Post by Mat HD on Dec 5, 2016 17:52:46 GMT
Today marks the release of the Crimson 16.2 beta legacy drivers for HD 5000 and HD 6000 series graphics cards.
This is the last version of the drivers for the older architecture that AMD officially supports.
However, I have tricked the installer into making the drivers think that the version is actually the latest 16.11.5 Crimson driver, which will at least allow more modern games to start up!
Unfortunately this official release does not come with the compatibility and performance enhancements associated with the newer version.
Why?
Because the files that are part of the more modern drivers are built for use with the newer GCN architectures which are incompatible with HD 5000 and HD 6000 series cards - so attempting to use these files only causes system instabilities and frequent crashes.
HOWEVER!
I am working on a version which may provide at least SOME of the performance benefits whilst also remaining relatively stable.
You will find these drivers available for testing very soon in the ALPHA drivers section of the forum.
Thank you and have a good day!
This is the last version of the drivers for the older architecture that AMD officially supports.
However, I have tricked the installer into making the drivers think that the version is actually the latest 16.11.5 Crimson driver, which will at least allow more modern games to start up!
Unfortunately this official release does not come with the compatibility and performance enhancements associated with the newer version.
Why?
Because the files that are part of the more modern drivers are built for use with the newer GCN architectures which are incompatible with HD 5000 and HD 6000 series cards - so attempting to use these files only causes system instabilities and frequent crashes.
I am working on a version which may provide at least SOME of the performance benefits whilst also remaining relatively stable.
You will find these drivers available for testing very soon in the ALPHA drivers section of the forum.
Thank you and have a good day!