On March 17 (Eastern time in the United States), AMD began offering "AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition" software for its GPU/APU (GPU integrated CPU). The software can be downloaded/updated from the company's support site or from the Radeon Software control panel.
AMD Software: Adrenaline Edition was previously provided under the name "Radeon Software Adrenaline (Edition)". This time, it has been rebranded to clarify its position as software that enhances the experience not only for Radeon GPUs but also for AMD hardware in general.
AMD Software is a rebrand of Radeon SoftwareThe main new features and improvements in this update are:
"Radeon Super Resolution (RSR)" is a super-resolution display function in games whose implementation was announced from the end of 2021, and is available on Radeon GPUs (Radeon RX 5000/6000 series) with architectures after "RDNA". can.
The technical base is the same as the "AMD FidelityFX Super Resolution (FSR)" that has already appeared, but RSR is almost everything if you enable the settings on the driver side The difference is that it can be enabled in any game. From the game developer's point of view, unlike FSR, the advantage is that the game does not require special measures.
By lowering the in-game rendering resolution and enabling RSR, both resolution and frame rate can be increased. Using RSR to upscale 1080p (Full HD, 1920 x 1080 pixels) footage to 3840p (4K/UHD, 3840 x 2160 pixels) allows some games to play at 3x the frame rate of playing straight at 4K resolution It is possible.
To use RSR, enable it in the AMD Software control panel and then lower the drawing resolution in the game. As mentioned earlier, it can be enabled in almost all games without special measuresThe effect of improving the frame rate depends on the game, but it is said that it can be increased up to 3 times at the maximum >Functional differences from the technically based FSR. FSR can also be used with other companies' GPUs, and the image quality is high, but the game must support it. On the other hand, although RSR has the limitation that it can only be used with the Radeon RX 5000 series or later, it has the advantage of being able to be activated in most games. It is a function that you can use to access and operate the game running on your home PC. With this update, up to four players will be able to access one PC at the same time.In addition, in the past, remote access on a Windows PC required a Radeon GPU or APU with a "GCN" or later architecture, but with this update, an NVIDIA GPU or Intel CPU integrated GPU You can also access it from your PC.
AMD Link will allow up to 4 people to access simultaneously. Remote access from Windows PCs equipped with NVIDIA/Intel GPUs will also be supported. Previously, it was only for game apps, but with this update, it can now be enabled for some web browsers, office apps, and photo/video playback apps. Applications other than games are as follows.Radeon Image Sharpening can now be enabled in some apps other than games.The new version also includes some changes to the user interface (UI) of the control panel. A notification window will now appear when the game is launched, and the notification window will now display information about which features the user has enabled and which features have been disabled.
The behavior when there is a software update is also changed. Previously, the entire new software was downloaded, but with the new version, the download time has been shortened by downloading only the files with differences (updated/added).
In addition to improving the UI of the software, including the control panel, the time it takes to update the software has been shortenedIn line with this announcement, AMD announced "AMD FidelityFX Super Resolution 2.0 (FSR 2.0)” will be released in the second quarter of 2022 (April-June).
FSR 2.0 is a super-resolution technology that does not require special hardware like the previous version, and the image quality is said to be better than before. Details will be announced at the session "Next-Generation Image Upscaling for Games (Presented by AMD)" at "GDC 2022" to be held on March 23 (US Pacific time), and then on AMD's open source site "GPUOpen". It will be published on the site.
FSR 2.0 overview. As far as the explanation goes, it seems that super-resolution can be used even when real-time ray tracing (RT) is enabledDetails of FSR will be announced at the GDC 2022 session