Last week, NVIDIA released its drivers ready for DirectX 12 and the May 2020 edition of Windows 10. The manufacturer then raised the possibility of activating hardware acceleration of the GPU Scheduling. AMD offers the same functionality via a dedicated pilot, still in beta.
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« Hardware programming works independently of the API (DirectX, Vulkan, OpenGL), so a wide variety of applications and games can benefit from this new feature, including Movies & TV, Netflix and games » explained NVIDIA a few days ago. It detailed the acceleration of the Scheduling GPU accessible to its latest GPUs, activatable under Windows 10 May 2020.
AMD is not to be outdone, the manufacturer having published since a modified version of its drivers Adrenalin 2020 Edition 20.5.1. It allows you to take advantage of the same option, here called Graphics Hardware Scheduling (GHS). The release notes state that only the Radeon RX 5600 and 5700 are affected.
Like its competitor, the company specifies that this should reduce latency and improve the responsiveness of the GPU in certain circumstances. She adds that ” will allow additional innovations in the management of tasks to be performed by the GPU in the future Without further details.
For the moment, GHS is still in the testing phase.
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