Nintendo Switch Supports AMD FSR
It seems that Twitter user @NWPlayer discovered it, but it is said that it may be used in the game called Nintendo Switch Sports in the future.
found an interesting license from Nintendo Switch Sports, lists FidelityFX Super Resolution (FSR) pic.twitter.com/cfQKslK6Sg
— Nikki™ ???? (@NWPlayer123) February 16, 2022
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I found an interesting license from Nintendo Switch Sports and listed FidelityFX Super Resolution (FSR)
FSR is AMD's alternative to NVIDIA's DLSS (Deep Learning Super Sampling) that uses neural networks to render at a lower resolution and upscale for higher framerates, except FSR has to be implemented per-game
— Nikki™ (@NWPlayer123) February 16, 2022
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FSR is an alternative to NVIDIA’s DLSS (Deep Learning Super Sampling), which renders at low resolution using neural networks and upscales at high frame rates, unless you need to implement FSR on a per-game basis. To do.
Note: it seems like Nintendo just added FSR to their “agl” library for graphics/lighting, not available to third parties
Also I take it back, FSR doesn’t use any machine learning data, is just a very fancy algorithm
Here’s a good link for technical details https://t.co/HybKhPkpVx— Nikki™ ???? (@NWPlayer123) February 16, 2022
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Note: Nintendo only seems to have added FSR to the “agl” library for graphics / lighting and is not available to third parties.
It also withdraws that FSR does not use machine learning data, it is simply a very elaborate algorithm.
For technical details, the following links will help.
Looking at the series of tweets, it seems that it was just added to Nintendo’s library for writing, but it sounds ironic that AMD’s technology is used for nVidia’s SoC.
FSR has been a hot topic for a while as a counter to nVidia’s DLSS, but unlike DLSS, it is known to be just a kind of sharpness filter that does not require intermediate data created by a supercomputer.
DLSS requires a Tensor core, but FSR is not required, so it can be run on older or third-party GPUs.
nVidia has released NIS, which is a similar technology, as open source, but it seems that FSR is used because FSR is easier to use.
Something sounds a bit humiliating to nVidia.
There are several types of open source, but in many cases the license terms are not possible for commercial use or there are various problems, but AMD’s FSR is released under the open source MIT license, here. Can be used for commercial purposes without any problems.
Valve, which sells Steam Deck, which is said to be a rival of Switch, makes FSR of Steam Deck available for all games through Gamescope.
It has long been said that the Nintendo Switch will be released as a new model with 4K mode.
It has also been rumored that DLSS will be used for 4K mode.
Unfortunately, the new model released in 2021 was equipped with organic EL, but the specifications were the same as the conventional model.
Like the previous model, this OLED Switch is equipped with Tegra X1, which is a SoC several generations ago, and the iGPU is equipped with the Maxwell architecture of 256 CUDA cores.
Maxwell is the same generation as the Geforce 900 series, so you can see how old it is.
refer to:Nintendo Switch OLED, released October 8th, priced at US $ 350
As explained in the above article, the first Switch will be released in 2017, and the update cycle of Nintendo’s stationary machine is 5-6 years, so if you follow that example, the next full model change will be this year (2022) or next year (2022) 2023).
In addition, since the model change of the portable device is complicated and difficult to understand, Switch is said to be between the portable device and the stationary device, so the update cycle of the stationary device is referred to.
Nintendo Switch Sport is a game set for soccer, volleyball, bowling, tennis, badminton, chambera, etc., all using the Nintendo Joy-Con controller.
The game hasn’t been released yet, but we’ll be testing online play soon (February 19th).
Release is scheduled for April 29th.