• AMD FSR 4 will supposedly be a ‘drop in’ alternative for FSR 3.1
• In idea, which means all FSR 3.1 video games ought to help the newer tech
• That is only a rumor, although it chimes with hints AMD has already dropped

AMD might have a complete bunch of video games lined up for FSR 4 help, its body fee boosting tech unique to incoming RDNA 4 graphics playing cards, proper from the get-go (one among which will likely be Name of Responsibility: Black Ops 6, pictured above).

To this point, there’s been one thing of a guessing sport as to how FSR 4 help might shake out – particularly on condition that Nvidia has quite a lot of PC video games lined up for its rival DLSS 4 from launch – however that is the most effective information Workforce Crimson followers might’ve hoped for.

The speculation is – and it’s only a rumor, floated on X by a daily {hardware} leaker, Kepler – that AMD is simply going to exchange the present FSR 3.1 DLL file with the brand new FSR 4 one.

What which means, as a drop-in alternative, is that FSR 4 will likely be appropriate with all current FSR 3.1 video games, with out the sport builders needing to do something. In different phrases, it’ll ‘simply work’ with the present titles which might be lined for FSR 3.1 help.

Or this ‘ought to’ be the case, as Kepler phrases it, so we should word that they aren’t totally certain on this. As ever with rumors, we must always train warning round them, however on this case, AMD has already hinted that FSR 3.1 video games would get FSR 4 in advertising and marketing supplies (throughout the FSR 4 reveal at CES 2025).

As VideoCardz, which observed the above submit, factors out, there are in extra of fifty video games which at the moment help FSR 3.1, so ought to be good to go together with FSR 4.

For those who’re questioning why that help relies on FSR 3.1, reasonably than FSR 3, it’s as a result of AMD made the transfer to incorporate body era with the previous, so the latter being introduced as much as FSR 4 would require much more work than simply dropping in a brand new DLL file.

Evaluation: Excellent news, however with that RDNA 4 catch

That is seemingly excellent news, then, for these wanting to buy an RX 9070 graphics card, which would be the first boards to make use of FSR 4 when these next-gen GPUs are launched in March. Certainly, AMD has already mentioned that the explanation it’s taking a bit extra time with these RDNA 4 graphics playing cards is to get them proper for launch, and excellent the graphics drivers in addition to enabling extra FSR 4 video games.

This feels like a wise transfer to me, particularly given the rumors round Nvidia’s RTX 5000 vary, which at the moment make it appear to be there’s no a giant rush to get RX 9070 on sale. I’d like all these next-gen GPUs to be on sale sooner reasonably than later, ideally, but when I’ve to attend for a superb product, then so be it.

AMD’s FSR 4 feels like a sizeable stride ahead for body fee boosting from Workforce Crimson, however the catch, in fact, is that it’s unique to RDNA 4. This goes in opposition to the grain for FSR in that the tech has beforehand been open in nature and out there for Nvidia RTX GPUs, in addition to previous-gen AMD graphics playing cards (again to the RX 5000 sequence, technically, albeit not with body era).

So, it’s a particular disgrace to lose that facet, however that’s seemingly the worth Workforce Crimson has needed to pay for making FSR 4 supply higher high quality upscaling (and body era). Given the fixed chatter from avid gamers about how AMD is behind DLSS on this respect, I’m hardly shocked Workforce Crimson made this name, however as we’ve mentioned up to now, it’s a compromise which some PC avid gamers might discover tough to just accept.

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