AMD has set a release date of December 10th for FSR Redstone, as we reported earlier . It's not entirely clear that even RDNA 4 gamers should be specifically excited about that date, though; this isn't a driver feature gamers can tick to enjoy immediately. Instead, it's up to game developers to implement support for the new rendering technologies into their games. Admittedly, FSR 4 upscaling can be toggled in the driver to "upgrade" some FSR 3 games to FSR 4 upscaling, but Redstone seems more complex, and we'd be surprised if the same method worked. We won't know for sure until it actually comes out next month.
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ekio The "Redstone" versioning in the naming is an mistake. PCIe versions, PlayStation, etc these products never changer the number nomenclature, and on the long term, it's what people like. Parralely, USB and XBox who went the stupid changing name way for short term attention are facing criticism for how unclear their versions are now… AMD simplifying all their post process techs under a unique FSR name is a good thing. FidelityFX was a bit too G4M3rz of a name anyway. Reply
LordVile ekio said: The "Redstone" versioning in the naming is an mistake. PCIe versions, PlayStation, etc these products never changer the number nomenclature, and on the long term, it's what people like. Parralely, USB and XBox who went the stupid changing name way for short term attention are facing criticism for how unclear their versions are now… AMD simplifying all their post process techs under a unique FSR name is a good thing. FidelityFX was a bit too G4M3rz of a name anyway. Not really it’s just a codename. Reply
-Fran- I'm almost certain these dumb dumbs are using AI for their marketing decisions. I mean, how else could they be so friggen stupid? Regards. Reply
ravewulf FSR has enough brand recognition that it's probably fine, and definitely easier to say and remember Reply
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