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AMD Radeon RX 480 Review Round-Up - TechAmok
AMD Radeon RX 480 Review Round-Up - [hardware] 06:52 AM EDT - Jun,30 2016 - post a comment AMD has released a new driver for its graphics cards. According to the release notes, the AMD Radeon Software Crimson Edition 16.6.2 adds official support for the newly released Radeon RX 480 GPU. In addition, this driver brings a Crossfire profile for World of Tanks, and fixes a number of issues.
Support for:
Radeon RX 480
New
AMD Crossfire profile available for:
World of Tanks
Radeon WattMan: A brand new utility for Radeon Software that allows
users more complete control over their graphics processor. More
information on Radeon WattMan and its supported products can be found
here.
AMD
Crossfire Toggle: A new option has been introduced into Radeon Settings
under the "Gaming -> Global Settings" tab. This allows users to
toggle AMD Crossfire support globally "on" for supported games or "off"
for all gaming profiles.
HDMI
Scaling: Radeon Settings now provides the option for the user to adjust
their display image scaling on HDMI connected displays. This option is
available under the "Display" tab in Radeon Settings for supported
configurations.
Display Color Temperature: Radeon Settings now allows a user to set
display color temperature based on either the displays predefined
settings or manually via a slider configured to support the displays
supported range. This option is available under the "Display" tab in
Radeon Settings for supported configurations.
Desktop Color: Radeon Settings has added the option to launch the
operating systems color page via the new "Desktop Color" button which
is available in the "Display" tab in Radeon Settings for supported
configurations.
Vulkan Version: Currently installed Vulkan version information has now
been made available through the Radeon Settings "System -> Software"
tab.
Fixed Issues
Flickering may be observed in AMD Crossfire mode configurations while
playing Hitman in select gameplay missions.
Flickering may be observed in AMD Crossfire mode configurations while
playing Heroes of the Storm.
Intermittent or minor white flashing may occur on some web browsers
when using Netflix and hovering over the UI or icons.
Minor stuttering may occur in AMD Crossfire mode configurations when
playing Elite Dangerous.
Flickering may be observed in AMD Crossfire mode configurations while
using the inventory and character pages in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt.
Flickering may be observed in AMD Crossfire mode configurations during
the battle and tutorial loading screens in Star Wars Battlefront.
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".
Radeon Pro Duo may experience a black screen in Total War: Warhammer
with the games API set to DirectX12 and V-Sync enabled.
DiRT
Rally may experience flickering terrain in some races when the advanced
blending option is enabled in the games settings page.
Some
Overdrive settings may not appear in Radeon Settings for Radeon Fury X
when in AMD Crossfire mode.
Display may exhibit a minor flicker on Radeon RX 480 when Freesync is
enabled on a games launch or exit.
Dota2 may crash when using the Vulkan API and the user changes
resolutions or quality settings.
Battlefield 4 may experience crashes when using Mantle. As a work
around users are suggested to switch to DirectX11.
Need
for Speed may experience flickering on some light sources in AMD
Crossfire mode.
Hitman may experience graphical corruption when the game is set to use
DirectX12 API and using zoom with weapons.
Frame Rate Target Control gaming profiles may fail to enable for some
games.
Radeon Wattman may retain settings of an overclock after it has failed.
If you have failed an overclock with a system hang or reboot make sure
to use the "Reset" option in the Radeon WattMan settings page when the
system has rebooted.
Low
frame rate or stutter may be experienced Wolfenstein: The Old Blood on
Radeon RX 480.
Assassin's Creed Syndicate may experience a game crash or hang when in
game settings are set to high or greater.
Disabling AMD Crossfire mode on Radeon RX 480 may disable the device in
Windows Device Manager. A workaround is to reboot the system to
re-enable the device.
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