This collaboration ensures that the highly anticipated space exploration game is being developed to fully leverage the capabilities of Ryzen CPUs and Radeon 7000 series GPUs, providing enhanced performance for players using Ryzen hardware.

AMD has announced an exclusive partnership with Bethesda for the PC version of Starfield. AMD engineers are actively working with the game's codebase to ensure optimal integration of FidelityFX Super Resolution 2 (FSR 2), a technology that offers significant benefits for the game. However, due to this partnership, features like NVIDIA DLSS will not be included in Starfield. In other words, PC players of Starfield will not have native support for Intel XeSS or NVIDIA DLSS, which are currently considered superior options but depend on specific hardware. Nevertheless, AMD and Bethesda emphasize that this collaboration was essential to unlock the game's true potential through optimized performance.

According to game director Todd Howard, the advantages of this partnership will extend to the Xbox version of Starfield as well. Bethesda announced that the game will be locked at 30 FPS on Microsoft consoles to ensure a consistent experience. This decision may have been influenced by the capabilities of the Xbox's CPU. Consequently, the PC version of Starfield may also demand considerable CPU power due to its physics simulation and other processor-intensive elements. Set to release on September 6 of this year, the recommended system requirements for playing Starfield include an Intel Core i5-10600K or AMD Ryzen 5 3600X processor, an RTX 2080 or Radeon RX 6800 XT GPU, and 16 GB of RAM.

Starfield PC Version Exclusively Optimized for AMD: No NVIDIA DLSS Support