HD 7990 and Radeon R9 295x2
Game stuttering may be experienced when running two AMD Radeon™ R9 295X2 graphics cards in AMD CrossFire™ mode
Display corruption may occur on multiple display systems when it has been running idle for some time
Star Wars™: Battlefront – Corrupted ground textures may be observed in the Survival of Hoth mission
Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 – Flickering may be observed is task switching is used during gameplay
Assassin's Creed Syndicate – Building textures are missing and game objects stutter if VSync is enabled in Quad AMD Crossfire configurations



AMD Issue Reporting Form:
This driver release incorporates suggestions received through the AMD Issue Reporting Form. To provide us with your feedback, visit the AMD Issue Reporting Form.

 

[LtMatt]

Sweet thanks Matt get these installed later.

Elite Dangerous Supercruise mode fixed, Greg will be pleased to know.