Alright so yesterday I heard people talking about squeezing extra performance outta the new PS5 Pro, specifically about this Fsr 4 thing. Honestly, I wasn’t even sure Fsr 4 was officially supported yet, but hey, always up for a tech experiment! Figured I’d see what the fuss was about and try to get it running myself.
First Step: Checking the Darn Settings
Grabbed my controller first thing. Went straight into the PS5 system settings, scrolled down to ‘Screen and Video’. Poked around everywhere – video output settings, resolution, game presets. Nothing jumped out saying “Fsr 4 Here!” Felt kinda dumb, honestly. Shouldn’t it be obvious? Ended up restarting the console just in case I missed some secret update prompt. Nope. Still nothing.
Finding Those Hidden Debug Menus (Maybe)
Remembered reading somewhere online ages ago that sometimes you gotta unlock secret menus. Okay, fine. Turned off the PS5 completely. Held down the power button until it beeped twice to boot into safe mode. Got that weird blue screen. Scanned through all the options like a hawk: Update System Software, Restore Default Settings, Rebuild Database… nothing about advanced graphics settings or Fsr. Felt like chasing a ghost. Powered down again, feeling pretty skeptical now.
Diving into Actual Game Settings
Thought maybe it wasn’t a system thing, maybe the game had to offer it. Fired up a fairly recent, big-budget game known for pushing visuals. Loaded into the options menu inside the game itself. Scrolled through:
- Resolution Mode
- Performance Mode
- Ray Tracing On/Off
- Motion Blur… blah blah.
Nothing called Fsr 4. Deeply frustrating. Tried looking for any “Upscaling” section, graphics presets… nada. Even patched the game to its latest version just in case. Waste of 20 minutes watching that progress bar crawl.
Hitting the Forums (Desperation Mode)
Fine, time for plan C: scouring the web. Jumped onto a big gaming forum on my laptop (not naming names, you know the ones). Searched “PS5 Pro Fsr 4”. Found this one giant thread titled “PS5 Pro Fsr 4 GUIDE!”. Heart skipped a beat! Clicked in… total letdown.
Page after page of people arguing:
- “It’s coming next firmware!”
- “It’s already in dev kits!”
- “Fsr is PC only idiot!”
- “You need a special debug cable!”
Zero actual steps. Felt like I was drowning in misinformation and hype. One dude claimed success but then refused to say how, just dropped his YouTube handle. Ugh.
Facing Reality & Maybe a Tiny Win
Slammed the laptop shut. Took a deep breath. Honestly? Fsr 4 just ain’t live for regular folks like us on PS5 Pro right now. All that digging led nowhere fast. Best I could actually get, even in games that support Fsr versions (like Fsr 2 or 3 sometimes!), was still handled automatically by the console or game devs in the background. No magic toggle hidden in some dusty menu. Just clever marketing hype trickling down into confusing forum guides.
So yeah. Tried it. Got nowhere. Learned that sometimes, things just aren’t ready yet, no matter how many menus you search or forum pages you torture yourself with. Maybe next update? Probably not holding my breath.