If one thing has become clear to me over the years, it's that most PC gamers are not using the latest hardware. Steam's most recent monthly hardware survey, for example, has NVIDIA's RTX 3060 as the most popular option, with the RTX 3050 only four places behind.
Heck, even 2019's GTX 1650 is still holding strong in the top ten most used cards, despite it not supporting the industry-leading DLSS upscaling. For those who (understandably) haven't upgraded to the latest hardware, there's a new hope on the horizon.
Apex Compute recently took to X to show off its Apex Neural Rendering (ANR) tech, which the company promises can deliver "up to 2.4x faster performance and higher quality rendering than NVIDIA DLSS."
Introducing Apex Neural Rendering (ANR), our cross-platform Super Resolution, Ray Reconstruction, and Frame Generation technology, delivering up to 2.4× faster performance and higher quality rendering than NVIDIA DLSS.ANR rebuilds neural rendering around a new architecture that outperforms current state of the art models.Works on all GPU vendors.- NVIDIA: GeForce RTX 20, 30, 40, and 50 series, plus GTX 16 series- AMD: Radeon RX 5000, 6000, 7000, and 9000 series, plus Steam Deck- Intel: Arc A and B seriesFrame Generation available now:https://t.co/kMGkNJzG6XOur Super Resolution and Ray Reconstruction models are currently in training. Coming soon!November 11, 2026
That's a massive claim, and I'll get to it in a moment.
What's most exciting is that Apex has designed ANR to be practically GPU-agnostic . Apex says ANR runs on the NVIDIA RTX 20 , 30 , 40 , and 50 series , with the added bonus of GTX 16-series cards.
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