Upscaling Articles - Page 2

Gaming AI

AMD FSR 4 will transition to pure AI upscaling, following DLSS and XeSS

Company is also discussing how to maximize gaming handhelds' battery life

By Daniel Sims, September 14, 2024, 12:07 PM

Hardware Gaming

AMD claims new frame generation tech can boost Cyberpunk 2077 performance by up to 78%

A free shot in the arm for framerates

By Zo Ahmed, September 12, 2024, 12:10 PM 9 comments

Download of the Week Gaming

DLSS Updater is a free utility that updates all your games to the latest DLSS version

DLSS Updater automatically scans your installed games and updates them to the latest Nvidia DLSS DLL version available. It supports games installed via Steam, Epic store, Ubisoft, GOG, EA and Battle.net.

By Ivan Franco, August 30, 2024, 3:04 PM

Gaming Hardware

Ubisoft reveals Star Wars Outlaws PC requirements, all listed using upscaling

Is "designed with upscaling in mind" becoming the norm?

By Rob Thubron, August 1, 2024, 9:26 AM 30 comments

Software Download of the Week

AMD launches Amuse: a local AI image generator featuring Stable Diffusion and XDNA Super Resolution

Amuse is an AI image generator that runs locally on your PC and employs AMD XDNA Super Resolution technology to upscale images to twice the resolution compared to Stable Diffusion. It currently runs only on modern AMD hardware.

By Ivan Franco, July 29, 2024, 3:47 PM

Mobile Gaming

Arm shows off its own ASR upscaler tech optimized for mobile devices, based on AMD's FSR 2

Power consumption is also reduced

By Shawn Knight, July 11, 2024, 3:28 PM

The Ultimate Upscaling Showdown: FSR 3.1 vs DLSS 3.7 vs XeSS 1.3

FEATURE By Tim Schiesser, July 8, 2024, 6:11 AM TechSpot Gaming

Upscaling technologies continue to improve every year, and today we'll be looking at five games updated to use AMD FSR 3.1 to compare against the latest in Nvidia DLSS 3.7 and Intel XeSS 1.3.

Software Gaming

AMD's FSR 3.1 upscaling tech arrives in five games, many more on the way

Support will soon roll out for sixty titles

By Zo Ahmed, June 28, 2024, 9:16 AM 10 comments

Gaming Microsoft

Microsoft DirectSR aims to unify competing upscaling technologies under a single DX12 graphics library

Something to look forward to: Nvidia introduced its deep learning super sampling technology a few years ago, and other GPU makers soon followed with their own solutions for graphics upscaling. Now, Microsoft is planning to bring the three main competing upscaling algorithms under the same DirectX 12 roof.

Full story By Alfonso Maruccia, May 30, 2024, 12:46 PM 17 comments

Gaming Microsoft

Microsoft shares first 12 games that use Automatic Super Resolution (Auto SR) out of the box

Auto SR lowers resolution and uses AI to boost frame rates

By Shawn Knight, May 28, 2024, 2:18 PM 7 comments

"CPUs Don't Matter For 4K Gaming"... Wrong!

FEATURE By Steven Walton, May 7, 2024, 6:08 AM TechSpot Hardware

Something we hear a lot is that CPU performance doesn't matter for 4K gaming. Without proper context, CPU benchmark data can be misinterpreted. Let us explain to you what's what with some hard data.

Software Gaming

Intel XeSS 1.3 improves performance with new presets, intros DLAA alternative

The render scale for each preset has changed, and new ones have appeared

By Daniel Sims, April 5, 2024, 10:41 AM 12 comments

Gaming Software

AMD promises upscaling quality improvements with FSR 3.1 update, adds Vulkan and Xbox support

AMD says FSR 3 is now supported by 40 games, current and upcoming

By Tim Schiesser, March 21, 2024, 12:10 AM 7 comments

Gaming Software

AMD to introduce AI-based upscaling, potentially matching DLSS

Something to look forward to: AMD's FSR image upscaling technology has avoided using AI until now, which has been a double-edged sword in its competition against Nvidia's DLSS and Intel's XeSS. A recent interview with AMD's CTO indicates that the company plans to pivot sharply toward AI in 2024, with gaming upscaling as one area of focus.

Full story By Daniel Sims, March 4, 2024, 10:26 PM 10 comments

Software Microsoft

Microsoft's DirectSR aims to unify DLSS, FSR and XeSS upscaling technologies

Possibly related to Microsoft's recently-teased "Auto Super Resolution"

By Daniel Sims, February 29, 2024, 1:58 PM 7 comments

Is Upscaling Useful at Lower Resolutions? Nvidia DLSS vs Native at 1080p

FEATURE By Tim Schiesser, February 14, 2024, 6:17 AM TechSpot Gaming

While higher resolution monitors are becoming more popular and we recommend them, 1080p continues to have the most usage among PC gamers. We take a look at DLSS upscaling vs native rendering at 1080p.

Microsoft AI

Microsoft is bringing AI Super Resolution upscaling to Windows 11

Super Resolution could now work in non-gaming apps as well, but only with specialized hardware

By Kishalaya Kundu, February 12, 2024, 8:55 AM

Drivers Software

Nvidia RTX Video HDR offers AI-based HDR upscaling for SDR videos

Available on the latest GeForce drivers, RTX Video HDR uses AI and tensor cores to convert SDR to High Dynamic Range (HDR10) quality videos. The process means to improve color and detail that might be lost due to video compression.

By Ivan Franco, January 24, 2024, 5:14 PM

Gaming Software

AMD will bring driver-level frame generation to most games on January 24

AMD thinks Nvidia will have to follow suit

By Daniel Sims, January 12, 2024, 7:39 AM

Software Hardware

AMD FSR support is coming soon to YouTube and VLC

Arriving with the next Radeon driver update and a Q1 2024 VLC update

By Daniel Sims, January 11, 2024, 6:02 AM 13 comments

Gaming Hardware

Alan Wake II assumes everyone will use upscaling, even at 1080p

RTX 3070 recommended for 1080p with DLSS performance mode

By Daniel Sims, October 21, 2023, 9:43 AM 49 comments

AMD FSR 3 Frame Generation Analyzed: DLSS 3 Contender? Not So Fast

FEATURE By Tim Schiesser, October 11, 2023, 6:09 AM TechSpot Gaming

AMD's FSR 3 frame generation technology made a surprise debut earlier this month in two games, and we're ready to give you an early look, covering frame pacing, image quality and latency.