AMD has opened FSR 4.1 to older graphics cards, giving more PC gamers a cleaner upscaling option.
The chipmaker said RDNA 3 GPU owners can now use its latest AI-powered upscaling tech, arriving a few weeks earlier than July.
FSR Upscaling 4.1 works much like rival upscalers but comes closer to Nvidia’s DLSS in performance and image quality than earlier AMD efforts.
It is the same core technology behind Sony’s PlayStation 5 Pro PSSR 2, with Sony adding its own tweaks on top.
Until now, the feature was limited to AMD’s newest RX 9070 and RX 9070 XT cards, which was not much use to everyone else. That lock-in is now easing, with RDNA 3 cards such as the Radeon RX 7800 XT and RX 7900 XTX joining the party.
Users will need the latest AMD Adrenalin software before they can start fiddling with the new upscaling toys.
Devices using RDNA 3.5 APUs are next in line, including Valve’s Steam Machine and the Xbox ROG Ally X.
AMD is working on lighter AI models for those machines, because lower memory bandwidth is not exactly a free lunch.
The chipmaker has promised RDNA 2 support for FSR 4.1 sometime in 2027, which is better late than never. That probably will not include Valve’s ageing Steam Deck, despite the handheld badly needing any extra life it can get.
