AMD redesigns UX in new graphics driver and software

BANGALORE, INDIA: AMD released graphics software suite, Radeon Software Crimson Edition, which promises an enhanced  user experience and graphics performance.

The release is the first from the Radeon Technologies Group, which recently announced a renewed focus on software placing it on par with hardware initiatives.

“As the primary way that people interact with our products, our software deserves to be viewed as a top priority, and going forward that’s exactly what we’re doing, delivering easy-to-use software that is packed with real user benefits, starting with Radeon Software Crimson Edition,” said Raja Koduri, senior vice president and chief architect, Radeon Technologies Group.

Radeon Software Crimson Edition includes:

Radeon Settings – A new, streamlined user interface: The new streamlined user interface gets an updated name: “AMD Catalyst Control Center” is now “Radeon Settings”. Radeon Settings starts up 10 times faster and initialize displays three times faster than the AMD Catalyst driver. It also offers more intuitive navigation, a new game manager, new overdrive, and new video, display and AMD Eyefinity technology sections letting users easily apply game settings, adjust performance settings, and apply various features and configurations to their computing experience.

12 new or enhanced features: A wide range of new and augmented capabilities help ensure that users enjoy the best experience possible across gaming, video and productivity applications.

Performance and energy efficiency: Radeon Software Crimson Edition enables up to 33 percent faster game load times, up to 20 percent more game performance, and up to 1.8 times more energy efficiency capability than its predecessor which can increase system performance-per-watt by as much as 23 percent.

First public support of AMD LiquidVR technology: GCN’s Asynchronous Compute Engine helps to dramatically improve frames per second (FPS), responsiveness and latency in Virtual Reality applications for an exceptionally smooth gaming experience on all GCN-based hardware.

Radeon Software Crimson Edition is available for free download.