Radeon Software Crimson ReLive Edition 17.8.2

[Despoiler]

http://support.amd.com/en-us/kb-art...mson-ReLive-Edition-17.8.2-Release-Notes.aspx

Article Number: RN-WIN-RADEONCRIMSONRELIVE-17.8.2
Radeon™ Software Crimson ReLive Edition is AMD's advanced graphics software for enabling high-performance gaming and engaging VR experiences. Create, capture, and share your remarkable moments. Effortlessly boost performance and efficiency. Experience Radeon Software with industry-leading user satisfaction, rigorously-tested stability, comprehensive certification, and more.

Radeon Software Crimson ReLive Edition 17.8.2 Highlights

Support For

• F1™ 2017
  • Up to 4% performance improvement measured on Radeon RX Vega 64 graphics when compared to Radeon Software Crimson ReLive edition 17.8.1(1)
• PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS™ Early Access
  • Up to 18% performance improvement measured on Radeon RX Vega 64 graphics when compared to Radeon Software Crimson ReLive edition 17.8.1(2)
• Destiny™ 2 Beta

Fixed Issues

• Display may blank or go black after install upgrade with Radeon RX Vega Series graphics products.
• Random corruption may appear in Microsoft desktop productivity applications on Radeon RX Vega series graphics products.
• The "Reset" option in Radeon Settings Gaming tab may enable the "HBCC Memory Segment" feature instead of setting it to the default disabled state.
• Radeon WattMan may not reach applied overclock states on Radeon RX Vega series graphics.
• Unable to create Eyefinity configurations through the Eyefinity Advanced Setup option.

Known Issues

• Mouse stuttering may be observed on some Radeon RX graphics products when Radeon WattMan is open and running in the background or other third party GPU information polling apps are running in the background.
• GPU Scaling may fail to work on some DirectX®11 applications.
• Windows Media Player may experience an application hang during video playback if Radeon ReLive is actively recording desktop.
• Secondary displays may show corruption or green screen when the display/system enters sleep or hibernate with content playing.
• After resuming from sleep and playing back video content the system may become unresponsive on Radeon RX Vega series graphics products.
• Bezel compensation in mixed mode Eyefinity cannot be applied.

Footnotes

• (1) Testing done by AMD Performance Labs as of July 27, 2017, using an Intel Core i7 7700K (@4.2GHz), 2x8GB DDR4-3000 MHz memory, and Windows® 10 (64bit). PC manufacturers may vary configurations yielding different results. At 4K running the game F1 2017, the Radeon™ RX Vega 64 (8GB) system with Radeon Software 17.8.1 scored 54.0 frames per second and the system with Radeon Software 17.8.2 scored 56.0 frames per second. This results in a 4% increase in performance with Radeon Software 17.8.2. All times an average of 3 test runs. Results are estimates and may vary. Performance may vary based on use of latest drivers. RS-175
• (2) Testing done by AMD Performance Labs as of July 27, 2017, using an Intel Core i7 7700K (@4.2GHz), 2x8GB DDR4-3000 MHz memory, and Windows® 10 (64bit). PC manufacturers may vary configurations yielding different results. At 4K running the game Player Unknown's Battlegrounds, the Radeon™ RX Vega 64 (8GB) system with Radeon Software 17.8.1 scored 28.5 frames per second and the system with Radeon Software 17.8.2 scored 33.6 frames per second. This results in an 18% increase in performance with Radeon Software 17.8.2. All times an average of 3 test runs. Results are estimates and may vary. Performance may vary based on use of latest drivers. RS-173

Package Contents
The Radeon Software Crimson ReLive Edition 17.8.2 installation package contains the following:

• Radeon Software Crimson ReLive Edition 17.8.2 Driver Version 17.30.1071 (Windows Driver Store Version 22.19.673.0)

 

[DaQuteness]

Here's something interesting... just installed the FE last evening, and the recommended Frontier Edition drivers, however went with newer Beta instead of 17.6 for stability reasons. It doesn't seem to have game-mode switch any more. Here's why I'm interested in it, and it actually comes in useful believe it or not: Pro-mode has amazing performance in CAD, which I use constantly to prepare extremely large files (5GB+) for render. Then again, render engines like Blender's Cycles run great on gaming drivers, which is why I would like to have that switch.

