Raptr and AMD Partner to Create AMD Gaming Evolved App, the Ultimate App for the PC Gamer

AMD Gam­ing Evol­ved App Powered by Raptr Gives Play­ers Cus­to­mi­zed Opti­mal Game Set­tings, Rewards, Live Strea­ming Capa­bi­li­ties via Twitch, In-game tools, and More

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. & SUNNYVALE, Calif., Sep 25, 2013 – Raptr and AMD today unvei­led the AMD Gam­ing Evol­ved App Powered by Raptr, which was desi­gned to make PC gam­ing as simp­le to use as con­so­les. The App will enable AMD users to get the most out of their gam­ing expe­ri­ence by sug­gest­ing cus­to­mi­zed opti­mal game set­tings for their rigs, earn real rewards just for play­ing games, and have instant access to in-game tools such as broad­cas­ting live video via Twitch, taking screen­shots, web brow­sing, and chat.

We belie­ve we’­re taking a big step in impro­ving the PC gam­ing expe­ri­ence for the mas­ses,’ ” said Den­nis Fong, CEO, Raptr. “Com­bi­ning AMD’s exper­ti­se in hard­ware and per­for­mance with Raptr’s alre­a­dy popu­lar desk­top app and 18+ mil­li­on com­mu­ni­ty was a per­fect fit.”

With a sin­gle click in the app’s Con­trol Cen­ter, gamers will be able to opti­mi­ze their games based on per­for­mance, qua­li­ty or a balan­ce of both for their AMD hard­ware. Opti­mal game set­tings are deter­mi­ned using sys­tem and game data cap­tu­red from mil­li­ons of PCs stored in Raptr’s Cloud com­bi­ned with exten­si­ve test­ing of various com­bi­na­ti­ons of GPUs, CPUs, and reso­lu­ti­ons. The Con­trol Cen­ter will also be the hub for gamers to access Raptr’s tens of thou­sands of dedi­ca­ted game com­mu­ni­ties for the latest dis­cus­sions, streams, and more.

We’­ve wat­ched Raptr build a huge­ly suc­cessful plat­form and it’s clear that they under­stand what gamers want,” said Matt Skyn­ner, Cor­po­ra­te Vice Pre­si­dent and Gene­ral Mana­ger, Gra­phics Busi­ness Unit, AMD. “The Gam­ing Evol­ved App Powered by Raptr allows our users to get the most out of their gam­ing rigs while tap­ping into a thri­ving com­mu­ni­ty whe­re they can share their expe­ri­en­ces and get rewards.”

The AMD Gam­ing Evol­ved App is now available in open beta. To read more about and down­load the AMD Gam­ing Evol­ved App, plea­se visit http://raptr.com/amd.

About Raptr

Raptr is the lea­ding com­mu­ni­ty for gamers, with more than 18 mil­li­on users. Gamers love using Raptr to con­nect with all things gam­ing, to track their game­play acti­vi­ty, build their gam­ing rep to see how they stack up against fri­ends, and earn rewards for play­ing games on con­so­le and PC. Over 40 game publishers use Raptr’s Com­mu­ni­ty Plat­form to con­nect with Raptr users and build a vibrant fan base around their games. Crea­ted in 2007 by a world-class team led by CEO and foun­der Den­nis Fong (co-foun­der of Xfi­re, Lithi­um, and Gamers.com), Raptr has rai­sed more than $27 mil­li­on in fun­ding from inves­tors Accel Part­ners, Founder’s Fund, DAG Ven­tures, and Tena­ya Capi­tal. For more infor­ma­ti­on about Raptr, plea­se visit http://raptr.com.

About AMD

AMD designs and inte­gra­tes tech­no­lo­gy that powers mil­li­ons of intel­li­gent devices, inclu­ding per­so­nal com­pu­ters, tablets, game con­so­les and cloud ser­vers that defi­ne the new era of sur­round com­pu­ting. AMD solu­ti­ons enable peo­p­le ever­y­whe­re to rea­li­ze the full poten­ti­al of their favo­ri­te devices and appli­ca­ti­ons to push the boun­da­ries of what is pos­si­ble. For more infor­ma­ti­on, visit www.amd.com.

SOURCE: Raptr