FSR is missing from Steam Decl menu

Submitted ⁨⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works⁩ to ⁨steamdeck@sopuli.xyz⁩

Before anyone thinks I’m talking about the new Decky plugin: no, that’s not what this is about.

I’m trying to get universal FSR up and running on my deck. I’ve looked up several guides like this one, but no matter what I do the FSR option won’t show up.

To me it looks like a software update changed how the settings work, and none of the guides have been updated to reflect that.

Does anyone know how get it up and running? I’ve been trying for hours with no luck.

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Fubarberry@sopuli.xyz ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
It’s no longer called FSR, it’s now “Sharp” scaling filter.

To enable it, the game first needs to be running at a lower resolution than the display. You can either set the resolution lower than 1280/800 in game settings or in steam properties for that specific game. Once you’re in the game, press the QAM button (the “. . .” button), go to performance menu (circle with a lightning bolt), enable advanced view, then scroll down to the bottom. There’s “Scaling Mode” and “Scaling Filter”.

Scaling mode controls how it stretches the screen:

auto - keeps the aspect ratio (max of x2 scaling)

integer - scales while preserving pixel ratio, this makes it the best option for pixel art games

fill - will fill the whole screen while keeping aspect ratio the same. If the game isn’t 16:10 ratio, it will clip off part of the video.

stretch - fill whole screen, stretch to fit. Ignores aspect ratio, so can distort image.

fit - preserves aspect ratio, scales to screen (like auto but no max scaling amount I think)

Scaling filter controls how it scales the game up:

Linear - basic scaling, minimal performance impact

Pixel - use this for pixel art games

Sharp - previously called FSR, will add detail and sharpen the image. When you enable this, it will also add a sharpness slider beneath the scaling filter slider. Using this when upscaling to a much higher resolution display (like a 4k TV) can cause a noticeable performance hit, I recommend capping the max external display resolution to 1080p in the Steam>Display settings if you notice performance issues with this.
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- kadup@lemmy.world ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  Not sure why your comment got downvoted, you’re correct.
  
  Valve removed NIS and renamed all other options. FSR 1.0, the horrendous looking matrix-based scaler, is now simply called “Sharp” and indeed you need to set the game at a lower than native resolution, with no upscaling, for it to make any difference.
  
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  - mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    It’s downvoted because it still doesn’t work.
    
    It wasn’t that big of a leap to try out all the steps in the guide with the setting set to sharp in case things were renamed.
    
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- mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  Doesn’t work.
  
  Checking with GameScope shows that FSR doesn’t turn on, even when setting the resolution lower. And it doesn’t matter if I adjust the resolution in the Deck’s settings or in game, nor does it matter if it’s on the built in display or docked to a TV.
  
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  - Fubarberry@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    You may need to switch the game from fullscreen to windowed, and try different scaling options.
    
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