Horizon Zero Dawn Complete Edition is now available
on Steam, offering PC gamers to try the Windows edition of Guerrilla Games'
action/adventure that made its debut on PlayStation 4.
This post has details on the launch, including patch notes with a spoiler
warning. There's also
a FAQ that anticipates any burning questions you may have.
According to the red team, Horizon Zero Dawn is the first game that supports AMD FidelityFX Single Pass Downsampler. Moreover, the game supports AMD TressFX, as well as Asynchronous Compute.
Here are some more details about these PC features, taken directly from AMD's press release:
Horizon Zero Dawn AMD Tech Features
- AMD Radeon FreeSync Premium Pro. Gamers on any hardware can enjoy breathtaking gaming experiences with AMD's leading adaptive sync technology, offering stutter- and tear-free gaming with stunning HDR rendering.
- AMD FidelityFX SPD. Optimized for RDNA architecture, SPD utilizes asynchronous compute to accelerate texture mapping for more efficient post-processing, driving effects like bloom and screen space reflections faster without sacrificing framerates.
AMD TressFX. A true-to-life hair physics system taking high visual fidelity to a new level, enabling incredible photo-realistic hair effects with Radeon graphics cards – so much so, you may forget there's even a screen in front of you.
Asynchronous Compute. GPU multi-threading allowing Radeon GPUs to execute multiple tasks simultaneously, enabling graphics and visual effects workloads to be distributed efficiently for faster framerates and higher visual fidelity.
Theoretically speaking, NVIDIA's GPUs should be also able to support TressFX and Asynchronous Compute. However, there is no option to enable/disable TressFX in the game.
