Starfield AMD exclusivity likely means no NVIDIA DLSS support
AMD is the official PC partner for Bethesda’s sci-fi RPG.
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What you need to know
If you’re looking forward to Bethesda Game Studios' upcoming science-fiction role-playing game and you intend to play on your computer, there’s some important information to be aware of.
AMD is confirmed to the be exclusive partner forStarfield. This means that AMD is working with Bethesda Game Studios to optimize the game around AMD technologies and hardware, with benefits like FSR 2 upscaling for PC and Xbox consoles.
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That said, there’s an important downside to consider, as this almost certainly means that Starfield will not support NVIDIA DLSS upscaling technology. AMD has partnered with developers on a number of games in the past couple of years, and almost all of them have not allowed NVIDIA DLSS to function.
While this may be disappointing for NVIDIA users eager to flex the power of some of thebest graphics cardsavailable, it’s worth noting that while NVIDIA DLSS is a proprietary technology that only works on compatible NVIDIA hardware, AMD FSR 2 is available on both AMD and NVIDIA hardware.
Starfield is currently scheduled to arrive on Sep. 6, 2023, exclusively on Xbox Series X|S and Windows PC. Like all Xbox first-party games, it’ll also be available day one in Xbox Game Pass. There’s early access on September 1 for anyone that buys the Premium Edition of the game.
Starfield Premium Edition
The Premium Edition of Starfield includes bonuses alongside the main game, with the added bonus of being able to play five days early. If that’s not enough, you’ll also get the game’s first story expansion when it arrives.
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