Intel XeSS 1.3 promises improvements in framerate and upscaling quality

Among super sampling technologies, Intel's XeSS is certainly the youngest. In recent years the Mountain View giant has decided to attack the GPU market, offering its own upscaling technology based on artificial intelligence and which can be used with any graphics card but has different optimizations in the presence of Arc GPUs.
With version XeSS 1.3 Intel promises to further improve framerate and upscaling, broadening compatibility to many other titles. Let's find out the details.

More FPS and better quality

Intel presented the advantages of XeSS 1.3 in an article that showcases the innovations brought by the latest version of its upscaling technology. Intel's premise is that the tests were performed on games that were not directly optimized and that with the arrival of official support, performance could therefore improve further.
Seven games were used to test XeSS 1.3: Cyberpunk 2077, Hogwarts Legacy, Diablo IV, The Witcher 3, Call of Duty MW3, GhostRunner 2 and Hitman 3, all compared to previous versions of the technology.

The tests were performed on one Intel Arc A750 graphics card and on a Intel Core Ultra 7 155H processor with integrated Intel Arc graphics. The Intel Arc A750 used a 1440p resolution with Ray Traced lighting.
According to data reported by Intel, XeSS 1.3 led to a 10% average increase in FPSwith peaks of up to 28% in the single case of Diablo IV.

The Intel Core Ultra 7 155H CPU was instead tested with 1080p resolution and medium details: the latest version of XeSS brought a 8% FPS increasemanaging to double the framerate in games like The Witcher 3 compared to the native version.

Not just FPS

However, Intel XeSS 1.3 does not stop at the simple framerate: Intel engineers have in fact worked to improve the overall quality of upscalingeliminating some annoying artifacts that characterized previous versions.
The new artificial intelligence training therefore promises a better visual experience and to demonstrate the good things done, Intel used the example of Like a Dragon: Ishin. The Yakuza spin-off appears to benefit from the latest version of XeSS, especially when it comes to background images.

In addition to the new XeSS, Intel is preparing to launch the new generation of “Battlemage Xe2” graphics cards and in recent days the rumors about the next GPUs have multiplied.