Per last night’s Sony State of Play, PS5 darling and supposedly rather good action-dad adventure God of War Ragnarök is coming to PC on September 19th 2024. The good news is that the port, co-developed by Jetpack Interactive and original makers Santa Monica Studio, will pack in all the DLSS 3, FSR 3, and ultrawide what-have-yous that one might expect from a big, monied PC release. The bad, silly, clearly pointless news is that it will need a PlayStation Network (PSN) account, despite the complete lack of multiplayer.

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While I’ve always thought the race towards graphical hyperrealism isn’t as pervasive as it's often perceived, Senua's Saga: Hellblade 2 is definitely one of those games. The kind that probably has twelve artists dedicated to the recreation of visible pores, that sort of thing. It’s so focused on looking pretty that it hasn’t even noticed the title and subtitle got mixed up.

Sure enough, Hellblade 2 is a harsh test for older hardware, with a heavy reliance on DLSS or FSR upscaling to keep performance sweet. That said, it’s no Dragons Dogma 2-style technical horrorshow either. A happy balance of visuals and smoothness is attainable on plush PCs and low-end laptops alike, while DLSS 3 frame generation can deliver an effective kick in the framerate pants on RTX 40 series GPUs.

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AMD GPUOpen - Graphics and game developer resources

Learn about our GDC 2024 activities, including AMD FSR 3.1, AMD FidelityFX Brixelizer, work graphs, mesh shaders, tools, CPU, and more.

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AMD GPUOpen - Graphics and game developer resources

This update to our AMD FSR 3 UE5 plugin provides improved UI rendering quality with DX12, improved generation of reactive mask for translucent elements + small bug fixes. FSR 3 source also updated on GitHub.

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AMD GPUOpen - Graphics and game developer resources

Our GDC 2024 presentations this year include work graphs, mesh shaders, AMD FSR 3, GI with AMD FidelityFX Brixelizer, AMD Ryzen optimization, RGD, RDTS, and GPU Reshape!

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Welcome to Should You Bother With, a new, hopefully somewhat regular RPS column where I’ll investigate the quirkier niches that PC gaming hardware has to offer. Through trial and testing, together we’ll find out which of these products and features are technological red herrings – and which are the genuine innovations that deserve your attention.

First up on the lab table: AMD Fluid Motion Frames!

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Since I’m apparently on survival game duty for the rest of my days, and we’ve just had a firm reminder of how wobbly an early access launch can be, it seems like a good time to check in on that there Sons Of The Forest 1.0 release and see whether it’s felt the effects of its own early access polishing process.

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Discover frame generation with AMD FidelityFX™ Super Resolution 3, and get the source code and documentation!

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AMD GPUOpen - Graphics and game developer resources

Our new AMD FidelityFX Super Resolution (FSR) 3 plugin guide for Unreal Engine guides you the installation and configuration process.

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