Mon, Feb 25, 2013 | 04:58 GMT

AMD teases new rendering tech

AMD has begun teasing what seems to be a new rendering technology called TressFX, which will be revealed on February 26. The name and the splash art suggest something to do with hair, but AMD is calling it “a new frontier of realism in PC gaming” so it’s likely to be something with broader application. I expect a next-generation middle-ware which can be licensed by third-parties, like Nvdia’s PhysX.

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#1

Dragon246
25/02/13, 5:49 am

What I am more interested is that this could be implemented in ps4 and 720.

#2

cartina
25/02/13, 6:08 am

Nothing implies either the ps4 or The xbox720 could handle it. Sure they write ‘PC gaming’ for a reason

#3

Edo
25/02/13, 9:00 am

Go AMD!!

#4

roadkill
25/02/13, 11:25 am

@1 Dream on!

@2 Too right mate!

This is good news. If this will be awesome enough I’m upgrading next year when the 2nd generation of cards that use this tech will come out.

#5

Erthazus
25/02/13, 11:43 am

@1, Sony fanboy. Read: “”a new frontier of realism in PC gaming”"

#6

Christopher Jack
25/02/13, 12:02 pm

It’s clearly about PC gaming but who says it won’t also be featured in consoles? PhysX for example works on consoles…

#7

Erthazus
25/02/13, 1:34 pm

“PhysX for example works on consoles…”

Yeah right, the only problem that GPU acceleration is not supported there at all so it’s not physX.
http://physxinfo.com/wiki/PhysX_games_on_Consoles

#8

Max Payne
25/02/13, 1:38 pm

Considering Ati have GPU now in Wii U ,PS4 and probably in Xbox 720 having something like PhysX will be super easy for developers.

#9

Dragon246
25/02/13, 2:09 pm

@erth,
Maybe now you can understand why most people laugh at you. Continue on.

Sorry PC fellas, it depends, unless its a strictly hardware based procedure.

@2,
Nothing implies either the ps4 or The xbox720 could NOT handle it.

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