AMD's Fusion for Gaming tool is finally out of beta, and ready for download. So what's it all about?
Well, for starters, it's no doubt intended to create a little buzz for a platform that has taken a bit of a beating in the recent past.
Beyond that, Fusion is designed to boost performance by shutting down background processes and applications automatically before you settle in for a gaming session. While most power users already know how to do this using services.msc and other tools that ship with the OS, the average user or lazy efficiency-minded geek will find Fusion a very handy way to get the job done.
There really aren't any other tools out there right now that offer Fusion's one-click simplicity.
Overclocking features are built-in as well, though they'll only be available if you happen to be running a pure AMD platform (Athlon CPU and ATI video card). If you do, Fusion will automatically tweak your CPU and GPU to squeeze out a few extra ounces of gaming muscle.
Is it worth it? Try it yourself and see, you may get a few extra frames for your trouble.
Monday, October 6, 2008
AMD Releases Fusion for Gaming RC1
