Those 8K monitors aren't available yet, and gaming on a display at 30Hz won't be ideal because of poor refresh rates. The company announced GPU support for DisplayPort HBR3, which allows gaming on 4K monitors at over 120Hz, 5K at 60Hz, and 8K at 30Hz. The chipmaker is also laying the groundwork for AMD GPUs to support 8K gaming. That's an important advancement, as the latest consoles like Xbox One S and PlayStation 4 Pro add support for HDR for better color and images in games. Essentially, when an image is drawn up on a GPU, it appears on the screen.ĪMD has also added support for HDR (high dynamic range) gaming based on DolbyVision and HDR 10 standards. FreeSync connects GPUs directly to monitors so game graphics look better. That helps improve VR graphics while reducing the power consumption of a GPU.ĪMD also announced improvements to FreeSync technology, with a "borderless fullscreen mode" that captures more screen space. New rendering techniques will put higher resolution graphics in the line of sight, and lower-resolution images to parts of a screen that are not clearly visible. Other advances include an improvement to graphics in VR headsets by fine-tuning image rendition. AMD said it saw 20 times improvement in projection rates with dual Radeon RX 480 GPUs compared to a single GPU configuration. For example, one GPU can be dedicated to graphics on the left screen of a VR headset, and the other for the right-side screen. The software update also has a feature called Affinity multi-GPU that allows dual GPU configurations to be used for superior graphics on VR headsets.
A professional equivalent of that software is Radeon Pro ReLive, which works with Solidworks, Maya, and Adobe Premiere Pro. The AMD software makes it possible to add custom overlays, and an in-app toolbar allows tweaks to the settings and visuals. Chill will be useful in gaming cafes in countries like China, where owners may be looking to cut electric bills without compromising the gaming experience.Īnother interesting feature is Radeon ReLive, a game streaming feature that works with top streaming platforms like YouTube and Twitch. It'll work with DirectX 9 or 11 games, while support for the DirectX 12 API is yet to be added.ĪMD believes Chill is just a stop-gap feature, and it won't change hardware configurations or cooling technologies used in PCs today. The Chill feature will work only with specific games, and AMD is maintaining a list. With Radeon Chill running, AMD has measured 31 percent reduced power consumption in a GPU.
The need for Chill came as some games may have an excessive frame rate, which may stress the GPU and cooling system in a PC.
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