… FSR 4.1 uses AI upscaling, similar to Nvidia's DLSS, offering a notable leap in visuals and frame rates over FSR 3. AMD has revealed that it's bringing its FidelityFX Super Resolution 4.1 FSR AI upscaling technology to its older graphics cards. …
… The latest AMD SDK indicates that MFG is coming to FSR soon. At a time when AI-powered tricks are commonplace in PC graphics, this update couldn't have come sooner.
… In fact, a blind test by German outlet ComputerBase proved that upscaled graphics are no longer easily discernible from native graphics. The blind test pitted visuals with DLSS 4.5, FSR Redstone , and native renders with TAA against each other. …
… FSR 3.1 in mid-2024 was the first major update from AMD that looked truly promising. It massively improved temporal stability and reduced artifacts like shimmering and flickering that plagued FSR 3 and previous versions. …
… The performance penalty of ray tracing is still pretty high, which has made tools like DLSS and FSR the baseline rather than an option. The older your GPU, the fewer DLSS/FSR features it will support. …
… Even AMD's FSR 4.1 handles motion better than FSR 4, with noticeably less smearing and improved reconstruction of fine detail. …
… Once the line between rendered and generated graphics disappears, we'll have a new normal. …
… DLSS and FSR have extended the lifespan of modern hardware far beyond what brute-force rendering alone could realistically achieve. But the downside here is that GPU ownership now feels tied to constantly evolving software privilege tiers rather than the actual graphics card sitting inside your PC. …
… Related AMD's FSR 4.1 AI upscaling is finally coming to older Radeon RX GPUs GPUs with AMD's RDNA 3 architecture are getting FSR 4.1 this July, followed by RDNA 2 chips in 2027 Your perception matters As someone who's played competitively, this game feels better with Smooth Motion enabled That 77% … …
… Hellblade is a good bit more demanding, but it still runs fairly well at over 30fps on the Very High preset at 1080p with FSR in Quality Mode. In Elden Ring , I was able to set the graphics preset to the maximum still at 1080p and get around 30 FPS, so it was more than playable. …