- PlayStation console architect Mark Cerny says new PSSR technology is much faster than the original
- Cerny says the new PSSR “is something like 100 microseconds faster”
- He adds that the update allowed Sony to implement the “Enhance PSSR Image Quality” option and “force upgrade all PSSR supported games”
PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 5 Pro console architect Mark Cerny has revealed that Sony’s updated PSSR (PlayStation Spectral Super Resolution) AI upscaling technology is faster than its original incarnation.
Earlier this month, Sony began rolling out the new version of PSSR to a wide range of PS5 Pro-enhanced games, delivering “enhanced image stability, improved clarity of fine detail and more consistent performance across supported titles.”
In a recent interview with Digital Foundry, Cerny shared that the new technology is about “100 microseconds faster” than the original and allowed Sony to introduce an improved image quality option to “force the upgrade of all PSSR-supported games.”
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“I was a bit unsure if there could be a user option to upgrade all PSSR supported titles to the new PSSR, the main problem was that for that option to make sense the new PSSR would have to be faster than the original,” said Cerny.
“We pushed it to our goal, and in the end we succeeded – the new PSSR is something like 100 microseconds faster than the original. Which in turn allowed us to implement the ‘Enhance PSSR Image Quality’ option to force-upgrade all PSSR-supported games. If you use it, frame drops should become oh-so-slightly less frequent.”
Sony first released the upscaling technology for the PS5 Pro version of the Resident Evil Requiemand the update is now available for other games such as Silent Hill Monster Hunter Wilds, Dragon’s Dogma 2, Dragon Age: The Veilguard, Check, Alan Wake 2, Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth, and more.
“The upgraded PSSR represents another step in our commitment to evolving the PS5 Pro experience,” Sony said at the time. “Going forward, most new PS5 Pro titles will launch with support for this enhanced PSSR, ensuring gamers continue to see improvements in image quality and performance.”
Other games like Crimson desert, Cyberpunk 2077and Assassin’s Creed Shadows is also expected to receive the same update soon.
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