FSR “Redstone” is here, and it’s the future of gaming

FSR “Redstone” is now available

FSR “Redstone” has arrived, highlighting the future of AMD Radeon and gaming

AMD has started the next chapter of AMD’s FSR journey. FSR started with upscaling, but it has since expanded to include several new and exciting features. With “Redstone”, AMD has abandoned its numbered naming scheme for FSR. It has even taken the controversial step of changing what FSR means. FSR now stands for more than just “FidelityFX Super Resolution”. FSR is now a brand that covers a suite of ML-enhanced gaming technologies.

AMD’s FSR “Redstone” started with FSR 4 and its “ML Upscaling” feature. Today, FSR 4 is now called “FSR Upscaling” and sits under the FSR “Redstone” banner. Starting today, all FSR “Redstone” features will be available to developers via GPUOpen, enabling direct game integrations.

FSR “Redstone” is about more than upscaling

FSR “Redstone” is how AMD’s preparing for the future of gaming. It is a suite of ML-powered technologies designed to enhance graphical fidelity and game performance. Redstone’s FSR Upscaling and FSR Frame Generation use machine learning (ML) to deliver increased image quality over their older “analytical” versions. Radiance Caching and Ray Regeneration are designed to accelerate and enhance the image quality of ray tracing in games.

This tech will be useful for RDNA 4-based gaming PCs and future consoles. As such, it can be said that this technology will define the next generation of gaming.

AMD FSR feature support by architecture

AMD’s new FSR “Redstone” features are designed explicitly for AMD’s RDNA 4 graphics cards and their AI capabilities. Sadly, this means that AMD’s new ML-powered AI features will not be compatible with older AMD RDNA GPUs. ML Upscaling, Frame Generation, Ray Reconstruction, and Radiance Caching will not be available on AMD RDNA, RDNA 2, RDNA 3, and RDNA 3.5 GPUs.

Over the next few pages, we will discuss AMD’s new FSR Redstone features in depth.