AMD FSR 4.1 Upscaling Coming to Older Radeon RX Cards
Quick Look
- AMD's FSR 4.1 upscaling technology will be available on older Radeon RX graphics cards, including RDNA 3 GPUs, starting in July.
- Previously exclusive to RX 9000 series, it will also support RX 7000 cards and older RDNA 2 GPUs in early 2027, despite lacking specialized hardware.
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Why It Matters
AMD's FSR (FidelityFX Super Resolution) is an upscaling technology designed to enhance gaming performance. Previously, the latest version, FSR 4.1, was exclusive to newer hardware.
AMD has announced that its FSR 4.1 upscaling tech is coming to older Radeon RX graphics cards, starting with RDNA 3 GPUs this July.
Until now, the latest version of FSR has been exclusive to Radeon RX 9000-series graphics cards, but come the summer, RX 7000 cards will benefit from superior AI-powered upscaling in their games. This is despite lacking the native specialized hardware required to run it.
Jack Huynh, AMD's Senior Vice President and General Manager of Computing Graphics, said in a video that his team had to "carefully tune, optimize and validate the model" in order to achieve the necessary performance on older cards. This process included optimizing memory usage and reducing artifacts in fast-moving scenes.
Huynh also said AMD tested FSR 4.1 running on hundreds of PC configurations, and promised support for more than 300 games at launch. RDNA 2 players have to wait a bit longer, but AMD is also bringing FSR 4.1 to even older GPUs in early 2027.
What to Watch
AI outlook — possibilities, not facts
AMD will release FSR 4.1 for RDNA 3 GPUs in July.
Very likely · Within days
AMD will release FSR 4.1 for RDNA 2 GPUs in early 2027.
Likely · Within years
Open Questions
- What specific performance improvements can users expect on older cards?
- Will there be any visual trade-offs compared to newer hardware?
- What is the exact release date in July for RDNA 3 GPUs?
- Which specific games will be supported at launch?
