Xbox Series X just beat PS5 to this killer AMD graphics upgrade

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Xbox Series Ten only beat PS5 to this killer AMD graphics upgrade

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The Xbox Serial 10 just got a salubrious graphics update. It'south all thanks to AMD'southward 'FidelityFX' engineering, which has but been added to the Series X and Xbox Serial S' Game Development Kits (via VideoCardz).

Not only does this hateful the next-gen Xbox consoles tin now get similar graphics boosts as AMD-powered PCs, information technology gives the Xbox Series X a major boost over the PS5.

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FidelityFX is a piece of AI-powered software that is able to offer a number of adaptive graphics enhancements for developers to include in their games. That includes variable shading, image sharpening, ambient occlusion, screen space reflections and more.

The point being that the visuals of a game can get a significant upgrade, without game operation being sacrificed in the process. That's going to exist especially useful for the Xbox Series S, which is notable for having less impressive hardware than the larger and more than powerful Series X.

Unfortunately, since FidelityFX has but but been added to Xbox's development kits, it's going to exist a while earlier you'll exist able to feel all its benefits. After all game development takes time, even if the developers decide it's worth retro-actively adding FidelityFX enhancements to previously-released titles.

There's no word on FidelityFX coming to PS5, which is going to disappoint the people lucky enough to selection up Sony's latest console. But, this isn't to say that it will never happen.

Especially since the PS5 uses like AMD hardware to the Xbox Series Ten, packing in a 3.5GHz Zen 2 CPU and a ten.28-teraflop RDNA 2 GPU. So it's not similar there are going to be hardware compatibility issues to worry about.

Information technology'll all be down to AMD and Sony coming to an arrangement, and making certain PS5 development kits can access the same tech. Permit's just hope that information technology happens sooner, rather than afterward. Especially with all the large PS5 exclusives titles on the way.

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