AMD and Microsoft announced support for Radeon FreeSync technology in Microsoft’s Xbox One S and Xbox One X consoles, bringing the industry’s most widely adopted solution for fluid, artifact-free gaming to fans around the world.
Three years ago AMD introduced FreeSync technology with an aim to end choppy gameplay and broken frames by driving widespread adoption of adaptive refresh technology through a cost-effective, industry standard approach.
FreeSync technology helps ensure smooth gameplay by synchronizing the refresh rate of Xbox One S.
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According to AMD, FreeSync technology helps ensure smooth gameplay by synchronizing the refresh rate of a compatible monitor to the framerate of a gamer’s Radeon graphics card or Xbox One S or Xbox One X console. This helps to reduce latency and eliminate tearing and stuttering during gaming, the company noted.
The technology relies on an open ecosystem approach enabling display partners to harness variable refresh. With more than twice as many FreeSync displays available, the industry has endorsed open standards as the path forward. FreeSync 2 combines HDR support with dynamic refresh rate technology in a seamless manner, providing a tear-, and stutter-free, low latency HDR gaming experience.
The Microsoft Xbox One X and Xbox One S now support FreeSync 2, and Xbox One will support FreeSync technology. Enabled in the console’s menu, players will experience FreeSync with an HDMI connected FreeSync capable display. “With the introduction of FreeSync technology support for our Xbox One platform, AMD and Microsoft are bringing a critical gaming technology to a broader base of gamers,” said Albert Penello, Xbox Console's Marketing director.
AMD and Microsoft bring variable refresh technology to Xbox One X and S consoles for a new gaming experience.
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Meanwhile, most gamers now expect variable refresh rate to be a standard feature for displays, rather than a feature they need to pay extra for. Since introducing FreeSync technology, the company has continued to enhance the ecosystem, introducing support for vibrant High Dynamic Range (HDR) gaming with the release of Radeon FreeSync 2 technology in 2017, AMD said.
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