It's been just a few days since the Starfield FSR 2 replacer with DLSS or XeSS mod was released & it's already the most downloaded at NexusMods.
Starfield's FSR Replacement Mod Hits Over 200K Downloads As Early Access PC Players Try Out Some of That DLSS or XeSS Upscaling Action
We know that Starfield, being an official AMD-partnered title, officially comes with FSR 2 support. But despite that, modders such as PureDark, were able to release the FSR 2 replacer with DLSS or XeSS mod as soon as the game became available to owners of the Premium Edition in the early-access period.
Now it's been at least 5 days since the release of the mod and it has already raked in 230K total downloads and 150K unique downloads (as of 5th September) on NexusMods and is also the highest-rated mod for the game yet only to be followed by the Starfield Performance Optimizations mod which has around half the downloads at 125K.
The number of downloads for the FSR upscaler replacer with DLSS or XeSS mod is also interesting as it almost matches the peak player count of 250K that the game has currently amassed. That number alone is very impressive for a title that's still in early access and we can expect it to go much higher when the game is officially available to all users tomorrow. It is likely that after the initial launch day, the number of downloads for the mods will go up even further as more users try them out.
In our comparisons, we saw that AMD's FSR 2 produced a slight shimmering effect in Starfield but that was entirely eliminated when running DLSS or even XeSS. Intel's XeSS and NVIDIA's DLSS turn out to offer the best image quality with XeSS even offering slightly better results as DLSS is shown to dim out the lights in certain sections though that could just be the differences within the AI training capabilities of both technologies. Meanwhile, all upscaling technologies offer a nice boost in performance and there are even DLSS 3.5 and Frame Generation mods that are available to PC users.
While Bethesda may have its reasons for not implementing DLSS or XeSS and going with an FSR-only upscaler in Starfield, PC gamers show that they are very much interested in upscaling tech of other vendors and not just being limited to one upscaling technology. There are plenty of games that have come out with support of all three upscaling technologies in the past and that should be the way forward regardless of the sponsorships or partnered deals. With that said, the game is a delight and I am already 40+ hours in and there's no end to this expansive and story-rich title. I'd definitely recommend all RPG players, especially Sci-Fi followers, to try out Starfield as it's one of a kind experience.
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