AMD announces AFMF 2 and VGM for Ryzen AI 300 processors, promising improved frame rates in laptops

Owners of laptops based on Ryzen AI 300 (aka Strix Point) processors have new software to play with. In more ways than one. AMD has announced the availability for these machines of the AFMF 2 frame doubling technology, already available for Radeon RX 6000 and 7000 cards, along with the new VGM, created specifically for laptops with integrated graphics.

AMD Fluid Motion Frames 2 (AFMF) is a no-brainer, having been announced earlier this summer. Essentially, it’s a more sophisticated frame interpolation with some AI support, allowing for new frames to be generated with lower latency and greater visual fidelity than the first revision, which was largely unsuccessful.

Variable Graphics Memory (VGM) technology, on the other hand, is entirely different, allowing you to divert system memory to the GPU to function as VRAM, but without modifying the BIOS. This is important for Ryzen AI 300-based machines, which will typically be laptops without a dedicated GPU or thin clients.

According to AMD, thanks to the combination of AFMF 2 and VGM, it is possible to run Far Cry 6 at 78 FPS on medium quality and with FSR (Fidelity Super Resolution) in balanced mode at 2800 x 1800, which is much more than you would normally expect from a no-frills laptop. gaming. Meanwhile, Cyberpunk 2077 in Full HD and low quality would reach 100 FPS; an improvement of 78%.

Of course, this is what they say. benchmarks officials. The Verge is testing an Asus Zenbook S 16 with a Ryzen AI 300 APU and what they have been able to notice is that not all games benefit from the same improvements, and in some cases, even giving more RAM to the GPU can have a small negative impact, so its activation by default is not always recommended, at least for now.