{"id":12690,"date":"2014-10-25T21:37:24","date_gmt":"2014-10-25T19:37:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/?p=12690"},"modified":"2014-10-25T21:37:24","modified_gmt":"2014-10-25T19:37:24","slug":"amd-radeon-supercharges-sid-meiers-civilization-beyond-earth-with-mantle-graphics-api","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/12690-amd-radeon-supercharges-sid-meiers-civilization-beyond-earth-with-mantle-graphics-api\/","title":{"rendered":"AMD<\/span> Radeon Supercharges Sid Meier\u2019s Civilization: Beyond Earth With Mantle Graphics API<\/span>"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sil\u00adky Smooth Game\u00adplay, Out\u00adstan\u00adding Per\u00adfor\u00admance for Empires of All Sizes<\/em><\/p>\n

SUNNYVALE<\/span>, CA<\/span> \u2014 (Mar\u00adket\u00adwired) \u2014 10\/24\/14 \u2013<\/strong> AMD<\/span><\/a> (NYSE<\/span>: AMD<\/span>) today joins Fira\u00adxis Games in cele\u00adbra\u00adting the release of Sid Meier\u2019s Civi\u00adliza\u00adti\u00adon\u00ae: Bey\u00adond Earth\u2122<\/a>, which fea\u00adtures day-one sup\u00adport for AMD<\/span>\u2019s Man\u00adt\u00adle gra\u00adphics API<\/span><\/a> to enable top gam\u00ading per\u00adfor\u00admance for AMD<\/span> Rade\u00adon\u2122 gra\u00adphics<\/a> customers.<\/p>\n

\u201c<\/span>AMD<\/span> Rade\u00adon\u2122 GPUs with Man\u00adt\u00adle are over a year ahead of other gra\u00adphics com\u00adpa\u00adnies in deli\u00adve\u00adring high-through\u00adput, high-effi\u00adci\u00aden\u00adcy gra\u00adphics to gamers and deve\u00adlo\u00adpers,\u201d said Matt Skyn\u00adner, cor\u00adpo\u00adra\u00adte vice pre\u00adsi\u00addent and gene\u00adral mana\u00adger, Pro\u00adduct and Plat\u00adform Solu\u00adti\u00adons Busi\u00adness Unit, AMD<\/span>. \u201cAs gamers sett\u00adle in for a mara\u00adthon ses\u00adsi\u00adon of Sid Meier\u2019s Civi\u00adliza\u00adti\u00adon: Bey\u00adond Earth, we\u2019\u00adre proud that the potent com\u00adbi\u00adna\u00adti\u00adon of Man\u00adt\u00adle and the award-win\u00adning Gra\u00adphics Core Next archi\u00adtec\u00adtu\u00adre effort\u00adless\u00adly enable the defi\u00adni\u00adti\u00adve expe\u00adri\u00adence.\u201c1<\/em><\/p>\n

Man\u00adt\u00adle is a \u201clow-over\u00adhead\u201d gra\u00adphics API<\/span> that can help impro\u00adve per\u00adfor\u00admance for gamers by making bet\u00adter use of mul\u00adti-core CPUs, stream\u00adli\u00adning game code exe\u00adcu\u00adti\u00adon, vir\u00adtual\u00adly eli\u00admi\u00adna\u00adting soft\u00adware bot\u00adt\u00adlen\u00adecks and uti\u00adli\u00adzing GPU<\/span> resour\u00adces with incre\u00addi\u00adble effi\u00adci\u00aden\u00adcy.2<\/em><\/p>\n

In per\u00adfor\u00admance test\u00ading, the AMD<\/span> Rade\u00adon\u2122 R9<\/span> 290X<\/span> GPU<\/span> with Man\u00adt\u00adle ren\u00adde\u00adred Sid Meier\u2019s Civi\u00adliza\u00adti\u00adon\u00ae: Bey\u00adond Earth\u2122 at hig\u00adher frame rates<\/a> than any other sin\u00adgle-GPU gra\u00adphics card.3<\/em> Gamers loo\u00adking to secu\u00adre Mantle\u2019s blis\u00adte\u00adring per\u00adfor\u00admance for their own empires can do so today with the purcha\u00adse of an AMD<\/span> Rade\u00adon\u2122 R9<\/span> or R7<\/span> Series GPU<\/span> start\u00ading at just $99 USD<\/span>.4<\/em><\/p>\n

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