AMD’s RDNA2 graphics structure options hardware-accelerated decoding of the AV1 video format, based on a Microsoft weblog asserting the format’s integration with Windows 10. The weblog mentions the three newest graphics architectures amongst those who help the format—Intel Gen12 Iris Xe, NVIDIA RTX 30-series “Ampere,” and AMD RX 6000-series “RDNA2.” The AV1 format is being actively promoted by main {hardware} distributors to on-line streaming content material suppliers, because it affords 50% higher compression than the prevalent H.264 (translating into that a lot bandwidth financial savings), and 20% higher compression than VP9. You do not want these GPUs to make use of AV1, anybody can use it with Windows 10 (model 1909 or later), by putting in the AV1 Video Extension from the Microsoft Store. The codec will use software program (CPU) decode within the absence of {hardware} acceleration.
