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Nick Evanson

Microsoft's auto AI upscaler will only be available on Snapdragon-powered Copilot+ AI PCs to begin with

A promotional image showing several laptops resting on furniture, as part of Microsoft's Copilot+ AI PC ecosystem.

Earlier this year, it came to light that Microsoft had been developing an AI upscaler for Windows, called Automatic Super Resolution (ASR). The concept behind the system is that any game can get a boost in performance and better anti-aliasing, even if it doesn't support DLSS, FSR, or XeSS. Microsoft has now made the feature available, except very few people will get to use it for now because it's only enabled on new Copilot+ AI PCs that sport Qualcomm's Snapdragon X processor.

The details of this limitation are found in the newly updated FAQ section of Microsoft's Copilot AI PC page (via Videocardz). The main reason why it's currently limiting its new technology to these specific Arm-based PCs is two-fold. 

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