It's surprising to see AMD doesn't want to provide FSR 4 support to RDNA 3.5-based integrated graphics.
AMD Strips Ryzen AI 300 and 400 Series APUs of FSR 4.1 Support as The Company Doesn't Have Any Plans for RDNA 3.5
We all loved the moment when AMD announced that FSR 4.1 support would be coming to the RDNA 2 and RDNA 3 GPUs. With the introduction of INT8 FSR 4.1, the RDNA 3, aka Radeon RX 7000, GPUs will soon get FSR 4.1 support in July, and the upscaler is also getting readied for RDNA, aka Radeon RX 6000, GPUs, for early 2027. The decision came a long time after the release of FSR 4.0 on RDNA 4 GPUs, even though the INT8 FSR 4.0 was available unofficially.
Since RDNA 2 and RDNA 3 are both included for future FSR 4.1 support, one would expect that AMD would naturally offer FSR 4.1 support to newer architectures like RDNA 3.5. However, it appears that AMD has no plans to extend the support to its APU stack. As reported by Hardware Luxx, the company is not planning to bring FSR 4.1 to RDNA 3.5-based integrated graphics. The report says that David McAfee informed the outlet that FSR 4.1 is "not planned" for RDNA 3.5.
The report also indicates that the decision is more in the direction of a "no" to FSR 4.1 on RDNA 3.5, which would mean we would likely see no FSR 4.1 support on RDNA 3.5 in the near future. It's shocking, considering that the RDNA 3.5 can also run FSR 4.1 INT8 on the Ryzen AI 300 and 400 chips. There are currently several APU families that run on the RDNA 3.5 architecture, such as Strix Point, Strix Halo, Krackan Point, and the refreshes such as Gorgon Point and Gorgon Halo.
These APUs offer powerful integrated graphics such as Radeon 890M and up to Radeon 8060S that offer performance equivalent to budget discrete GPUs. With the help of FSR 4.1, users would be able to improve visual fidelity without having to compromise much on performance, considering FSR 4.1 offers excellent visual stability even on Balanced presets.
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