AMD FidelityFX™ Variable Shading

AMD FidelityFX™ Variable Shading (VS) provides an open source header implementation to easily integrate Variable Rate Shading into your game. The effect works by analyzing luminance variance in the previous frame and uses motion vectors to generate a shading rate image.

Supports:

DirectX® 12 Ultimate
Vulkan®

Part of the AMD FidelityFX™ SDK

Download the latest version - v1.1.4

Download AMD FidelityFX SDK v1.1.4 package View AMD FidelityFX SDK on GitHub Read the AMD FidelityFX VS documentation

This release of the AMD FidelityFX™ SDK adds the following features:

Additions to the API and fixes for issues discovered.

Features

State-of-the-art algorithm

Optimized for Shader Model 6.0+

Open source, MIT license

Details

Features of the implementation:

AMD RDNA™ 2 architecture-optimized algorithm.
Support for Direct3D® 12 API.
Shaders written in HLSL utilizing SM 6.0 wave-level operations.

A sample application is provided for Direct3D® 12.

Comparison

Full Shading Rate

2×1 or 1×2 Shading Rate

2×2 Shading Rate

See AMD FidelityFX™ Variable Shading in action with DIRT® 5

Watch “AMD Radeon™ RX 6000 Partner Showcase: DIRT® 5 and Codemasters” on YouTube in a new window.

Additional resources

Introducing AMD FidelityFX™ Variable Shading

Engineer Stephan Hodes provides a short description how VRS works, and how AMD FidelityFX™ Variable Shading technique can assist with integrating VRS into your engine.

Microsoft® description of Variable Rate Shading (VRS)

Xbox developer?

An example use of AMD FidelityFX™ Variable Shading exists within the Xbox Game Development Kit samples.

xbox

Developer Testimonials

Find out what developers are saying about AMD FidelityFX™

Requirements

DirectX® 12 Ultimate
Vulkan®

Version history

The AMD FidelityFX™ SDK 1.1.4 is a patch release that includes additions to API and fixes for issues discovered with AMD FSR 3.1.0 to 3.1.3.
Exposed 4 new tunings to reduce AMD FSR upscaler ghosting in newly disoccludded pixels or highly reactive pixels.
Changed the default value of fMinDisocclusionAccumulation to -0.333 (from equivalent of 0.333 in AMD FSR 3.1.3) to reduce disocclusion ghosting.
Added ffxQueryGetProviderVersion to get version info from created ffx-api context.
Exposed ffxDispatchDescFrameGenerationPrepareCameraInfo as a linked struct. It is a required input to AMD FSR 3.1.4 and onwards for best quality.
Added frame generation debug checker support.
Dropped unused interpolation command lists if frame generation callback fails, to fix infinite wait at swapchain destruction.
General fixes to Vulkan® Frame Interpolation Swapchain.
General framework fixes and updates.
Frame pacing debug line added to Vulkan®.
Added new FFX error when create frame interpolation swapchain results in E_ACCESSDENIED in DX12 due to overlay or capture software.
Enabled support for frame interpolation swapchain on Windows® 10 1909 and potentially earlier versions.
Fixed flipped disocclusion factor from previous and current backbuffer.
Fixed HDR mode issues in Cauldron sample.
Fixed MSVC C compile errors including ffx-api.
The AMD FidelityFX™ SDK 1.1.4 also updates the following to address select issues:
AMD FidelityFX™ Brixelizer GI 1.0.1
AMD FidelityFX™ Breadcrumbs 1.0.1

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