AMD’s platform-agnosticFSR 3is a great feature, but months after releasing, it’s only available in a small list of titles. Now, we might finally have a clue as to why.
Developers of the upcoming open world survivalgameNightingaleposted a development update stating that it was removing FSR 3 due to crashes. “After reviewing crash data from the Server Stress Test, a significant number of them seemed to point to FSR3 integrations, whether or not users had the setting turned on,” aprelaunch update postreads.
The developer says it’s looking at ways to implement FSR 3 in the future, but it won’t be available in the launch build. The game is set to launch on February 20, a day after this news broke. The update suggests players use XeSS or DLSS as an alternative for now as they wait for the developer to “see if we can implement [FSR 3], or an older FSR version, in future updates.”
FSR 3adoption hasn’t picked upnearly as much momentum as we expected. Since the feature released in September of last year, it’s only shown up in 13 games.Nvidia’s DLSS 3made its way into 25 games in the same time frame. Many titles that have promised support, includingCyberpunk 2077andWarhammer 40K: Darktide,have yet to receive the feature as well.
Perhaps the biggest fumble for FSR 3, though, wasStarfield.AMD signed on asthe “PC exclusive partner”for the game, but despite that, FSR 3 only made its way intoStarfieldabout a week ago. On top of that, developer Bethesda added support for Nvidia’s rival DLSS 3 before FSR 3 was added to the game.
The update forNightingaleprovides some interesting insight into the slowed FSR 3 adoption. The developer says crash data points to FSR 3, regardless of if it’s turned on or not, suggesting there may be issues getting the feature running. The online component ofNightingalemay be playing a role, too — of the list of FSR 3 games, the majority are offline, single-player titles, with the exception ofMortal Online 2andCall of Duty Modern Warfare 3.
This wouldn’t be the first time AMD has run into issues with online titles. Last year, AMD’s Anti-Lag+ was flagged by anti-cheat software inCounter-Strike 2,leading some usersto receive a banin the game for turning on the feature.
