AMD Gaming Evolved Client Updated with DVR
AMD announced on Monday that its Gaming Evolved client received several notable updates with the launch of version 4.0. These include Twitch broadcasting, allowing AMD Radeon customers to broadcast their gameplay to the popular video streaming site. The company stresses that this feature won't bog down the PC; the total impact is only 3 frames per second. Still, AMD invites gamers to test this new feature for themselves.
The new client also provides a new game DVR (or "GVR"), allowing AMD customers to capture gameplay lasting 10 seconds to 20 minutes. With a touch of a button, this video is saved to the local hard drive, even after the awesome moment has passed. This is made possible by the DVR's always-rolling "Instant Replay" capture, and AMD's Video Codec Engine (VCE), which provides hardware-accelerated H.264 encoding.
The announcement noted that AMD VCE is supported on any AMD graphics chip that supports the GCN architecture, such as the Kaveri, Kabini, Temash, Beema and Mullins APUs, and the HD 7000/R9/R7 Series. Even more, these videos can include a webcam overlay and voice capture so that gamers can provide their own commentary without tacking on extra editing time.
AMD said that the Gaming Evolved client supports VCE-accelerated capture in more than 5000 different games, which is 28 times more than Nvidia's GeForce Experience platform. This client also allows AMD gamers to upload and share their video within the Raptr community, and link the stored video to Twitter and Facebook.
The company also stressed that the new client provides one-click optimization support for 242 games, 43 percent more than Nvidia's GeForce Experience client. AMD also boasted that the Gaming Evolved service has around 8 million users and the largest game optimization database.
To download and install the Gaming Evolved client powered by Raptr, head here.
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But it's a very useful feature.
Ofcourse.
MS copied IBM and Netscape. Google copied MS..... Everyone copies everyone else. How else do you get competition? Apple copied IBM, Xerox, Palm and RIM. Samsung in turn copied Apple. HTC copied Apple. If it wasn't for companies copying each other, we'd only have 1 cellphone maker and 1 automobile maker. We'd also all be buying every single piece of PC hardware from IBM.....
But it's a very useful feature.
But it's a very useful feature.
But it's a very useful feature.
Ofcourse.
Yup. And to further your dismay- they did it better!
But it's a very useful feature.
Ofcourse.
MS copied IBM and Netscape. Google copied MS..... Everyone copies everyone else. How else do you get competition? Apple copied IBM, Xerox, Palm and RIM. Samsung in turn copied Apple. HTC copied Apple. If it wasn't for companies copying each other, we'd only have 1 cellphone maker and 1 automobile maker. We'd also all be buying every single piece of PC hardware from IBM.....
But it's a very useful feature.
Ofcourse.
MS copied IBM and Netscape. Google copied MS..... Everyone copies everyone else. How else do you get competition? Apple copied IBM, Xerox, Palm and RIM. Samsung in turn copied Apple. HTC copied Apple. If it wasn't for companies copying each other, we'd only have 1 cellphone maker and 1 automobile maker. We'd also all be buying every single piece of PC hardware from IBM.....
I see your point, and I agree. But they literally copied GeForce Experience, like every single feature. It's a little ridiculous. GeForce experience sucks though and actually causes some games to crash, so at least they've done it right. I just don't think they should have copied the app and every single feature. It's like they're trying to be Nvidia.
Yup. And to further your dismay- they did it better!
ROFL. 8mil users? Geforce Experience has added 6 mil just from Dec to April, and the total is 30million using it. Which makes sense when you think it's been out FAR longer, is better by all accounts (including anandtech's article on it, they said it needs work) and NV owns 65% discrete.
Not sure how they figure 8mil is higher than 30mil. But whatever. I also wonder how many of the "5000" games actually work right. Nvidia appears to be methodically testing them hence adding ~10-20 a month. We know AMD hasn't tested 5000 games. So I call BS in both cases here.
http://www.anandtech.com/show/8299/amd-gaming-evolved-client-40-released
"Game compatibility however is still hit & miss."
"And indeed the Raptr team is claiming that they now support 5000 games, versus what Raptr claims is 169 for NVIDIA’s GeForce Experience (a claim NVIDIA strongly disagrees with since they don't even use whitelists)."
So even NV calls BS
"GeForce Experience worked with all 12 of our test games out of the box"
That's my point
"Just to clarify, a game does not need to be "detected" by Nvidia's Gefore Experience in order to be recorded with Nvidia Shadowplay. Shadowplay can record any game (e.g. via desktop capture)."
So all game supported on NV too huh? All is more than 5000 right? LOL@ the numbers games amd seems to be playing. I don't see anything better, and in fact a bit worse still as anandtech couldn't get their 12 games to work (bioshock infinite failed). Complaints in the comments about it not working so well also. One person on Nvidia, saying it just works
Will if fix all the many Crossfire glitches?
