There’s more than one kind of optimized upscaling for games. Nvidia does it (DLSS), AMD does it (FSR), Intel does it (XeSS). And you might be surprised to hear that Microsoft does it, right there in Windows. Auto Super Resolution has been quietly spreading out to more and more hardware, and this week it comes to laptops and desktops with the latest chips.
That’s not just a big deal for Core Ultra Series 3 laptops, which are the newest and coolest thing on a Best Buy shelf that no one can afford. It’s a big deal for the Arc G3 series, which are the chips in the coolest handheld gaming PCs that no one can afford, like the Predator Atlas 8. The majority of these devices are coming with Windows, so while FSR and XeSS are both options, it’s interesting to get an upscaling tool from the native operating system. It’s also enhanced by NPUs, so finally they can do something if you’re not trying to generate slop.