**Unlocking Secret Sauce: AMD's Exclusive Performance Boost**

In this article, we'll delve into the world of high-performance gaming with AMD's exclusive features that can significantly boost your gaming experience.

**Starting Point: Resolution and Performance**

We begin by setting the resolution low to unlock extra performance. This means that as we increase the resolution, our image quality will be affected, but we'll get better results. We're starting at 1800p, which allows for a smooth 90 FPS in Valhalla.

**Enabling AMD Smart Access Memory and Radeon Super Resolution**

We take it up a notch by enabling AMD Smart Access Memory and turning on the Radeon Super Resolution, which upscales from 1800p to full 4K. This results in an impressive 90 FPS in Valhalla, demonstrating the power of these features.

**Horizon Zero Dawn: Maxed-Out Performance**

Moving on to Horizon Zero Dawn, we run everything at maximum settings with the system. We achieve a solid average of 84 FPS at 4K, showcasing the capabilities of our setup.

**Turning On FidelityFX Super Resolution**

With FidelityFX Super Resolution enabled, we witness a significant boost in performance, reaching an impressive 135 FPS. This demonstrates the potential for further enhancement using AMD's exclusive features.

**Assassin's Creed: Base Result and Performance Boost**

We then move to Assassin's Creed, where our base result is 81 FPS at 1440p. By turning on both Smart Access Memory and Radeon Super Resolution, we experience a noticeable performance boost, reaching 100 FPS.

**Horizon Zero Dawn: Native 1440p and Enhanced Performance**

In Horizon Zero Dawn, running at native 1440p yields an impressive 97 FPS. When we enable all the features, including FidelityFX Super Resolution, we see a further increase in performance, reaching 122 FPS. This showcases the potential for enhanced gaming experiences with AMD's exclusive features.

**Valhalla: Ultra High Settings and Performance Boost**

We also explore Valhalla at ultra high settings on our 1080p system, achieving an impressive 90 FPS without any enhancements. By enabling Smart Access Memory and Radeon Super Resolution, we experience a significant boost in performance, reaching 116 FPS.

**Horizon Zero Dawn: Ultimate Quality and Performance Enhancement**

Finally, we examine Horizon Zero Dawn with ultimate quality at 1080p, reaching an impressive 101 FPS. The addition of FidelityFX Super Resolution results in an astonishing 147 FPS, demonstrating the potential for substantial performance enhancements using AMD's exclusive features.

**Conclusion**

In conclusion, our exploration of AMD's exclusive features and their impact on gaming performance has been enlightening. While we've seen some remarkable gains, it's essential to note that these results are based on specific configurations and games. Nevertheless, the logic behind these findings makes sense, and the seamlessness of this integration does make a difference. As such, our observations should be taken into account when considering AMD hardware for gaming purposes.

WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: en- It's a brave new worldwhen it comes to building gaming PCs.But is it time for you togo with an all AMD system?Well, AMD reached out and not only wantedto sponsor this video andgive us some hardware,we actually have three different computersto take a look at today.First of all, we have this,which I'm almost done building,which is focused on 4K,but it's got the most high-end AMD stuffthat I can get my hands on.A Radeon 6950 XT for the graphics cardand the latest Ryzen 7 5800X3D,a gaming focused CPU thatI'm very excited about.On top of that, we also have another buildwhich is focused on 1440p and 1080p,but this is all to findout the simple question,is it better to build an all AMD gaming PCdepending on your budget, oris it better to go with the...competition?So for the high-end 4K system,I've got basically all the fun toys.Now this is the first time I've builtwith this HYTE Y60 case, andit actually is really nice.So you can see, I've gotlike the panorama viewwith the glass all the way around.It's also got like all ofyour I/O on the bottom here,which is kind of interesting.We've also got a fairly subtle look.So we've got the Ryujin II240 mil cooler from ASUS here.The ROG cooler does come withthese industrial PPC fansfrom Noctua which I thinkis gonna look really rad.On top of that, it alsohas the vertical GPU mountbuilt into the case,which means that we getto display our 6950 XT,pretty much filling up the entire case.That plus the screen andthis Strix motherboard,which is ridiculously high-end.I feel this is gonna bea nice looking system,but the aesthetic isn'tthe most important part.There are a few AMD technologies,which theoretically willgive you more performance,essentially for free, whenyou have both an AMD CPUand an AMD GPU.So to test, I have three computers.This one up here is the highest end.So the HYTE system, thisis really designed for 4K.Now take a step overhere, and what we've gotis something that's a littlebit more designed for 1080p.So inside this, we have a Ryzen 5 5600as well as we've got a Radeon6650 XT in this system.And then down here, once Iactually make room on the table,we have our mid-range 1440p system.So this is rocking a Ryzen 7-- As you just crush things.- It's fine.A Ryzen 7 5700Xand a 6750 XT.So with all three of our systems built,I have a couple of questions.Of course, the big one is really just,how much does the fully enhanced AMD CPUplus GPU experience give you?So for the best, perfect optimal results,I wanna do everythingand the kitchen sink onversus everything off.There are obviously a numberof different AMD technologiesthat you can play around with.Something like Smart Access Memory,which you enable via the BIOS,is something which shouldpretty much universallygive you a little bit ofextra gaming performancepretty much no matter what kind of gameyou're throwing at it.If it's remotely CPU bound,that will give you a littlebit of that performance.But on top of that,there are also a bunchof graphics level thingsthat could theoretically giveyou a lot of extra performancewithout hurting that image quality.So one of the games we're going to tryis Assassin's Creed Valhalla,specifically here we're going to be usingRadeon Super Resolution,which is not game dependent,but instead it is actuallybased in the driver settings.So this is something that you can turn on,again, should work with most games,and theoretically that willgive us a boost in performancewithout a huge hit to image quality.We're also going to be testingwith Horizon Zero Dawn,which does have that fullFidelityFX built into the game,meaning that this is sortof that best case scenariofor a game which has beendeeply optimized to work,again, with both theAMD CPU and the AMD GPU.And because we haveall three systems here,we're going to be testingat different resolutions.So this white system is running at 1080p.The '90s looking colorwaysystem is running at 1440and the black system is running at 4K,to give us a good idea ofin the best case scenariowhat kind of performance you could getand is it really worth itto go with an all AMD setup or maybe not?So we are first up loaded intoAssassin's Creed Valhalla.The first thing we're goingto do is run both thisas well as Horizon completelystock on all three systems.So you see we're running at 4K.Hop into the graphicsand you will see that everythingis set to default ultra high.No upsampling, no FSR, RSR,none of the extragoodies are on right now.And as you can see on our 4K system,Ryzen 7 5800X3D as well as the 6950 XT.So let's start by runningthe benchmark hereand seeing what our baselevel performance iswith none of the goodies turned on.You can see GPU is pretty much maxed out.Our baseline on Assassin'sCreed is an average of 63 FPS.So that is the benchmarkthat we're going to go for.What we're gonna do is we'regonna restart the computerand gonna hop into the BIOS.Inside the BIOS, there isone thing we need to doand one thing only,we need to turn on the resize BAR feature.I literally click on and that's it.But essentially what this allows it to dois the CPU and the GPU can talk directlywithout having to do