AMD To Release FSR 2.0 Upscaling Tech, Shows It Off in Deathloop

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When it comes to video game technology, especially the graphics part, image resolution upscaling is what a lot of the industry is looking towards, with companies like AMD, Nvidia, and Intel offering up their own variations of it. With DLSS being probably the most popular one and Intel's XeSS being shown off in Hitman 3 last year, it's an important part of visual fidelity in this modern era of gaming. With that, team red has been busy working on the latest iteration of its own FidelityFX Super Resolution, or FSR, and demonstrated it recently.

In a couple of videos uploaded to its official YouTube channel, AMD has announced that FSR 2.0 will be coming this year and was able to quickly show it working in Arkane Studio's Deathloop, comparing it side by side with the current version of FSR. The attempt is to push forward with the technology to create clearer visuals in-game as well as better performance. FSR, even in its current form, is open-source, which means it also works on Nvidia hardware.

Intel Unveils Games That Will Support Its XeSS Upscaling Technology

While last year, AMD's upscaling supported 47 games, Frank Azor, Chief Architect of Gaming Solutions for the company, has said in one of the recent videos that FSR is now compatible with more than 75 games, including Back 4 Blood, God of War, and with plans to support upcoming titles like Ghostwire: Tokyo and Forspoken. Similar to the technology now, FSR 2.0 will work on a range of graphics cards, whereas Nvidia's Deep Learning Super Sampling, or DLSS, is only compatible with its own RTX-based hardware.

AMD's upscaling is also compatible with Valve's Steam Deck device, with recent tests showing that turning it on can increase the battery life of the handheld PC and reduce