If you buy and Nvidia card you “pay” for DLSS, since it works by using specific material hardware inside the GPU for the job.

If you buy a Intel or AMD GPU you don’t neither pay for FSR and XESS

I bought a 2000 Camry to drive instead of a high end GPU, so yeah I need upscaling. It’ll still be useful in 10 years too.

Fuck Nvidia. Buy AMD and be a patient gamer. You’ll never need DLSS or anything like it if you sit a couple years behind the leading edge. You’ll get cheaper cards, cheaper games, and flawless performance on ultra settings.

I’ve operated this way since 2015 and have no plan to stop.

You don’t say. Kinda hard to avoid if it’s now a requirement to run anything.