Talking with AMD about this concern, it told us that they don’t foresee any dramatic, single large step increases in performance going forward. That is significantly lower than the claims made in previous major driver releases. Instead, the Radeon Technologies Group software team is dedicated to continued and frequent iterations that improve performance gradually over time.Īs you can see in the slide above, AMD is showing modest 4-8% performance gains on the Radeon RX 480 with the Crimson ReLive driver, and even then, its being compared to the launch driver of 16.6.2. The first thing that should be noted with the ReLive Edition is that AMD isn’t making any claims of substantially improved performance. While you may have seen the slides leak out through some other sites over the past 48 hours, I thought it was worth offering my input on the release. While the name might seem silly, it will make sense as we dive into the new features. New features and added performance were also the hallmarks of this release, with a stronger promise to produce more frequent drivers to address any performance gaps, stability concerns and to include new features.įor December 2016 and into the new year, AMD is launching the Radeon Software Crimson ReLive Edition driver. AMD totally revamped the visual and user experience of the driver software, bringing into the modern world of style and function. In 2015 we got a rebrand along with the release: Radeon Software Crimson Edition. We were told that for the first time in a very long while, and admitting this was the most important aspect to me, AMD was going to focus on building great software with regular and repeated updates.

In 2014 this started with Catalyst Omega, a dramatic jump in performance, compatibility testing and new features were the story. Third annual release AMD is publishing its third annual “big” driver release, dubbed ReLive, with a new capture tool and the ability to “chill.”įor the past two years, AMD has made a point of releasing one major software update to Radeon users and gamers annually.

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