DLSS rival promises better image quality and less ghosting
FSR 2.0– AMD’s graphics card-powered upscaling tech for boosting games performance – already has a newer, prettier version. AMD have announced FSR 2.1, which is available to developers immediately, and has made its playable debut via aFarming Simulator 22update – just a couple of days after FSR 2.0got its latest big-name backing from Red Dead Redemption 2.
According to AMD’sGPUOpensite, FSR 2.1 mainly focuses on reducing the ghosting effect that FSR 2.0 (and, let’s be honest, the original FSR 1.0) can sometimes add when it’s enabled. The latest version also supposedly improves upscaling and “temporal stability” in certain cases, so when it pieces together a higher-resolution frame from the initial, lower-res render, it should result in a sharper picture that more accurately matches the ‘true’ image. It will still run on both AMD and Nvidia GPUs, unlike its archnemesisDLSS, which needs a GeForce RTX graphics card. Oh hey, there’s an FSR 2.0 vs 2.1 comparison video as well:
AMD also confirmed thatFSR 2.1will come to Hitman 3, but that’s it in terms of confirmed supporting games. As for FSR 2.0, which AMD is now calling FSR 2, it sounds like that will continue to find its way into both upcoming and already-released games despite the arrival of an enhanced version. Indeed, an FSR 2.0 update forCyberpunk 2077is in the works, and it’s set for support in games likeScornandLies of Pon their respective releases.
