AMD’s Fluid Motion Frames technology is now available in the official driver release & offers a big boost in a huge selection of games using frame-gen.
AMD Fluid Motion Frames Technology Is Finally Out of Technical Preview, Now Packed In Official Drivers To Boost Thousands of Games Using Frame Generation
First launched in September, the AMD Fluid Motion Frames technology leverages frame generation to boost the FPS in games through a single click. Unlike FSR 3 which requires work with game devs, the AFMF technology can easily integrate frame generation technology by injecting it through the driver side. While FSR 3 still comes out better in terms of quality, Fluid Motion Frames allows you to enjoy boosted FPS in a wide selection of games that are based on the DX12 and DX11 APIs.
It’s here! If you haven’t tried it yet, you’re missing out on huge frame rate gains across thousands of games:
AMD Fluid Motion Frames (AFMF) – Boost FPS up to 97% for a smoother gaming experience by adding frame generation technology to any DirectX® 11 and 12 game.…— Frank Azor (@AzorFrank) January 23, 2024
Since launch, the technology was in a technical preview state, available outside the main driver brand but that changes today as AMD has now released its first official driver with Fluid Motion Frames (AFMF) support. The latest driver is titled “Adrenalin Edition 24.1.1” and comes packed with the FPS-boosting technology.
While the driver supports all three RDNA generations of GPUs (7000, 6000, 5000 series), the AFMF technology only supports the Radeon RX 7000 (RDNA 3), Radeon 700M (RDNA 3) and Radeon RX 6000 (RDNA 2) GPUs. The addition of the Radeon 700M iGPUs makes perfect sense considering the broad portfolio of handhelds that are based on AMD’s latest Ryzen 7040/8040 APUs and these can definitely benefit from Fluid Motion Frames tech, further boosting their integrated GPU capabilities.
Besides that, the driver also brings Video Upscaling using Fluid Motion frames and a lot of fixes. The video upscaling technology is supported in VLC and YouTube and competes with NVIDIA’s Video Super Resolution which has also received extensive upgrades over the past few months. The following are the new highlights that the latest Adrenalin driver comes with:
- New Game Support
- Like A Dragon: Infinite Wealth
- TEKKEN 8
- New Product Support
- AMD Fluid Motion Frames (AFMF) – Boost FPS up to 97% for a smoother gaming experience by adding frame generation technology to any DirectX 11 and 12 game.
- AFMF improves performance by adding frame generation technology to AMD Radeon 700M, RX 6000, and RX 7000 series GPUs for notebook and desktop platforms.
- Up to 97% average increase in performance across select titles at 1080p resolution when AMD Fluid Motion Frames (AFMF) is ON and upscaled with FidelityFX Super Resolution 2 (FSR 2) at Quality Mode, using AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition 24.1.1 on the Radeon RX 7600XT GPU, versus when AFMF and FSR 2 upscaling are OFF. RS-630
- Up to 103% average increase in performance across select titles at 1440p resolution when AMD Fluid Motion Frames (AFMF) is ON and upscaled with FidelityFX Super Resolution 2 (FSR 2) at Quality Mode, using AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition 24.1.1 on the Radeon RX 7600XT GPU, versus when AFMF and FSR 2 upscaling are OFF. RS-631
- AFMF preserves image quality by dynamically disabling frame generation during fast visual motion.
- AMD Video Upscaling – Advanced video upscale algorithm to improve video playback image quality for AMD Radeon RX 7000 desktop series GPUs.
- AMD Video Upscaling can be enabled within the Graphics tab to enjoy improved sharpness and clarity, for DirectX 11 applications such as Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, and Media Player, with resolution support up to 4K.
- For more instructions on how to enable upscaling, please ensure that your version of AMD Software is up to date, and learn more HERE!
- Additional Video Improvements
- Content Adaptive Machine Learning (CAML) text detection has been updated to support up to 4K gaming for even greater clarity.
- Various encoding support within AMD Software including AVC, HEVC and AV1 codecs have undergone additional optimizations to improve video encoding quality.
- AMD continues to work with partners to implement video enhancements into 3rd party apps; more updates to follow in upcoming drivers.
- AMD Smart Technology Tab – Access the suite of great A+A features from one convenient location to maximize the power of your AMD-powered system.
- AMD Assistant – Automatically enable or disable AMD Software features based on various situations for improved performance or battery life.
- Additional OS Feature Support
- Support for Hardware Accelerated GPU Scheduling has been expanded to Radeon RX 7600 series GPUs on Windows 11 version 22H2 and newer. Click HERE for more information.