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chromas [soylentnews.org] writes:

Many sites are reporting on the release of AMD's Crimson driver [pcworld.com], which replaces Catalyst, features a redesigned interface and gives DirectX 9 applications access to variable framerates:

AMD’s first tease of Crimson was a run-through of the slick new Radeon Settings hub designed to replace Catalyst Control Center. (R.I.P.) At the time, AMD revealed some of the overt new features in Radeon Settings, such as per-game OverDrive overclocking settings and one-click Eyefinity multi-monitor configuration. On Tuesday, AMD’s unwrapping the deeper-level goodies in Radeon Software Crimson—with handy features for new and old graphics cards alike—and pushing the drivers live so you can try them out for yourself.

Crimson officially supports Windows 7—10. Linux users can expect a new, partially-open-source driver (AMDGPU) sometime in the future [pcworld.com], but only for the latest, shiniest of graphics cards. The current driver's performance has been improved somewhat.

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