The RADV Vulkan driver developed for AMD graphics cards has made significant progress recently, especially in terms of hardware support, continuous optimization and bug fixes. Until now, ray tracing on Linux has been held back due to a lack of “mature” drivers and software resources, but it seems that MESA has now created solutions [...]
Bluesky Frame Converter is an application that uses Windows DirectShow filters to convert video frame rates as needed. Frame converters are widely used in the media industry and are mainly used to adjust video frame rates so that they are compatible with different display or transmission standards. Bluesky works best with AMD’s GPU lineup [...]
Where do current workstation graphics cards from both manufacturers stand when it comes to design, construction, simulation, 3D visualization and creation? Has AMD been able to catch up or even overtake with the new lineup of Radeon Pro graphics cards or are Ada and Ampere still the measure of all things? I’ll try to find objective answers [...]
From time to time, I like to publish background stories about companies and important people, which are not easily found on the Internet, but which I have known for a long time and highly value. The reason is simple: while everyone knows and uses the products, few know who or what is behind such seemingly everyday things. Besides a lot of work [...]
AMD recently released the latest driver for Radeon, which includes support for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III and AI acceleration for RDNA GPUs and APUs. The driver includes performance improvements and optimizations for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III and DirectML. It is compatible with all RDNA GPUs and APUs, but not with older Polaris and [...]
AMD has withdrawn support for Anti-Lag in all supported games due to reports of incidents and bans caused by anti-cheat software and game crashes. In their latest driver, Adrenalin 23.10.2, the Anti-Lag feature has been disabled. It was confirmed that Anti-Lag was the main reason for lockups in popular eSports titles like Counter-Strike 2. Other [...]
AMD has added a useful feature called “System Lag” in its latest driver that allows latency monitoring in games that support Anti-Lag technology. Radeon RX 7000 GPU owners can use this feature to determine their PC’s system lag, especially when Anti-Lag is enabled. Similar to NVIDIA’s PCL feature in the FrameView [...]
Windows 12 rumors have gained momentum in the industry. Now, a senior Intel executive has hinted that the new operating system may appear in 2024. David Zinser, Intel’s chief financial officer, said in an interview at the Citi 2023 Global Technology Conference that the coming year would be “particularly exciting,” especially for [...]
Is there anything left to do? Intel continues its commitment to improving the gaming experience on its Arc GPUs rather unwaveringly with the release of the latest Game-On drivers. This latest update not only adds support for hotly anticipated titles like Forza Motorsport and Assassin’s Creed Mirage, but also brings significant other [...]
ASUS has begun rolling out the brand new AMD AGESA 1.0.8.0 BIOS for AM5 motherboards, which includes support for the upcoming Ryzen “Phoenix” APUs. Potential AMD Phoenix desktop launch as ASUS releases AGESA 1.0.8.0 BIOS with Ryzen 7000 “Phoenix” APU support Months went by without any updates on the desktop APU side, but it [...]
AMD has released its long-awaited Fluid Motion Frames (AFMF) technology in the Adrenaline Preview driver. AFMF is an upscaling technology that allows gamers to double or even triple their frame rates without sacrificing quality. The technology works by combining two frames from gameplay and then upscaling them using a proprietary algorithm. AFMF [...]
The latest version of CPU-Z now supports the AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7000WX CPUs that will be part of the upcoming Storm Peak platform. This offers an early look at the new CPU generation that is expected to dominate the workstation segment. CPU-Z and similar applications are always a good way to learn about CPU series before they are released [...]
AMD has finally released the long-awaited AMDVLK Vulkan driver for its Radeon GPU, which offers numerous optimizations for ray tracing and other improvements. This means that the long-awaited Q3 update is now available and AMD releases its own Radeon Vulkan drivers, while MESA Vulkan drivers continue to lead the way. AMD’s approach with the [...]
AMD has significantly improved the ray tracing performance of its Radeon graphics cards on Linux. The new drivers, which are based on the open-source Mesa RADV Vulkan, use “monolithic pipelining” to boost performance. This means that ray tracing calculations are now performed in a single step, instead of multiple steps. This [...]
The colleagues from WCCFTECH have once again dedicated themselves to Starfield. NVIDIA’s DLSS 3.5 technology, known for its ability to improve image quality and frame rates, is now available for Starfield on the PC. However, not officially and only thanks to the efforts of external modders, since the studio, for whatever reason (we [...]
This week has brought significant advances in the world of gaming technology. NVIDIA unveiled an updated version of their DLSS3 library with a strong focus on improving ray tracing capabilities. At the same time, AMD has unveiled its long-awaited competitor to DLSS3, which is analogously called FSR3. Both upscaling technologies are scheduled for [...]
As part of this year’s Gamescom 2023, NVIDIA has unveiled a number of upcoming updates aimed at the GeForce gaming community. A highlight among these announcements is the introduction of DLSS 3.5 Ray Reconstruction, a feature that will be available for all GeForce RTX series GPUs starting with the RTX 20 series in the upcoming fall season [...]
Users now have the ability to experiment with the BIOS of NVIDIA GeForce graphics cards as if it were 2013 all over again. Over the past decade, NVIDIA had effectively curtailed the practice of modifying video BIOS by introducing strict BIOS signature checks. The introduction of the “Falcon” on-die security processor with the GeForce [...]
Continuous driver updates from Intel boost Arc GPU performance Intel’s graphics driver team has been releasing continuous updates for their discrete Arc GPUs since the launch of the Arc series. These updates, known as “Game On” drivers, not only optimize performance for new titles, but also achieve notable performance gains for [...]
AMD has announced that the release of Radeon™ GPU Detective (RGD) v1.0 is imminent. This tool is for post-mortem analysis of GPU crashes (sounds really exciting) and allows developers to retrieve and analyze AMD GPU crash dumps. The information generated assists in determining the cause of the crashes. They include page fault details, resource [...]
