Microsoft and 343 Industries they have announced that Halo Infinite it will be an experience “PC first“since day one (December 8) and for this reason, in addition to the traditional optimizations for screens and control systems, the game will boast of targeted optimizations, the result of collaboration with AMD, to run better on computers.
The joint work, which in any case will also benefit the owners of Intel and NVIDIA hardware in some way, has focused onoptimize the performance of the new FPS with Ryzen processors, in order to allow the game to take advantage of a high number of cores and threads. In addition, the two teams have tried to maximizing the game for the RDNA 2 architecture of the Radeon RX 6000 video cards.
Halo Infinite also supports technology AMD FreeSync Premium Pro for smooth gameplay without tearing and stuttering on compatible monitors, topped off with full HDR support. “We relied on AMD’s open source software technologies available to developers on GPUOpen to rapidly integrate performance and stability improvements,” Microsoft said in a statement.
The collaboration between the two companies will continue even after the launch, in the long run, by further optimizing the game and through marketing initiatives. “We have identified opportunities for additional configuration options, performance improvements and memory usage improvements on both PC and console and we are working together on different optimization solutions that should return benefits on all platforms. “One immediately thinks of FSR (FidelityFX Super Resolution), even if the technology on which AMD and Microsoft are working with the highest priority is the support for ray tracing.
As for marketing, from October 26 (and for a limited time) AMD will include a one-month free Xbox Game Pass code for PC purchase of selected Radeon GPUs and Ryzen CPUs from participating retailers. Also, and this is really a showpiece, AMD created the Radeon RX 6900 XT Halo Infinite Limited Edition, version of its top of the range themed Halo Infinite.
The card will not go on sale like any model, with the risk of it falling into the hands of some “non-player”, but in the coming weeks there will be opportunities – which will be announced shortly – to get one.