Sometimes it looks like having something lower than the newest and best graphics card means getting left behind by way of options. Today Nvidia bucks that pattern, at the very least somewhat bit, by bringing its RTX Video Super Resolution to GeForce RTX 20-series GPUs. The video enhancement instrument, beforehand obtainable to RTX 30-series and newer playing cards, involves the older {hardware} through the 1.5 replace of the instrument.

If you haven’t heard, Nvidia RTX Super Resolution is a approach to improve 2D video with a little bit of AI-enhanced algorithmic processing magic, leveraging the AI tensor cores in RTX GPUs. The concept is to make older and lower-quality movies shine on newer shows and laptops, kind of like an enhanced model of the way in which a 4K TV will upscale a 1080p enter sign. Super Resolution can improve net video within the Chrome or Edge browsers, in addition to native playback in VLC. It’s included within the Nvidia Control Panel instrument.

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RTX Super Resolution isn’t associated to any model of DLSS upscaling for video games and different 3D content material — they’re fully separate applied sciences. Even so, it’s good to see Nvidia make good on the promise it made earlier this 12 months to deliver the characteristic to Turing-based desktop and laptop computer GPUs.