AMD brings Radeon Image Sharpening (RIS) visuals to select Radeon RX 400/500 products

by Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 09/16/2019 08:49 AM | source: | 16 comment(s)

With last weeks driver AMD brought Radeon Image Sharpening (RIS) feature to the Radeon RX 570, RX 580 and RX 590, as well as RX 470, and RX 480 graphics cards.

With the latest Radeon Software Adrenalin Edition driver, mainstream Radeon gamers can now enjoy the same crisp visuals the Radeon RX 5700 series GPUs provide in a wide range of AAA, eSports and indie games.

RIS is an intelligent contrast-adaptive sharpening algorithm that brings crispness and clarity to in-game visuals that have been softened by other post-process effects, with virtually no impact on gaming performance. When paired with Radeon GPU upscaling, RIS enables sharp visuals and fluid frame rates on very high-resolution displays.

RIS works across DirectX 12 and Vulkan titles on the Radeon RX 570, RX 580, RX 590, RX 470, and RX 480 graphics cards and is enabled in Radeon Software, so game developers do not need to implement support for RIS into the games themselves.

AMD continues to democratize access to cutting-edge technology. From first time mainstream gamers to those looking for the best experiences in AAA 1080p gaming, the Radeon RX 500 and 400 series GPUs that now offer RIS allow gamers to immerse themselves in hyper-real, complex visual worlds while maintaining fluid framerates.

"AMD will gauge the reception of and demand for Radeon Image Sharpening, and based on that we will decide whether we will make the technology available on other Radeon RX cards in the future."

AMD is currently also looking into supporting the VEga series. You can download the latest version of Radeon Software Adrenalin Edition here.

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Fox2232
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#5711575 Posted on: 09/16/2019 09:25 AM

I like RIS, but it would be better if AMD added strength control into Radeon Setting's overlay.

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#5711587 Posted on: 09/16/2019 10:55 AM

Excellent news. RX 590 keeps up with GTX 1660 in many games. The 8 Gt memory is beneficial and driver updates will still even further improve performance. Polaris cards have already aged well and they can have their place in the market if price drops soon enough.

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#5711598 Posted on: 09/16/2019 11:20 AM

It would be interesting if they allowed DX11 games to use this.

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#5711623 Posted on: 09/16/2019 12:53 PM

It looks so sharp. Im loving it. No more reason to use lumashapen.

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#5711627 Posted on: 09/16/2019 01:09 PM

It would be interesting if they allowed DX11 games to use this.

They have to get DX11 working right. Its not a if they will allow it.

Its really nice for DX12 games and removes that softness to them. Especially makes Shadow of the Tomb Raider look amazing, and same with Forza Horizion 4. Tested on a RX 480 Nitro 4GB with a RX 580 Nitro bios.

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#5711633 Posted on: 09/16/2019 01:15 PM

And what about the not so democratic VEGA, AMD ?

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#5711718 Posted on: 09/16/2019 07:08 PM

And what about the not so democratic VEGA, AMD ?

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#5711722 Posted on: 09/16/2019 07:17 PM

They are gauging what people want. Enough vega owners want it, they will do it.
Polaris got it because the amount of people who have one vs the Vega is prolly 4 to 1 plus vega is twice as fast on average. Navi got it, well cause its the new toy.

Lol.. why wouldn't vega users want a feature that improves image quality? I know this is AMD's official position but I think they should just be honest and say "we don't have the resources to bring this to all our GPUs at once so we are rolling it out based on number of users effected".. saying "they'll only do it if enough users want it" is amusing to me. Especially when Vega has been screwed out of multiple features now.

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#5711725 Posted on: 09/16/2019 07:27 PM

And what about the not so democratic VEGA, AMD ?

Have patience, that's all you need

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#5711728 Posted on: 09/16/2019 07:31 PM

They are gauging what people want. Enough vega owners want it, they will do it.
Polaris got it because the amount of people who have one vs the Vega is prolly 4 to 1 plus vega is twice as fast on average. Navi got it, well cause its the new toy.

Of course you'll never see the numbers of people who want it, there's no official mechanism to gauge the interest, no declared channel through which someone should let them know that they want it... AMD has basically told Vega owners to talk to the void and maybe they'll listen, leaving AMD to simply say at the end of it that there "Just wasn't enough interest" and no ability to dispute it.

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#5711735 Posted on: 09/16/2019 07:48 PM

Of course you'll never see the numbers of people who want it, there's no official mechanism to gauge the interest, no declared channel through which someone should let them know that they want it... AMD has basically told Vega owners to talk to the void and maybe they'll listen, leaving AMD to simply say at the end of it that there "Just wasn't enough interest" and no ability to dispute it.

You sure about that look on things. Look at how many people showed they wanted 21:9 VSR. That was an easy way to gauge what people want. Might wanna rethink that.

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#5711737 Posted on: 09/16/2019 07:50 PM

@Hilbert Hagedoorn any chance we might get a test of RIS one day? Maybe when amd bring the effect to vega cards. I must say its looking good so image comparison would be interesting here on guru3d.

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#5711760 Posted on: 09/16/2019 08:52 PM

You sure about that look on things. Look at how many people showed they wanted 21:9 VSR. That was an easy way to gauge what people want. Might wanna rethink that.

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#5711803 Posted on: 09/17/2019 03:08 AM

Why should it be up to the community to find a way to create interest about a feature? Especially in the case of Vega, a product a relatively small number of people bought.. it would be way harder to do that than any other series. And now it's like "oh and if you want this thing organize community posts otherwise we aren't going to do it" - it's a really shitty way to treat your customers.

And again its particularly bad for Vega owners who already lost/don't have several promised features.. now it's just one more added unless "interest" is shown. Kind of goes against the whole finewine marketing.

Some things I agree on with you. Vega does deserve and need the feature. But there is nothing wrong with AMD gauging the needed interest by the users who want to have it.

Personally, I like AMDs way vs nvidia. Nvidia is its our way or piss off. I personally can not stand Nvidia anymore.

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#5711804 Posted on: 09/17/2019 03:22 AM

It would be interesting if they allowed DX11 games to use this.

There is a version already available for reshade here https://gist.github.com/martymcmodding/30304c4bffa6e2bd2eb59ff8bb09d135 if you want to try it

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