The latest driver for AMD's Radeon graphics cards is out and the biggest news surrounding its release is its lack of support for the 32-bit version of Windows 8.1. This doesn't seem to be an error on AMD's part or whoever posted the new Radeon's release notes, since searching for a new 32-bit Windows 8.1 driver will only lead to Crimson ReLive Edition 17.1.2 released on February 8 and not the 17.2.1 driver that was just released on Thursday.

According to Digital Trends, Crimson ReLive Edition 17.2.1 is elevated for Sniper Elite 4 and For Honor. According to AMD's statement, the new driver can ultimately boost the performance of games like For Honor by up to four percent on the Radeon RX 480 8GB card, compared to the previous 17.1.2 driver.

The company also assures up to five percent better performance in Sniper Elite 4 running on the same amazing graphics card. Multi-GPU DirectX 11-based profiles were also added for these two games as well.

As for other fixes, there has been three that address locked memory clocks (Radeon R9 380 Series), DXVA H.264 encoded video corruption, and the AMD FreeSync mode's inability to enable itself. Two other fixes attacks problems with Radeon ReLive, which is one that returns GPU information back to captured videos and one that points towards flickering when recording in full screen with Power DVD or Windows Media Player.

On the known issues front, Hexus points out that there are seven outstanding general and game-specific problems and issues stemming from Radeon ReLive. For customers who are using Radeon ReLive, the issues they will probably encounter could include a failure when installing on systems using an auxiliary power unit, some conflicts with the Xbox DVR application, and the potential game freezes if recording with Radeon ReLive while the Vulkan API is in play.

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