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AMD Releases Radeon Software Crimson Edition 16.3.1 Hotfix
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AMD Releases Radeon Software Crimson Edition 16.3.1 Hotfix

Following last week’s release of Radeon Software 16.3 Hotfix, AMD is back again with a quick update to their driver set, bringing it to 16.3.1 Hotfix.

The list of resolved issues this week is brief compared to the last few months of updates. Among the resolved issues is a problem where installed and played games were not showing up in the Radeon Settings “Gaming” tab. Meanwhile a hang in Unreal Engine 4 games has been fixed, along with issues installing the Radeon Software driver set via command line. Lastly, AMD notes that DirectX 12 applications are no longer locked to the refresh rate of the display.

Alongside these fixes there is also driver support for the new Need for Speed, and a Crossfire profile update for Hitman.

As always, those interested in reading more or installing the updated hotfix drivers for AMD’s desktop, mobile, and integrated GPUs can find them either under the driver update section in Radeon Settings or on AMDs Radeon Software Crimson Edition download page.

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USB Flash Drives – Power Consumption Measurement using Plugable’s USBC-TKEY

The power consumed by USB peripherals such as flash drives has typically not been much of a concern. However, with OTG support on the rise, mounting external storage via USB on mobile devices has become a common use-case. The power consumed by bus-powered devices is arguably more important compared to the performance numbers in such cases. A reader comment in our recent review of the Samsung Portable SSD T3 piqued our interest, and we set out to quantitatively measure this aspect. While there are plenty of inline USB power measurement gadgets, they are not suited for the upcoming Type-C / USB 3.1 ecosystem. Fortunately, Plugable’s USBC-TKEY USB 3.1 Type-C power delivery sniffer came to our rescue. Read on for the details of how we utilized Plugable’s USBC-TKEY to measure the power consumed by bus-powered USB peripherals.

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USB Flash Drives – Power Consumption Measurement using Plugable’s USBC-TKEY

The power consumed by USB peripherals such as flash drives has typically not been much of a concern. However, with OTG support on the rise, mounting external storage via USB on mobile devices has become a common use-case. The power consumed by bus-powered devices is arguably more important compared to the performance numbers in such cases. A reader comment in our recent review of the Samsung Portable SSD T3 piqued our interest, and we set out to quantitatively measure this aspect. While there are plenty of inline USB power measurement gadgets, they are not suited for the upcoming Type-C / USB 3.1 ecosystem. Fortunately, Plugable’s USBC-TKEY USB 3.1 Type-C power delivery sniffer came to our rescue. Read on for the details of how we utilized Plugable’s USBC-TKEY to measure the power consumed by bus-powered USB peripherals.