In continued support and expansion of its features, AMD has released an update to its Adrenalin software. In support of its graphics cards, new game support, fixing issues, and further improvements. One of these is the inclusion of Anti-Lag 2 support in Dota 2. Previously having been released for CS2 (although initially causing some VAC bans) it is aiming to compete against Nvidia’s Reflex.
The point is to minimize latency in your hardware, controlling the pace of your CPU processing pace and aligning it with your GPU. That minimizes the queue and reduces the input-to-display response time. This is key to competitive gaming where every ms counts and could be the difference between getting the kill or getting killed. Now with the second version, it looks to improve it further by much more.
In Dota 2 that allows you to enable the display overlay showing the latency and monitor it. Cycling through to see what the differences are, so hopefully you can get a better experience if you’re running an AMD GPU. Below you can find the full release notes.
AMD Software Adrenalin Edition 24.7.1 release notes
- New Game Support
- Zenless Zone Zero
- Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess
- Up to 16% increase in performance for Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess @ 4k resolution, using AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition™️ 24.7.1 on the Radeon RX 7900XTX GPU, versus the previous software driver version 24.6.1RS-663
- Up to 12% increase in performance for Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess @ 4k resolution, using AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition™️ 24.7.1 on the Radeon RX 7800XT GPU, versus the previous software driver version 24.6.1RS-664
- Up to 12% increase in performance for Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess @ 4k resolution, using AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition™️ 24.7.1 on the Radeon RX 7600XT GPU, versus the previous software driver version 24.6.1RS-665
- Expanded HYPR-Tune Support
- Gray Zone Warfare
- Lords of the Fallen
- RoboCop: Rogue City
- Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name.
- Click HERE for more information regarding HYPR-RX
- AMD Radeon™ Anti-Lag 2 Support for Dota 2
- Takes responsive gaming to the next level by introducing an in-game option to optimally pace frames, further reducing input lag on AMD RDNA™ architecture-based discrete and integrated graphics products.
- AMD Radeon™ Anti-Lag 2 features an onscreen overlay that can be used to display the system latency of supported games. When Anti-Lag 2 is enabled, the onscreen overlay can be toggled on using the ALT+SHIFT+L hotkey.
- Use the ALT+SHIFT+L hotkey to enable the Radeon Anti-Lag 2 Latency Monitor. Once activated, a small white chevron will appear in the top left corner of your display indicating that it is enabled.
- Use ALT+SHIFT+L again to cycle through the following Latency Monitor display options: No metrics, FPS only, FPS and latency (in ms), FPS and latency (in ms and frames), FPS and latency (in ms and frames) with a legend.
- To compare the difference between Anti-Lag 2 On and Anti-Lag Off, hold the right CTRL key.
- Anti-Lag 2 currently supports Dota 2 while using the DirectX® 11 API.
- AMD Radeon™ Anti-Lag 2 features an onscreen overlay that can be used to display the system latency of supported games. When Anti-Lag 2 is enabled, the onscreen overlay can be toggled on using the ALT+SHIFT+L hotkey.
- Join the conversation by sharing how well AMD Radeon™ Anti-Lag 2 is working on your system. This information helps us make further improvements.
- Takes responsive gaming to the next level by introducing an in-game option to optimally pace frames, further reducing input lag on AMD RDNA™ architecture-based discrete and integrated graphics products.
- Fixed Issues and Improvements
- Improvements to stutter when AMD Radeon™ Anti-Lag and AMD FidelityFX™ Super Resolution 3 frame generation is enabled.
- Improvements to stutter while playing Fortnite with DirectX® 12 API.
- Texture corruption may be observed while playing TEKKEN™ 8 with Ray Tracing or Upscale enabled.
- Corruption may be observed while playing Dying Light 2 Stay Human: Reloaded Edition with Radeon™ Boost enabled.
- Intermittent system crash or corruption may be observed while playing Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy with Ray Tracing enabled.
- Virtual Super Resolution or Display Color Enhancements may be set to disabled after driver upgrade.
- Unable to change display pixel format with certain Windows display languages.
- Intermittent black corruption may be observed on scaled 3d models while using Origin or OriginPro application.
- Black corruption may be observed while fast forwarding using PotPlayer.
Known Issues
- Lower than expected performance or excess stutter may be observed while player Battlefield 2042 on Radeon™ RX 6000 and 7000 series GPUs. [Resolution targeted for 24.8.1]
- Audio and video may intermittently become out of sync while recording using the AV1 codec in AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition. [Resolution targeted for 24.9.1]
