With the presentation of the new Surface line devices featuring the new ARM processor architecture, the Redmond-based company welcomes the new range of PC with AIPCs that integrate a neural processing unit (NPU) to perform AI tasks locally, without relying on the Internet.
We have been talking for many months about the most interesting features that Windows 11 will offer natively and designed for users. video games and who will take care of extend game resolution independently, that is to say without using computer graphics, thanks to Artificial Intelligence.
We talk about the function Auto super resolution, a feature that will initially be available only on computers named PC Copilot+. Although it is true that in this category there are only the Qualcomm Snapdragon X Plus and Snapdragon X Elite ARM processors, only the latter will be able to use this function, at least for the moment.
Does not work on x86 processors
In a movement which obviously responds to commercial reasons and to encourage sales of new equipment with ARM processorsin particular of the most powerful model of all, the Elite, on the frequently asked questions page the company indicates that initially this function will be exclusive to PC Copilot+ devices managed by the Snapdragon X Elite processor, excluding models equipped with the Snapdragon XPlus processor.
But, in addition, this automatic super resolution function will not be available initially on both Intel and Intel processors. AMD situated at x86 architecture
It seems that Microsoft’s idea is to advertise this new function designed for computers without dedicated graphics card with this same technology as AMD with FSR, NVIDIA with DLSS or Intel with Xess.
This is not the first time that a collaboration between Microsoft and Qualcomm has limited access to certain Windows functions. The same thing already happened a few years ago, when the Redmond-based company launched the Surface Pro
This version of Windows was not available from any other manufacturer due to an exclusive agreement with Qualcomm, delaying the arrival of this architecture in the world of Windows PCs.
Games compatible with Auto Super Resolution
Also, it won’t work on all games, at least when they’re released. If you want to know what are the compatible games With this function you can do it through this link and where we can find titles such as Bordelands 3, Dark Souls III, God of War, 7 Days to Die, Resident Evil 2, Shadow of the Tomb Raider among others.
In this same link, all the games that work without problems with the ARM architecture of the new Qualcomm processors are also displayed, a list that is updated periodically, so that it grows over the months.
