But FSR works on NVIDIA just fine, so why the need to pay AMD for "to play these games at their best"? This bit makes no logical sense, to me.
The problem is it doesn't.
Obviously you would need to understand that, and, be in the same position as me.
TV rig - 11400F on a Z590 clocking balls.
32gb RAM, 2080Ti.
I bought Dead Island 2. Installed it on launch day, started playing. My TV is a 75" Gsync compatible screen, so I set it up at 4k ultra. Few hours in I realised I was dying a lot because the FPS were poor. I couldn't monitor just how much, but as a 40 year gamer (I am 49) I knew it was not right. So, I enabled FSR.
It worked great in the game. Fights were much easier, and much more fluid, and I even realised that my character could go into hyperdrive with claws on. It was superb.
Just one issue. Every time I accessed the inventory screen, or the map, or used a workbench it would slow to a crawl. I had no idea what was causing this, and searches yielded nothing. 10 hours into the game? it started to CTD when accessing inventory. IDK if you have played the game, or are a fan, but what I will tell you is the inventory is absolutely critical, as weapons wear out really fast and you have to keep changing them in slots as they literally break and can't be used.
I then, finally, found the cause.
www.reddit.com
FSR has an inventory bug
only on Nvidia GPUs.
"OK cool the game is three or four days old, I will wait for a patch". Ever seen the skeleton on the bench dude?. Not only has a patch not been issued (I had to drop it back to 1440p which whilst it still looked OK and ran like stink was not ideal sitting 3m back from a 75" display) but the issue has not even been acknowledged.
And it wasn't just me either. My pal has a 3070, EXACTLY the same problem. He copied settings from me, given our GPUs are similar only mine has more VRAM.
Not wanting to go through this again when Starfield comes out I just bought a 6950XT. Why right? I must be insane !. Yeah, maybe I am. However, I can't tell you how many times I have specifically bought Nvidia cards in the past based on the games I play. I mean, it is what we all do isn't it? as such whilst yes, I think it is kinda sucky I am also aware of how it all works. Nvidia knew AMD GPUs would be crippled with RT, and tried to use it to their advantage by forcing reviewers into using it wherever they could. Thankfully they ignored that, but it was scummy behaviour. This? I wouldn't even call it scummy tbh. I mean, AMD were giving the game away to people who bought their GPUs for free, so I can't exactly be mad over it. Touche and all that, nice 6950xt coming today.
Like I said, I feel dirty but far from filthy, which is how I would feel if I rewarded Nvidia for their behaviour since the 30 series. In fact no, add the 20 series into that too.
