At Computex 2021 earlier this month, AMD launched FidelityFX Super Resolution, a new spacial upscaling technology aimed at delivering a high-quality, high-resolution gaming experience. Touted as the competition to NVIDIA’s DLSS 2.0, AMD turned a lot of heads with this upcoming technology. Now, AMD FSR has finally launched, and as per the current benchmarks, it looks quite impressive. However, before we get into the finer details of whether AMD FSR matches up to DLSS, let us tell you everything you need to know about AMD FSR.

We will detail what is AMD FSR, how FidelityFX Super Resolution works, and how to enable it for an improved experience in supported games in this article. So feel free to read the whole thing or use the table below to skip to your desired section.

  • What is AMD FSR?
  • Will AMD FSR Improve My Gameplay?
  • How Does AMD FSR Work?
  • How is AMD FSR Different from NVIDIA DLSS?
  • AMD FSR vs NVIDIA DLSS 2.0: Which is Better?
  • How Do I Enable or Turn on AMD FSR?
  • List of Games That Support AMD FSR (Current and Upcoming)
  • AMD FSR Supported GPUs
  • Request Your Favorite Game to Support AMD FSR

What is AMD FSR?

AMD FidelityFX Super Resolution is AMD’s version of an image upscaling technology that aims to improve a gamer’s overall experience. Launched as the latest effect in AMD Fidelity FX Suite, the company’s open-source image quality toolkit for game developers, AMD FSR will cleanly upscale the edges of in-game objects to create the illusion of a higher render resolution while you are playing at a lower one.

According to AMD’s official blog, “With FidelityFX Super Resolution, gamers can expect to get on average 2.4x the performance when running at 4K in “FSR Performance” mode in select titles.” Plus, you will be pleased to know that AMD FSR will be available on PC as well as next-gen consoles, including Xbox Series S/X and PS5.

AMD’s FSR is the company’s direct competitor to NVIDIA DLSS, another popular upscaling technology that uses its own set of methods to achieve similar results. However, while the technologies seem similar, some differences set them apart from each other (more on this below).

Definitely. Since AMD FSR is aimed at providing higher resolution textures and better framerates without putting a heavy load on gamer’s GPU, players will see an increase in performance in FSR-supported games (check out the list below). The company tested FSR technology in popular games like Godfall, The Riftbreaker, and others on the Radeon RX 6900 XT. You can check out the performance comparison when AMD FSR is turned off and on using the chart below:

Now that you have the gist of what AMD FidelityFX Super Resolution is, let’s talk about how it works.

AMD FSR employs a “cutting edge algorithm” that takes the image rendered at a lower resolution than the native resolution set by the gamer and puts it through two passes (explained below). It makes sure that the output is polished and looks identical to the native resolution.

How is AMD FSR Different from NVIDIA DLSS?

One of the biggest differences between NVIDIA DLSS and AMD FSR is compatibility. DLSS uses a method called Temporal Upscaling that relies on Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Neural networks. DLSS collects data from multiple frames and combines it into one with the help of AI on dedicated tensor cores present on its RTX GPUs. However, these dedicated cores are only present on NVIDIA RTX GPUs and hence are proprietary in nature. That means DLSS is limited to the NVIDIA RTX 20- and 30-series graphics cards.

While AMD FSR improves visual quality and overall performance, early benchmark scores show that it’s not quite the DLSS killer it was touted to be, and for good reason. As we explained above, NVIDIA DLSS 2.0 is a dramatically different technology and employs far more sophisticated means to upscale content.

Recent benchmarks of games like Godfall and Riftbreaker show that FSR makes the output image sharper and clearer, which is easily noticeable while gaming. There is occasional blurriness and softness in games when really pushing FSR to its limits on performance that is not present in DLSS. Keep in mind, since FSR was unveiled recently, so it will be some time before detailed benchmarks are available.

You don’t need to do anything special to enable AMD FSR. You don’t need to tweak any settings from the Radeon Graphics software on your PC. Simply make sure to install the latest drivers for your compatible GPU.

List of Games That Support AMD FSR (Current and Upcoming)

As of writing this article, there are only 7 games that currently support the AMD FSR (FidelityFX Super Resolution) technology on PC. These games as follows:

Here are some upcoming games that will support AMD FSR:

Furthermore, AMD has partnered up with over 40 game developers, so expect more games to support FidelityFX Super Resolution soon.

The following graphic cards support AMD’s FidelityFX Super Resolution technology right now. We will update the list below if AMD decides to bring FSR support to more GPUs or adds new cards to its portfolio.

Apart from Radeon and Nvidia graphics cards, AMD FSR will also be available on next-gen consoles, including

Bonus: Request Your Favorite Game to Support AMD FSR

For the ones who are excited about AMD FSR but can’t find their favorite game on the above list, don’t worry. AMD has started a small survey where you can fill a short form asking for FSR support for up to three games. If enough people submit the same game, AMD will move it up the list and bring FSR to it faster than other titles. So fill out this official form and put in your favorite games for an enhanced gaming experience.