Intel’s upcoming Arc graphics card boasts its own image upscaling technology, with a recent video showing it off in IO Interactive’s Hitman 3.

The gaming PC and technology world may be undergoing tumultuous times as a global shortage rages on, making it difficult for people to procure consoles or components, but it hasn’t stopped companies from releasing new products. That goes for Intel as well, with the CPU manufacturer throwing its hat into the GPU ring recently, announcing its upcoming “Alchemist” card in its Arc range. In the run-up to the graphics card being released, the company decided to show off its own version of image upscaling using Hitman 3.

In a video uploaded to the company’s YouTube channel a few days ago, Intel was able to demonstrate its upscaling technology, which it refers to as XeSS, or Xe Super Sampling, in the IO Interactive stealth game. As part of a showcase detailing its upcoming technology, a number of elements from Hitman 3 were displayed, comparing the XeSS version in 4K, to a native 1080p display output. The results show a sharper difference in the XeSS demonstration with, according to the video’s narrator, game performance that is “comparable to 1080p.”

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Intel’s own take on resolution upscaling is the company’s attempt at taking on the likes of Nvidia’s DLSS or AMD’s FSR, with the former being released a couple of years ago, and the latter coming out earlier this year. Upscaling is an important algorithm used in many modern AAA games these days, so it’s understandable that Intel would want to show off what its version can do. Upscaling works by redrawing on-screen pixels to a higher resolution using AI, to an extent that it is visually the same as if the game being upscaled was running at a higher resolution natively.

On top of that, Intel revealed the specs of its Alchemist GPU, with reports indicating that it could rival some of Nvidia or AMD’s top-end products. The video showing off XeSS is likely to get GPU enthusiasts and graphical purists debating. Judging from the brief segment, there are indeed elements that are sharper than the 1080p image, but this is through an uploaded video on YouTube. It’s likely that it will become clearer once people see it in person.

Of course, one thing some may be wondering is whether or not anyone will be able to get hold of the new Intel graphics card when it’s released in Q1, 2022. With Intel’s own CEO saying the shortages could go on until 2023, there’s a possibility that the company will experience the same setbacks that Nvidia and AMD have been plagued with for the better part of a year.

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