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AMD supports Doom with Radeon cards thanks to the Crimson Edition driver 16.5.2

AMD updates the drivers for its Radeon family of video cards, in exactly one week since the release of the previous version. We speak here of the Crimson Edition 16.5.2 driver, with which AMD has implemented official support for the new Doom also inserts a Crossfire profile for Battleborn game.

Below are the main notes included with the drivers:

Radeon Software Crimson Edition 16.5.2 Highlights

Support for:

Doom ™
New AMD Crossfire profile available for:

Battleborn ™
Fixed Issues

Radeon Settings may sometimes suggest upgrading to an older driver revision When using the new driver notification feature.
Frame Rate Target Control may not keep the previous settings When disabled users.
The option to enable / disable AMD Crossfire ™ technology may be missing logo on some system configurations from the "Gaming, Global Options" tab in Settings Radeon.
Radeon Settings manager game does not display icons for Origin Games.
Settings launch with Radeon Eyefinity profiles may sometimes not take effect after system Has Been rebooted for profiled games.
Some characters or game areas are rendered very dark in Hitman ™ technology using AMD Crossfire mode.
Restore factory defaults may occasionally not work for the "Display" tab in Settings Radeon.
The power efficiency Radeon toggle in Settings may be available to some unsupported system configurations.
The text in Radeon Settings drop-down menus may sometimes get cut off when in windowed mode with some Windows DPI Scaling settings.
League of Legends users may experience minor graphical corruption When using AMD Crossfire technology fads.
Star Wars ™: Battlefront users may see corrupted ground textures in the Survival of Hoth mission.
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".
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.
The Witcher® 3: Wild Hunt inventory and character pages may exhibit flickering in AMD Crossfire technology fads.
Call of Duty ™: Advanced Warfare may exhibit stuttering When using AMD FreeSync ™ technology and AMD Crossfire technology in conjunction.
Installing Radeon Software Crimson Edition 16.5.2 multiple times on the same machine after rebooting may cause the installer to hang.
The AMD Radeon Crossfire mode options in the Settings may not take effect on Origin or Uplay applications.
Radeon Settings Additional Settings page may not be available When upgrading to Radeon Software Crimson Edition 16.5.2 from the current windows update driver. As a work around please clean uninstall all current Radeon Software When upgrading if your system exhibits this issue.
Some textures may exhibit flickering in Fallout ™ 4 When using AMD Crossfire technology.
Forza Motorsport 6: Apex ™ may exhibit flickering brightness When using AMD FreeSync ™ technology.
Frame Rate Target Control gaming profiles may fail to enable for some games.

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