The next version of Windows will use AI to improve your video games
Microsoft is building its own version of DLSS into Windows 11, using AI.
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What you need to know
It’s widely anticipated that the upcoming next version ofWindows 11, officially confirmed to beversion 24H2and coming in the second half of this year, will headline a handful of newnext-gen AI features and experiences.Such features include a more advanced Copilot with the ability to understand context across apps, identify text and images on screen at any time, and turn everything you do on your PC into a searchable moment using natural language.
Much of the AI features being worked on are productivity facing, but not all of them. In fact,I reported back in Decemberthat Microsoft is working on a new feature called Super Resolution, which is now finallyshowing up in early Windows 11 version 24H2 preview builds. Officially dubbed “Automatic Super Resolution” (Auto SR,) this new feature will use AI to “make supported games play more smoothly with enhanced details.”
The OS provides no more information on the feature at this time. However, my sources say Super Resolution will be able to improve the framerate in games, as well as upscale the resolution to make visuals appear crisper. PCs with dedicated NPU silicon will automatically handle this new AI capability, but it’s unclear if PCs without an NPU will be able to fully utilize Auto SR too.
Auto SR is essentially a built-in equivalent to DLSS, which is NVIDIA’s deep learning super sampling technology that also uses AI to create additional frames and improve image quality in video games, and Auto SR will be able to achieve similar things. However, Microsoft’s version will be the first to utilize dedicated NPU silicon on PCs that have it, whereas existing AI game upscaling technology relies mostly on the GPU.
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