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Moving Gears to Tier 2 Variable Rate Shading

January 12, 2021 Jan 12, 2021 01/12/21

Jacques van Rhyn

The team at The Coalition haven't stopped innovating since bringing Tier 1 VRS to Gears Tactics, and have brought Tier 2 VRS support to both Gears 5 and Gears Tactics.  The team saw similarly large perf gains from VRS Tier 2 - up to 14%! - this time with no noticeable visual impact. See for yourself if you can tell which side of the first ...