God of War Can Hit 30+ FPS at 1080p on Radeon 660M iGPU with AMD FidelityFX Super Resolution 2.0

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TechEpiphany has shared a new YouTube video that demonstrates how much of a boon modern upsampling technologies can be for gamers who have to cope with weaker graphics hardware.

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[Zarathustra]

Uh, congratulations I guess? They used every trick in the goddamn book, and only got to "almost playable" frame rates?

Maybe if you play with a controller you won't notice, but on mouse and keyboard this would still be unbearable.

 

[DrezKill]

Maybe if you play with a controller you won't notice, but on mouse and keyboard this would still be unbearable.

It doesn't matter what the control scheme is, 30fps is not 60+ fps. It hurts the same way no matter what.

 

[Zarathustra]

It doesn't matter what the control scheme is, 30fps is not 60+ fps. It hurts the same way no matter what.

I've always found that the most noticeable part of low frame rates is the lag in mouse response as it is so precise.

The lite thumb joysticks on a console controller are horribly imprecise, so they hide some of the lack of frame rate.

 

[DrezKill]

The lite thumb joysticks on a console controller are horribly imprecise, so they hide some of the lack of frame rate.

Unfortunately not anywhere near enough. I've played too many controller-based games at 30fps on consoles, and getting to play some of those at 60+ fps (on either PC or a newer console) is a massive world of difference. You're right though, mouse input does suffer the most, given its extreme precision. Also a reason why I usually like to play with VSYNC off, cuz I don't like what VSYNC does to mouse feel. VSYNC off is not often a choice you get to have on consoles.

 

[Zarathustra]

Unfortunately not anywhere near enough. I've played too many controller-based games at 30fps on consoles, and getting to play some of those at 60+ fps (on either PC or a newer console) is a massive world of difference. You're right though, mouse input does suffer the most, given its extreme precision. Also a reason why I usually like to play with VSYNC off, cuz I don't like what VSYNC does to mouse feel. VSYNC off is not often a choice you get to have on consoles.

Just get some form of adaptive sync monitor (G-Sync, Free-Sync, VRR) and have the best of both worlds. V-sync off and no tearing.

Having experienced it myself, I would never go back. I consider it a must now.

 

[DrezKill]

Just get some form of adaptive sync monitor (G-Sync, Free-Sync, VRR) and have the best of both worlds. V-sync off and no tearing.

Having experienced it myself, I would never go back. I consider it a must now.

Already using such a monitor on my PC. Got it last year (actually it's my second VRR monitor, I had one before that for less than a year, ended up selling it). I first experienced VRR in 2019. VRR is probably my favorite display technology of the last 20 years. Like you, I would never go back, and I too consider it a must-have feature on every display I get in the future.

 

[Brian_B]

Already using such a monitor on my PC. Got it last year (actually it's my second VRR monitor, I had one before that for less than a year, ended up selling it). I first experienced VRR in 2019. VRR is probably my favorite display technology of the last 20 years. Like you, I would never go back, and I too consider it a must-have feature on every display I get in the future.

VRR Is very nice. I think HDR probably takes my top as most impactful - it's a shame that it's really only ~great~ on consoles, and on the PC it sees very little use with a high bar for entry. VRR is a close second though.