- AMD plans to make the Radeon 9000-series exclusive FSR 4 open source soon.
- Its code was leaked last year, which led modders to use it to enable FSR 4 on older GPUs.
- This seems like a good idea as AMD focuses a lot on being universal and open source.
AMD introduced its upscaling tech, FSR, as a direct competitor to Nvidia’s DLSS. At first, it was nowhere near the quality of DLSS, but over time, it has gotten a lot better. What really helps is the wide availability of FSR compared to DLSS.
Currently, FSR 4 is AMD’s top-tier upscaling tech and is exclusive to RDNA 4-based Radeon 7000 series. However, earlier this year, the FSR 4 code leaked into the wild, but now AMD seems to be planning to make it open-source anyway.
Why it matters: AMD quickly took down the leaked code, but even then, people had gotten access to it, and modders used it to enable FSR 4 on older-gen GPUs. So, now they could make it an official thing soon.
Tom’s Hardware revealed that during CES, AMD’s president of GPU Technologies and Chief Software Officer Andrej Zdravković hinted that FSR 4 would soon be made open source, although the core technology will remain a secret.
AMD intends to work as openly as possible. [Making FSR 4 open-source] is the long-term plan
– Andrej Zdravković
When it was announced as Radeon 9000 exclusive, people were surprised, because AMD has always been about keeping things open source. For context, you specifically need an Nvidia card for DLSS, but FSR is universal.
Now, considering that the tech is already out in the wild, it makes sense for AMD to officially open source it. FSR 4 is a big upgrade over its older versions, and it can help breathe new life into older RDNA and even Nvidia GPUs.
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