AMD promises to bring improved, hardware-backed FSR 4 upscaling to older Radeon GPUs
Summary
AMD announced that its improved FSR 4 upscaling technology, which was originally only for the newest Radeon RX 9000 GPUs, will soon work on older Radeon GPUs starting in July. Support will begin with Radeon RX 7000 series and integrated GPUs, then expand to older RDNA2-based GPUs like the RX 6000 series and the Steam Deck in early 2027.Key Facts
- AMD’s FSR 4 is a graphics upscaling technology that improves image quality with hardware help.
- Initially, FSR 4 worked only on the latest RDNA4-based Radeon RX 9000 GPUs.
- Starting July, FSR 4 will support RDNA3/3.5 GPUs, including Radeon RX 7000 series and some integrated GPUs.
- In early 2027, support will extend to RDNA2 GPUs like the Radeon RX 6000 series and devices like the Steam Deck.
- Older GPUs use a different type of hardware (INT8 instead of FP8) causing potential performance or image quality differences.
- Early tests show older GPUs might see a 10-20% performance drop running FSR 4 compared to older FSR versions.
- AMD plans a driver update to enable FSR 4.1 on supported older GPUs.
- FSR competes with Nvidia’s DLSS, which is usually more widely supported and hardware-accelerated.
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