AI upscaling killed native graphics gaming. We’re better off for it [Video]

Even for me, someone who’s an avid graphics card hardware enthusiast, it took some time to warm up to the idea of AI rdesolution upscaling.

But this newfangled technology has been embraced over the past few years by virtually every major GPU manufacturer, with Nvidia leading the pack with DLSS and others following in its wake, including AMD with FSR, Intel with XeSS, and even Sony with PSSR on the PlayStation 5 Pro.

And I’m now ready to say it: real-time AI upscaling tech has made native resolution graphics obsolete in gaming. Keep reading to learn what AI upscaling is, why it’s revolutionary, and what it means for all the new games you’ll be playing in the future.

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AI resolution upscaling (also just called AI upscaling) is when a game renders its frames at a resolution that’s lower than your display’s native resolution, then uses AI image processing techniques to …