AMD expands FSR 4.1 to RX 6000 and more devices

AMD has made FSR 4.1 upscaling available for Radeon RX 6000-series graphics cards and announced plans to extend the technology to selected Ryzen-powered laptops and handhelds, as well as Xbox Series X|S consoles. The graphics-card support is included in Adrenalin Edition 26.10.1 drivers; console support is forthcoming, with no release date announced. The expansion brings AMD’s latest upscaling version to older hardware than the Radeon RX 9000-series cards it initially supported. AMD had previously said RX 6000 support was planned for 2027, but the company has now released it ahead of that timetable. The RX 6000 series uses RDNA 2 architecture and includes cards first released in 2020. AMD says it adapted an INT8 model originally created for RX 7000-series GPUs to work on RX 6000 cards. The company demonstrated FSR 4.1 on an RX 6800 XT and described the update as improving image quality over FSR 3.1. Those performance and visual-quality claims come from AMD; the reports did not include independent testing across the newly supported hardware. Planned support extends to Ryzen AI Max systems, laptops powered by selected Ryzen 9 processors, and handhelds using Ryzen Z2-series...