[Update 09/10 - 5:33 PM] Following the article publication, Sony reached out to us to clarify that it's a new version of the PSSR upscaler powered by the same algorithm powering AMD FSR 4, co-developed as part of the Amethyst joint project by AMD and Sony that will hit PlayStation 5 Pro next year, and not AMD FSR 4. The original story follows with the appropriate corrections.
[Original Story] The new version of the PSSR upscaler powered by the same algorithm powering AMD FSR 4 will come to PlayStation 5 Pro early next year, according to rumors circulating online.
In a new video shared a few days ago on YouTube, Moore's Law is Dead commented on when support for the new version of the upscaling tech is expected to hit the system, saying that it should come in the first quarter of 2026, together with or shortly after AMD FSR 4 support for RDNA 3 GPUs, which may come as early as in the final months of 2025.
Although Moore's Law is Dead proved reliable regarding PlayStation leaks in the past few months being the first to reveal the AI-powered PlayStation Spectral Super Resolution upscaler, we have to take what was revealed in the video above with a pinch of salt. Lead System Architect Mark Cerny confirmed that a new version of PSSR powered by the algorithm co-developed with AMD as part of the Amethyst project is coming to PlayStation 5 Pro sometime in 2026, however, so there's a very good chance that it is indeed coming in the first few months of the year as MLiD revealed.
While a new version of PSSR powered by the new algorithm is coming to PlayStation 5 Pro next year, very little is known about how it will improve the current version of the upscalerKnown AMD insider KeplerL2 revealed back in July that the system is not capable of running the same model used on RDNA 4 GPUs, as the console lacks FP8 support, meaning that some work will have to be done for the console to run the full version of the tech. In addition, it seems like existing games will have to be patched, as the current version of PSSR doesn't allow system-level DLL swaps.
Even with the sometimes average implementation of the PSSR upscaler, the PlayStation 5 Pro is still a worthy purchase for demanding console games that want to experience PlayStation 5 games at the very best. You can learn more about what the system has to offer by checking out Kai's review.
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