It’s already possible to get AMD’s framerate-enhancing FSR 4 boost on portable devices as old as the Steam Deck, but in June, AMD reserved the right to disappoint portable gamers by not officially bringing FSR 4 to older portable devices. Now, AMD consumer chip chief Jack Huynh says that willpower bring the technology to some handheld computers before the end of the year.
What portable devices? It is still unclear whether it will reach existing portable devices, or if you’ll need a new one to get it, because it comes along with the news that AMD is launching a new FSR4-compatible chip.
“We will expand the machine learning AI-based FSR4 technology, which was first introduced in existing external graphics cards, to the entire product line, including APUs, gaming laptops and wearable devices, by the end of this year,” Huynh told a Korean publication. the electric (via Google Translate). “We plan to respond in two directions: launching existing APUs and new product lines.”
When AMD threw some cold water on the idea of FSR 4 for existing portable devices, said executive David McAfee. Tom’s Guide that “we want to make sure the experience and quality are right” and that AMD would need “a sufficient amount of compute within that product” for FSR 4 to make sense. Maybe some older laptop chips qualify, while some older laptop chips don’t.
Valve has said it is working with AMD to bring FSR 4 to the Steam Machine console-level AMD APU, but has not yet committed to doing the same for Steam Deck laptops.
AMD did not immediately respond to a request to clarify Huynh’s statement.
