AMD launch FSR 2.1 for sharper GPU upscaling Rock Paper Shotgun Support us Join our newsletter Visit our store Sign in / Create account If you click on a link and make a purchase we may receive a small commission. Read our editorial policy. AMD launch FSR 2.1 for sharper GPU upscaling DLSS rival promises better image quality and less ghosting News by James Archer Hardware Editor Published on Sept. 8, 2022 3 comments FSR 2.0 – AMD's graphics card-powered upscaling tech for boosting games performance – already has a newer, prettier version. AMD have announced FSR 2.1, which is available to developers immediately, and has made its playable debut via a Farming Simulator 22 update – just a couple of days after FSR 2.0 got its latest big-name backing from Red Dead Redemption 2. According to AMD's GPUOpen site, FSR 2.1 mainly focuses on reducing the ghosting effect that FSR 2.0 (and, let's be honest, the original FSR 1.0) can sometimes add when it's enabled. The latest version also supposedly improves upscaling and "temporal stability" in certain cases, so when it pieces together a higher-resolution frame from the initial, lower-res render, it should result in a sharper picture that more accurately matches the 'true' image. It will still run on both AMD and Nvidia GPUs, unlike its archnemesis DLSS, which needs a GeForce RTX graphics card. Oh hey, there's an FSR 2.0 vs 2.1 comparison video as well: Speaking of DLSS, I'm intrigued to see whether this update can press the quality gap between Nvidia and AMD's upscalers even tighter. Despite FSR 2.0's improvements over 1.0, and the hardware hard-to-get of DLSS, the latter is usually the one I'll use when given the choice, and access to it is no small part of why most of today's best graphics cards are Nvidia models. It's just always looked closer to native resolution than any version of FSR thus far, and is often capable of matching FSR's FPS performance improvements. DLSS is also available in a much wider range of games, though to be fair, it's had years to make up that lead over FSR 2.0, which only launched earlier in 2022. AMD also confirmed that FSR 2.1 will come to Hitman 3, but that's it in terms of confirmed supporting games. As for FSR 2.0, which AMD is now calling FSR 2, it sounds like that will continue to find its way into both upcoming and already-released games despite the arrival of an enhanced version. Indeed, an FSR 2.0 update for Cyberpunk 2077 is in the works, and it's set for support in games like Scorn and Lies of P on their respective releases. More News Jack King-Spooner's next handcrafted game has a teaser demo out Judero brings chat and action in the Scottish Borders Alice O'Connor 17 hours ago 1 If you were hoping for any Overwatch 2 balance changes then you'll have to wait until season two The next season begins in December CJ Wheeler 18 hours ago 3 The Dead Space remake will chuck random Necromorphs at you as you wander the Ishimura In space, no one can hear you proper bricking it CJ Wheeler 18 hours ago 8 Valve register mysterious new Neon Prime trademark in the US It doesn’t seem to be for a particularly colourful Steam Deck CJ Wheeler 20 hours ago 11 Latest Articles What are we all playing this weekend? Well? Alice O'Connor an hour ago 21 Past Wordle answers Here's an archive of previous Wordle words Ollie Toms 2 hours ago 1 Wordle answer today (Saturday 15 October) Hints and the answer to today's Wordle word Rebecca Jones 9 hours ago Overwatch 2 hero tier list Which are the best heroes in Overwatch 2? Ollie Toms 16 hours ago Supporters Only You're probably better than me at One Many Nobody You go on without… uh, you? Sin Vega 17 hours ago Supporter podcast - The Nate Files episode 13: dry bones Bad science is also FUN science! Alice Bell 18 hours ago Japanese dating show Love Wagon has surprising parallels with Yakuza and Persona My new obsession Ed Thorn 2 days ago If you're hankering after Bayonetta 3, Valkyrie Elysium might be a good substitute It's not out on PC until next month, but the console demo has been a surprise charmer Katharine Castle 1 week ago 4 We've been talking, and we think that you should wear clothes Total coincidence, but we sell some clothes Buy RPS stuff here