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In May, we expanded the public preview of Advanced Shader Delivery (ASD) across the AMD RDNA™ graphics architecture line. This month, we’re extending ASD to additional Windows devices powered by Intel, NVIDIA, and Qualcomm. To kickoff this rollout, we’re showcasing ASD support for Gears of War: E-Day.
Advanced Shader Delivery tackles two common PC gaming challenges: long first-launch wait times and shader-related stutter. By delivering precompiled shaders with the game download, ASD reduces the amount of shader work a player’s CPU has to do when the game starts. That helps games launch faster and reduces stutter tied to runtime compilation. By expanding GPU hardware support to all vendors, we’re ensuring that Windows players with a wide variety of existing hardware can experience this benefit. Check out the system requirements below for supported hardware.
Shader compilation loading screen of Gears of War: E-Day
Advanced Shader Delivery Comes to Gears of War: E-Day
Today marks early access to Gears of War: E-Day. We’ve worked closely with The Coalition to bring ASD support to the game across supported Windows devices. With ASD, shader compilation at first launch takes just a few seconds, compared to several minutes on a typical PC without ASD. ASD reduces shader compilation time by approximately 95%, helping players get into the game faster.Gears of War: E-Day will be the first game to support ASD across the expanded Windows device ecosystem, bringing faster first launches and a smoother experience to players on Windows 11 devices powered by AMD, Intel, NVIDIA, and Qualcomm.
As the first title to showcase ASD across the expanded Windows ecosystem, Gears of War: E-Day marks the beginning of broader support for the technology. Stay tuned for future ASD updates, including support for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 and additional titles still to come.
‘Precompiled shaders installed’ will appear in the launch window when Advanced Shader Delivery is working
System Requirements
OS: Windows 11 24H2 or higherAMD:
GPUs supported: AMD RDNA ™ 1, RDNA 2, RDNA 3, RDNA 3.5, RDNA 4 architectures
Driver version: Adrenalin 26.6.1 or higher
Qualcomm:
GPUs supported: Qualcomm® Snapdragon® X2 Series
Driver version: 2026.08.3 or higher
Later this month, ASD will expand to support the following hardware:
Intel: Intel® Arc B-Series: B570, B580, Intel® Core™ Ultra Series 2, Intel® Core™ Ultra Series 3
Nvidia: All RTX GPUs and RTX Spark
Call to Action:
To experience ASD for Gears of War: E-Day, install the XBOX PC app before downloading. For the best experience for ASD across all supported titles, make sure your graphics drivers are up to date.If you’re a game developer interested in lighting up Advanced Shader Delivery for your own title, check out our documentation to get started. The documentation includes instructions on how to collect state object databases (SODB) and upload to game storefronts to support pre-compilation for your title.
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