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so guys a few days ago we had the opportunity to sit down with AMD at their Markham offices and talked about a bunch of new things and while some of them will need to stay locked away a big part of our time was spent discussing their drivers so for those of you who've been following a channel for a while now you'll notice that this is a video that we do every year around the same time as a matter of fact last year on December the 12th we posted our video on the adrenaline and edition drivers and you can actually check it out right over here but basically AMD tends to roll out major updates on a yearly basis and so here we are in mid-december and boom a massive overhaul for Radeon software you see many years ago AMD was known for having amazing hardware but they were held back by some pretty poor drivers now they're on a mission to deliver the best software possible and move the perception of gamers away from the old thought that AMD is amazing but their drivers really suck kind of thing so now they want to deliver day one support for new games and also want to add a lot more features to their GPUs so let's discuss a little bit more about that right after message from our sponsor hi I'm looking for a case well look no further I got this beauty the H 700 I by NZXT with all steal premium frame with a side of tempered glass - beautifully showcase any cooling adventure you might pursue and cable management system that you wish you had earlier all this lit up with integrated RGB lighting and built-in fan control the aged 700 I this one's for you I'll take it now I know what you're all thinking what's performance luck on these new drivers well according to AMD they made some pretty big steps since the original adrenaline Edition drivers that were launched about a year ago so this is a chart that they provided us and there has been some significant improvements but remember this is a year of development but you can also see some of these titles like battlefield 5 and Assassin's Creed Odyssey weren't even around when the adrenaline was first introduced in 2017 but with AMD's focus on day 1 driver support for new games there's a big performance improvement over you using older software another big focus for AMD is their project our ESX which targets popular esports games like overwatch and 49 for special treatment basically they're aiming to boost FPS while also lowering response times and improving 99th percentile frame times but what does this all mean in real-world testing let's check it out but before that I wanted to mention how these were tested basically I took aim DS 18.61 drivers which were launched in June and I'm comparing them to the adrenaline in 2019 at 1080p resolution it should be interesting so as you can see that even with some older games like overwatch and destiny there are performance boosts but the bigger ones come with battlefield 5 basically the newest game received a one driver updates that weren't around back in June which is pretty cool alright so enough about performance since there's a lot more to talk about and I don't want this video to run close to the 20 minute mark again but I do want to mention something really quickly AMD has been adding a lot more features their latest update and that's primarily because of the community feedback that they've been receiving so they've been hosting the Radeon team has been hosting regular feedback sessions on reddit Twitter and even their diminishing service to their drivers so that as soon as you know they get those results in they actually start developing the new features honestly guys the most interesting thing about these new drivers is what AMD is bringing to the game streaming space while you can already use the relive features to stream your gameplay to services like twitch YouTube and mixer really of games streaming service allows you to wirelessly stream your PC games directly to your phone or tablet over a Wi-Fi network so a quick overview before we show this in action basically AMD game streaming is meant to offer exactly what valves steam link and in videos game stream technology do but it doesn't require another box like the Nvidia shield to run the only small hiccup is that it isn't officially compatible with Android TV solutions but if enough people ask for it they'll look into porting it over so ask for it guys according to AMD since this uses the asynchronous compute engine within GCN GPUs latency is better than on other solutions like steam link the only performance cut will be between one to three percent which is basically the overhead from AMD link running in the background setup is actually pretty easy too at least that's the way it worked at AMD HQ the first thing you do is download the AMD link app on either your Android or iOS device scan the QR code to pair with your PC and select the game from the game Explorer tab it's then a simple matter of actually playing since aim D gives you the option to either use on-screen controls or a Bluetooth controller in theory it should be possible to get this setup with your TV provided you have an Android compatible wireless controller supposedly Bluetooth keyboard and mouse could work too but we didn't get to test that now considering this is a first generation technology I thought it worked pretty well but there were a few streaming hiccups and artifacts every now and then the nice thing is that you can even change the resolution in case your GPUs having trouble streaming at your devices native resolution we're actually going to cover this a bit more soon so stay tuned for that if there's anything specific you want to know let us know in the comments down below one of the other interesting features rolling out in these new drivers is Radeon game advisor now it might not sound as amazing as game streaming but let's check it out anyways so basically this analyzes performance as you play a game so here I am playing battlefield 1 and I can press alt R to bring up a Radeon overlay this overlay tool was launched with a Drella in 2017 and it brings a massive number of tools right at your fingertips in a game so in the game advisor tab you can see that it after after quickly test performance of my system in this title ill recommend some changes to either improve frame rates or give better image quality I think this feature will likely appeal to people who quickly want to optimize their game and get playing instead of spending a while going through the whole trial and error process it's also probably a pretty big deal or it's probably going to be a pretty big deal for novices who are just getting into PC gaming and might not be able to use you know all the options that they encounter so back to other few options in the overlay features AMD has added a centralized display tab that houses options like the ability to turn on free sync and enhance sync there's also an option to control colors in-game as well luckily the Radeon overlay will remember all of these settings for the next time you launch a game or a specific title but remember that some monitors require you to turn on free sync on the panel before it's enabled in Andy's software Whatman is the overclocking utility for AMD cards and it's now in the overlay as well with the ability to overclock or automatically overclock the GPU and its memory that's pretty cool since it allows you to create a game specific overclocking profile and tested immediately rather than just use the global settings finally the performance tab is still around but it has a whole new makeover with a ton of customization options that includes you know adjustable colors modifiable columns and a lot more it's a pretty cool area to show and login game performance metrics speaking of want Minh it got a shot of adrenaline into with automatic GPU and memory overclocking as well as dynamic GPU under volting there's also better control for fan curves and the arcs Vega GPUs get a few targeted improvements too with fine grain adjustments for DPM States and even some very serious memory tuning options a next up is a small but pretty improvement to facing to HDR you might remember Denis Tree had some issues with HDR displays blowing out bright colors and scenes in some games well-aimed he's now adding Auto tone mapping into scenes so they keep the detail when HDR is enabled that's a huge relief and I'm hoping Nvidia does the same things since their cards experience these same problems the last thing that I wanted to cover is something that's a bit small when compared to some of these other huge items its extended support for virtual super resolution or VSR upscaling on 21 by 9 displays it was actually one of the most requested items on AMD surveys so they ended up adding that as well which is awesome improve your workflow at stream deck Mini by Elgato giving you six fully customizable LCD keys for macro commands hotkeys app launches media control and the full array customization for OBS Twitch xsplit and more check out the stream deck MIDI down below so there you guys have it I know it was a lot to cover but believe it or not there were a bunch of changes in these new drivers that I personally wasn't able to get to but I'm really curious to test out some of the new features like game streaming for example and see how that plays out with my smartphone but what we're really seeing here is AMD continuing to develop their drivers and bring some really cool exciting features to the forefront I just hope that their hardware makes a real comeback as well so that's it for me let me know what you guys think about the new update from AMD in fact if you own an existing aim to GPU would you consider taking a manage or would you actually take advantage of some of these new features at AMD is rolled out love to know in the comments down below I'm eager with hybrid connects thank you so much for watching make sure to check out some relevant content over here 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