The gaming world has seen a lot of revolutionary changes over the last few years. One of the technologies that has enabled this is upscaling. Major brands like AMD and NVIDIA have their own flavors of this technology.
The one in the news currently is AMD’s FidelityFX Super Resolution, or FSR, as it is more commonly known. We are currently at its third iteration, and AMD upgraded it to FSR 3.1 just yesterday.
The original FSR 3 was announced back in September last year and was made fully available in March this year, along with the announcement of FSR 3.1 at the GDC 2024 event.
What’s New in FSR 3.1?
As per the notes provided by AMD, FSR 3.1 brings several improvements in the upscaling quality of images. Games utilizing FSR 3.1 will have better temporal stability, resulting in less flickering and shimmering. Games will also have even less ghosting effects. The company also promises enhanced detail preservation.
AMD has decoupled its frame generation technology with FSR 3.1 as well, enabling other upscaling technologies to work seamlessly with it. Decoupling of frame generation means that you will be able to use frame generation without the upscaling.
Simply put, you could use FSR frame generation with upscaling solutions from companies like XeSS (Intel) or DLSS (NVIDIA). This is great news for gamers, as it makes room for more flexibility.
Moreover, AMD has kept things for game developers in check as well. For instance, the upgrades to future versions of FSR will be simpler due to the new FidelityFX API. There is also support for Vulkan and Xbox Game Development Kit now.
As always, FSR remains open source, along with FSR 3.1. AMD will make FSR 3.1 available to developers on GPUOpen in July this year.
Games Supported by FSR 3.1
Currently, FSR 3.1 is available in five games you can currently play. They are as follows:
- Ghost of Tsushima DIRECTOR’S CUT
- Horizon Forbidden West™ Complete Edition
- Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
- Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales
- Marvel’s Spider-Man Remastered
All of these five games are PlayStation titles, and their PC versions are from Nixxes Software. Besides these, God of War Ragnarök will also make use of this technology. This game is reportedly coming out in September this year.
In addition to this, AMD has also announced the expanding support of FSR 3 to at least 60 games, with more in the future. You can keep track of this information and related updates on this post on AMD’s community.
GPUs with Support for FSR 3.1
We have provided you with a list of all GPUs that will support FSR 3.1. You can check this list and see if you will be able to enjoy the benefits of this technology.
AMD Graphics Cards
As for AMD’s own graphics cards, the entirety of the Radeon RX 6000 and RX 7000 series will get FSR 3.1. These, along with a couple of others, are mentioned below.
AMD Radeon RX 7000 series
- AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX
- AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT
- AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT
- AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT
- AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT
- AMD Radeon RX 7600
AMD Radeon RX 6000 series
- AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT
- AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
- AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
- AMD Radeon RX 6800
- AMD Radeon RX 6750 XT
- AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT
- AMD Radeon RX 6700
- AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT
- AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT
- AMD Radeon RX 6600
- AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT
- AMD Radeon RX 6400
- AMD Radeon RX 6300
AMD Radeon RX 5000 series
- AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT
- AMD Radeon RX 5700
NVIDIA Graphics Cards
AMD has always made sure that users with graphics cards from brands other than AMD do not miss out on the benefits of FSR. As for NVIDIA, all of its cards from the last three generations can make use of FSR. These include all cards from the RTX 20, 30, and 40 series. We have mentioned each of these below.
NVIDIA RTX 40 series
- Nvidia Geforce RTX 4090
- Nvidia Geforce RTX 4080 Super
- Nvidia Geforce RTX 4080
- Nvidia Geforce RTX 4070 Ti Super
- Nvidia Geforce RTX 4070 Ti
- Nvidia Geforce RTX 4070 Super
- Nvidia Geforce RTX 4070
- Nvidia Geforce RTX 4060 Ti
- Nvidia Geforce RTX 4060
- Nvidia Geforce RTX 4050
NVIDIA RTX 30 series
- Nvidia Geforce RTX 3090 Ti
- Nvidia Geforce RTX 3090
- Nvidia Geforce RTX 3080 Ti
- Nvidia Geforce RTX 3080
- Nvidia Geforce RTX 3070 Ti
- Nvidia Geforce RTX 3070
- Nvidia Geforce RTX 3060 Ti
- Nvidia Geforce RTX 3060
- Nvidia Geforce RTX 3050 Ti
- Nvidia Geforce RTX 3050
NVIDIA RTX 20 series
- Nvidia Geforce RTX 2080 Ti
- Nvidia Geforce RTX 2080 Super
- Nvidia Geforce RTX 2080
- Nvidia Geforce RTX 2070 Super
- Nvidia Geforce RTX 2070
- Nvidia Geforce RTX 2060 Super
- Nvidia Geforce RTX 2060
Overall, AMD seems to be working quite well on providing its users with the best possible gaming experience. FSR 3.1 is a game-changer for both gamers and developers. We hope to see similar updates down the line as well.
