In short, Multi-Res Shading (MRS) can project images into multiple viewports on a display, adjusting the resolution of each independently. In Shadow Warrior 2 , MRS enables us to decrease the resolution of the game’s graphics on the periphery of the screen, improving performance without affecting image quality on the center of the screen ... More @Wikipedia
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