FSR 2.0 Tested with Deathloop - A Huge Win for AMD

[WYP]

AMD's FidelityFX Super Resolution Technology has launched, but how does it compare to DLSS and FSR 1.0? Let's find out.



Have a look at AMD's FSR 2.0 technology.

 

[ET3D]

I'm waiting for the source code to be released, to see if any enterprising developers can improve performance with minimal cost to image quality, like this was done for FSR 1.0.

 

[AngryGoldfish]

Wow, that looks really good!

 

[MiNo]

As for 'better than the real thing' : Is "sharper" always 'better' ?


I'm not so sure. On plenty of visual media, 'sharpening' is often added but for me it reduces quality. Obviously so, since you are modifying the original source to create an illusion of clarity - but sharpening is not making things more clear. Nor is FSR. It replaces actual data with guesses and adds sharpening.


If the creator (the game studio) did not want the image to be super-sharp, are you improving it or degrading it when you 'enforce' sharpening? On the other hard, if the creator failed to get a image as sharp as they really wanted - one could argue you are now adding quality.



Sort of similar, you can turn up the treble and bass to music, and many will say it sounds better. But it is now a less correct representation of the original.


So how do we define "better"? Is it simply what people like? Or is it reproducing imagery as close to the creators intent?



It would be interesting to hear from the creators of Deathloop, what they think of the result. If they could say so without being afraid of AMD.

 

[WYP]

As for 'better than the real thing' : Is "sharper" always 'better' ?


I'm not so sure. On plenty of visual media, 'sharpening' is often added but for me it reduces quality. Obviously so, since you are modifying the original source to create an illusion of clarity - but sharpening is not making things more clear. Nor is FSR. It replaces actual data with guesses and adds sharpening.


If the creator (the game studio) did not want the image to be super-sharp, are you improving it or degrading it when you 'enforce' sharpening? On the other hard, if the creator failed to get a image as sharp as they really wanted - one could argue you are now adding quality.

Sort of similar, you can turn up the treble and bass to music, and many will say it sounds better. But it is now a less correct representation of the original.


So how do we define "better"? Is it simply what people like? Or is it reproducing imagery as close to the creators intent?



It would be interesting to hear from the creators of Deathloop, what they think of the result. If they could say so without being afraid of AMD.

I don't think Deathloop's devs are afraid of AMD. They have done AMD a huge favour by adding FSR to their title.

As far as sharpness goes, FSR 2.0 has a sharpness slider that can be lowered to suit your preference. By default, the slider is set to max, and in some areas the game may benefit from dialling this back a little.

When it comes to looks, things are going to be very subjective in most cases. This is especially true for sharpening, as everyone has a different taste.