The latest PlayStation update made PSSR 2.0 the default for PS5 Pro owners

It allows games to be rendered at a lower resolution and then upscaled to a higher output resolution, allowing developers to push for better visuals without the full performance cost of natively rendering at that higher resolution. Our PS5 Pro review noted some games had shimmering textures and distortion around fine text, which can be hard to ignore once you've spotted them. According to Sony, the enhanced version offers fine detail clarity, image reconstruction and stability in motion. Developers who've used it have noted less flickering and afterimages, and more refined details like hair and foliage. The technology is an outgrowth of Project Amethyst, Sony's graphics research with AMD, which has also helped with AMD's machine-learning graphics on PC.