Will it fix all the many bugs that make games run with jitter and micro pauses?
No? PLEASE WORK ON THE ABOVE FIRST! FCOL!
Anyway I randomly noticed this last night in Raptr. Was wondering how did I not hear anything about it...
As a side note AMD has opened A LOT of possibilities in this single program that they have added ABOVE its drivers. SHould be interesting to see what they are going to try to do with it in the future.
Anyway I randomly noticed this last night in Raptr. Was wondering how did I not hear anything about it...
As a side note AMD has opened A LOT of possibilities in this single program that they have added ABOVE its drivers. SHould be interesting to see what they are going to try to do with it in the future.
That was rude.... Read what again?
It's true, it's exactly what Nvidia have done with GeForce Experience. w/e though.
That was rude.... Read what again?
It's true, it's exactly what Nvidia have done with GeForce Experience. w/e though.
Settings are determined in 2 different ways :
Community input vs supported games.
Geforce Experience is not a social platform. Raptr is.
EDIT 1 :Those are the obvious glaring differences.
Still need actually try out most of the features in either.
EDIT 2 : And I don't think that Shadowplay records ALL the time, so you can't save a normally unrecorded moment. I am sure Nvidia can add it easily though.
Will if fix all the many Crossfire glitches?
Will it fix all the many bugs that make games run with jitter and micro pauses?
No? PLEASE WORK ON THE ABOVE FIRST! FCOL!
This is not a driver, it`s companion application to your AMD hardware. Stop acting stupid.
As for the guys who complain this app is copying Nvidia... well... this ideea is not proprietary and if they didn`t do it when deciding what to buy many would say ... "Oh man get Nvidia it has PhysX, Shadowplay, G-sync" now you can throw away Shadowplay, by the way it`s utter crap compared to AMD DVR, had the pleasure working with both, the shadowplay files can`t be edited in Premiere without getting the sound out of sync, this doesn`t happen with AMD`s DVR files.
For fanboys it goes two ways and they are both wrong, either don`t have a certain thing and they will hold it against you, or put that thing in your software and they will still hold it against you because you "copy" the other company.
This AMD Gaming evolved is nice, but would be nicer if they would support Mantle recording also, but since Mantle is still in beta we probably won`t be seeing this any time soon.
Will if fix all the many Crossfire glitches?
Will it fix all the many bugs that make games run with jitter and micro pauses?
No? PLEASE WORK ON THE ABOVE FIRST! FCOL!
This is not a driver, it`s companion application to your AMD hardware. Stop acting stupid.
As for the guys who complain this app is copying Nvidia... well... this ideea is not proprietary and if they didn`t do it when deciding what to buy many would say ... "Oh man get Nvidia it has PhysX, Shadowplay, G-sync" now you can throw away Shadowplay, by the way it`s utter crap compared to AMD DVR, had the pleasure working with both, the shadowplay files can`t be edited in Premiere without getting the sound out of sync, this doesn`t happen with AMD`s DVR files.
For fanboys it goes two ways and they are both wrong, either don`t have a certain thing and they will hold it against you, or put that thing in your software and they will still hold it against you because you "copy" the other company.
I'm not a fanboy, lol. You are right though, Shadowplay is pretty buggy and it causes CS:GO to crash every few minutes and the only way to fix it is to uninstall GeForce Experience. I just don't think they should have focused on making an App that does the exact same things as Nvidia's does. Just my opinion.
And Novuake, Shadowplay does record all the time.
EDIT; and has someone just said above, the Gaming Evolved app isn't perfect either. I'd advise against having either that or GeForce Experience installed anyway. There are better ways to record gameplay and they seem to cause too many issues.
And yes, i find it stupid that AMD decided to compare numbers on this app vs Geforece Experience, many don`t even install them, i have friend that has R9-290 card but doesn`t have the AMD Gaming Experience installed since you have to install the AMD driver in manual, in express it doesn`t install this.
AMD Community 10,275,020 Members as of this post. But it`s irrelevant.
I know this. Doesn't mean AMD haven't specified what they want Raptr to do with it though.
I love the ideea of Community / DVR/ Twitch etc .. find the Optimizer stuff pointless.
I love the ideea of Community / DVR/ Twitch etc .. find the Optimizer stuff pointless.
Agreed, I hate that they try and tell you what settings you should use. Anyone who games on a PC should know about graphic settings and experiment with them.
I love the ideea of Community / DVR/ Twitch etc .. find the Optimizer stuff pointless.
You are YOU. That is because you know what each and every setting does and what works and what doesn't, you also have a high end GPU.
For the everyday user with a lower end card, that optimizer makes life a lot easier.