Intel has announced the release of version 1.3 of its XeSS upscaler, which boasts higher image quality when upscaling challenging images. The update includes new quality presets, including a mode that renders games at their native resolution.
The chipmaker claims that XeSS 1.3 can handle difficult scenes better, offering improved stability, better anti-aliasing, and reduced ghosting effects. Intel also promises higher frame rates with an average improvement of ten percent in benchmarks using an Arc A750 GPU compared to a previous version of XeSS, specifically in Performance mode.
One notable change in XeSS 1.3 is the adjustment of resolution scaling in presets. For example, Performance mode now increases the render resolution by 2.3x instead of the previous 2.0x, resulting in performance gains mainly from a lower render resolution rather than improved XeSS model performance.
The update also introduces new quality presets, including a Native Anti-Aliasing mode that enhances image quality without affecting frame rates, and an Ultra Performance mode that increases the render resolution by 3.0x.
Intel's XeSS upscaler, launched in 2022, competes with technologies such as Nvidia DLSS and AMD FSR 2.0. By utilizing an AI model to render games at a lower resolution and then scale up to a higher resolution, XeSS aims to deliver higher frame rates with minimal loss of quality. XeSS is compatible not only with Intel GPUs but also with modern video cards from AMD and Nvidia.
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