Radeon Software Crimson Edition has been released for Windows

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From AMD's announcement:

Introducing Radeon Software Crimson Edition.
Radeon Software Crimson Edition is AMD's revolutionary new graphics software that delivers redesigned functionality, supercharged graphics performance, remarkable new features, and innovation that redefines the overall user experience.

Included Highlights:
• Faster Start up
• New and more Intuitive Navigation
• New Game Manager
• New Overdrive

AMD Radeon Software Crimson Edition release is for AMD Radeonâ„¢ HD 7700+ Series Graphics products or higher.

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Radeon Software Crimson Edition has been released for Windows

Installation went just fine, the driver is version 15.11. The new UI is OK - just very different in where things are located. Basic Overclocking features are found under Gaming --> Global. I did not see any new compelling features, no new voltage controls. All said and done, I still like Sapphire Trixx better for managing OC.

After ~18 hours, performance is on par with the older 15.2 drivers - perhaps a 1% improvement but that is well within the statistical variance of Einstein WUs.

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RE: Installation went just

Quote:

Installation went just fine, the driver is version 15.11. The new UI is OK - just very different in where things are located. Basic Overclocking features are found under Gaming --> Global. I did not see any new compelling features, no new voltage controls. All said and done, I still like Sapphire Trixx better for managing OC.

After ~18 hours, performance is on par with the older 15.2 drivers - perhaps a 1% improvement but that is well within the statistical variance of Einstein WUs.

A 1% improvement that's what I got on my machine with a single r9 270. Doing 1 wu at a time.

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Also noticed AMD HD 5000 to

Also noticed AMD HD 5000 to HD7600 "End of Support"

Quote:
AMD Radeonâ„¢ HD 8000 Series (HD 8400 and below), Radeonâ„¢ HD 7000 Series (HD 7600 and below), Radeonâ„¢ HD 6000 Series, and Radeonâ„¢ HD 5000 Series Graphics products have reached peak performance optimization as of November 24th, 2015.
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I also installed crimson on

I also installed crimson on an amd cpu with two cards; rx 270x and an rx 250x. Both with 2 wu's and they ran without errors. I don't know about speed improvements. I just wanted to check the configuration.

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RE: I also installed

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I also installed crimson on an amd cpu with two cards; rx 270x and an rx 250x. Both with 2 wu's and they ran without errors. I don't know about speed improvements. I just wanted to check the configuration.

I tried 4 times to install it on a 6 core pc with Win7 Ultimate and a 7970 and it failed all 4 times, I gave up and am using the old stuff again. The pc does get updates because it's a Boinc only machine, I wonder if that was the problem?

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After numerous attempts I

After numerous attempts I could not install under Windows 7 Pro until I wiped the computer. I didn't have a problem installing under Windows 8.1 Enterprise.

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RE: RE: I also installed

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I also installed crimson on an amd cpu with two cards; rx 270x and an rx 250x. Both with 2 wu's and they ran without errors. I don't know about speed improvements. I just wanted to check the configuration.

I tried 4 times to install it on a 6 core pc with Win7 Ultimate and a 7970 and it failed all 4 times, I gave up and am using the old stuff again. The pc does get updates because it's a Boinc only machine, I wonder if that was the problem?

I use win10 64bit ultimate. The amd is 6 core. Automatic updates. I use it for boinc and misc stuff.

merle

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RE: I tried 4 times to

Quote:

I tried 4 times to install it on a 6 core pc with Win7 Ultimate and a 7970 and it failed all 4 times, I gave up and am using the old stuff again. The pc does get updates because it's a Boinc only machine, I wonder if that was the problem?

Mikey,
If you still want to mess with it - try running this
AMD Clean Uninstall utility on the old drivers first.
Bill

http://support.amd.com/en-us/kb-articles/Pages/AMD-Clean-Uninstall-Utility.aspx

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RE: RE: I tried 4 times

Quote:
Quote:

I tried 4 times to install it on a 6 core pc with Win7 Ultimate and a 7970 and it failed all 4 times, I gave up and am using the old stuff again. The pc does get updates because it's a Boinc only machine, I wonder if that was the problem?

Mikey,
If you still want to mess with it - try running this
AMD Clean Uninstall utility on the old drivers first.
Bill

http://support.amd.com/en-us/kb-articles/Pages/AMD-Clean-Uninstall-Utility.aspx

Thanks I will try that today.

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Did anyone test if this

Did anyone test if this driver fix the problem of invalids when you run 2 or more WU at a time on a R9 390X?

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