AMD's own support page listed FSR Upscaling 4.1 for Radeon RX 6000 cards as arriving in 2027 as recently as October 10. The driver shipped on October 20, and it brings those cards the machine-learning upscaler alone.
The release is AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition 26.10.1, driver version 26.20.15.07. Its release notes list FSR Upscaling 4.1 support for Radeon RX 6000 Series graphics products, the Ryzen AI Max 300 and 400 Series, and the Ryzen AI 9 300 and 400 Series.
The direction is the unusual part. Hardware AMD first shipped in 2020 is gaining a feature rather than losing one.
Which Radeon RX 6000 cards the driver covers
AMD writes "RX 6000 Series" as a single block in the 26.10.1 release notes and names no exception.
The driver's own compatibility list is more specific. It covers the Radeon RX 6900, 6800, 6700, 6600, 6500 and 6400 Series.
AMD's announcement slide names those same six families, though that list exists only inside the image and not in any page text. On its FidelityFX Super Resolution page, AMD describes the feature as available on Radeon RX 6000 Series Desktop graphics and higher, across more than 400 supported games.
The same driver fixes stuttering in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 on RX 6000 cards and above. AMD also states that Adrenalin Edition does not include support for handheld gaming devices, which keeps AMD's published handheld requirements a separate question answered by device makers.
Upscaling only is the whole of what RX 6000 gets
AMD's hardware compatibility table draws a hard line. FSR "Redstone" is listed for Radeon RX 9000 Series graphics and above.
Beneath it sits a row labelled Upscaling Only. That row covers the RX 6000 and RX 7000 Series, Ryzen AI Max and AI 9 processors, and Ryzen Z2A and Z2 Extreme handhelds.
AMD defines Redstone as four features: FSR Upscaling, FSR Frame Generation, FSR Ray Regeneration and FSR Radiance Caching. RX 6000 owners get the first of those and none of the other three.
It is the machine-learning upscaler, not the older method. AMD's FAQ states that ML-based FSR Upscaling is available on Radeon RX 6000, RX 7000 and RX 9000 cards.
According to AMD's announcement, it got there by optimising the INT8 model it originally built for the RX 7000 rollout in July. AMD says the result is a significant leap in image quality over the FSR 3.1 version those cards had before, without attaching a number to it.
Why the version numbers confuse the picture
AMD has renamed FSR 4 to FSR Upscaling. Its FAQ warns that some game menus still show the old name.
The numbering splits as well. AMD's developer SDK lists the machine-learning upscaler at 4.1.1 and machine-learning frame generation separately at 4.0.1.
So "4.1" is the upscaler's version rather than the suite's. The two components ship and move independently.
There is a practical limit too. A game needs FSR 3.1 or higher already integrated before the Adrenalin toggle can swap in the newer upscaler.
AMD moved past the 2027 date on its own page
An archived copy of AMD's FSR page taken on October 10 says ML upscaling was available on RX 7000 and RX 9000 cards, with support for RX 6000 Series graphics launching in 2027.
That same page now lists RX 6000 as supported. Ten days separate the two versions.
AMD's own timeline runs from an RX 9000 exclusive in 2025, to RX 7000 in July 2026, to this release. The company offers no explanation for the earlier arrival beyond that optimised INT8 model.
What AMD has not said about older cards
AMD has committed to one Frame Generation change. Its announcement says it also revealed improvements to frame pacing for FSR Frame Generation, alongside Vulkan support for FSR 4.
Neither carries a date, and neither names the hardware involved. Frame Generation still sits in the RX 9000 row of AMD's table, so a pacing fix is not a sign that RX 6000 cards are in line for it.
AMD publishes nothing at all on Multi Frame Generation. It has separately said FSR Upscaling 4.1 is coming soon to Xbox Series X and Series S.
Several things stay unstated. AMD names no individual RX 6000 card as excluded, and publishes no per-model list outside that one slide.
Mobile parts are left unresolved. The banner specifies Desktop graphics, while the release notes say only RX 6000 Series graphics products.
No frame-rate or image-quality figure has been published for any RX 6000 card. The only performance claim on AMD's page, an average of 3.5x, was measured on a Radeon RX 9070 XT. AMD adds that availability and release timing may vary by device.
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