- AMD officially unveils the next generation of FSR technology codenamed ‘Diamond.’
- The upscaling technology is now said to be exclusive to RDNA 5 architecture.
- It introduces multi-frame generation for the first time on AMD GPUs and will be available on Xbox Project Helix.
Today, Microsoft revealed key hardware details for its next-gen Xbox console, which would be based on AMD’s new iteration of its FSR upscaling technology. Shortly after, AMD’s SVP and GM Jack Huynh confirmed the codename for the new technology, which is currently referred to as FSR ‘Diamond.’
While the RDNA 5 (aka UDNA) architecture isn’t yet officially confirmed for Project Helix, rumors suggest do indicate as such. Furthermore, an insider has now confirmed that FSR Diamond will be exclusive to RDNA 5 and won’t be available for older GPUs.
Why it matters: AMD will lag behind in competition if it doesn’t continue to support its older GPUs, which makes them quickly outdated as newer technology arrives.
Under the shared link to an article that questioned whether FSR Diamond would be RDNA 5 exclusive, insider Kepler_L2 replied, confirming that it would indeed be locked to AMD’s newer architecture.
This is a similar situation to what previously happened with FSR 4, which was locked to RDNA 4 GPUs. Even though the leaked INT8 file was able to unlock the upscaler to RDNA 2 and 3, AMD still hasn’t officially updated support for these older GPUs.
Meanwhile, DLSS 4 is available on RTX 2000 cards, too, without the luxury of frame generation.
On that note, FSR Diamond will finally bring multi-frame generation to AMD cards for the first time. One reason FSR Diamond could be locked to RDNA 5 is the newer AI/ML acceleration features that would help enable this upscaling technology.
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