Latest AMD Catalyst Graphics Driver for Windows 8

[Steve C]

Any problems with this Crimson update?

 

[Cliff S]

Any problems with this Crimson update?

Had it installed for 24 hours, so far so good. YMMV

 

[MilesAhead]

Any problems with this Crimson update?

Had it installed for 24 hours, so far so good. YMMV

I think my Laptop is doomed to topping out the driver version at 14.x
The autodetect says I have the "latest" when it means the "last" video driver.

 

[Cliff S]

Any problems with this Crimson update?

Had it installed for 24 hours, so far so good. YMMV

I think my Laptop is doomed to topping out the driver version at 14.x
The autodetect says I have the "latest" when it means the "last" video driver.

Hi Miles, and Happy Thanksgiving. I just got home from late shift, sorry for the late reply. I have read this Crimson beta is the last driver and UI for HD8000 and lower(7000, 6000...etc.) I don't game so it's not a problem for me, but for people who do game or graphics work, but can't afford something new, that kinda sucks.

 

[Steve C]

Isn't Crimson a WHQL driver - not a beta as you suggest above?

 

[Cliff S]

If the information is correct, I don't know, but the 2nd link goes to AMD.

We missed this in the Radeon Software Crimson Edition driver release notes, but it appears that AMD had ended driver support for non-GCN based video cards and older APU’s (Llano, Trinity and Richland). AMD is providing an ‘as-is’ beta version of the new Radeon Software Crimson Edition drivers for those that have an older graphics cards that is still using it on the latest gaming titles or wants to try out the new software utility. If you want to use a WHQL certified driver you’ll be able to use Catalyst 15.7.1 drivers as AMD is going to keep that version around for legacy users. Those running Windows Vista or XP will be stuck using AMD Catalyst 13.12 drivers from two years ago.
If you are a gamer using an older AMD Radeon HD Series Discrete graphics cards it appears that now is the time to upgrade! The good news is that AMD’s legacy drivers for these cards are leaving folks with functioning Windows 10 drivers and that they aren’t abandoning their users. Some of those cards are over six years old, so you can’t say AMD didn’t deliver as we all know cards get retired soon enough.

Read more at AMD Ends Driver Support For Radeon HD 8000, 7000, 6000 and 5000 Series Cards - Legit Reviews

Source: AMD Ends Driver Support For Radeon HD 8000, 7000, 6000 and 5000 Series Cards - Legit Reviews

 

[MilesAhead]

Happy Thanksgiving.

Same to you. I am not a gamer but I hope for the elimination of fuzzy text. The best I have been able to do is use Comic Sans font in my browsers. That seems to produce the crispest text for forums and blogs. Fortunately the font site I use for sources gives it out gratis.

 

[A Guy]

AMD Radeon Software Crimson Driver Hotfix Coming Tomorrow For Fan Fix

We are aware of low fan speed reports on select GPUs with Radeon Software Crimson Edition. We intend to publish a hotfix on Monday.

https://twitter.com/AMDRadeon/status/671058196547706880?

AMD Radeon Software Crimson Driver Hotfix Coming Tomorrow For Fan Fix - Legit Reviews

A Guy

 

[Liz81]

Date is different from what I have but the version number is close. I checked to see if I have the latest version according to the auto detect AMD uses and it tells me this is the latest. Is this what anyone else have?

 

[A Guy]

AMD Radeon Software Crimson Edition 15.11.1 Update

Resolved Issues with AMD Radeon Software Crimson Edition 15.11.1 Update
[82050] Star Wars™: Battlefront - Snow flickers in a few locations in the game
[82240] Star Wars™: Battlefront - Sky rendering may be broken in some game locations
[82645] Fallout 4 - The compass may flicker during gameplay on AMD Radeon R9 390 series products. We continue to investigate the issue with AMD Radeon R9 290 and AMD Radeon R9 295X2 series products
[82667] Star Wars™: Battlefront - Shadowy textures are visible around hills/structures/caves
[81890] Just Cause 3 - Texture corruption may be experienced during gameplay
[54874] Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 - Poor AMD Crossfire™ performance may be experienced
[82338] The driver installation may fail while installing the ACP component
[82426] The font size in Chinese language installations may be too small
[82438] The label range values in some AMD Freesync™ installations may be incorrect
[82536] The Radeon Settings dropbox does not close when it is clicked on a second time
[82603] The AMD Overdrive™ fan settings is always set to ON after first edit on reboot
[82586] Language shows up as Chinese Simplified when Chinese Traditional is selected in Windows® 7
[82656] Radeon Settings crashes on the Display tab when cloning a display via HDMI on some notebooks
[82671] Overdrive™ fan speed is reset to Manual on exiting from a 3D game or application
[82766] Radeon Settings does not get upgraded in some install scenarios
[82691] AMD Overdrive™ cannot revert to default settings in some situations

AMD Radeon Software Crimson Edition 15.11.1 Update

A Guy

 

[Brink]

Thank you Bill. First post updated.

 

[Liz81]

Well like I said I use auto detect from amd and what I have now is what the auto detect gave me and I've never had a problem with having the wrong update or version since using the auto detect so I think I'm good. Not everyone may have the exact same versions because everyone's computer is different.

I checked with auto detect and it says I have the updated version of the driver and the auto detect utility is updated it seems like (last updated was in September). Should I be worried about this new update that came out today? Does the auto detect not tell you about those new kind of updates that was just posted today?

 

[CountMike]

I don't think it autodetects beta drivers.

 

[Cliff S]

I don't think it autodetects beta drivers.

What Mike said, and you'll need to go to the site and see if your card gets the update.

 

[Steve C]

Have the initial problems with the Crimson drivers now been sorted out?

 

[CountMike]

Have the initial problems with the Crimson drivers now been sorted out?

If you mean a problem with fan speed and cooling, yes, update fixed that.

 

[Brink]

New AMD Catalyst 15.30.1025.1001 WHQL driver available. See first post for more details.

 

[Brink]

New AMD 16.1 hotfix available. See first post for more details.

 

[Steve C]

Oh dear, there are still too many problems to upgrade. It seems AMD's software QA is almost as bad as Microsoft?

Edit - I've now installed the latest version and it seems fine. Another benefit is that the many informational events in the log ACEEvent are no longer reported - see http://www.eightforums.com/graphic-cards/70641-amd-graphics-card-floods-event-log-aceevent.html

 

[Brink]

New AMD 16.1.1 hotfix available. See first post for more details.