AMD Radeon RX 6000 Series GPUs to Support AV1 Video Codec: 50 Percent Better Compression Than H.264

[Tsing]

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Microsoft has confirmed that AMD’s upcoming Radeon RX 6000 Series graphics cards will support the Alliance for Open Media’s AV1 (AOMedia Video 1) video codec. While the immense popularity of H.264/AVC hasn’t wavered, AV1 aims to supersede it with vastly improved data compression, allowing for even higher-quality video at moderate or lower bit rates. It also happens to be royalty-free (H.264 and HEVC both require payment for usage).



Echoing Microsoft, here are the components required to experience hardware-accelerated AV1 video on Windows 10. Note that NVIDIA’s GeForce RTX...

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[Daniel_Doty]

I'm so looking forward to seeing a comparison between these AMD 6xxx series cards vs the Nvidia 3xxx cards!