AMD announced the next version of AMD Fluid Motion Frames (AFMF) technology —AFMF-2—which offers a host of improvements, including up to 28% lower latency and multiple modes targeted at specific resolutions. Driver-based frame generation technology is now available to try for owners of RDNA 2 and RDNA 3 GPUs.
The most significant update is the latency improvements AMD has made. AMD Fluid Motion Frames 2 delivers an average of 28% lower latency compared to AFMF 1 in AMD’s tests. In Cyberpunk 2077 At 4K RT ultra resolution on the RX 7900 XTX graphics card, AMD saw a 28% reduction in latency with AFMF 2 technology. Integrated graphics saw up to 12% lower latency with AFMF 2 technology Counterattack 2 powered by the Ryzen 7 8700G processor with integrated Radeon 780M graphics.
AMD has added a significant amount of additional support and features to AFMF 2. Seeking Mode is a recent setting that controls framerate by improving the “fallback” behavior of AFMF 2 (i.e. disabling framerate in high-motion scenes to preserve image quality and smoothness). The “Standard” seek mode is designed for 1080p gameplay, while the “High” mode is targeted at 1440p and above. Each mode changes the aggressiveness of the fallback, with “High” having a reduced failure rate compared to “Standard”. Auto mode automatically selects the “High” preset if the user is running at 1440p or higher.
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Performance mode is another recent setting that helps improve performance on lower-end devices. Performance mode reduces the load on AFMF 2 to achieve higher frame rates on a wider range of devices, such as AMD integrated graphics units. Performance mode can be activated in the Adrenalin control panel alongside quality and auto modes. Quality provides the same load as AFMF 1. At the same time, auto mode will automatically select quality or performance mode depending on the user’s GPU hardware. Performance mode is automatically enabled on Ryzen processors with Radeon iGPU.
Fluid Motion Frames 2 now supports borderless fullscreen mode, especially with RX 7000 and Radeon 700M GPUs. API support has also been improved beyond DirectX, and AFMF 2 now supports Vulkan and OpenGL-based titles. Interoperability with Radeon Chill has also been added, allowing users to set a frame rate limit with frame generation enabled.
By default, Radeon Chill (when enabled) will apply a frame rate cap of half the user refresh rate, allowing frame generation to fill the remaining frame rate “gap” to reach the user’s maximum refresh rate. This configuration will ensure that AFMF 2 will not boost frame rates above the user’s maximum refresh rate, prioritizing image quality and preventing screen tearing.
AMD Fluid Motion Frames 2 is available for download now as a technical preview. The preview driver supports all current AMD Radeon RX 7000 and 6000 series desktop GPUs, as well as the Radeon RX 7900M, RX 6800M, RX 6700M, RX 6600M, RX 6500M, and RX 6300M series of AMD mobile GPUs.
