Modders turn AMD's abandoned PS5-based mining GPU into a surprisingly capable FSR 4 gaming card
The Linux community is laser-focused on turning the AMD BC-250 into a proper piece of gaming hardware. A recent development is even bringing AMD's frame generation and upscaling to the GPU, which was not designed to support the technologies. Indeed, the BC-250 was not designed to do any of the... Read Entire Article
Modders have transformed the abandoned AMD BC-250 mining GPU, originally designed for cryptocurrency mining, into a surprisingly capable FSR 4 gaming card. This graphics accelerator, launched during the cryptocurrency frenzy, has become an interesting component in the Linux community, which is focused on turning it into a proper piece of gaming hardware.
The BC-250, derived from the PlayStation 5 GPU, is relatively powerful and was never designed to support FSR 4 technologies. However, modders and developers have successfully enabled these features on the GPU. A new fork of the project has even turned FSR 4 into a practical Windows x64 DLL, allowing users to drop it into games that support FSR or use it with upscaler-juggling project OptiScaler.
The tool significantly improves performance in games running under Linux, particularly at a 2560×1440 resolution with a 1706×960 quality input resolution. While Windows support and FSR's frame generation feature haven't been tested yet, this development showcases the ingenuity of coders willing to repurpose hardware meant for unrelated tasks.
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