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New Radeon driver Software Crimson Edition 16.5.2.1 with optimizations for Doom

New software update for AMD Radeon family of video cards; the new Radeon Software Crimson Edition Version 16.5.2.1 drivers implement some new specific optimizations for Doom game, thanks to the heaviest is declared a performance increase of up to 35% as a maximum with cards of the Radeon R9 390 family.

The drivers are available in 32bit and 64bit versions for Microsoft Windows 7 operating systems, Windows 8.1 and Windows 10.

Radeon Software Crimson Edition 16.5.2.1 Highlights

Performance Increase By Up To 35% on AMD Radeon R9 390 series products in Doom versus Radeon ™ Software Crimson Edition 16.5.2 (1)
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 16.5.2.1 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 16.5.2.1 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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