AMD Working on "Dynamic Frame Rate Control" Feature

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96Firebird

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They should have hired him way earlier. Also, it's pretty funny that one man can make such a difference to, what i assume is a team of highly qualified software engineers.

He probably has pride in his work, something that can get lost when you start working for a big corporation. Hopefully it stays with him.
 

Creig

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No wonder these guys keep losing market share.
Probably because Nvidia has the Apple-like ability to con its customers into buying $1,000 Titans that were no faster than a $550 AMD 290X just eight months later.
 

(sic)Klown12

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the guy who made radeonpro works at amd now, probably why this is coming to ccc finally

John (japamd) doesn't work for AMD, he's currently working for Raptr. I'm not sure exactly how close the two teams are, but there is nothing to suggest he is actively working on the actual drivers. However, given the popularity of RadeonPro AMD would have to be several kinds of stupid not to look at integrating some of its features.
 

gradoman

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Boy, people will find a way to complain about anything, hahah. I'm glad this will be built-in at some point as it would mean more efficiency, less warmth, lower fanspeed, less noise, etc.
 

TheUnk

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Not to have a competitor bring nearly identical performance for half the price. Even in the computer world, that's extremely fast depreciation.

Yeah maybe, but my wallet was pretty happy with the "depreciation" of the Titan I sold for $700 last week.
 

Kenmitch

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Seems interesting. Kind of like a controllable boost feature that one can use if wanted.

Oh wait....I just bought a GTX 970 am I required to crap in AMD threads now?


No, you are not and please don't push the issue further or this entire thread is getting closed and cleaned.

-Rvenger
 
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AdamK47

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The Nvidia drivers have had this for a few years now. It isn't exposed in the control panel though. It can be set for any game using Inspector.

You can also do this with 3rd party software using any card. Rivatuner allows for a max framerate setting.
 

Attic

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Sounds interesting, but i'm guessing you can set DFRC to any number?


We already have Vsync that does this at our monitors refresh rate (60 or higher) Vsync saves energy and temperatures. I'm not clear on how DFRC will improve on this or if it's intended to be used in addition to Vsync or exclusively from Vsync.

But bravo regarless for giving solid look at power usage. The 970/980 despite being marginally faster and equal to 290/290x in a lot of cases really only stands out due to lower power usage. For me i'm trying to lock a new upgrade into a case with 1x80mm + 1x140mm exhaust at low RPMs.
 

tential

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People were still buying 700 dollar 780Tis over 550 dollar 290Xs. Nvidia has a reality distortion field.

I had at least 20+ threads where people recommended the GTX 780Ti on other forums over the R9 290x, and ignored EVERY benchmark posted and just were like "GTX 780 Ti is bestest card ever!!!!" And they were paying 700+ for it easily.

That's the issue for the 390x, even if it's better than the 980Ti, if AMD prices it higher, people still purchase 980Ti, irregardless of performance and say "Better Price/Performance Ratio."
 

Rvenger

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Let's get on topic folks. This is your first and final warning.

-Rvenger
 

thilanliyan

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If they care so much about power saving, they should put out designs like Maxwell which are efficient, not gimmicky driver updates like this.

An extra feature for free, that may save some power and possibly make for smoother gaming....

Not sure what there is to complain about that.

nVidia and AMD have both put out power hungry architectures. And I suspect it will continue to seesaw.
 

RussianSensation

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Probably because Nvidia has the Apple-like ability to con its customers into buying $1,000 Titans that were no faster than a $399 AMD 290 just eight months later.

Corrected.
http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/MSI/GTX_970_Gaming/27.html

All these features added to AMD drivers are a good thing since they allow gamers to concentrate on gaming and not have to compromise between features when choosing GPUs. DSR/VSR, frame rate limiter, etc. being standard across the industry raises the overall standard for features for all gamers. Regarding the dynamic frame limited, it's a tech that will be very useful for laptops where you have limited battery life and in less GPU demanding games like WOW, Diable 3, SC2, Torchlight, Trine, LoL, you may want to maximize your battery life on the go and still maintain 60 fps without running the GPU at 120-140 fps for no particular benefit. Also, whenever these features are implemented in the native driver instead of relying on 3rd party utilities, it's a plus in my book. If only MSI Afterburner-like capabilities was standard in NV/AMD drivers too!
 
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Attic

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As a gamer who lives for 60fps with vsync on how does this improve my lot in life with an AMD card? Though i'm hoping to live at 120fps 1080p if TV's ever get there.

I guess this is for non vsync users essentially?

I'd like to hear more, maybe Ryan can get more info about this and possible tie into an Omega Driver article? Pretty please.
 

jackstar7

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As a gamer who lives for 60fps with vsync on how does this improve my lot in life with an AMD card? Though i'm hoping to live at 120fps 1080p if TV's ever get there.

I guess this is for non vsync users essentially?

I'd like to hear more, maybe Ryan can get more info about this and possible tie into an Omega Driver article? Pretty please.

I run without vsync due to the lag introduced. If this can give consistent experience and not introduce lag, then it is certainly welcome.
 

DiogoDX

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With a no tearing freesync monitor a 60FPS cap makes sense for a 60HZ monitor.
 
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as usual, it will probably be poorly implemented and not the most stable; unlike NVidia's solution which will be closed source but work consistently.

I wish AMD would just hire a few more developers to get things right. I really prefer them as a company and want to support them. The core setup of one monitor works pretty well but there's lots of fringe cases where things just aren't stable or half-complete. OpenCL comes to mind, it's there for marketing but nobody can use it.
 

Kenmitch

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as usual, it will probably be poorly implemented and not the most stable; unlike NVidia's solution which will be closed source but work consistently.

I wish AMD would just hire a few more developers to get things right. I really prefer them as a company and want to support them. The core setup of one monitor works pretty well but there's lots of fringe cases where things just aren't stable or half-complete. OpenCL comes to mind, it's there for marketing but nobody can use it.

Don't be a Debbie Downer

AMD looks to be making a transition....Only time will tell if it's for the better or worse.

The grass isn't always greener on the other side of the street.

It seems like an interesting move to me. Once it's released we'll get to see some more in depth reviews showing how it does or doesn't work.
 

Erenhardt

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