AMD Driver 16.5.3 - TW: Warhammer, Overwatch, Dota 2 Vulkan Api

[Bacon1]

http://support.amd.com/en-us/kb-art...are-crimson-edition-16.5.3-release-notes.aspx

Radeon Software Crimson Edition 16.5.3 Highlights

Support for:

• Total War: Warhammer™
• Overwatch™
• Dota™2 (with Vulkan™ API)

New AMD Crossfire profile available for:

• Total War: Warhammer™
• Overwatch™

Fixed Issues

• Fallout 4™ may experience minor stuttering in AMD Crossfire™ technology mode
• Radeon Settings may be removed from the system if the Radeon Software installer is launched while Radeon Settings is open.
• Radeon Settings "Additional Settings" option may intermittently fail to launch.
• Users in Quad AMD Crossfire technology configurations may be unable to re-enable AMD Crossfire mode when using the global AMD Crossfire option in the "Gaming" tab and toggling it from on to off.
• Some game textures in The Division™ exhibit flickering in AMD Crossfire™ mode.
• Intermittent stability issues with Intel Skull Canyon NUC (NUC6i7KYK) using AMD XConnect™ Technology are no longer observed.
• Safe unplugging for AMD XConnect™ Technology no longer results in a random BSOD.

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".
• Total War: Warhammer™ may experience stuttering in AMD Crossfire™ technology mode if the AMD Gaming Evolved App or Plays.Tv is running in the background. A workaround is to disable the AMD Gaming Evolved and Plays.Tv applications.
• The Division™ may hang when using Quad AMD Crossfire™ technology. As a workaround users are recommended to disable AMD Crossfire™ technology mode.
• Heroes of the Storm™ may experience flickering in AMD Crossfire™ technology mode.
• The AMD Crossfire™ technology mode options in Radeon Settings may not take effect on Origin or Uplay applications.
• Forza Motorsport 6: Apex™ may exhibit brightness flickering when using AMD FreeSync™ technology.
• Frame Rate Target Control gaming profiles may fail to enable for some games.
• Catalyst Install Manager unable to detect the display driver while​ uninstallation.

 

[Despoiler]

Awesome AMD! Just in time for the NA release of Overwatch tonight. TWW tomorrow.

 

[Headfoot]

So they finally fixed the Division flickering

 

[krumme]

Dota 2 with vulcan api. Hmm why is that? Whats happening?

 

[Bacon1]

Dota 2 with vulcan api. Hmm why is that? Whats happening?

Dota 2 is getting its Vulkan windows release soon, maybe this week or next, or never... its Valve

 

[Chiropteran]

Dota 2 is getting its Vulkan windows release soon, maybe this week or next, or never... its Valve

It's out now. Works great too.

 

[3DVagabond]

It's out now. Works great too.

I would suggest that people DL it. If for no other reason to show the viability of Vulkan commercially. MSFT needs a boot in the butt to keep them moving. Or else we end up with DX becoming very static for years at a time like DX11. That holds back hardware design too.

 

[wege12]

Any word on ethereum mining performance?

 

[digitaldurandal]

Have a minor issue with my monitor on this driver.

 

[tential]

Add to the known issues that users with hdtvs can't use vsr anymore.

 

[Despoiler]

Any word on ethereum mining performance?

Nothing has improved.

 

[ImDonly1]

I don't think freesync works with vulkan on this driver. Monitor just stays at 144hz in dota2.
Without vulkan the refresh rate changes with the fps.

 

[Shmee]

Any word on ethereum mining performance?

You can use the old Open CL dlls from 15.12 or 16.2 by putting them in your miner's folder.

 

[Thala]

You can use the old Open CL dlls from 15.12 or 16.2 by putting them in your miner's folder.

Which are the OpenCL dlls? Thanks!

 

[Shmee]

Someone on one of the mining forums posted a zip or something of them. I am not sure which they are though.

 

[Final8ty]

Add to the known issues that users with hdtvs can't use vsr anymore.

Working fine on my HDTV.

 

[tential]

Working fine on my HDTV.

https://community.amd.com/thread/200221

It's a known issue.

They are aware of the issue, they just haven't fixed it.

 

[Bacon1]

https://community.amd.com/thread/200221

It's a known issue.

They are aware of the issue, they just haven't fixed it.

And yet it works on his, so its not broken for everyone which makes it much harder to diagnose and fix. Have you sent them all of your info to help track down and reproduce the bug?

 

[wege12]

You can use the old Open CL dlls from 15.12 or 16.2 by putting them in your miner's folder.

Could your explain this process a little more in-depth? I'm tired of using old drivers on my gaming rig for to mining performance.

Thanks

 

[Accord99]

Could your explain this process a little more in-depth? I'm tired of using old drivers on my gaming rig for to mining performance.

Thanks

See this post:

http://forums.anandtech.com/showpost.php?p=38205762&postcount=751

 

[NomanA]

And yet it works on his, so its not broken for everyone which makes it much harder to diagnose and fix. Have you sent them all of your info to help track down and reproduce the bug?

Yes, it works fine on my 1080p HDTV as well. I often use 2560x1440 VSR, to get AA with a 7950. Before reading this thread, I didn't even know this has been an issue for some users.

 

[Headfoot]

Overwatch 290 CF on 5760x1080 gets me horrendous FPS. Since it only runs 1080p even if the app takes the full screen, single 290 is more than enough so I run this one with CF off in driver profiles

 

[Yakk]

Overwatch 290 CF on 5760x1080 gets me horrendous FPS. Since it only runs 1080p even if the app takes the full screen, single 290 is more than enough so I run this one with CF off in driver profiles

Looks like AMD is aware of issues with Overwatch, you could help them out filling a report :

https://mobile.twitter.com/AMDCare/status/738700971191197696

 

[tential]

And yet it works on his, so its not broken for everyone which makes it much harder to diagnose and fix. Have you sent them all of your info to help track down and reproduce the bug?

Yup of course. Still waiting for a fix.

Search "VSR"
Not the only person getting it people are.

Edit: Might be time to sell this card, months of no VSR is just not worth it.