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AMD announced a gaggle of new products and platforms at Computex this week. In addition to discussing its plans for the desktop AM5 platform, it also spent a considerable amount of time discussing its plans for notebooks. In addition to brandishing products for corporate and mainstream users, it also divulged a new platform for mobile gamers: AMD Advantage. This program is a set of features that are required for all notebooks to receive the AMD Advantage branding. They are all designed to maximize gaming performance, and they include a host of new “Smart” technologies.
AMD says its goal with AMD Advantage is to “raise the bar” for what people expect from a gaming notebook. The program includes three must-have features: fast displays with 100Hz+ refresh rates, 100fps gaming performance, and a nebulous “built to game” aspect to it. That last one seems to be a reference to the company’s new Smart technologies, of which there are five. Let’s discuss them one at a time.

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