drivers

RX 480 driver update – Radeon Software 16.7.1-  is now available. This follows the concerns around excess current from the PCIe bus. In this driver AMD has implemented a change to address power distribution on the Radeon RX 480 – this change will lower current drawn from the PCIe bus. Also included is an option to reduce total power with minimal performance impact. Users will find this as the “compatibility” UI toggle in the Global Settings menu of Radeon Settings. This toggle is “off” by default. Finally, they’ve implemented a collection of performance improvements for the Polaris architecture that yield performance uplifts in popular game titles of up to 3%. These optimizations are designed to improve the performance of the Radeon RX 480, and should substantially offset the p...