AMD deactivates its Anti-Lag+ Technology after multiple accounts bans have been reported in Counter Strike 2. Read on to learn more about the technology, its rollback, and affected games.
AMD Disables Anti-Lag and Anti-Lag+
New Software Causes Bans, AMD Working with a Fix
AMD has deactivated its Anti-Lag and Anti-Lag+ Technology amid its connection to multiple accounts bans in Counter Strike 2 and other games. The tech company received reports that games are triggering anti-cheat bans on gamers using this technology on their Radeon graphics. A new patch was then released to disable this tech for the meantime while AMD works with devs to re-enable Anti-Lag and undo the bans.
AMD recommends that gamers use the new driver with the new patch in order to prevent bans.
Counter Strike 2 Confirmed Affected
Valve, on their Counter Strike 2 official Twitter account, confirmed that the bans are happening because the Anti-Lag and Anti-Lag+ technology tamper with the game’s code. But Valve has said that it will undo the bans once AMD fixes the tech on their end.
There are also unconfirmed reports that the Anti-Lag technology is triggering anti-cheat software in other online competitive shooters. These games include Apex Legends, Call of Duty games, Valorant, Fortnite, and PUBG: Battlegrounds. For now, it is safer to avoid using Anti-Lag and Anti-Lag+ until a confirmed fix has been released.
What is Anti-Lag and Anti-Lag+?
Released for AMD GPUs, Anti-Lag and Anti-Lag+ functions are in the name. They reduce lag for many kinds of games, whether offline or online. AMD claims that the technology promises to "enhance your esports experience by delivering fast click-to-response times.Anti-Lag controls the pace of the CPU work to make sure it doesn’t get too far ahead of the GPU, reducing the amount of CPU work queued up."
Anti-Lag can still be used for offline or non-competitive games to enhance gaming performance, such as Shadow and Rise of the Tomb Raider, Resident Evil 4, Last of Us Part 1, Starfield, Witcher 3, and more.
