Radeon R9 380: Driver crashes and Poor Performance on Crimson 16 Compared to Crimson 15

PaladinGeorge

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Hello, so lately I have been having problems with display driver crashes. They usually occur when I am watching videos or playing games that do not heavily rely on the graphics card. I spent a lot of time troubleshooting this issue, but I simply think it is a matter of an outdated graphics card driver. I am using AMD's Crimson 15.11 display driver. I have tried updating to the Crimson 16 drivers, but they run far worse than Crimson 15. I get a lot of lag when playing games with Crimson 16 installed, especially games with intense shading/lighting. Does anyone have any suggestions on how to fix the crashes, or at the very least the lag issues with AMD display driver Crimson 16 versions? I have used MSI Afterburner to change some settings, but I only have touched the fan controls and the settings underneath "general" in "MSI AfterBurner properties". I don't touch core clock, memory clock, power limit, or core voltage.

Here are my specs:

650 Watt power supply unit. I am not so certain the problem is deriving from a lack of power, but I thought I might mention it anyways.

AMD Radeon 380 graphics card. I am currently using display driver Crimson 15.11

Also, in my troubleshooting I have tried reinstalling my current display driver many times to ensure the problem isn't installation-related. I also recently updated MSI Afterburner, which seems to have significantly decreased the frequency of the crashes, but adjusting some settings doesn't seem to help anything.