Chrome 110 Gets NVIDIA RTX Super Resolution Special

AleksandarK · Feb 8, 2023

Google announced that its Chrome 110 browser is entering its stable channels yesterday, which means regular users will see an update rollout in the coming days/weeks. What is interesting about this release is that it supports NVIDIA's RTX Super Resolution capability in the browser for the first time. NVIDIA first announced RTX Super Resolution at CES 2023. This feature allows upscaling videos to higher resolutions using the GeForce RTX 30 and 40 graphics cards. For example, you can now upscale a 1080p video to 4K in real-time using the RTX Super Resolution technology and seamlessly watch upscaled content.

Available in the Chrome 110.0.5481.77/.78 version released yesterday, this functionality must be turned on manually in the NVIDIA control panel to work, as it is not enabled by default. In the YouTube video below, NVIDIA demonstrates how the technology works.

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Emanulele · Feb 8, 2023

Before you go mad looking for the setting in the NVIDIA Control Panel, it's not there atm, it will be in a driver version yet to be released.

Chaitanya · Feb 8, 2023

Given pig that Chrome has become along with ad blockers being killed off not sure how useful this "feature" is going to be with most enthusiasts moving away from Chrome for good.

londiste · Feb 8, 2023

As far as I can see, Chrome 110 with RTX VSR is out and Edge 110 with the same tech is coming soon. However, it also needs a driver update from Nvidia to work which I suppose explains the vague "must be turned on manually in the NVIDIA control panel to work".

Space Lynx · Feb 8, 2023

I just have no need for this, at all. So eh...

Chomiq · Feb 8, 2023

How about just increase video quality on YouTube instead? Even 4K on YT barely matches proper 1080p video quality.

GunShot · Feb 8, 2023

Not even if this feature came with a free future-proof 5090Ti and a future-prove Gen6 SSD, heck no to any Google intrusive, government aiding, sniffing spyware!

Wake-up, folks!

dyonoctis · Feb 8, 2023

Chomiq said:
How about just increase video quality on YouTube instead? Even 4K on YT barely matches proper 1080p video quality.

Because Google is not a charity, they are not about to increase the load on their datacenter for free

rutra80 · Feb 8, 2023

They are actually incorporating this to offload their datacenters.

Punkenjoy · Feb 8, 2023

Is it just for youtube or it will work on all sources ?

As for youtube, their 4K, when the content creator did not render their video too poorly, it still far ahead of Netflix and other streaming service were their 4K is disastrous.

shk021051 · Feb 8, 2023

no firefox?

Convexrook · Feb 8, 2023

Whatever they did my Youtube videos now looked too soft and anti-aliased

FierceRed · Feb 8, 2023

Chomiq said:
How about just increase video quality on YouTube instead? Even 4K on YT barely matches proper 1080p video quality.

I believe YouTube is one of - if not the - most frequented site on the planet.

Google increasing the sheer amount of data flowing through the loss leader of YT in a day - when "good enough" is clearly keeping the torches unlit and the pitchforks safely in the hay - is not a profitable move.

I'd take increased video quality on Netflix over YT anyway.

Convexrook said:
Whatever they did my Youtube videos now looked too soft and anti-aliased

They didn't do anything. It isn't active yet. You may be experiencing a reverse placebo effect.

evernessince · Feb 8, 2023

Chomiq said:
How about just increase video quality on YouTube instead? Even 4K on YT barely matches proper 1080p video quality.

YouTube, twitch, Netflix, ect. All of them use heavy compression that could use it.

I would personally like if they released a plugin for video players as I have older movies that either do not have higher resolution versions or that have poorly done remasters.

I can see applications for those in internet limited scenarios as well although to be fair that is very niche compared to the above two reasons.

kang · Feb 8, 2023

Got the new 528.49 driver a few minutes ago and updated Chrome to 110.0.5481.78. But Video Super Resolution is still unavailable, there is no property in Nvidia control panel and in Chrome settings too

Count von Schwalbe · Feb 9, 2023

Couple of points.

1. If YT used local GPU-assisted decoding, maybe it could compress further for less data loss?
2. Why TF is this not available on Turing?!?

BCB57 · Feb 9, 2023

kang said:
Got the new 528.49 driver a few minutes ago and updated Chrome to 110.0.5481.78. But Video Super Resolution is still unavailable, there is no property in Nvidia control panel and in Chrome settings too

Evidently it will come with the 530.xx driver that we'll get later this month.

Chaitanya said:
Given pig that Chrome has become along with ad blockers being killed off not sure how useful this "feature" is going to be with most enthusiasts moving away from Chrome for good.

Should work on Brave too.

BCB57 said:
Evidently it will come with the 530.xx driver that we'll get later this month.

Should work on Brave too.

Brave with uBlock Origin is about as close as you can get to ad free Internet.

Prima.Vera · Feb 9, 2023

Chomiq said:
How about just increase video quality on YouTube instead? Even 4K on YT barely matches proper 1080p video quality.

Word! Yeah, the 4K video compression on Youtube is the worst.

Dr. Dro · Feb 9, 2023

shk021051 said:
no firefox?

We're an afterthought, I'm afraid. Mozilla has lost the browser war, even if we remain faithful to it.

Count von Schwalbe · Feb 9, 2023

Dr. Dro said:
We're an afterthought, I'm afraid. Mozilla has lost the browser war, even if we remain faithful to it.

Or the fact that this is an announcement by Google, not Mozilla?

Luke357 · Feb 9, 2023

Upscaling 720p YouTube to 1440p would be nice as it would remove some of the strain on my piss poor network connection. Hoping it comes to Edge!

Dr. Dro · Feb 9, 2023

Count von Schwalbe said:
Or the fact that this is an announcement by Google, not Mozilla?

I mean, NVIDIA's also had a hand in it, eh? I suppose most of the heavy lifting in fact is done by NV, and not Google in this case. I hope RTX VSR gets implemented in media players like mpv or Pot though. I'd love it for anime.

Count von Schwalbe · Feb 9, 2023

Dr. Dro said:
I mean, NVIDIA's also had a hand in it, eh? I suppose most of the heavy lifting in fact is done by NV, and not Google in this case. I hope RTX VSR gets implemented in media players like mpv or Pot though. I'd love it for anime.

Both NV and Google probably, I doubt it's as simple as it seems at first glance. I guess one disadvantage of FOSS is that the latest and greatest might not be pushed through in a hurry.

gdscrtr · Feb 10, 2023

Like many I will try when it is available, until then Opera GX with RGX ON enhances YouTube already and I'm happy with the improvement.

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