A little surprise from AMD, as the American company is already rolling out the second version of its Fluid Motion Frames.
In September 2022, NVIDIA caused a sensation with DLSS 3, the new version of its artificial intelligence-assisted upsampling technology. DLSS 3 incorporated frame generation, enabling artificial intelligence not simply to resample an image calculated by the graphics processor, but to create every other image from scratch, based on previous and subsequent images. DLSS 3 made its mark, and AMD responded by announcing FidelityFX Super Resolution (FSR 3), which was to offer similar technology.
FSR 3 was a long time coming © AMD
Alas, for AMD, the whole thing took much longer than expected, and it took a whole year before FSR 3 was finally available. By September 2023, AMD's technology was limited to two games(Forspoken and Immortals of Aveum), while NVIDIA already had dozens of compatible titles. To catch up, AMD has come up with a new solution, AMD Fluid Motion Frames (AFMF), which aims to integrate frame generation directly into graphics drivers. What's in it for you? Virtually automatic operation, which no longer requires a great deal of work on the part of development studios. AFMF was introduced just after FSR 3, and AMD was soon able to announce a number of compatible games, before stepping up a gear by broadening the compatibility base (first only Radeon RX 7000, then also Radeon RX 6000) before releasing graphics drivers in "final" version.
Today, in a new development, AMD announces the release of AFMF 2 to advance its technology and integrate new optimizations and settings for users. AMD talks of superior fluidity in image generation and greater control " over how AFMF works with games " thanks to the introduction of " two new modes where optimal settings are automatically activated ". AMD also highlights particularly notable progress on integrated graphics solutions, the Radeons found in the brand's APUs, before explaining that latency has also improved significantly. For the time being, unsurprisingly, AFMF 2 is only available as a beta driver preview, but owners of Radeon RX 6000/7000 cards or Ryzen processors with Radeon 600M or higher iGPUs can try it out by following this link.
