DLSS / FSR

Upscaling technologies that allow games to render at a lower resolution and use AI or algorithms to reconstruct a higher-resolution image, recovering performance lost to demanding settings like ray tracing. DLSS (Deep Learning Super Sampling) is NVIDIA's AI-powered upscaler, exclusive to RTX GPUs. FSR (FidelityFX Super Resolution) is AMD's open-source alternative, compatible with virtually any GPU including NVIDIA cards. Both allow players to significantly improve frame rates with minimal perceived visual quality loss. Intel's XeSS is a third competing upscaler.