How to Update my AMD Drivers?

[turkey3_scratch]

I'm literally looking everywhere and there is nowhere to update my drivers. I have version 16.6 currently and need to get 16.11. Where is the update button in this control panel??

 

[MWP0004]

http://support.amd.com/en-us/download

There is an option to automatically detect and download latest drivers. The Crimson Software should have the ability to update drivers as well.

 

[turkey3_scratch]

Strange, it says my system already has the latest driver installed, yet when I go to play a game it says I need version 16.11.

 

[Suztera]

It's normally on the bottom left, next to "preferences".

 

[turkey3_scratch]

It's normally on the bottom left, next to "preference".

Yeah I know but it's not 😛

 

[MWP0004]

I would suggest removing the drivers and reinstalling the latest ones then.

 

[turkey3_scratch]

That's such a pain don't know why AMD can't make an update button. Sigh. If I download the 16.11 drivers from AMD would that install over my current one or do I need to uninstall first?

 

[MWP0004]

That's such a pain don't know why AMD can't make an update button. Sigh.

I know on my machine, I have the Radeon Settings, where I can access Wattman, etc. and I also have a separate Crimson application that shows me my driver version, game library, and optimized games, etc. The Crimson application is where it allows me to update drivers and tells me if I have the latest version.

 

[turkey3_scratch]

I also have this

 

[MWP0004]

Do you have any other AMD/Radeon applications that show up in the system information tray at the bottom right hand of your desktop?

 

[turkey3_scratch]

No just the red balls that lead me to the AMD Radeon Settings. I also can see my optimized games and etc. though.

 

[Suztera]

You would have to uninstall your old drivers, it will uninstall the drivers itself if you chose to run the installer.
You retain the old catalyst for certain functionality that the crimson UI can't support or hasn't been implemented into yet (Probably won't happen as they haven't changed much since the first crimson came out.)

 

[MWP0004]

I would suggest removing all existing drivers and then installing the latest drivers and see if that resolves your issue then.

 

[turkey3_scratch]

You would have to uninstall your old drivers, it will uninstall the drivers itself if you chose to run the installer.

So if I run the installer it should detect there are already drivers and install it over those ones, correct?

 

[Suztera]

So if I run the installer it should detect there are already drivers and install it over those ones, correct?

Yes, I've always done that for my R9 270X since crimson came out because I'm lazy.😀

 

[MWP0004]

You would have to uninstall your old drivers, it will uninstall the drivers itself if you chose to run the installer.

So if I run the installer it should detect there are already drivers and install it over those ones, correct?

That, I'm not so sure about. I would think so. If that does not work, I would just uninstall the drivers and install the new ones.