(The performance increase can vary from game to game, however.) You can also opt to activate AMD’s Radeon Image Sharpening feature to reduce the shimmering that can be introduced by running at less-than-native resolutions-and you definitely should, as it can greatly help with image quality. Rendering at a lower resolution percentage gives you a corresponding performance bump, so using 80 percent on the scaling slider will deliver faster performance than using 90 percent of your native resolution. Trixx Boost creates custom display resolutions for your display, scaled down in customizable 5-percent increments all the way down to 50 percent. And yes, despite the similar-sounding name, Trixx Boost and AMD’s Radeon Boost are two very different technologies with very different use cases, though both require modern Radeon GPUs.
You’ll need to install Sapphire’s overarching Trixx software suite (which also includes features like hardware monitoring and fan health checks, depending on your GPU) to use Boost.
That covers all but the most niche PC games being played today. The Trixx Boost tab in Sapphire’s software.īetter yet, while Nvidia DLSS works with only a few dozen games, and AMD’s infant FSR works in under ten, Trixx Boost works with any DirectX 9, DX11, DX12, or Vulkan game.
Instead, it helps several existing technologies that can be activated via complex manual methods work together in a easy-to-understand interface.
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Custom: This mode gives you the ultimate control over your video card.Silent: When you choose "Silent" the card will be clocked down to reduce heat output and the fan speed will be reduced to 30% - very useful if you want to watch videos on your computer.This mode is perfect for some benchmarking action. Extreme: This mode uses the same detection method as the "Performance" mode, but increases fan speeds to be constantly at 100%.Performance: In this mode a detection technique is used to determine the maximum overclock your invidual card can run without any problems.TRIXX provides predefined modes which help you maximize your video card performance, or reduce noise.