If you were to continuously look at the development of Intel’s temporary upscaling technology, known as XeSS, you could definitely see noticeable progress. Apparently, a new version was recently released in conjunction with the current Software Development Kit (SDK). It can be assumed that this update contains a freshly revised libxess.dll [...]
AMDVLK 2023.Q3.1 was released this morning as the latest update for AMD’s official open-source Radeon Vulkan Linux driver. This represents the first update since mid-June and brings several new features and improvements. One of the significant changes in AMDVLK 2023.Q3.1 is the integration of support for Phoenix APUs. This will enable smooth [...]
MSI, as a motherboard manufacturer, has recently released the latest AMD AGESA 1.0.0.7c BIOS firmware for its AM5 motherboards. This new firmware enables some important improvements for the AM5 platform, including support for high-speed DDR5 frequencies, which were not possible before. Several memory OC records have already been set with DDR5-9000 [...]
It has been repeatedly rumored that AMD’s Radeon drivers have a long and not always stable history in terms of reliability and performance issues. Nevertheless, this seems to be happening less frequently as mature and stable driver releases (with certain exceptions) seem to be becoming the norm for Team Red. The assumption that AMD drivers [...]
AMD’s HIP SDK is now part of the ROCm ecosystem and provides support for CUDA on professional and consumer GPUs. AMD’s HIP SDK is an open source solution in the ROCm ecosystem designed to easily port CUDA applications to consumer and professional GPUs. Today’s launch of the HIP SDK enables the porting of a CUDA application to a [...]
On Tuesday, FinalWire announced that the latest version of its AIDA64 diagnostic and benchmarking software now supports AMD’s upcoming processors based on the Zen 5 microarchitecture. In addition, support for Intel’s upcoming processors, namely Meteor Lake, Arrow Lake and Lunar Lake, has been “enhanced.” According to the [...]
You would think that Windows 11 automatically includes at least the most important standard drivers. The WLAN is active and there might even be an Ethernet cable in the LAN port. You feel well prepared and then you get to a point where you really wonder if they smoked some special weed in Redmond. I have rarely seen so much stupid ignorance and [...]
The Crux with the Minor version of .NET
The. NET-Framework now runs like a thread through help forums and grief boxes, although to Microsoft's relief we also want to note that many problems that arise are more likely to ...
Since I like to measure everything that has just any plug (or socket) and also want to support my friend Aris in his work, I brought the latest PMD (Power Measurements Device) right from Taipei (along with something else that was then unfortunately less beautiful, but free). The first brand new Powenetics kits were already delivered to their happy [...]
The latest version 2.06 of the CPU-Z monitor and information software has recently been updated to support the latest hardware products from Intel, AMD and NVIDIA. In the case of Intel, this includes support for several new Alder Lake-N SKUs as well as the Xeon Sapphire Rapids series for data center CPUs. The software also adds support for the [...]
Windows 11 will soon introduce an integrated RGB lighting control called “Dynamic Lighting,” designed specifically for gaming PCs. Microsoft aims to provide a one-stop shop for all RGB needs, eliminating the need to install different software for each component. Microsoft aims to simplify the management of RGB in PCs with the new [...]
Multi-frame optical generation is a technology introduced in DLSS (Deep Learning Super Sampling). DLSS is a method developed to improve the performance and visual quality of video games by using artificial intelligence to generate high-resolution images. In multi-frame optical generation, two consecutive frames in the game are analyzed to [...]
Epic Games today announced the upcoming release of Unreal Engine 5.2. This latest version of the third-party engine, preferred by most of the renowned triple-A game developers, brings numerous new features and improvements. In particular, Epic Games has targeted a problem that has recently affected many PC games developed mainly with Unreal Engine [...]
In our own blog post “Experience maximum ray tracing performance with AMD FSR 2 and the new AMD Radeon RX 7900 Series graphics cards“, the red team presents the benefits that are expected to result from enabling FSR 2 in various ray tracing games. Thanks to its open structure and seamless integration with game engines, the list of FSR [...]
I have combined the download sections into one page and instead link to the older articles with the tutorials in the software table. The download as such is only available on this page in a summarised form. Preliminary note and introduction Since AMD massively restricted the use of the SoftPowerPlayTables and thus indirectly also the MorePowerTool [...]
Valve and CodeWeavers have recently released the latest version of Proton, namely Proton 8.0-1. Proton is an open source software package based on Wine and developed by Valve. It allows Linux users to play Windows games through the Steam platform without requiring a separate Windows installation. With Proton 8.0-1, many improvements and bug fixes [...]
UL, a leader in benchmarking and testing, today announced news. They have released a new functional test for AMD FidelityFX™ Super Resolution (FSR) upscaling technology. AMD FSR technology is an advanced method for improving image quality in video games. This is a type of upscaling technology that allows low-resolution games to be displayed on [...]
AMD released material earlier this month announcing an upcoming unveiling of its next-generation FidelityFX at GDC 2023. Today the hardware company officially announced that FidelityFX Super Resolution 3.0 will be available soon. This is an important step for AMD to keep up with its rival NVIDIA, which has already launched version 3.0 of its DLSS [...]
The Game Developers Conference (GDC) kicks off next week and NVIDIA is announcing an expanded game list and new developer plug-ins for NVIDIA-DLSS-3, the latest version of its AI-powered Deep Learning Super Sampling (DLSS) technology. NVIDIA is also announcing a new RTX bundle that includes Redfall from Bethesda. NVIDIA DLSS 3 Accelerates [...]
Microsoft has confirmed that all RTX models (20, 30 and 40 series with Tensor cores) and the Radeon RX 5700 to 7800 series will support this technology. The video upscaling feature is now available for all GeForce and Radeon users of the mentioned series. However, the AI technology only works if the video resolution is lower than 720p, but not [...]
