April 8th - Intel XeSS, one of today's top three super-resolution technologies, boasting support for over 100 games, has recently received a significant upgrade to version 1.3, propelling both performance and visual quality to new heights.
XeSS 1.3 places particular emphasis on AI model enhancements. Through profound optimization and extensive training, it delivers finer image reconstruction, superior anti-aliasing, reduced ghosting effects, and enhanced temporal stability.
The image is from "Yakuza: Like a Dragon - The New Age." Under the old version of XeSS, the bamboo curtain in the background is rendered abnormally, making it impossible to see. However, there are no issues with XeSS 1.3.
XeSS 1.3 has undergone a comprehensive upgrade in terms of image quality/performance presets. The scaling factors for ultra high quality, quality, balance, and performance have been increased from 1.3x, 1.5x, 1.7x, and 2.0x to 1.5x, 1.7x, 2.0x, and 2.3x respectively.
Additionally, the new version introduces three new presets. Firstly, there's the Native Anti-Aliasing, with a scaling factor of 1.0x, equivalent to native resolution.
Secondly, we have the Ultra Quality Plus, with a scaling factor of 1.3x, akin to the previous ultra high quality setting.
Thirdly, there's the Ultra Performance, boasting a scaling factor of 3.0x, effectively tripling the resolution.
In terms of performance, the combination of the Core Ultra 7 155H processor and the Arc A750 graphics card, running at 2K resolution with high graphics settings and ray tracing enabled, alongside XeSS 1.3, sees an average performance boost of around 10% across multiple games. In the case of "Diablo 4," the improvement even reaches up to 28%.
The integrated graphics of the Intel Core i7 Ultra 7 155H, running at 1080p resolution and medium graphics settings, can even see up to an impressive 8% average performance boost. In fact, in "The Witcher 3," the frame rate doubles compared to native rendering!
In Cyberpunk 2077, the ultra-quality enhanced frame rates can slightly surpass native rendering, while ultra-performance mode doubles the native frame rates.
