We don't usually talk much about video games, unless they are highly renowned titles or they make a technical marvel, which is what we are talking about on this occasion because of the use that Splatoon 3 makes of FidelityFX Super Resolution (FSR). The third installment of NInetndo's console-exclusive shooter based on the mechanics of painting the scenery, it's not a particularly demanding game and stands out above all for being one of the few titles of the genre on the console and having no competition.
But that doesn't matter much here now, as Splatoon 3 has recently been seen to use AMD's FidelityFX Super Resolution technology. For those who find this to be news of a Nintendo game and have no context: FidelityFX Super Resolution is an AMD software that, in order to maintain a stable frame rate per second, uses artificial intelligence and rescaling algorithms to generate a lower resolution image to then constantly enlarge it.
Nintendo turns to AMD's FidelityFX Super Resolution technology to keep Splatoon 3 stable
Normally, Nintendo does not usually use outside work for its games because they like to have everything very controlled, so this FidelityFX Super Resolution use case is remarkable. It should be said that the version they use is 1.0, and not 2.0. They differ in that 2.0, which uses temporal stretching, using data from previous frames; while 1.0 uses spatial stretching based only on the current frame data.
This rescaling is being used a lot in graphics cards that were once mid-range and today are close to not exceeding the minimums required by current games. It is a way to maintain good performance on such graphics cards. Applied to Nintendo Switch, they allow their graphics, using a low-end graphics chosen to offer better battery life; can be improved and more stable without having to upgrade the hardware.
In a game like Splatoon 3, a multiplayer title, the AMD FidelityFX Super Resolution that it uses allows it to maintain a stable frame rate per second and close to sixty frames per second for a stable image. Quite possibly we will see how more Nintendo Switch titles take advantage of both FidelityFX Super Resolution, since the graphics come from an AMD APU; to offer a better graphic quality in the technical and visual aspects.
Source: TechRadar