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[Markie]

I don't know about the blur on dsr, I always set it to 0% smoothness and the image looks as clean as it does without downscaling. I'd need to see a side by side comparison to be sure. What made dsr convenient for me was that it didn't affect the resolution of anything outside the game, so I could switch back and forth between resolutions and programs without the interface changing size, plus it didn't decrease performance as much. Though if the blur comment is true then I might stop using it.

Custom resolutions work the same way. You just set it ingame, you don't have to change the desktop resolution before playing the game.

 

[The Janitor]

Fine but never as clean as a 4x custom resolution which gives you pure SSAA.

I didn't know about the refresh rate issue though, as i've never used a monitor with a refresh rate higher than 60hz... Interesting.

I dunno, as long as it's 4.00x it's looks the same to me. Any other DSR scaling will look like ass though.

Also you're missing out on not having a high refresh rate screen

 

[Markie]

I dunno, as long as it's 4.00x it's looks the same to me. Any other DSR scaling will look like ass though.

It's been a few years since i've stopped using DSR. I'll test it again and maybe make some comparisons.

 

[Markie]

Batman: Arkham City + SweetFX and FXAA

DSR 4x (1366x768 >>> 2732x1536)

Custom Resolution 4x (1366x768 >>> 2732x1536)

left = DSR, right = custom res

Hmm... they look about the same to me. Apart from some pixel differences due to the slight difference in angle between the two images, sharpness and clarity seem to be the exact same.

I remember DSR clearly looking blurrier than custom resolutions, even at 4x scaling. Maybe Nvidia changed it at some point so that "smoothness" at 0% actually disables the gaussian blur filter on top of DSR.

On a sidenote... Anything below 4x DSR still gives you improper scaling with a horrible image. How come they haven't fixed that yet? I can create a custom resolution to get 2.25x supersampling (1366x768 >>> 2049x1152, 1.5x on each axis) which is not nearly as demanding as 4x but still gives pretty good anti-aliasing and some extra clarity, but with DSR it's just broken.

 

[regawdless]

Control - reshade - 4k DLSS

 

[Cliff Underside]

It's been a few years since i've stopped using DSR. I'll test it again and maybe make some comparisons.

Ok, I tried using custom resolution and I've got to admit that you were right in that there is no downside to it, works pretty much like dsr for the purpose of taking screenshots except that it doesn't limit your resolution based on your monitor. I think I didn't try it before because I got spooked by the warning you get the first time you enable it, that stuff about possibly damaging your monitor and corrupting your bios. I should've looked into it more but then I found out about dsr which seemed to do basically the same thing with less risk so I just forgot about custom resolutions. Now I feel like shit cause I've got a bunch of screenshots that I used to be really proud of and now they're forever tainted for being on a smaller size.

I still disagree about the blur thing though. I think that only happens when you downscale to less than 4x. Here's a comparison:
Custom res

DSR

 

[Cliff Underside]

Pathologic 2. The Shelter

 

[xPikYx]

Personally I use DSR at 4k on my 1080p 144hz monitor and I'm happy with 15% smoothness and reshade fxaa or 1660p with the same depending on the game I don't mind a softer image as long as you use sharpening filters as well

 

[Cliff Underside]

 

[regawdless]

Control - reshade - 4k DLSS

 

[Markie]

C Cliff Underside Well, as i've shown above, it seems that it doesn't add blur anymore, with smoothness set to 0% that is. But it certainly did at some point.

xPikYx My native resolution is 768p so any extra blurriness beyond what i've set intentionally (such as FXAA) is a negative for me. I always try to have the cleanest possible image, hence why I didn't like DSR even with 0% smoothness and chose to use custom resolutions instead. But each to their own... There's many different monitor and games out there, you never know what will give the best results for your taste.

 

[xPikYx]

C Cliff Underside Well, as i've shown above, it seems that it doesn't add blur anymore, with smoothness set to 0% that is. But it certainly did at some point.

xPikYx My native resolution is 768p so any extra blurriness beyond what i've set intentionally (such as FXAA) is a negative for me. I always try to have the cleanest possible image, hence why I didn't like DSR even with 0% smoothness and chose to use custom resolutions instead. But each to their own... There's many different monitor and games out there, you never know what will give the best results for your taste.

