AMD Brings FSR Upscaling 4.1.2 to Xbox Consoles

Xbox Sequence X and Xbox Sequence S consoles are lastly getting machine learning-based upscaling know-how with the newest FSR Upscaling 4.1.2. Microsoft’s Sport Growth Equipment (GDK) now formally contains FSR Upscaling 4.1.2 in two fashions. One is the full-scale upscaling mannequin based mostly on the INT8 information sort, and the opposite is a brand new and environment friendly Lite INT8 mannequin. Each fashions are suitable with each consoles, however the important thing level is that recreation builders have the flexibleness to decide on which mannequin to implement. Relying on the calls for of a recreation, the suitable mannequin will be utilized to realize optimum upscaling efficiency.

For Xbox handheld units, the AMD FSR SDK 2.4 provides FSR Upscaling assist for the Ryzen AI Z2 Excessive and Ryzen Z2 A processors, which energy the ROG Xbox Ally, ROG Xbox Ally X, and ROG Xbox Ally X20 handhelds. That is achieved utilizing an environment friendly INT8 mannequin. Since these units run Home windows, builders can combine FSR Upscaling 4.1.2 by means of the usual AMD FSR SDK.

Remember that FSR Upscaling 4.1.x only recently arrived for AMD’s RDNA variations under RDNA 4. RDNA 4 helps native processing for 8-bit floating level information, permitting FSR 4.1 on RDNA 4 to run on FP8 information varieties. To allow the FSR 4.1 Upscaling mannequin on RDNA 3, AMD should convert this to 8-bit integer information, as RDNA 3.5 APUs and RDNA 2 GPU IP powering Xbox consoles use INT8 information varieties with out FP8 assist.