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AMD Radeon Software Crimson Edition 16.9.2 released, optimized for Forza Horizon 3

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Similarly to NVIDIA, AMD has released a new driver for its graphics cards that is optimized for Forza Horizon 3. According to the release notes, this driver also comes with a Crossfire profile for Dreadnought.

You can download this new AMD driver from here.

And here is the changelog for the AMD Radeon Software Crimson Edition 16.9.2:

Radeon Software Crimson Edition 16.9.2 Highlights

Support For:

    • Forza Horizon 3™

New AMD CrossFire profile added for DirectX® 11:

    • Dreadnought

Fixed Issues

    • Intermittent mouse cursor corruption may be experienced on some Radeon RX 400 Series graphics products.
    • Flickering display may be experienced on portrait Eyefinity display configurations when launching or exiting DirectX®12 applications.
    • Ashes of the Singularity™ may experience an application crash when Multi-GPU is enabled in DirectX®12.
    • Upgrading from a previous Radeon Software Crimson Edition version may cause user settings in Radeon Settings to reset to defaults.
    • Intermittent crash may be experienced in Mozilla Firefox while doing video playback on some Radeon RX 400 Series graphics products.
    • Radeon Settings may sometimes experience an “application has stopped” error after modifying game profiles on Windows 10 Anniversary Addition.
    • A small amount of corruption may be experienced in the lower right hand corner of the display on some Radeon HD 7000 series products when playing Deus Ex™: Mankind Divided.
    • Small amounts of stutter may be experienced when playing or watching cinematic videos in Deus Ex™: Mankind Divided when using AMD CrossFire mode and DirectX®11.
    • HDMI® Audio may be lost after resuming from standby on Windows 10 Anniversary Edition.
    • Flickering may be experienced in Rocket League on Radeon RX 400 Series graphics products when running in AMD CrossFire mode.

Known Issues

    • A few game titles may fail to launch, experience performance issues or crash if the third party application “Raptr” has its game overlay enabled. A workaround is to disable the overlay if this is experienced.
    • Counter-Strike™: Global Offensive may experience intermittent stutter on Radeon R9 380 Series graphics products in AMD CrossFire mode.
    • Rise of the Tomb Raider may experience an application crash when changing the resolution from in-game menus when running DirectX®12. Users can restart the game to complete the resolution change.
    • OpenCL™ version information may display incorrectly or may display random characters in Radeon Settings.
    • Radeon RX 460 may fail to resume from sleep mode and require a system restart when connected through AMD XConnect™ Technology.
    • While using or having Radeon WattMan open in Radeon Settings while in AMD CrossFire mode, the secondary/slave GPU clocks will increase to their highest state.
    • Overwatch™ may experience flickering character models while in the hero selection menu or during gameplay in AMD Crossfire mode.
    • Paragon may experience flickering while using AMD FreeSync technology and AMD CrossFire mode in conjunction.
    • Dreadnought™ may experience minor flickering in game menus or gameplay while using AMD FreeSync technology.