Modder Successfully Creates AMD FSR 2.0 Mod For Cyberpunk 2077

AMD’s 2nd generation FidelityFX Super Resolution (FSR 2.0) has been available to the masses for several months now and compared to its predecessor, it’s a world of improvement. But while the technology is being fielded in a handful of AAA titles, the one game that hasn’t been updated to support it (yet) is Cyberpunk 2077. Impatient with its developer to bring it up to date, one modder has taken the initiative and made a mod for it.

The modder, who goes by the handle PotatoOfDoom1337, posted their FSR 2.0 mod for the game on the NexusMods forums, along with files and instructions on how to use it. As with all mods, PotatoOfDoom1337 also warns that the mod is still a “proof of concept” and that anyone who chooses to test it out should, and will, expect bugs.

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As for the game’s performance running with FSR 2.0, PotatoOfDoom1337 says that they ran the game at 4K upscaled on an NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080, in which the mod doubled the average frame count to 45 fps. On that note, a YouTuber by the name of MxBenchmarkPC also made a video comparison between FSR 1.0 and FSR 2.0, albeit with an RTX 3080 and Intel Core i7-10700F.

Once again, this FSR 2.0 workaround is a mod and not an official fixture for the game. That itself is something that has to be done from CD Projekt Red’s (CDPR) end which, at this time, the developer hasn’t said if and when it plans on adding the new upscaling algorithm available.

Seagate Has A Limited Edition Cyberpunk 2077 SSD

Cyberpunk 2077 launched over half a year ago. The game has also weathered most of the bad press it got due to its messy launch. But the idea of “better late than never” was probably what went through the minds of the people at Seagate. The company has unveiled its limited edition SSD themed around the CD Projekt game.

Beyond the bright neon yellow skin, what Seagate has unveiled is a FireCuda 520 SSD in an M.2 2280 form factor. With it comes all the other benefits of an SSD of this type, like read and write speeds of 5000MB/s and 4400MB/s respectively.

TechSpot reports that Seagate is naturally only making 2077 of the limited edition Cyberpunk 2077 SSD. And it only comes in 1TB storage capacity. The standard editions of the FireCuda 520 SSDs come in 500GB and 2TB variants as well.

Last month, OnePlus also announced its Watch with the CyberPunk 2077 theme in its home market of China. While in a sense it’s also considered to be a little late to the party, the phone maker was among the first to cash in on the game’s hype, with the OnePlus 8T phone.

But back to the Seagate SSD. Considering it’s a limited edition, you can expect it to be priced a little higher than the standard FireCuda 520 SSD. Add the recent scalping trend in tech, and it will probably be unobtainable at a reasonable price anyway.