Stunning Visuals. Virtually No Performance Impact.
Change the Way You Game.
AMD Radeon™ Image Sharpening employs a contrast adaptive sharpening algorithm that restores clarity to in-game visuals that may have been softened by other effects, bringing out details of objects without creating some of the visual artifacts seen in other sharpening effects.
Hardware
- Radeon™ RX 5000 series graphics cards
- Ryzen™ 2000 and newer APUs
- Radeon™ RX Vega 56, Radeon™ RX Vega 64, Radeon™ Vega Frontier Edition, Radeon™ VII
- Radeon™ RX 470, Radeon™ RX 480, Radeon™ RX 570, Radeon™ RX 580, and Radeon™ RX 590 graphics cards
- Ryzen™ 2000 and newer APUs
API Support
- Microsoft® DirectX® 9*
- If RIS is enabled, DX9 is only supported on Radeon RX 5000 series GPUs and newer and Ryzen 2000 series APUs and newer
- Microsoft® DirectX® 11
- Microsoft® DirectX® 12
- Vulkan®
OS Support
- Microsoft® Windows® 10
- Microsoft
Browsers and Productivity Apps
- Google® Chrome
- Microsoft® Edge
- Mozilla®Firefox
- Microsoft® Movies & TV
- Microsoft® Word
- Microsoft® Excel
- Microsoft® PowerPoint
- Microsoft® Outlook
- Microsoft® OneNote
- Microsoft® Teams
- VLC Media Player
- Adobe Acrobat Reader
- Microsoft® Photos
AMD FidelityFX
Radeon Image Sharpening is also implemented in select games as FidelityFX Contrast Adaptive Sharpening (CAS). Discover more about this and other open source tools for game developers.
Footnotes
DISCLAIMERS/ ATTRIBUTIONS
Vulkan and the Vulkan logo are registered trademarks of the Khronos Group Inc.
Windows, DirectX and Microsoft are trademarks or registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the US and other jurisdictions.
RS-296 AMD Radeon Image Sharpening Performance - Testing conducted by AMD Performance Labs as of June 4th, 2019 on the 8GB Radeon™ RX 5700, using a test system comprising of Intel i7 9700K CPU (3.6 GHz), 16GB DDR4-3200MHz memory, and Windows 10x64 with Radeon Software Adrenalin 2019 Edition 19.7.1. PC manufacturers may vary configurations, yielding different results. With Radeon Image Sharpening OFF at 2560x1440p, Deus Ex: Mankind Divided (high preset, DX12), Rage 2 (ultra-preset, Vulkan), Shadow of the Tomb Raider (highest preset, DX12) Sid Meier’s Civilization 6: Gathering Storm (ultra-preset, DX12), and Total War: Warhammer 2 (DX12) scored 84.5FPS, 78.7FPS, 78.6FPS, 97.4FPS and 56.7FPS, respectively, whereas with Radeon Image Sharpening ON scored 83.4FPS, 78.1FPS, 77.7FPS, 96.0FPS, 56.4FPS, respectively, leading to a 1.30%, 0.76%, 1.15%, 1.41%, and 0.53% reduction in performance, respectively, or an average of 1% total average performance impact. Performance may vary based on use of latest drivers.
Testing conducted by AMD Performance Labs as of June 4th, 2019 on the RX 5700 XT set to 2560x1440 + scaled to 4K using a test system comprised of Ryzen 7 2700X (3.7GHz base, 4.3GHz boost), G.Skill SniperX DDR4 3400 (16GB) memory, and windows 10x64 10x64. Running Battlefield V, with Radeon Software Adrenalin 2019 Edition 19.7.1. PC manufacturers may vary configurations, yielding different results. With Radeon Image Sharpening ON, 107 FPS, 108 FPS,106 FPS was scored across three runs, resulting in an average of 107 FPS. Using the same test system above with the GeForce RTX 2070 set to "4K" DLSS with internal scaling; RTX enabled with DLSS ON 47 FPS, 48 FPS, and 47 FPS was scored, resulting in an average of 47FPS. When comparing the average FPS Radeon™ Software with RIS enabled, is an average of 127% faster, than Nvidia GeForce with DLSS enabled on Battlefield V.
DISCLAIMERS/ ATTRIBUTIONS
Vulkan and the Vulkan logo are registered trademarks of the Khronos Group Inc.
Windows, DirectX and Microsoft are trademarks or registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the US and other jurisdictions.
RS-296 AMD Radeon Image Sharpening Performance - Testing conducted by AMD Performance Labs as of June 4th, 2019 on the 8GB Radeon™ RX 5700, using a test system comprising of Intel i7 9700K CPU (3.6 GHz), 16GB DDR4-3200MHz memory, and Windows 10x64 with Radeon Software Adrenalin 2019 Edition 19.7.1. PC manufacturers may vary configurations, yielding different results. With Radeon Image Sharpening OFF at 2560x1440p, Deus Ex: Mankind Divided (high preset, DX12), Rage 2 (ultra-preset, Vulkan), Shadow of the Tomb Raider (highest preset, DX12) Sid Meier’s Civilization 6: Gathering Storm (ultra-preset, DX12), and Total War: Warhammer 2 (DX12) scored 84.5FPS, 78.7FPS, 78.6FPS, 97.4FPS and 56.7FPS, respectively, whereas with Radeon Image Sharpening ON scored 83.4FPS, 78.1FPS, 77.7FPS, 96.0FPS, 56.4FPS, respectively, leading to a 1.30%, 0.76%, 1.15%, 1.41%, and 0.53% reduction in performance, respectively, or an average of 1% total average performance impact. Performance may vary based on use of latest drivers.
Testing conducted by AMD Performance Labs as of June 4th, 2019 on the RX 5700 XT set to 2560x1440 + scaled to 4K using a test system comprised of Ryzen 7 2700X (3.7GHz base, 4.3GHz boost), G.Skill SniperX DDR4 3400 (16GB) memory, and windows 10x64 10x64. Running Battlefield V, with Radeon Software Adrenalin 2019 Edition 19.7.1. PC manufacturers may vary configurations, yielding different results. With Radeon Image Sharpening ON, 107 FPS, 108 FPS,106 FPS was scored across three runs, resulting in an average of 107 FPS. Using the same test system above with the GeForce RTX 2070 set to "4K" DLSS with internal scaling; RTX enabled with DLSS ON 47 FPS, 48 FPS, and 47 FPS was scored, resulting in an average of 47FPS. When comparing the average FPS Radeon™ Software with RIS enabled, is an average of 127% faster, than Nvidia GeForce with DLSS enabled on Battlefield V.