Intel details the performance of XeSS, its intelligent scaling technology to rival DLSS and FSR

Arc graphics cards have not yet officially arrived in the West, but Intel has been promising since March that their performance will be significantly increased with the arrival of XeSS technology, an intelligent scaling system based on artificial intelligence that seeks to establish itself as an alternative to DLSS (Nvidia) and FSR (AMD).

Initially, XeSS will be launched together with the cards sometime in the remainder of the summer, and taking advantage of the proximity, it has published a video detailing its operation.

Like rival technologies, XeSS works by internally rendering games at low resolutions and scaling them using supersampling maintaining a high level of detail, using image reconstruction techniques based on automated learning previously carried out by the developers of the game in question. In other words, we may be playing in 4K with near-native detail, but in reality the graphics card may be rendering the game in Full HD.

According to the information provided by Intel in the video, the improvement in frame rates per second is considerable. Using an Arc A770 card, Tomb Raider goes from putting out 45 FPS at 1440p to a much more playable 86 FPS. Other games benefit from similar and even larger increases; Ghostwire Tokyo goes from 25 to 53 FPS using Performance mode, although this figure drops to 44 FPS in Balanced mode (Balanced), which increases the level of detail.

Intel XeSS will be configurable in Balanced, Performance, Quality and Ultraquality modes. Unfortunately, Intel has not provided performance information for these last two options, so we will have to wait for the publication of the first analyzes.

On the other hand, the company has published the first list of games compatible with XeSS. Some are already available and will be updated, while others should arrive with built-in support as standard.

• Anvil Vault Breakers
• arcadegeddon
• Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II
• Chivalry III
• CHORVS
• Death Stranding: Director’s Cut
• DioField Chronicles
• Dolmen
• Ghostbusters Spirits Unleashed
• Ghostwire Tokyo
• Gotham Knights
• Hitman III
• Naraka Bladepoint
• Redout II
• Shadow of The Tomb Raider
• Super People
• The Rift Breaker
• The Settlers
• Vampire Bloodhunt

Finally, it should be noted that Intel will offer a demo of XeSS for owners to use. from a third-party graphics card can observe its operation closely, using different performance modes and comparing the quality provided by each of them. To do this, it has teamed up with UL, responsible for 3DMark, which has developed a tool called XeSS Feature Test. The download date will be announced later.