AMD, it’s time to react
This is probably not what AMD expected to see. AMD’s YouTube announcement for the Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 quickly turned into another discussion about Radeon software support. The launch video drew more than 1,000 comments, and nearly one-third of them were about FSR 4.
AMD has remained completely silent on FSR 4 support for RDNA 3 and RDNA 2 GPUs, despite accidentally leaking such a version itself. That version is still being used today, and some modding teams have even started fixing issues that AMD clearly has no interest in addressing.
After seeing Hardware Unboxed’s tweet , we decided to check how many comments under the video mentioned FSR 4, and it turned out to be nearly one-third of all replies, with another third focused on the CPU itself. The CPU announcement was clearly late, and the chip had already appeared in leaks for months. AMD pulled the 9950X3D2 from its CES 2026 announcement plans at the last minute, which caught many brands off guard. Dell, for example, announced a desktop with the CPU and later told us it was a mistake, which was clearly nonsense.
Source: YouTube
Going back to FSR 4, AMD has already hinted that it may consider releasing FSR 4 Lite , and many expected that to happen alongside the FSR 4.1 release last week. Interestingly, Sony confirmed that its updated PSSR uses an INT8 version that would be supported by RDNA 2 and RDNA 3 class hardware. How difficult it would be to use Sony’s improved version on older Radeon GPUs is unclear. The PS5 Pro SoC is not a pure RDNA 2 design, but a hybrid of multiple RDNA architectures. It still clearly lacks FP8 acceleration support, which is used by the RDNA 4 version of FSR 4.
Should gamers and tech media stop expecting FSR 4 on older GPUs? That may be how this ends. AMD appears comfortable with the leaked version continuing to circulate online, because that also means it does not have to take responsibility for any issues. At the same time, many gamers are willing to accept lower performance if it means getting the image quality improvements FSR 4 offers, and that is something AMD continues to ignore.
We have lost count of how many emails we have received asking about FSR 4 support on older GPUs. We emailed AMD about this months ago, and unfortunately the company has not responded once.
Source: AMD
