Over a 12 months later, AMD is bringing improved FSR 4 upscaling to its older GPUs

When AMD introduced model 4 of its FidelityFX Super Resolution (FSR) graphics upscaling expertise early final 12 months, it got here with strings connected: The improved hardware-backed picture high quality could be obtainable solely on Radeon RX 9000-series GPUs based mostly on the RDNA4 structure, not on any older Radeon GPUs.

To date, AMD has launched solely a handful of 90-series graphics playing cards, together with the RX 9070 XT, the RX 9070, the 8GB and 16GB variations of the RX 9060 XT, and an RX 9060 that’s solely obtainable to PC firms fairly than finish customers. That listing notably doesn’t embrace any built-in GPUs, comparable to these present in AMD-powered thin-and-light laptops or gaming handhelds just like the Steam Deck and its imitators.

Over a 12 months later, AMD Computing and Graphics SVP Jack Huynh has announced {that a} model of FSR 4 is lastly coming to older GPUs. The rollout will start in July with RDNA3- and three.5-based GPUs, which embrace the Radeon RX 7000 sequence, in addition to built-in GPUs just like the Radeon 890M and Radeon 8060S.

In “early 2027,” assist will even be prolonged to the RDNA2 structure, which incorporates the Radeon RX 6000 sequence, built-in GPUs just like the Radeon 680M, and the Steam Deck’s GPU. This would additionally open the door to supporting FSR 4 on the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X and S, all of which additionally use RDNA2-based GPUs.

Performance might take successful

Getting hardware-backed FSR working on older Radeon GPUs meant making it work with the INT8 {hardware} in these chips, fairly than the FP8 knowledge format that RDNA4 helps.

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Huynh’s brief video presentation didn’t get into efficiency comparisons, however did point out that AMD needed to work to get FSR 4’s superior hardware-backed upscaling engaged on its older graphics architectures. RDNA4 contains AI accelerators that assist the FP8 knowledge format within the {hardware}, and porting FSR 4 to older GPUs meant getting it working on the integer-based INT8 {hardware} within the RDNA3 and RDNA2-based GPUs.