AMD AFMF 2 Update Will Soon Bring Big Frame Rate Boosts

AMD just announced an update to its free Fluid Motion Frames (AFMF) software. Currently, in preview mode, AFMF 2 is an in-driver frame generation technology. Think of Nvidia’s DLSS or AMD’s FSR 3 technologies, except the software above needs in-game support while AFMF is enabled via AMD GPU drivers. AFMF 2 can potentially improve frame rates for thousands of PC games and is compatible with the company’s RX 6000 and RX 7000 GPUs.

AFMF takes a couple of frames that have been rendered in sequence. From there, an algorithm runs to interpolate the potential scene halfway between the changes in the frames. Finally, it plugs in the result, increasing your frame rate. While AFMF is innovative, it’s not as precise as AMD’s FSR 3 tech, but the improvement it brings to so many titles is nothing to write off.

AMD’s update includes several tweaks designed to improve performance. The biggest change focuses on reducing latency for frame generation, with AMD claiming that AFMF 2 can reduce latency by up to 28%. This is important as the lower latency translates into smoother performance overall.

But 2024 wouldn’t be 2024 without some mention of AI. As it pertains to AFMF 2, the software has two AI-based improvements. ‘Search Mode controls how “fallback” works in AFMF 2. “Fallback is when AFMF frame generation is temporarily disabled in high-motion scenes to ensure the best-interpolated image quality, which can sometimes cause jitter that impacts the smoothness of the gaming experience.”

Using an AI-optimized algorithm, Search Mode essentially controls how much fallback occurs at 1440p and 4K to improve smoothness.

The second feature is ‘Performance Mode.’ Instead of the default Quality default of AFMF 1, you now have Auto and Performance settings. Performance Mode facilitates overhead reduction in integrated Radeon graphic chips when enabled, ensuring higher frame rates on some of AMD’s weaker GPUs.

Other updates include support for borderless fullscreen on Radeon RX 7000 and Radeon 700M series cards, and the software is now compatible with Vulcan and Open GL. AFMF also works with AMD Radeon Chill, which lets you set a driver-controlled FPS cap.