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[QUOTE="Munyaradzi Mafaro, post: 43666, member: 636"]
A Reddit user successfully ran AMD's FSR 4 technology on an older graphics card. The person used a Radeon RX 7900 XTX GPU from the previous generation. AMD designed FSR 4 only for newer RX 9000 cards because of special AI features. The user forced the software to work on Linux systems using special tools. This breakthrough could help many gamers improve their visual quality.

Tests covered three popular games with different results. Cyberpunk 2077 showed better picture quality but lower frame rates with FSR 4. The user recorded 56 frames per second with FSR 4 compared to 85 frames with FSR 3.1. Oblivion Remastered had similar results with cleaner images but slower performance. Marvel's Rivals dropped from 74 frames to 41 frames per second when using the newer technology.

The older graphics cards lack proper AI hardware for FSR 4 processing. Players must choose between smoother gameplay and prettier visuals. Frame rates suffer because the RX 7000 cards cannot handle the advanced algorithms efficiently. Gamers can still enable frame generation features for higher performance if needed.
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