No, Intels XeSS GPU frame rate booster isnt about to launch

Date:
Tue, 17 May 2022 12:54:03 +0000

Description:
The developer of a sci-fi RPG previously indicated the game would launch with XeSS, but that was wishful thinking.

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Dolmen, a sci-fi action RPG set to emerge in just a few days on May 20, wont be launching with Intels XeSS tech on-board thats Team Blues DLSS rival
with the developer having clarified this.

Originally, the developer of Dolmen was questioned by Wccftech in an
interview regarding whether the RPG would have XeSS support at launch, and
(as flagged by Toms Hardware ) said: I think I can tell you that everything, including the partnership with Intel, will be released in the Day One patch [for Dolmen].

Wccftech subsequently updated its interview to say that Koch Media PR had
been in touch to advise that in fact XeSS support wont come until the summer. Also, as VideoCardz picked up, the developer just tweeted to confirm a summer release date for XeSS in Dolmen. Analysis: Did we really think XeSS was imminent, when desktop Arc wasnt?

This is a bit of an odd one, really, in that we wouldnt have expected Intel
to be pushing out XeSS as soon as this week. Remember, there are no Arc Alchemist desktop GPUs out there, or even nearing launch these graphics
cards wont come out until probably late June, and thatll be only in China to begin with (we may not see discrete Arc desktop GPUs until later in August in Europe and the US ).

On top of that, even Alchemist laptop GPUs arent present outside of Korea
yet, so what would be the point of launching XeSS to just a tiny user base potentially frustrating the folks waiting for Intels Arc graphics cards even more (weve released something else that you cant benefit from).

Dolmen which was a game Intel used to showcase its frame rate booster back
at the Arc laptop GPU launch should get XeSS in maybe July or August, then, and it would certainly make sense to hold off the launch of this tech until Arc cards are more widely available across the globe (and desktop models, too). The game does also support Nvidia DLSS and AMDs FSR (just v1.0 in the latter case, though FSR 2.0 support is apparently coming).

The (effective) delay of Arc desktop graphics cards beyond Q2 (at least outside of Asia) is, of course, already bad news for Intel, with AMD and Nvidia potentially having next-gen GPUs ready for September and Nvidia might have some kind of a launch planned as early as July, going by a fresh rumor . And with FSR 2.0 now having emerged looking like a big step forward for Team Red well before XeSS hits the streets, thats just another area in which
Intel is now falling behind in its bid to make the best impression when Alchemist desktop debuts.

In short, its starting to seem like things are really not going to plan for Intel, and that puts us in a frame of mind whereby further delays would not
be surprising. Whos top dog right now in the GPU world: AMD or Nvidia?



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