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AMD's FidelityFX Super Resolution 3 technology package introduced a plethora of enhancements to the FSR technology on Radeon RX 6000 and 7000-series graphics cards last September. But perfection has no limits, so this week, the company is rolling out its FSR 3.1 technology, which improves upscaling quality, decouples frame generation from AMD's upscaling, and makes it easier for developers to work with FSR. Arguably, AMD's FSR 3.1's primary enhancement is its improved temporal upscaling image quality: compared to FSR 2.2, the image flickers less at rest and no longer ghosts when in movement. This is a significant improvement, as flickering and ghosting artifacts are particularly annoying. Meanwhile, FSR 3.1 has to be implemented by the game developer itself, and the first title to support this...
AMD Releases Radeon Software Crimson ReLive Edition 17.11.2
Update (11/27/17): AMD has released a Radeon RX Vega hotfix as 17.11.3, addressing intermittent crashing on some RX Vega cards. Just ahead of tomorrow’s Star Wars Battlefront II (2017) release...
5 by Nate Oh on 11/16/2017
The AnandTech Podcast, Episode 42: Intel with Radeon Graphics
Every so often, the technology industry goes crazy. To get three events along those lines in the same week just blows the mind. On this podcast, Ian and Ryan...
11 by Ian Cutress on 11/13/2017
Raja Koduri, AMD’s Radeon Tech Group Leader, Resigns
On the day following what’s perhaps one of the greatest (and oddest) product design wins for AMD’s Radeon Technologies Group, a second bit of surprising news is coming out...
54 by Ryan Smith on 11/7/2017
Intel to Create new 8th Generation CPUs with AMD Radeon Graphics with HBM2 using EMIB
Today Intel (and AMD) are announcing a partnership to create processors using Intel's high-performance x86 cores, AMD Radeon Graphics, and HBM2 within a single processor package using Intel's latest...
254 by Ian Cutress on 11/6/2017
AMD Releases Radeon Software Crimson ReLive Edition 17.11.1
Since the launch of the Radeon RX Vega 64 in mid-August, AMD has been releasing new drivers every other week, sometimes more often, and this week is no exception...
4 by Nate Oh on 11/3/2017
AMD Releases Radeon Software Crimson ReLive Edition 17.10.2: Workload Toggle and 12x GPU Compute Support
Update (10/26/17): AMD has released a hotfix in the form of 17.10.3, resolving crashes or hangs on RX Vega cards in Wolfenstein II and singleplayer mission six of Destiny...
17 by Nate Oh on 10/24/2017
AMD Releases Radeon Software Crimson ReLive Edition 17.10.1
Today, less than 2 weeks since 17.9.3, AMD has released Radeon Software Crimson ReLive Edition 17.10.1, bringing support for Middle-earth: Shadow of War (launching today) and The Evil Within...
5 by Nate Oh on 10/10/2017
AMD Announces Polaris-based Embedded Radeon E9170
Today AMD is announcing the Polaris-based Radeon E9170 series, the latest entrant to their embedded graphics offerings. Sporting Radeon-class hardware and long-term support, these embedded products look to markets...
22 by Nate Oh on 10/3/2017
AMD Releases Radeon Software Crimson ReLive Edition 17.9.3
Today, AMD has released Radeon Software Crimson ReLive Edition 17.9.3, less than a week after 17.9.2, which brought official 2-way multi-GPU (mGPU) support for RX Vega. This update brings...
2 by Nate Oh on 9/28/2017
AMD Releases Radeon Software Crimson ReLive Edition 17.9.2: 2-Way Multi-GPU for Vega
Update (9/26/17): In statements to PCWorld, AMD has elaborated that they are "moving away from the CrossFire tag for multi-GPU gaming," citing that CrossFire technically refers to DX11 applications...
11 by Nate Oh on 9/21/2017
AMD Releases Radeon Software Crimson ReLive Edition 17.9.1
This afternoon AMD has released their latest Radeon driver update, Radeon Software Crimson ReLive Edition 17.9.1, which is largely focused on bug fixes. This update continues RTG’s rapid cadence...
12 by Nate Oh on 9/7/2017
Cryptomining Demand Drives Exceptionally High Graphics Card Shipments in Q2 2017
This week, Jon Peddie Research (JPR) reported significantly higher discrete GPU shipments for Q2 2017, attributing the historically unprecedented increase to cryptocurrency mining, specifically to Ethereum mining. As opposed...
48 by Nate Oh on 8/25/2017
AMD Releases Radeon Software Crimson ReLive Edition 17.8.2
This week, AMD has released Radeon Software Crimson ReLive Edition 17.8.2, quickly following up on this Monday’s 17.8.1 release and the last Monday’s launch of Radeon RX Vega64. This...
6 by Nate Oh on 8/25/2017
AMD Releases Radeon Software Crimson ReLive Edition 17.8.1
Today, AMD has released Radeon Software Crimson ReLive Edition 17.8.1, a unified driver supporting older products as well as RX Vega cards. This update follows last Monday’s RX Vega64...
19 by Nate Oh on 8/21/2017
The AMD Radeon RX Vega 64 & RX Vega 56 Review: Vega Burning Bright
We’ve seen the architecture. We’ve seen the teasers. We’ve seen the Frontier. And we’ve seen the specifications. Now the end game for AMD’s Radeon RX Vega release is finally...
215 by Ryan Smith & Nate Oh on 8/14/2017
Radeon RX Vega Unveiled: AMD Announces $499 RX Vega 64 & $399 RX Vega 56, Launching August 14th
At this point, one must give credit to AMD for their marketing program for the Radeon RX Vega. The company has opted to drip feed information over many months...
162 by Ryan Smith on 7/30/2017
Spotted: AMD's Radeon RX Vega, Air & Liquid Cooled
In a very brief update this evening, as part of their trickle marketing campaign, AMD has allowed us to release photos of two of their upcoming Radeon RX Vega...
48 by Ryan Smith on 7/29/2017
AMD Releases Radeon Software Crimson ReLive Edition 17.7.2: ReLive Edition Refined for Gamers and Developers
It’s been roughly 7 months since AMD released the Crimson ReLive Edition update for Radeon Software, the latest entry in their annual cadence for major driver revisions and feature...
30 by Nate Oh on 7/26/2017
AMD Releases Radeon Software Crimson ReLive Edition 17.7.1
After the release of Radeon Software Crimson ReLive Edition 17.6.1 and a follow-up bugfix in the form of 17.6.2, AMD has brought a new major driver update with Crimson...
4 by Nate Oh on 7/11/2017
AMD’s Radeon Vega Frontier Edition Formally Launches: Air Cooled For $999, Liquid Cooled for $1499
After what appears to be a very unusual false start, AMD has now formally launched their new Radeon Vega Frontier Edition card. First announced back in mid-May, the unusual...
68 by Ryan Smith on 6/27/2017
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