AMD's RDNA 4 GPUs enhance encoding and ray tracing

AMD has announced its new RDNA 4 GPUs, including the Radeon RX 9070 and RX 9070 XT, with significant upgrades in video encoding and ray tracing capabilities. These improvements aim to enhance performance for game streaming and graphics rendering. The new GPUs feature a 25% increase in H.264 encoding quality and an 11% boost in HEVC. They also support better AV1 encoding and have improved ray tracing with two intersection engines, enhancing overall performance in graphics-intensive tasks. AMD's GPUs will be available on March 6, with designs from various board partners. The new AFMF 2.1 driver will also improve image quality for existing Radeon GPUs.