AMD has announced its second-generation frame generation technology, Fluid Motion Frames 2 (AFMF 2). The first version of the technology was announced and released long before the release of the comprehensive FSR 3.0 image scaling technology. AMD has decided to develop AFMF as an independent feature that does not require support from game developers.
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AMD Fluid Motion Frames is part of the HYPR-RX technology stack included in the Radeon driver. This suite of software is designed to improve gaming performance with a single button press in the driver settings. Gamers can also use AFMF without HYPR-RX and enable it through the in-game settings if they are present.
According to AMD, the new version of the Fluid Motion Frames 2 frame generation technology has undergone optimization work and also added several new manual settings. AI algorithms are responsible for improving the quality of generated game frames. AFMF 2 also provides lower latency and higher performance compared to the previous version of the technology. The company also notes that AFMF 2 has support for Vulkan and OpenGL games, which the original version of the technology did not have.
AMD Fluid Motion Frames 2 is not yet part of the official Radeon driver. AMD has released AFMF 2 as a preview version in a special driver. The latter can be downloaded at this link. AFMF 2 also supports new settings profiles with preset image quality or performance. For example, Search Mode has appeared, which is responsible for the smoothness of frame generation. AFMF is automatically disabled in highly dynamic game scenes to ensure maximum image quality. Automatic re-enabling of AFMF can cause a slight lag. Search Mode is designed to reduce this lag. The mode has three types of settings: Auto, Standard and High. The latter shows itself best at a resolution of 1440p and above. Standard settings are best suited for a resolution of 1080p.
According to AMD, AFMF 2 combined with Anti-Lag technology reduces latency by 28% in Cyberpunk 2077. On the integrated Radeon 780M graphics of the Ryzen 7 8700G, latency is reduced by 12% in Counter-Strike 2 using AFMF 2 and Anti-Lag 2 compared to the previous version of the technology. At the same time, at 1080p resolution with high quality settings, the integrated graphics delivers more than 120 frames per second.
The AFMF 2 frame generator still only supports discrete Radeon RX 7000 and RX 6000 graphics cards, as well as integrated graphics of Ryzen 7000 series and newer processors. There is no support for older graphics architectures.
AMD plans to make AFMF 2 part of the official Radeon driver in Q4 of this year.
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