Amd drops crossfire brand for mgpu

To the surprise of many, AMD is abandoning the CrossFire brand, its multiple graphics card technology running in parallel.

AMD bets on mGPU in DirectX 12

This is an amazing twist that comes out of nowhere: CrossFire is a firmly established brand for enthusiastic users who want to get the most out of hardware by combining multiple graphics cards.

The reality is that AMD is now using a new name for this technology called mGPU (Multi-GPU) which seems to them to better distinguish this technology.

With AMD promoting DirectX12 so strongly to leave beloved DirectX 11 behind, a change in the name of this technology seems to be more of a cosmetic change than a technical change.

No trace of CrossFire on new AMD drivers

AMD's new mGPU name came to light after the AMD 17.9.2 drivers were released, which makes no reference to CrossFire, but instead uses the name mGPU directly. In this way the current profiles for CrossFire would only be linked to DirectX 11, while the term mGPU would be used in DirectX 12.

As explained, mGPU for DirectX 12 would be more efficient than CrossFire for DirectX 11 because of how the API works in multi-GPU configurations. In DirectX 12 the results would be better, but they also require more work for developers. Perhaps that's why very few games (Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation, Hitman, or Rise of the Tomb Raider) actually support mGPU in DirectX 12.

AMD also confirmed that CrossFire profiles for DirectX 11 games will continue as they have been in Windows 7 so far, calm down guys.

Source: pcworld