Horizon Zero Dawn PC patch 1.11 adds FSR and DLSS resolution upscaling
Upscaled dino steel.
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What you need to know
Horizon Zero Dawnis a former PlayStation exclusive, now available on PC as part of Sony’s push onto Windows. The game is a critically-acclaimed open-world action title, set in a strange future where humanity has returned to tribalism, and the world is now dominated by mysterious mechanized dinosaurs and other monsters.
Today, Horizon Zero Dawn developers Guerilla Games took to thededicated subreddit(viaTwitter) to detail the latest 1.11 PC patch. Among the list of improvements is the addition of support for image upscaling technology on NVIDIA and AMD graphics cards.
First, we have NVIDIA’s DLSS upscaling tech. DLSS or “Deep Learning Super Sampling” is supported by all NVIDIA RTX GPUs at all resolutions.DLSSboosts frame rates by offering a more efficient alternative to traditional anti-aliasing, smoothing out jagged edges in games. Effectively running the game at a lower resolution, then upscaling to your preferred setting. RTX cards can often double the frame rate of the native display.
Additionally, we’ve now got AMD’s FidelityFX Super Resolution, which is designed to be AMD’s answer to DLSS. Though it operates slightly differently, the results are very similar. The most striking difference is thatFSRworks on just about any GPU, including NVIDIA cards, surprisingly. Both provide a fantastic visual boost to games without much stress on the GPU.
Alongside visual upscaling, changes to the UI and general performance are included in the latest patch.
UI changes
Performance improvements
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The reduction of stuttering is a welcome improvement, at the cost of a potential increase in loading times. The 1.11 update is available automatically through Steam and other digital storefronts.
Futuristic dino combat
Horizon Zero Dawn is a third-person action-adventure game developed by Guerilla Games. You play Aloy, a machine monster hunter in a futuristic world looking to uncover her past.
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