AMD hasn't announced Fluid Motion Frames 3, but the next version of its driver-level frame generation is already inside the current driver. Adrenalin 26.10.2, released on 30 October, carries a hidden AFMF 3 section, and a Reddit user going by SixPie174632251 found the registry switch that shows it. They say it runs on Radeon RX 7000 and RX 9000 cards and offers two modes. The official 26.10.2 release notes don't mention AFMF 3, and AMD's own documentation still describes version 2.1.
What was found and how it switches on
AFMF is frame generation that the driver adds to a game by itself, with no support needed from the game. Until now it worked from the finished image alone, without the motion data a game engine has. The hidden AFMF 3 menu changes that with a second mode.
- Standard. The basic mode. The finder doesn't say how it differs from AFMF 2.1.
- Enhanced. Hooks onto the upscaler the game already uses, FSR, XeSS, TSR and apparently TAA, and takes motion data from it. According to the finder, the picture is cleaner than in Standard, with no obvious interface artifacts, but latency is slightly higher. They also suggest it may work with motion blur on.
- Screen mode. Some games need exclusive fullscreen, others work in borderless. Alt+R opens the AMD overlay, which shows the status and what a game still needs.
The finder used the DeepSeek 4.1 Flash chatbot to dig through AMD Software and then posted a single PowerShell command. It adds the value afmf3dev to the current user's registry key HKCU\SOFTWARE\AMD\DVR and doesn't touch the driver files. After a full restart of AMD Software, AFMF 3 shows up in the graphics settings.
New-ItemProperty -Path "HKCU:\SOFTWARE\AMD\DVR" -Name afmf3dev -Value 1 -Type DWord -ForceTo hide it again, delete the same value with Remove-ItemProperty -Path "HKCU:\SOFTWARE\AMD\DVR" -Name afmf3dev and restart AMD Software. Keep in mind what this is: an unfinished feature AMD hasn't released. VideoCardz, which picked up the find, advises against trying it on a system you rely on. Nobody has published frame rates or latency measurements yet, so the finder's impressions are all there is, and RX 6000 support isn't confirmed.
As for a release date, there isn't one. AFMF 3 first surfaced in September 2025, when Guru3D forum user ecffg2919 spotted AFMF3 lines in the 25.20 driver branch. Back then it was a couple of lines of code. Now there is a working menu in a public driver, which looks like a feature close to launch, but AMD hasn't named a date or a list of cards.
What 26.10.2 itself fixes
The driver itself is a fix release: no new games, ten fixed issues. Several of them came straight from the known issues list of 26.10.1, the driver that brought FSR 4.1 to the RX 6000.
- Valor Mortis. No more system shutdowns on the RX 7600 or driver timeouts on other RX 7000 cards.
- RX 9000 and FSR. Fixed the Death Stranding 2 hang with FSR on, and the crashes or hangs when switching apps or overlays in games with FSR Frame Generation.
- Overlays. Opening Xbox Game Bar and other overlays while the AMD metrics overlay is on no longer crashes games.
- The rest. Steam launcher crashing at start, video timeouts on RX 7000 with hardware-accelerated GPU scheduling, crashes on Windows 10 with RX 9000 after the AMD Cleanup Utility, shutdowns in FINAL FANTASY RESONANCE on Ryzen AI Max PRO 400, and the installer not finding optional drivers.
Nine known issues remain. Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced can still crash on RX 7000. On RX 9000, Phantom Blade Zero can show corruption in the sky and on hair (AMD suggests turning off High-Quality Hair), and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered can show black corruption. RX 5000 owners who play War Thunder are still told to stay on 26.9.1. On Windows 10, check that Smart Access Memory is still on after installing. And as before, the package from AMD.com doesn't support handhelds, so those get drivers from their maker.
Where the regular AFMF 2.1 sits in AMD Software, and which other options are worth turning on, is in our AMD Adrenalin settings guide.
Sources
AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition 26.10.2 release notes, 30.10.2026. Post by SixPie174632251 on r/radeon. VideoCardz on the find. PCGamesN on the first AFMF 3 traces in the 25.20 branch, September 2025. Radeon RX 9070 XT render from AMD, Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced screenshot from AMD's blog, Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 screenshot.
