AMD (NASDAQ: AMD) and the Mercedes-AMG Petronas Esports
Team, the esports arm of the Mercedes-AMG Petronas Formula One
Team, announced a new partnership to empower the team with
championship-level computing technologies and performance for
competitive virtual racing.
Through the partnership, AMD has equipped the Mercedes-AMG
Petronas Esports Team with the powerful combination of AMD Radeon™
RX 6900 XT Graphics Cards, built upon the groundbreaking AMD RDNA™
2 gaming architecture, best-in-class AMD Ryzen™ 7 5800X Desktop
Processors1, powered by the fastest cores for PC gamers with “Zen
3” core architecture2, and advanced Radeon™ Software to enable the
highest framerates and ultra-low-latency gameplay. Optimized for
esports gaming, AMD hardware and software technologies will provide
the Mercedes-AMG Petronas Esports Team drivers with ultra-fast
click to response times, the smoothest driving experience, and an
unmatched competitive edge for virtual racing.
With AMD at the heart of the team’s gaming rigs, AMD Smart
Access Memory, AMD Radeon Anti-Lag, AMD FidelityFX Contrast
Adaptive Sharpening (CAS), and Ryzen technologies further optimize
competitive esports gaming by maximizing performance and delivering
an incredibly smooth and responsive gaming experience.
AMD will also contribute gaming systems to a new Mercedes-AMG
Petronas Esports Training Facility, expected to be launched later
in 2021, in Brackley, UK. This world-class esports training
facility will provide state-of-the-art AMD-powered gaming equipment
to help esports athletes elevate their game to new levels and
support the next generation of up-and-coming esports drivers.
This new partnership expands the existing collaboration between
AMD and the Mercedes-AMG Petronas Formula One Team to drive extreme
performance, following the successful roll-out of AMD-powered
esports gaming rigs for the Mercedes drivers to practice and
compete on. This builds upon a multi-year partnership to accelerate
the Mercedes-AMG Petronas Formula One Team, both on and off the
racetrack.
“AMD is committed to pushing the boundaries of technology to
provide the best possible gaming experiences,” said John Taylor,
chief marketing officer at AMD. “The Mercedes-AMG Petronas Esports
Team share our passion for extreme gaming performance, and we are
delighted to provide their professional drivers with the latest
high-performance AMD Radeon and Ryzen technologies that deliver
high framerates, low latency and the smoothest gaming experiences
when it matters most.”
“In the world of competitive esports, milliseconds can define
whether you win, or not, like on track,” said James Vowles,
Motorsport Strategy Director, Mercedes-AMG Petronas Formula One
Team. “It is crucial to have the very best gaming platform
providing the highest framerates, at the lowest latency, without
compromising on reliability. The latest AMD-powered gaming
platforms will form the foundations to fight for race wins in the
virtual world, ensuring that every detail from the virtual world is
fed back to our drivers as quickly as possible, and without
compromise.”
“I am thrilled by the performance of the AMD system,” said
Mercedes-AMG Petronas Esports driver Jarno Opmeer. “The increased
framerate is terrific, and I can feel the reduced latency — the
steering wheel and pedals feedback is much faster. I’m looking
forward to pushing myself and my in-game performance even further
with the help of AMD this season.”
The Mercedes-AMG Petronas Esports Team will implement their
AMD-powered racing rigs this spring and use them in virtual
competition this season. Visit the team website for more
information.
About AMD
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Hundreds of millions of consumers, leading Fortune 500 businesses
and cutting-edge scientific research facilities around the world
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About the Mercedes-AMG Petronas Esports
Team
The Mercedes-AMG Petronas Esports Team is the esports team of
the Mercedes-AMG Petronas Formula One Team.
Based on the premises of the Mercedes-AMG Petronas Formula One
Team, Brackley, a purpose-built esports training center provides
the team’s gamers with world class facilities and state-of-the-art
equipment from our Esports partners, to develop their skills, train
and compete. Being integrated into the Driver-in-Loop Simulator
department, where F1 development drivers provide feedback to
engineers on a virtual model of the car, the esports program will
benefit from transferable elements pertinent to optimizing car
set-up and honing race craft.
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1 Testing by AMD performance labs as of 09/01/2020 using
Cinebench 1t and Cinebench R20 nt benchmark tests to measure the
performance of a Ryzen 7 5800X processor vs a Core i7-10700K, each
configured with NVIDIA GeForce GTX 2080 Ti graphics, Samsung 970
Pro SSD, 2X8 DDR4-3600, Windows 10 and a Noctua NH-D15s cooler.
Results may vary. R5K-043
2 Testing by AMD performance labs as of 09/01/2020 with Ryzen 9
5950X, Ryzen 9 5900X, Ryzen 7 5800X, and Ryzen 5 5600X processors
vs a Core i9-10900K configured with NVIDIA GeForce GTX 2080 Ti
graphics, Samsung 970 Pro SSD, 2X8 DDR4-3600, Windows 10 and a
Noctua NH-D15s cooler. Single-core performance evaluated with
Cinebench R20 1T benchmark. Results may vary. R5K-004.
Contact:
Stacy MacDiarmid
AMD Communications
+(1) 512-658-2265
Stacy.MacDiarmid@amd.com
Bradley Lord
Mercedes-Benz Motorsport Communications Director
+44 (0) 7785 682 893
blord@mercedesamgf1.com
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