RTX Video Super Resolution Out Now; Testing Shows Significantly Sharper Results
NVIDIA is releasing a new GeForce Game Ready driver (version 531.14) today, and its main feature is the support for RTX Video Super Resolution.
The AI-based technology was unveiled at CES 2023 when NVIDIA promised that RTX VSR could upscale 1440p (or lower, down all the way to the minimum of 360p) resolution videos up to 4K with near-native quality. NVIDIA provided Wccftech with advance access to the aforementioned driver so that we could test out RTX Video Super Resolution; the result, as you can see in the comparison video below, speaks for itself.
Let's begin with the basics, however. The technology combines software (AI algorithms) and hardware (RTX Tensor Cores) to enhance the clarity and sharpness of videos watched through the Chrome and Edge browsers, provided you have updated them to version 110.0.5481.105 and 110.0.1587.56, respectively. It achieves this goal by upscaling the resolution and cleaning up compression artifacts.
It's not the first time NVIDIA has used AI technology to upscale videos. A similar feature is available on the SHIELD Pro device, after all. However, since RTX Video Super Resolution leverages the Tensor Cores available in NVIDIA GeForce RTX GPUs, it is only available on 40 and 30 Series graphics cards. We've inquired with NVIDIA to find out if 20 Series GPUs, which are also equipped with Tensor Cores, could eventually receive support for RTX VSR.
Enabling RTX Video Super Resolution is extremely easy. You'll just have to open up the NVIDIA Control Panel app and head to the Adjust Video Image Settings tab under Video. There, near previously available features like edge enhancement, noise reduction, and deinterlacing, you'll find the RTX video enhancement box. After ticking the box, you will also
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