Alongside saying their new Radeon RX 6000M pocket book GPUs, AMD this night can be utilizing Computex to formally unveil their FidelityFX Super Resolution know-how. The recreation upscaling know-how has garnered loads of curiosity since AMD first introduced final 12 months that they have been engaged on the know-how, right this moment AMD is lastly lifting the lid on the know-how, no less than for a quick second. Overall right this moment is extra of a teaser of what’s to come back on June 22nd, when AMD is planning to disclose extra info on the know-how, however for the second that is the largest info launch on the know-how since AMD’s preliminary announcement.
As a fast recap, AMD introduced FidelityFX Super Resolution final 12 months as a part of the Radeon RX 6000 collection launch. The in-development know-how was being designed as AMD’s reply to NVIDIA’s more and more standard Deep Learning Super Sampling (DLSS) know-how, a sophisticated picture upscaling method NVIDIA launched to permit their GPUs to render video games at a decrease decision (and thus larger efficiency) with out the extreme hit to picture high quality. Research into DLSS and related sensible upscaling methods has develop into more and more intense, as upscaling provide a tantalizing means to enhance recreation efficiency through what’s computationally a comparatively low-cost post-processing impact.
While NVIDIA appears to have lastly hit their stride with DLSS 2.0, the draw back for everybody who will not be NVIDIA is that it’s an NVIDIA-only know-how. Which for AMD, means it’s one more NVIDIA value-add software program function that NVIDIA can use to outmaneuver AMD. And whereas it’s not strictly obligatory for AMD to match NVIDIA on a one-for-one software program function foundation, clearly DLSS is the beginning of a much bigger shift within the recreation rendering panorama, so it’s an space the place AMD goes to attempt to catch up, each to nullify an NVIDIA benefit and to present PC recreation builders one other device of their arsenal for higher efficiency.
And thus FidelityFX Super Resolution was born. While right this moment is extra a teaser than an in depth technical breakdown, AMD is confirming just a few main details about their tackle sensible recreation upscaling.
First and foremost, FSR, as AMD likes to name it, might be one other one among AMD’s GPUOpen applied sciences, that means that it will likely be printed open supply and free for builders to make use of. And not solely will builders have the ability to apply it to AMD GPUs, however they’ll have the ability to apply it to NVIDIA GPUs as nicely.
AMD will not be going into the precise technical underpinnings of the execution mannequin right here – I’m assuming that is being carried out as a shader – however they’re confirming that it doesn’t require any type of tensor or different deep studying {hardware}. As a end result, the know-how can be utilized not solely on latest AMD Radeon RX 6000 collection playing cards, but additionally the RX 5000 collection, RX 500 collection, and Vega collection. Meanwhile, although it received’t be formally supported to the identical extent on NVIDIA playing cards, in keeping with AMD FSR will work (on day one) on NVIDIA playing cards going again so far as the Pascal-based GTX 10 collection (which pre-dates DLSS help). In reality about the one trendy graphics {hardware} not supported at this level are the current-generation recreation consoles; AMD could get there sooner or later, however for now they’re specializing in the PC aspect of issues.
At this level AMD will not be disclosing which video games will help the know-how, however the messaging proper now’s that builders might want to take some type of an energetic function in implementing the tech. Which is to say that it’s not sounding like it could actually merely be utilized in a totally post-processing vogue on present video games ala AMD’s distinction adaptive sharpening tech.
Following its June 22nd launch, AMD might be posting FSR to GPUOpen. Overall the corporate is stating that over 10 “recreation studios and…
