AMD releases new 17.8.2 drivers, supports Destiny 2 beta

AMD's new drivers support the Destiny 2 beta, have performance improvements for Battlegrounds, and more.

@anthony256

Published Aug 25, 2017 8:50 PM CDT
Updated Nov 3, 2020 11:54 AM CST

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AMD has pushed out its latest drivers, with the launch of the new Radeon Crimson ReLive 17.8.2 drivers, something that include support for the upcoming Destiny 2 beta.

AMD releases new 17.8.2 drivers, supports Destiny 2 beta | TweakTown.com

There's also performance improvements for PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds and F1 2017, and the usual bug fixes and more. PUBG improvements see the Radeon RX Vega 64 on a Core i7-7700K CPU (stock CPU clocks) running PUBG at 33.6FPS at 4K, compared to 28.5FPS under the previous drivers. F1 2017 moves by around 2FPS with the new drivers, to 56FPS average.

Grab the new AMD Radeon Crimson ReLive 17.8.2 drivers right here.

NEWS SOURCE:support.amd.com

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Anthony joined the TweakTown team in 2010 and has since reviewed 100s of graphics cards. Anthony is a long time PC enthusiast with a passion of hate for games built around consoles. FPS gaming since the pre-Quake days, where you were insulted if you used a mouse to aim, he has been addicted to gaming and hardware ever since. Working in IT retail for 10 years gave him great experience with custom-built PCs. His addiction to GPU tech is unwavering and has recently taken a keen interest in artificial intelligence (AI) hardware.