AMD Adds Two Options to Double Gaming Performance of Its Mobile Processors

AMD seems to have kept some cartridges in reserve for the graphics performance of its processors Ryzen AI 300 for laptops announced in June and available since the end of July. It must be said thatIntel with its Lunar Lake processors also for laptops that come out at the end of the month promised big numbers on the graphics part.

Logically, AMD is adding two new features to the graphics drivers ahead of the release of Intel's Lunar Lake in order to prepare for the fight planned for the end of the year.

Improved image generation with AFMF 2

First new feature, AMD's AI image generation is moving to its second iteration and is logically called: AFMF 2. AMD announces that it has reduced latency and improved the performance of its image generation. Allowing, for example, in Cyberpunk 2077 to go from 56 to 100 i/s by activating the option.
However, AMD recommends enabling the option with a minimum of 60 fps and using a display running at 120 Hz to take full advantage of it.
The AFMF 2 option is thus compatible with Vulkan, OpenGL, DirectX 11 and 12 games and is supported by Radeon 700M and 800M graphics parts and dedicated Radeon RX 6000 and RX 7000 desktop or laptop graphics cards.

AMD is not the only one to offer image generation to boost the number of images displayed on the screen since Nvidia offers Frame Generation and Intel presented ExtraSS at the end of last year, but it has still not been officially released.

Video Memory Allocation

Second option newly available in the graphics drivers, but reserved for Ryzen AI 300 processors: Variable Graphics Memory (VGM). This option allows you to allocate RAM to the graphics part of the processor and “transform” it into video memory (VRAM). The goal is to be able to play games that require a large amount of video memory as a prerequisite or simply improve the performance of certain games that are rather demanding on this point.

By activating this option, it is thus possible according to AMD to play Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy whereas this is normally impossible with the amount of shared memory (512 MB). On three other games, activating the VGM option allows a performance gain of more than 50% in 1080p by taking care to activate the FSR and the AFMF 2. According to AMD by correctly adjusting its three settings it is possible to play Far Cry 6, F1 23 And Horizon Zero Dawn Complete Edition in the native definition of the Asus ZenBook S 16 Oled, i.e. 2880 x 1800 px in a perfectly fluid manner (+60 i/s).

PC console users with AMD Ryzen Z1 and Z1 Extreme are already familiar with this option since an allocated memory selector is available in the console interface.

Drivers with both options are already available in AMD Adrenalin drivers on the manufacturer's website in Technical Preview and user feedback is obviously welcome to correct any bugs.