a bunchof extra loops back and forth.This is one of those thingsthat's essentially free performance.Like, you just turn this on.On top of that, let's go andplay with some of the settingsin the actual drivers and in the gameswhich should give us someadditional performancewithout really impactingthe image quality.But Smart Access Memory,resize BAR, turn that on.Now, let's see what kindof extra performancewe have unlocked.So there are two different technologiesthat we're going to play around with.When it comes toAssassin's Creed Valhalla,we're gonna do Radeon Super Resolution.So before I do this next test,I'm going to hit Alt + R,which is gonna pull up my Radeon settings.What I care about is in the graphics side.All I care about right now though,is turning on this,Radeon Super Resolution.So essentially it will allowyou to lower the resolutionof the game and it will dothe upscaling with the driverand the GPU and allow youto get extra performancewhile not making a huge differenceto the actual image quality,but it's going to dothat upscaling itself.With the Radeon SuperResolution turned on.We're gonna close this out.I'm gonna go into the options.By default, we need to setthe resolution somewhere low.Essentially what you're doing is,normally if you lowerthe resolution of a game,obviously you're gonnasoften your image quality,but you will get that extra performance.The higher resolution thatyou can give it to work with,it is always gonna giveyou better results,but I'm gonna start out with just 1800pand let's see what we can get here.This time we are up to 90 FPS in Valhalla.All we did was enable thatAMD Smart Access Memoryand turn on the Radeon Super Resolutionwhich is upscaling from1800p to the full 4K.Next up, we have Horizon Zero Dawn.We're going to run everythingmaxed out with the system.So 4K, but no upscalingor anything like that onand graphics running at ultimate.You kids are lucky these days.There's built-in benchmarksin a lot of games,you press one button you're done.I just have to line up like, kind of,okay, I need to walk,walk, walk, walk, walk,turn, stand, look at this thing.One, two, three, walk,walk, walk, go over here.I had to do my own benchmarks.I'm just saying,I used to walk back and forthto school uphill both ways.So for Horizon, we'vegot an average of 84 FPSon the 4K system.So now let's actually take alook to see what we need to doto get a little bit moreof that secret sauce.So with Horizon and FidelityFX turned on,we've got ourselves 135 FPS.So on our 1440p systemrunning an Assassin's Creedwithout any enhancements,our base result is 81 FPS.That is the number to beat.Turning on both Smart Access Memory,as well as Radeon Super Resolutiondoes give us a prettynoticeable bump to performanceon the 1440p system.So we went from about 80, 81FPS in Valhalla up to 100.And I'll say, while there isa slight difference in qualitysince we are upscaling 1080p,honestly, it's not that big.And that is a very noticeable amountof performance difference.Hey, okay, so Horizonrunning on the 1440p systemcompletely native, we'vegot 97 frames per second.Now it's time to turn everything onand see what the 1440p system can give uswith that special sauce.The...- Is thathow you put sauce on?- Yeah, this is the fancy way.- You like,cover your fingers in sauceand just let it drip.- Yeah, it's like the salt.So with Horizon ZeroDawn on the 1440p system,we're seeing some pretty solidperformance improvements.We're all the way up to 122.That is a very playable frame rate.For our 1080p system,we've got Valhalla runningat ultra high settings andthe results are pretty solid.We've got 90 FPS withoutany enhancements whatsoever.So with that AMD Smart Access Memoryas well as runningRadeon Super Resolution,we're getting a big jump in performance.So this is running at 900pbeing upscaled to that 1080pinside the driver.And we went from 90 to 116 FPS.Hopping into Horizon Zero Dawn,again, running ultimate quality at 1080p,We're getting 101 FPS out of this systemwith zero extra work ormodifications or anything.Ooh!- Oh wow.- 147 FPS, that is overa 40% gain in performancejust by turning on theresizable BAR in the BIOSand by turning on theFidelityFX Super Resolution,that is incredibly impressive.So to be clear, AMDdid sponsor this video.They did ask us to look atthese specific configurationswith these games,so of course you have to take everythingwith a little bit of a grain of salt.These are the best case scenarios.However, that being said,the results that we've seenand the logic behind it makes sense to me.If you are buying a AMD GPU,you should probably put ittogether with an AMD CPU.There are a lot ofthings that work togetherto give you better performance.I'm not gonna sit here and tell youthat there's no such thingas another driver-basedway of upscaling your gamesto get a little bit more performanceor that resizable BARsupport doesn't existon some other platform.What I can tell you isthat the seamlessnessof this AMD integrationdoes make a difference.So take from it what you will,but from what we've seen today,some of the performancegains you've gottenwith a very, very minor trade offare really pretty impressive.