The GPUOpen website has been redesigned, and with the redesign come four new open source FidelityFX effects to enhance the AMD Radeon gaming experience: CACAO, SSSR, LPM, and SPD, many of which are RDNA optimized for the RDNA architecture.

These four new technologies are:

You can read more about each effect on the new and improved GPUOpen website. Notably, the foundation of the new FidelityFX CACAO technology is Intel's Adaptive Screen Space Ambient Occlusion technology, "but our team was busy tinkering with it and optimizing it," AMD said. [AMD has a rich tradition of supporting both open standards and open source. We are very excited to see the redesigned GPUOpen website today." The website demonstrates AMD's ongoing commitment to openness and innovation. With great developer tools, brilliant graphical effects, and an easy-to-use SDK, GPUOpen puts developers at the center of everything we do."

GPUOpen is AMD's compilation of open source GPU technologies and specifications that developers can implement in their games for faster performance, more impressive visuals, or new effects. While the concept has been around for quite some time, the FidelityFX toolkit for developers was only introduced last year, along with Content Adaptive Sharpering (CAS).

So what does this mean for you? Well, it is up to developers to decide when and how to integrate these features, but each one, if used, has the potential to enhance the AMD Radeon ecosystem. The latest RDNA architecture and its associated graphics cards or FreeSync HDR (included in FreeSync Premium Pro) gaming monitor support could be improved.

Perhaps we will see further enhancements to GPUOpen capabilities with the launch of the Xbox Series X and Playstation 5 consoles with RDNA 2.0 graphics cards and AMD. All of these will reportedly be released towards the end of the year.