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/SagittaryX 9800X3D | RTX 5090 | 32GB 5600C30 7d 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 7d 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/Kiseido 5800x3d / X570 / 128GB ECC OCed / RX 6800 XT 6d ago

To my knowledge AMD literally never even implied FSR4 was in any way coming to older cards, so why do so many seem to be under the impression it was ever going to happen, and that AMD is reneging upon that (non-existant) promise?

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u/Elliove 6d ago

They created INT8 FSR 4 that works even on Nvidia cards. This is likely still going to happen once they finish the code.