News Radeon 660M iGPU Delivers Over 30 FPS In God of War at 1080P With FSR 2.0

That actually looks quite respectable, I'd say. It is no 6950XT or 3090ti, but for gaming on a low power device, makes me have a good feeling about next gen portable PCs (ultra portable laptops or Steam Deck competitors) being able to keep up. Also, I think this speaks volumes on how good GoW's port is, even more so than FSR or DLSS.

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AMD Navi 24 Rides Again ?
The soon-to-be Work-Horse of Doc Su's Graphic Engine Stable. I suspect those masks will get quite a work-out over the next few years, yields will grow to the Moon, and 'Navi 24' will be passed around into a dozen µArch's ...
 
Ah the age of FSR and DLSS, where people willingly lower the visual fidelity so they can say they are playing at a certain resolution and detail levels when they are, in reality, not.

Once upon a time this practice was frowned upon, but in 2022 it's a feature demanded...
 
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It is on a 6600H, right there in the beginning of the video. It has a TDP of 45W. Maybe the IGPU has a TDP of 15W, but the CPU isn't one of those 15W things. Huge difference in useability and throttling in ultrabooks/ handhelds. Those would get the 6600U that would be set with the lower TDP of 15W and not the higher TDP option of the 6600U of 28W. Even 28W is a lot for something small and light.

Nothing incorrect in article, it just gave me the impression I could get this experience throttle free in a 15W CPU+GPU package, and that I made the wrong choice preordering a lower powered handheld.
At least that much is still to be seen.
 
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Ah the age of FSR and DLSS, where people willingly lower the visual fidelity so they can say they are playing at a certain resolution and detail levels when they are, in reality, not.

Once upon a time this practice was frowned upon, but in 2022 it's a feature demanded...

It's going to be demanded more and more, since there's only so much GPUs can do with 4K games that are really busy, without having a space heater, and dropping $3000 on a card + PSU that can handle it.

I don't have that problem as I'm still playing in 1080p and rocking an OK older card that can handle most newer games in medium, but either prices come down or this new feature will breathe new life on my older GPU.
 

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Ah the age of FSR and DLSS, where people willingly lower the visual fidelity so they can say they are playing at a certain resolution and detail levels when they are, in reality, not.

Once upon a time this practice was frowned upon, but in 2022 it's a feature demanded...
Graphics quality is important not some meaningless number. If you think DLSS/FSR are lowering “fidelity” I don’t think you ever really tested it. I bet you wouldn’t pass a blind test.

And like I said, powerful APUs are already here. Now it’s playable with the small APU, imagine frame rates with the one that is more than double as performant. 768 cores of high clocked RDNA2 is easily in the range of PS4 performance, and has more features.
 

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Honestly, I'm more impressed and excited by FSR 1/2 than DLSS, exactly because of laptop & iGPU gaming. DLSS is just for rich folk with latest toys, while FSR is for everyone, even iGPU plebs.

I have desktop that plays everything just fine maxed at 1080p. But just past year or so I spent 300 hours in Valheim, much of it on laptop. And while Valheim is already low graphics game and ran fine, it's just a showing that gaming on lower end hardware can still be fun.

And if FSR can provide 30fps at any reasonable graphics settings at 1080p - all more fun! For low end gaming, all that we need is graphics details that don't interfere with gameplay. If game is fun (good story, good mechanics, etc) I don't care about graphics, I just want to play. And I rather play on laptop than not play at all. And rather have 30fps with FSR then a slideshow without it.

So all the nitpicking and trolling how suddenly people accept low quality is foolish. There's games you want to play for eye candy, then there's games you just want to play. Period. And you'd do anything just to have them playable. (Hell, my colleague played Valheim on Intel iGPU at 720p low with 15fps, and was happy, as he couldn't get anything better at a time)

So to cycle back, that's what makes me happy with FSR news. It is going to help exactly the right crowd. Ones that just want to play. Elitist crowd that frowns upon it can happily buy a 1000$ GPU.
 
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Honestly, I'm more impressed and excited by FSR 1/2 than DLSS, exactly because of laptop & iGPU gaming. DLSS is just for rich folk with latest toys, while FSR is for everyone, even iGPU plebs.
Nvidias mistake to try to be like Apple led to this. They will never be like Apple, you can copy actions but not character. Just be annoying, like Apple, without the character. Which is kinda meaningless. In the same sense, DLSS is nice, but not that nice. iPhones are way nicer than DLSS.
 
Ok, so since RTX 4xxx card are going to be very higher power and of most probably more expensive thastn 3xxx line, then I guess the igpu will be the future of gaming for many people, including me :sweatsmile:
 

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Ok, so since RTX 4xxx card are going to be very higher power and of most probably more expensive thastn 3xxx line, then I guess the igpu will be the future of gaming for many people, including me :sweatsmile:
More expensive is relative. More expansive compared to real prices 3080 etc had? No. More expensive than MSRP of 3080? Probably yes. The new chips will be even more expensive to produce, that’s the fiasco we are living in since 7nm. It always gets more expensive since GPUs went onto 7/8nm.
 
More expensive is relative. More expansive compared to real prices 3080 etc had? No. More expensive than MSRP of 3080? Probably yes. The new chips will be even more expensive to produce, that’s the fiasco we are living in since 7nm. It always gets more expensive since GPUs went onto 7/8nm.

Not only the chips, more power means beefier VRM, more and better cooling, etc., everything add to the final product price.