Now that FSR 4.1 is available on the Steam Machine, Valve seems to have used it to update the store page to, well, temper expectations. Valve now claims that the CPU and GPU combo can do “up to 4K gaming with FSR 4.1,” which is a much safer claim.
Now that FSR 4.1 is available on the Steam Machine, Valve seems to have used it to update the store page to, well, temper expectations. Valve now claims that the CPU and GPU combo can do “up to 4K gaming with FSR 4.1,” which is a much safer claim.
The Xbox Series S was also ‘up to’ 4K, so I guess this is expexted, but still I wish manufacturers took their plausible deniability advertisements a bit more seriously…
Microsoft has been quite transparent about the fact that the Series S can only do 4K with upscaling:
Source: https://www.xbox.com/en-US/consoles/xbox-series-s#specs
One might argue that even the Series X upscaled to 4K more often than not, but still. It can actually render a number of games at native 4K, just like its predecessor. Interestingly, the Series S GPU is weaker than the one used by the One X, albeit more modern, which impacts backwards compatibility, limiting it to One S resolutions and performance with Xbox One, 360 and OG titles.
Microsoft also claims that the Series S can play games “up to 120fps”. We all know that’s the furthest from the truth.
My takeaway is to take what Valve say with a grain of salt and watch YouTube videos on performance before dropping money on it.