I might say something stupid but the thing is that your monitor is a 768p? probably the quality is neither the best nor the resolution is exactly a multiple of 4k res (it should be 720p). You must find the exact multiple resolution of 768p for the best result

 

[Markie]

I might say something stupid but the thing is that your monitor is a 768p? probably the quality is neither the best nor the resolution is exactly a multiple of 4k res (it should be 720p). You must find the exact multiple resolution of 768p for the best result

But I didn't say I play at 4K, I only use that resolution for screenshots. I play at 2732x1536 or 2049x1152 which are proper multiples of 768p. I was just explaining why I don't use DSR with smoothness on.

 

[xPikYx]

But I didn't say I play at 4K, I only use that resolution for screenshots. I play at 2732x1536 or 2049x1152 which are proper multiples of 768p. I was just explaining why I don't use DSR with smoothness on.

Ah ok I didn't get it

 

[LeefenChen]

Gears 5

 

[LeefenChen]

Dirt 2

 

[regawdless]

Quake 2 RTX

 

[regawdless]

AC Odyssey

GRIP

 

[DJT123]

Tiny 820 kilobyte? WTF picture of my playthrough of modded Deus Ex. So much fun.

 

[TheDreamlord]

Watch_Dogs 2

 

[regawdless]

AC Odyssey

 

[regawdless]

Shadow of the Tomb Raider

 

[TheDreamlord]

Ghost Recon Wildlands

 

[regawdless]

Control

Quake 2 RTX

 

[regawdless]

AC Odyssey

Control

 

[Denton]

Mafia: City of Lost Heaven

Ghost Recon: Breakpoint

 

[Denton]

Ghost Recon: Breakpoint

Ghost Recon: Wildlands

 

[Denton]

Kingdom Come: Deliverance

GR Breakpoint

 

[Denton]

GR Wildlands

Kingdom Come: Deliverance

 

[xPikYx]

 

[Dr.D00p]

MK 11 (8K Nvidia Ansel Downsample)

1 (17) by Dr D00p, on Flickr

1 (19) by Dr D00p, on Flickr

 

[regawdless]

Quake 2 RTX
It's incredible how "right" the lighting and the reflections look in motion.

 

[regawdless]

Quake 2 RTX

 

[xPikYx]

Assassin's Creed Odyssey + DSR Factor 4k + Custom Reshade + Raytraced Global Illumination

 

[regawdless]

Assassin's Creed Odyssey + DSR Factor 4k + Custom Reshade + Raytraced Global Illumination

How did you implement raytraced GI? I want that too.

 

[xPikYx]

How did you implement raytraced GI? I want that too.

Via Reshade RTGI Shader, you can find it on Pascal Glitcher Patreon (MartyMcFly), but you need to pay for it

 

[regawdless]

Via Reshade RTGI Shader, you can find it on Pascal Glitcher Patreon (MartyMcFly), but you need to pay for it

Thanks! Does it work well or is it partially bugged?

 

[BusierDonkey]

Forza Horizon 4

I'm playing Wasteland 3 right now, excellent example of a really great game with absolutely nothing worth taking a screenshot of.

 

[BusierDonkey]

Dishonored: Death of the Outsider - Reshade

 

[xPikYx]

Thanks! Does it work well or is it partially bugged?

To be honest I don't think it can achieve the results of Metro Exodus GI or Minecraft but it does the job. In AC works honestly (you have the debug tool anyway)

 

[xPikYx]

The Witcher 3 + countless mods + DSR factor 4k + Custo Reshade + Ray Tracing Global Illumination

 

[xPikYx]

 

[xPikYx]

 

[KyoZz]

Skyrim with a lot of mods, the objective was to keep the game the closest to vanilla, simply with enhanced graphics (and a locked 60 FPS):

 

[KyoZz]

 

[VisualFidelity]

Mafia Definitive edition modded with SMDE 1.1.

vid of it in action

 

[VisualFidelity]

vid in action

 

[xPikYx]

The Witcher 3 + countless mods + DSR factor 4k + Custo Reshade + Ray Tracing Global Illumination

 

[carsar]

GTA 4

 

[carsar]