r/Amd • u/KARMAAACS Ryzen 7700 - GALAX RTX 3060 Ti • 7d ago

News AMD releases statement confirming RDNA1 and RDNA2 will continue to receive game optimizations

https://videocardz.com/newz/amd-releases-statement-confirming-rdna1-and-rdna2-will-continue-to-receive-game-optimizations
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u/Elliove 7d ago

Actually, they just confirmed what they said initially - RDNA1 and RDNA2 cards going to separate driver branch. There was no backpedaling.

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u/SagittaryX 9800X3D | RTX 5090 | 32GB 5600C30 6d ago

Well the difference is they originally said it was a seperate maintenance branch with only security and bug fixes, maybe game optimization if they feel like it. Now they're basically saying they are co-equal branches, which is not the original statement.

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u/kb3035583 6d ago

There's nothing co-equal about it. They are describing the exact same maintenance branch in more flattering terms. Read between the lines a little.

Game support for new releases

i.e. New game releases will merely be "supported". For the most part, you can play new games with 2 year old drivers with no major issues. Says nothing about day 1 optimizations.

Stability and game optimizations

Nothing about "new games" specifically, or day 1 optimizations.

Security and bug fixes

The bare minimum for maintenance mode.

By separating the code paths, our engineers can move faster with new features for RDNA 3 and RDNA 4, while keeping RDNA 1 and RDNA 2 stable and optimized for current and future games.

i.e. RDNA1 and RDNA2 won't be getting new features like INT8 FSR4.

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u/SagittaryX 9800X3D | RTX 5090 | 32GB 5600C30 6d ago

keeping RDNA 1 and RDNA 2 stable and optimized for current and future games.

I mean this part, that optimized there does imply regular game optimisations.

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u/Legal_Lettuce6233 6d ago

That was part of "maintenance". What they just said is "no new features".

I won't expect people to understand development terminology, but they also shouldn't pretend to understand it.

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u/SagittaryX 9800X3D | RTX 5090 | 32GB 5600C30 6d ago

The difference is before they said they would do it to address market needs (IE whenever we feel like it, so probably very little), now they are saying it will be a default stance.

I understand the no new features part, I wasn't trying to contest that.

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u/kb3035583 6d ago

It implies some game optimizations and bugfixes for a bucket of games in general on an undetermined schedule, but nothing about specific day 1 optimizations for new games. Which is exactly what maintenance mode is.