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AMD Radeon Software Crimson Edition 16.9.1 adds DX12 support for Deus Ex: Mankind Divided

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AMD has released a new driver for its graphics cards. According to the release notes, the AMD Radeon Software Crimson Edition 16.9.1 adds DX12 support for Deus Ex: Mankind Divided and introduces a DX11 Crossfire profile for DOTA 2.

You can download this new AMD driver from here.

And here is the changelog for the AMD Radeon Software Crimson Edition 16.9.1:

Radeon Software Crimson Edition 16.9.1 Highlights

Support for:

  • Deus Ex™: Mankind Divided (DirectX®12)

New AMD CrossFire profile added for DirectX® 11:

  • DOTA™2

Fixed Issues

  • A small number of 144Hz non-FreeSync enabled displays may exhibit flickering during gaming or on desktop.
  • FreeSync may stay enabled while on desktop causing flickering.
  • Grand Theft Auto V™ may experience an application hang after loading story mode.
  • DiRT™ Rally rain drops may flicker when using high or ultra in game settings.
  • DOOM™ may experience a hang on game exit in some limited AMD PowerXpress configurations.
  • Total War™: Warhammer may experience negative AMD CrossFire scaling on some Radeon RX 400 series configurations.
  • GPU utilization may remain high when idle after running SteamVR performance benchmark.
  • Pixel format options may be missing from Radeon Settings for some limited system configurations on Radeon RX 480 graphics.
  • Radeon Software may intermittently fail to install or hang on some AMD CrossFire configurations. If this happens users can reboot and re-install without issue as a workaround.
  • Some Radeon RX 400 series graphics products may experience high GPU usage when resuming from sleep.

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”.
  • Upgrading from a previous Radeon Software Crimson Edition version may cause user settings in Radeon Settings to reset to defaults.
  • OpenCL applications may run initially on integrated graphics if they are present. Make sure to set the application to the correct device you would like to use.
  • Radeon Settings information tab may report incorrect Open CL or Mantle versions.
  • Radeon Software installer may report driver uninstallation failed even when it was successful.
  • No Man’s Sky™ some minor corruption may be experienced when standing close to solid structures inside of caves.
  • Mouse cursor corruption may be experienced very intermittently on the Radeon RX 480.
  • DOTA2™ may experience an application hang when using the Vulkan™ API and changing resolution or game/quality settings.
  • Ashes of the Singularity™ may experience an application crash with “crazy” in game settings and Multi-GPU enabled.