Turns out, FE is actually a really good sweet-spot for me... albeit a pinch expensive

Does anyone else have this? Radeon drivers have Wattman, so I can't undervolt/overclock without them!

 

[Ancalagon44]

I find stuff like this very interesting:

Up to 18% performance improvement measured on Radeon RX Vega 64 graphics when compared to Radeon Software Crimson ReLive edition 17.8.1(2)

An 18% jump in a single driver revision is huge. I am very keen to see Vega 64 re-reviewed 6 months after release.

 

[DaQuteness]

18% in PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS

That doesn't mean much, it was like the massive DOOM update nVidia drivers when the game just came out. Brought an insane 25% increase across the GPU board with one update, but for DOOM only. So... yes, one game increase doesn't mean much, it's the overall that counts. Sorry to burst your bubble. But yes, that gives you a peek at what kind of increases AMD could reach if their dev team gets their shit together.

 

[n0x1ous]

Installed the new drivers last night and played PUBG. 1440p all settings maxed was getting about 60-70 fps. Fun game.

 

[Yakk]

I find stuff like this very interesting:


An 18% jump in a single driver revision is huge. I am very keen to see Vega 64 re-reviewed 6 months after release.

Those increases are usually tied to either a game engine optimization, or as I think in this case, AMD hacked and just bypassed really inefficient code themselves after looking at it through their GPU profiler.

 

[Ancalagon44]

18% in PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS

That doesn't mean much, it was like the massive DOOM update nVidia drivers when the game just came out. Brought an insane 25% increase across the GPU board with one update, but for DOOM only. So... yes, one game increase doesn't mean much, it's the overall that counts. Sorry to burst your bubble. But yes, that gives you a peek at what kind of increases AMD could reach if their dev team gets their shit together.

Remember this was not an optimization for PUBG across all AMD GPUs, only Vega 64.

Hey, I'm just hoping that Vega goes from being an unmitigated disaster to a rough diamond. I need some irrationality to sustain brand loyalty!

 

[Despoiler]

Remember this was not an optimization for PUBG across all AMD GPUs, only Vega 64.

Hey, I'm just hoping that Vega goes from being an unmitigated disaster to a rough diamond. I need some irrationality to sustain brand loyalty!

I'm pretty positive that drivers are still a ways from tapping out Vega. HBCC is disabled by default. DBSR isn't enabled across all apps/games. Primitive shaders still isn't running either according to the Vega white paper. It references perf based on prototype build 17.320, which we don't have yet. They also haven't issued any sort of guidance to devs on how to setup their app/game to play nice with the feature.

 

[Shmee]

I wonder if these new driver releases will continue to help Fury as well.

 

[Paul98]

Any word if this fixed the Overwatch crash bug that was introduced in 17.7.2?

 

[Despoiler]

Holy smokes I figured out where the PCIE 1.1 bug was coming from! It turns out that it was Sapphire Trixx. I think AMD introduced a new control API rather recently. I know by default Trixx runs in a mode similar to Afterburners unofficial mode. It hasn't been updated yet. How I found the issue? I was playing around with mining configurations and that requires a lot of clock and power tweaking. It was wrecking me having to reboot every time I changed a value. It dawned on me to disable the restore clocks setting in Trixx . When that was done I noticed that the PCIE would move to 3.0 and 1.1 for power save without issue at default clocks. However, as soon as I changed the clocks in Trixx the bug would pop up. I got the idea to try Wattman. No PCIE bug when overclocking.

 

[bbhaag]

Quick question for you guys. I'm currently running 17.5.2 for my MSI RX480 4gb card. Would I see any improvement updating to a more recent driver? I don't game much beyond some No Mans Sky in short sessions but I do mine using NiceHash v2.0.0.12.
Any input would be appreciated.

 

[DaQuteness]

I don't know much about mining but I'm pretty sure the latest drivers are aimed at Vega specifically. Read the release notes, sorry, I don't have much time to look it up myself right now.

 

[Despoiler]

Quick question for you guys. I'm currently running 17.5.2 for my MSI RX480 4gb card. Would I see any improvement updating to a more recent driver? I don't game much beyond some No Mans Sky in short sessions but I do mine using NiceHash v2.0.0.12.
Any input would be appreciated.

You would get access to the new enhanced sync feature.

https://gaming.radeon.com/en/radeonsoftware/crimson-relive/enhanced-sync/