AMD Fusion for Gaming
Fusion debuts... as a software system speed booster
8th October 2008 11:02 GMT
AMD Fusion for Gaming
Just an attempt to promote the Fusion brand? Since this tool doesn't boost system performance to any great extent, it may as well be.
- Suggested Price:
- Free
- More info:
- AMD's Fusion for Gaming page
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Review AMD has been talking about its Fusion technology, which will combine the CPU and GPU in a single unit, for some time now. It's not due until next year, so we were taken aback when the first incarnation of Fusion turned out to be software, not silicon.
It looks as though AMD has taken a leaf out of Google’s book as AMD Fusion For Gaming is a Beta version at Release Candidate 1, so the usual caveat, that this is software still under development, applies. You can get the 20MB download here.
AMD Fusion For Gaming: on the desktop
The idea is that FFG increases the performance of your Windows PC by automating a number of tasks that you could perform manually. So, it doesn’t do anything new, just saves you time. By default the software runs in Basic Mode so you simply click on the silver button to turn it on and AMD Boost shuts down a short list of applications, including your browser and Windows Updates, to get your PC ready for gaming.
Basic mode
It's a very nice idea, but does it actually work?
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