AMD's New Driver Boosts Graphics on Lower-End GPUs

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AMD released the Radeon Software Adrenalin 2019 Edition 19.9.2 driver on Thursday. The driver's primary attraction is the addition of Radeon Image Sharpening for Radeon RX 590, Radeon RX 580, Radeon RX 570, Radeon RX 480 and Radeon RX 470 desktop graphics cards. This new driver is said to improve performance in Borderlands 3 by up to 16%, too, just in time for the action-packed shooter's release today.

So what is Radeon Image Sharpening? AMD described the feature on its website as "an intelligent contrast-adaptive sharpening algorithm that produces visuals that look crisp and detailed, with virtually no performance impact," which means it should improve graphics on lower-end graphics cards. That explains why the company's introducing the feature on a graphics architecture that debuted over two years ago.

AMD said the Adrenalin 2019 19.9.2 driver also fixed issues with V-Sync locking the framerate to 30 frames per second (fps) on displays with a 75 Hz refresh rate, (where it should be 75 fps), using an RX 5700 graphics card, audio recorded via Radeon ReLive and more.
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