Frank Azor, Chief Architect of Gaming Solutions & Marketing at AMD, has announced that Anti-Lag+, a Radeon-branded technology for reducing latency in games, will be reintroduced “soon.” AMD disabled this feature in October 2023 after realizing that it had the potential for getting players banned from some games, including Counter-Strike 2.
Azor’s promise:
Yes, coming soon.
— Frank Azor (@AzorFrank) February 14, 2024
Valve’s warning from last year:
AMD's latest driver has made their "Anti-Lag/+" feature available for CS2, which is implemented by detouring engine dll functions.
— CS2 (@CounterStrike) October 13, 2023
If you are an AMD customer and play CS2, DO NOT ENABLE ANTI-LAG/+; any tampering with CS code will result in a VAC ban.
Once AMD ships an update we…
From the AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition 23.10.2 release notes:
AMD has received reports of some games triggering anti-cheat bans on gamers when AMD Anti-Lag+ technology is enabled on Radeon graphics. To address this, we have released the AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition 23.10.2 driver that disables Anti-Lag+ technology in all supported games, and we recommend gamers use the new driver. AMD is actively working with game developers on a solution to re-enable Anti-Lag+ and support them in reinstating gamers who were impacted by the anti-cheat bans. We will provide more information when available.
AMD on the difference between Anti-Lag and Anti-Lag+:
Anti-Lag controls the pace of the CPU work to make sure it doesn’t get too far ahead of the GPU, reducing the amount of CPU work queued up. With AMD Radeon Anti-Lag+, applying frame alignment within the game code itself, allowing for a better frame syncing which leads to even lower latency and great gaming experiences.