Reviews for Sharpview – FSR Video Upscaler
Sharpview – FSR Video Upscaler by Andrea Cadeddu
Response by Andrea Cadeddu
Developer response
posted 14 hours agoThank you so much for the kind words and the detailed feedback! I'm glad it works well on your RX 6800 XT at 1440p.
About newer FSR versions: I looked into it carefully, but unfortunately they can't be applied to browser video. FSR 2, 3 and 4 are temporal upscalers: they rebuild detail by combining several frames using motion vectors and depth information that a game engine provides for every frame. A video only contains the final image, so that data simply isn't there. FSR 4 also relies on dedicated hardware on RDNA 4 GPUs, which isn't accessible from a browser. FSR 1 is the only version that works on a single image, which is why Sharpview uses it.
That said, I'm working on adding more upscalers. Version 1.4.0 adds an Anime4K quality for anime and cartoons: it cleans up compression artifacts and redraws the lines at a higher resolution (it needs a capable GPU, and your 6800 XT will handle it easily). You can select it from the popup or with Alt+Shift+G. More options may follow in future updates.
Thanks again for the support!
About newer FSR versions: I looked into it carefully, but unfortunately they can't be applied to browser video. FSR 2, 3 and 4 are temporal upscalers: they rebuild detail by combining several frames using motion vectors and depth information that a game engine provides for every frame. A video only contains the final image, so that data simply isn't there. FSR 4 also relies on dedicated hardware on RDNA 4 GPUs, which isn't accessible from a browser. FSR 1 is the only version that works on a single image, which is why Sharpview uses it.
That said, I'm working on adding more upscalers. Version 1.4.0 adds an Anime4K quality for anime and cartoons: it cleans up compression artifacts and redraws the lines at a higher resolution (it needs a capable GPU, and your 6800 XT will handle it easily). You can select it from the popup or with Alt+Shift+G. More options may follow in future updates.
Thanks again for the support!