Latest AMD drivers not working or just me?

[EricRaslov 1]

For the longest time the 15x drivers from AMD worked wonders in SF2. I'd only crash because of terrain loading (that hope killing 80% loading CTD) on some community made maps like Korea and Green Hell. But now I can't even get into the menu without hard restarting my computer, even if I did get the game to close it'd still run in the background and refuse to close. But when I do get into game I don't have that problem until I either quit or complete a mission. Another thing is when I know it's gonna happen SF2 loads instantly, usually takes at least a minute or so to boot to the menu. Recently the 16x drivers, the 16.9.2 driver to be exact, haven't been agreeing with SF2 lately. Mainly the black menu deal, or black menu after a mission. Alt tabbing is a no go, I uninstalled mods and reinstalled, tried with no mods, tried reinstalling the game, ran it admin, ran it outside the C drive, ran it in a folder with no security restrictions, ran it without the AV on... You get the idea. I do have 5 full installed and merged and I do play all my games in separate folders for eras/sides. My crappy rig:

 

R5 240 w/ 16.9.2 Drivers

AMD A4-5300 HD 3.50GHz Dual Core

Win 8.1 x64

8GB RAM stock Foxtech

 

Things I've done in BIOS: AMD Cool n Quiet is off, S4/5 state is off, Precision Clock is off

 

Oh and please don't tell me get a Nividia... Can't afford them.

 

Other than that I'm at a miss here. Here's my options.ini for Israel for example:

[Pilot]
LastName=Pilot
FirstName=Eric
Callsign=Phantom
Service=ISRAEL

[Options]
Section=0

[GameplayOptions]
MissionStart=1
CockpitView=1
DisplayUnit=0
EnemySkill=1
Simulation=3
FlightModel=2
WeaponEffectiveness=2
Avionics=2
Targeting=1
HUDDisplay=1
Landing=1
Collision=1
Blackout=1
AmmoUsage=1
FuelUsage=1

[GraphicsOptions]
DisplayDeviceID=0
DisplayWidth=1280
DisplayHeight=1024
DisplayDepth=32
AspectRatio=1.250000
AntiAliasing=4
ForceDX9=FALSE
ForceVSyncOff=FALSE
Use32BitZBuffer=TRUE
LensFlare=0
DetailLevel=4
ObjectDetail=2
ObjectTexture=2
CockpitTexture=3
CockpitMirrors=1
CockpitReflection=1
EffectsDetail=2
TerrainDetail=1
TerrainTexture=2
HorizonDistance=2
GroundObjectDensity=2
WaterDetail=2
CloudsDetail=2
Shadow=2
ObjectsFade=TRUE

[soundOptions]
SoundVolume=100
SpeechVolume=100
MusicVolume=75
NumChannels=32
ReverseStereo=0
SpeechSubtitles=1

[ControlOptions]
ControlMap=Default.INI
Sensitivity=75
DeadZone=20
ForceFeedback=1
ForceFeedbackGain=100
TrackIR=1

[MultiplayerOptions]
LobbyLaunched=FALSE

[MiscOptions]
HUDDisplay=1
ForceAIPilot=FALSE

[instantAction]
AircraftType=F-15A_Baz
MissionMap=IsraelME
StartTime=16:30:00
StartDate=06/06/1968
StartTimeDeviation=120
TextureSet=0
NationalMarking=0
SquadronMarking=0
AircraftNumber=0
KillMarking=0

[singleMission]
AircraftType=F-15A
Service=USAF
MissionMap=ISRAELME
MissionType=SWEEP
MissionTime=RANDOM
MissionWeather=RANDOM
AirActivity=RANDOM
AirDefenseActivity=RANDOM
FlyAll=FALSE
LoadMission=FALSE
LoadMissionFilename=C:\Users\Eric\Saved Games\ThirdWire\StrikeFighters2 Israel\Missions\640802_TONKIN_GULF_INCIDENT.MSN
MissionDate=1983
StartYear=1948
EndYear=1984
EditMission=FALSE

[Campaign]
CampaignName=
PlayerService=ISRAEL
PlayerUnit=
AircraftType=F-15A_Baz
Difficulty=NORMAL
Length=NORMAL
AircraftSupply=NORMAL
WeaponSupply=NORMAL
LoadCampaign=FALSE
CampaignSavename=DefaultCampaignSave

[Multiplayer]
Connection=0
PlayerColor=0
SessionType=0
GameType=0
Password=MyPassword
MaxPlayers=8
IPAddress=127.0.0.1

[DogfightHost]
MissionMap=IsraelME
MissionDate=06/06/1968
Loadout=0
StartTime=10:30:00
StartTimeDeviation=240
RespawnTime=60
RespawnDistance=4000.000000
MinHeight=5000.000000
MaxHeight=12000.000000
HeightDeviation=5000.000000
ContrailAlt=7000.000000
ScreenshotsDelay=60
StartYear=1948
EndYear=1984
WeatherType=SCATTERED

[DogfightPlayer]
AircraftType=F-15A_Baz
TextureSet=DefaultTextureSet
PlayerService=ISRAEL
Squadron=DefaultTextureSet

[CoopMission]
MissionMap=IsraelME
MissionDate=06/06/1968
ContrailAlt=7000.000000
Service1=ISRAEL
Service2=SYRIA
Mission1=SWEEP
AircraftType1=F-15A_Baz
AircraftType2=F-15A_Baz
AircraftType3=MiG-21MF
AircraftType4=MiG-21MF
ScreenshotsDelay=60
StartYear=0
EndYear=0
WeatherType=SCATTERED

[MotionExporter]
ExporterDLL=

[Mods]
ModsEnabled=TRUE
Directory=C:\Users\Eric\Saved Games\ThirdWire\StrikeFighters2 Israel
Editors=StrikeFighters2

[screenShots]
Directory=C:\Users\Eric\Saved Games\ThirdWire\StrikeFighters2 Israel\ScreenShots
Format=JPG

 

 

[+hi ho silver 179]

Hi I just installed 16.9.2 all working fine for me.

[EricRaslov 1]

Hi I just installed 16.9.2 all working fine for me.

Thanks for the reply, thought I never would get one. Is there some crash or dump log I can find and post with this? Recently I've been noticing a lot of my games don't/won't run fullscreen because they freeze instantly or just black screen on the main menu. Could this be a processor issue?

[Platinum Rogue 48]

I thought it might be a Windows update issue, having lots more CTD's with SF2 now and I'm still on Radeon 15.something on account of my card being so old (HD5800). I'm actually doing a fresh install of SF2 at the moment. It took a lot of effort to click 'delete' on my NF5 

[EricRaslov 1]

16.10 update seemed to have fixed it. Even on a fresh install before I still had CTD's. Side note: Arma 3 runs way better in 16.10 using windows mem allocator if anyone was interested o: