We tested Advanced Shader Delivery on the RX 9070 XT in six games — up to 95% improvement in load times and 33 percent faster 1% Low FPS

PC Components GPUs We tested Advanced Shader Delivery on the RX 9070 XT in six games — up to 95% improvement in load times and 33 percent faster 1% Low FPS News By Dan Mateescu published 24 May 2026 Downloaded shaders are a game changer. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works . (Image credit: Tom's Hardware) Jump To: What is Advanced Shader Delivery? Load Time and Performance Tested Copy link Facebook X Whatsapp Reddit Pinterest Flipboard Email Share this article 6 Join the conversation Follow us Add us as a preferred source on Google Newsletter Subscribe to our newsletter Today, we will take a look at Advanced Shader Delivery (ASD) – a new gaming feature aimed at improving the overall user experience by reducing load times dramatically and improving 1% low FPS. We tested six games, measuring up to a 95% improvement in game loading times and solid improvements in 1% Low FPS in some titles. We will explain the issues that it aims to fix, we will go into detail about its functionality, and then we will test it in several games with on vs off comparisons. Shader compilation stutter has been the bane of every PC gamer’s existence for a long time. Imagine finally sitting down after school or work to play a highly anticipated new release, only to spend several minutes waiting for shaders to precompile. Worse yet, even after that lengthy process, some shaders may still compile during gameplay, causing noticeable stuttering. First impressions matter, and technical issues like these can quickly sour the experience. Pipeline State Objects (PSOs) define how input data is interpreted and rendered by the hardware when submitting work to the graphics card. PSO creation is also where shader compilation and related stalls happen. Modern games can contain such a massive number of PSOs that engines are unable to fully enumerate them ahead of time. Developers have introduced various mitigation techniques, but these are ultimately compromises that can still miss certain shaders during pre-compilation. In theory, allowing every player to locally precompile every possible shader permutation could eliminate these issues, but in large modern titles, that process could potentially take hours. Latest Videos From You may like Forza Horizon 6 boots up in just 4 seconds instead of 90 with new Advanced Shader Delivery tech and AMD GPUs Nvidia App adds 'Auto Shader Compilation' for faster load times in games Intel's new Precompiled Shader Distribution can improve game loading times by up to 3x on Arc GPUs That is why Microsoft has introduced Advanced Shader Delivery. What is Advanced Shader Delivery? What is Advanced Shader Delivery? Advanced Shader delivery is a feature that aims to eliminate long shader pre-compilation and shader compilation-related stuttering in games by distributing precompiled shaders when downloading a game — those shaders are downloaded just like other parts of