AMD FSR, the FidelityFX Super Resolution spatial upscaling technique, has been among Wccftech's most covered topics in the past month. Many game developers already pointed out the ease of integration, but no one - perhaps not even AMD - could imagine how quickly modders would be able to add it to existing games.
The first example comes from NarutoUA, who managed to replace Grand Theft Auto V's internal upscaler with FSR without even having access to the open source code, which AMD still has to share publicly. You can download the mod from this page; just follow the installation guide below to try it yourself.
Installation:
- Get the latest release
- Copy
d3d11.dllandgta5_fsr.inito Grand Theft Auto V root folder (e.g. \Steam\steamapps\common\Grand Theft Auto V)- Go to ingame settings
Advanced Graphics Settingsand setFrame scaling mode:
- 0.5x - Performance Mode
- 0.667x - Balanced Mode
- 0.75x - Quality Mode
- 0.883x - Ultra Quality Mode
- Check
gta5_fsr.inifile if you need more control over mod settingsCompatibility:
ENB FiveM RAGE.MP ✔️1 ❓ ❓
- Rename this mod
d3d11.dlltod3d11_fsr.dlland editenblocal.inifile:[PROXY] EnableProxyLibrary=true InitProxyFunctions=true ProxyLibrary=d3d11_fsr.dll
NarutoUA also provided a gameplay video. As you can see below, FSR provides a much sharper image than the original upscaling method of Grand Theft Auto V.
This looks like it's only the beginning of fan-made implementations of AMD's FidelityFX Super Resolution. Most games these days offer a built-in resolution scaling feature, which could be replaced in a similar way for better results. We'll surely keep an eye out for these mods and fan projects.
Granted, a native implementation will most likely be better, and many developers already pledged their support to AMD's FSR; we'll have more on that shortly. Meanwhile, NVIDIA continues to expand and improve its Deep Learning Super Sampling (DLSS) image reconstruction technique, with an Ultra Quality mode discovered (albeit non-functional as of yet) just yesterday in the Unreal Engine 5 documentation.
About the author: With over two decades of experience in gaming journalism, Alessio Palumbo has led the gaming vertical at Wccftech since August 2015. He started working at a young age for Italian websites like Everyeye.it, Gamestar.it, Nextgame.it, and Multiplayer.it before kickstarting the indie English-language publication Worlds Factory as its founder and Editor in Chief. In the last decade, he has coordinated the overall output of Wccftech's gaming section, managed PR relations, assigned reviews, produced daily news coverage, edited gaming content as needed, and delivered game reviews. Arguably, his trademark content is the long series of exclusive developer interviews that have been cited by Wikipedia and by the biggest news media and gaming publications. His passion for technology also makes him knowledgeable when it comes to gaming hardware and tech. His favorite genres include RPGs, MMORPGs, and action/adventure games.
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