AMD Radeon Crimson 16.4.1 Video Card Drivers Released

By Nathan Kirsch

Radeon Software Crimson 16.4.1 video card drivers have been released with Quantum Break optimizations and further VR improvements for Oculus Rift and HTV Vive owners. AMD says that Radeon R9 Fury X owners can expect up to 35% faster performance gains on Quantum Break with Radeon Software Crimson Edition 16.4.1 versus Radeon Software Crimson Edition 16.3.2 that game out last month.

AMD alsol resolved frame rate capping issues seen on some DX12 game titles and also solved some screen flickering issues that were happening in Hitman. AMD still has about eight open issues that they are aware about and are working on solving!

AMD Radeon Software Crimson Edition 16.4.1 Drivers can be downloaded from the following links:

Quantum Break

Radeon Software Crimson Edition 16.4.1 Highlights

Support for:

  • Quantum Break
    • Up to 35% faster performance using Quantum Break on Radeon R9 Fury X than with Radeon Software Crimson Edition 16.3.2(1).
  • Oculus Rift
  • HTC Vive

Resolved Issues

  • Frame rate capping issues experienced in some DirectX 12 applications is resolved.
  • Hitman may experience flickering when played in DirectX 11 mode using high game shadow settings.

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”
  • Need For Speed may experience poor scaling or flickering in AMD Crossfire mode. As a work around users can disable the profile through the Radeon Settings game manager.
  • The Division may experience flickering in AMD Crossfire mode.
  • Power efficiency toggle in Radeon Settings is showing up for some unsupported products.
  • XCOM2 users may experience an application crash when using AMD Crossfire mode. As a work around please disable AMD Crossfire for the games profile in the Radeon Settings Gaming tab.
  • Some DX9 applications cannot disable AMD Crossfire mode through Radeon Settings.
  • A small subset of AMD Radeon R9 380 users may be experiencing slower than expected fan speeds. A work around is to raise your fan speeds through AMD Overdrive in Radeon Settings manually to a desired amount.
  • HDMI Scaling options may not be available in Radeon Settings on some system configurations.