AMD has reintroduced its Anti-Lag technology in Counter-Strike 2 thanks to a partnership with Valve.
Since the feature functioned at the driver level, Valve’s Anti-Cheatflagged it as cheat software, causing a wave of players to receive VAC bans in games such as Counter-Strike 2, and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, among others. Valve managed toun-ban affected players, but AMD was forced to pull the driver, and therefore the Anti-Lag+ feature.
AMD has now announced that Anti-Lag will be making its return, now named Anti-Lag 2. To ensure there is no repeat performance of the VAC ban problems, AMD has worked closely with Valve to ensure the driver functions have all been thoroughly tested. The new version of Anti-Lag requires game integration and is already available as a technical preview in Counter-Strike 2.
AMD Anti-Lag 2 supports a wider range of GPUs, including Radeon RX 5000 and 6000 cards, along with Ryzen 6000 iGPUs. The previous version was only functional with GPUs based on RDNA3.
If you have a suitable AMD Radeon graphics card and wish to try out the feature in Counter-Strike 2, you will need to download and install theAMD Software Adrenaline Edition 24.5.1 for Anti-Lag 2Technical preview driver from the AMD website.
Users who choose to try out Anti-Lag 2 using the preview driver are encouraged to submit feedback on the performance of the driver and the Anti-Lag 2 feature using the Bug Report Tool.
AMD is yet to confirm what other games, if any, will be receiving Anti-Lag 2 integration.
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Rebecca Hills-Duty was a Tech Writer on Dexerto’s UK Team, specializing in PC components, VR, AMD, Nvidia and Intel. She has previously written for UploadVR and The Escapist, hosts a weekly show on RadioSEGA and has an obsession with retro gaming.
