Microsoft demonstrates rival DLSS running natively on Windows

Microsoft demonstrates rival DLSS running natively on Windows


Microsoft demonstrates the upscaling potential of the automatic Super Resolution, native to Windows, with significant advantages in terms of quality and performance; watch

A Microsoft has published the first official comparisons of Automatic Super Resolution on the official developer forum. With technology AI-assisted image resizing system performed directly on the image layer operating systemwithout rely on proprietary GPU technologiesAutoSR impresses, boosting frame rates by between 30% and 40% in QuadHD (1440p) resolutions.

Although it is not tied to GPUs, the technology still depends on the presence of specific hardware, in this case the NPUs. So much so that Microsoft doesn’t release AutoSR in general software updates. windows 11, at least so far.

The company offers a temporary exclusivity for NPUs Copilot+PC with Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite processors. However, the trend is the latter processors with NPU Starting to become a trend in the market, the update reaches the general public, already integrated into the basic version of Windows.

Less stress on low-end GPUs

Technologies like Intel XeSS, NVIDIADLSS AND OMG FSR carries out the expansion changing the way games render images, adding extra steps during the process. Since each graphics solution does this differently, the end result varies greatly and depends directly on the resources available to the GPU to perform the scaling.




The difference with Automatic Super Resolution is that it performs the same process automatically and directly on the NPU, without the need for generate additional information and processes for the GPUs. The result is a significant performance improvement, with greater clarity in larger textures, even on simpler graphics chips.

The AutoSR support page lists only 11 games officially compatible with the technologybut, during one of the launch events of the Co-pilot+PC, some guests have reported this Baldur’s Gate 3, which is not listed, was used as an example with impressive results.

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