Dynamic Super Resolution usage poll.

[Recon-UK]

I have come to the conclusion that DSR is inferior to manual down sampling, i used to use it on GTX 480 back before Nvidia made it mainstream and it was superior. DSR adds a horrible blur filter with it so it never looks good, native resolution with AA is still superior to it.


Thought i would make a poll

 

[FR@NK]

I've never used it. It only seems useful in games that dont have good AA support.

 

[Kursah]

Never used DSR but in some games I do use SuperSampling...most recently Elite Dangerous with great results.

 

[Recon-UK]

I've never used it. It only seems useful in games that dont have good AA support.

Even then it ruins the image so much i would rather play as it was intended.

 

[ViperXTR]

i use it whenever possible (1600 x 900 DSR to 2133 x 1200 and above) when im not using my 1080p monitor.
Looks great with careful adjustments to the sharpening/smoothness slider factor that accompanies the DSR scaling so it does not blur the image

 

[Ithanul]

i use it whenever possible (1600 x 900 DSR to 2133 x 1200 and above) when im not using my 1080p monitor.
Looks great with careful adjustments to the sharpening/smoothness slider factor that accompanies the DSR scaling so it does not blur the image

Hmmm, how would you advise at using those sliders?

I been trying it out myself. But can notice it don't seem as clear as manual downsampling.

 

[ViperXTR]

I think ive read several articles discussing it before and testing it on various games. Lower smoothness means sharper but may introduce more visible shimmering and too much contrast, higher smoothness, blurs it.
It depends on the DSR factor, if you use weird DSR factor (which is not found on normal supersampling) like 1.25x 1.5x or 1.7x, image may look weird and the smoothness slider will help to improve it, i normally use 2x or 4x or a factor that would not introduce a jagged/uneven downscaling image (very noticeable when you have MSI afterburner OSD) so it would fit just fine on your native resolution.
2133 x 1200 on my old 1600 x 900 monitor offers the best factor and i think 1440p DSR on 1080p looks pretty good as well
Some may combine DSR with some AA techniques and smoothness factor and create an ideal image output, this will depend fro game to game and the AA mode it offers

 

[cdawall]

I use the AMD version and it works fine, looks cleaner than the AA/AF on native resolution at least to my eyes.

 

[AsRock]

I use the AMD version and it works fine, looks cleaner than the AA/AF on native resolution at least to my eyes.

Same here i just wish we had it many years ago, Although the power usage is higher than using AA. I use it when ever possible as it does seem to have the edge over AA, well a lack of .

 

[Nordic]

I only use it in older games. The difference between 1080p Bioshock and 4k DSR bioshock was quite something.

 

[Durvelle27]

I use the AMD version and it works fine, looks cleaner than the AA/AF on native resolution at least to my eyes.

What's the AMD version ?

 

[ViperXTR]

What's the AMD version ?

Virtual Super Resolution

 

[Kanan]

To this point I only used it in Payday 2 and it looks really good, way better than in native 1080p without AA (pre AA release in that game) - DSR 2x 1080p = 2715x1527. Now I use it with AA and DSR both in that game, looks even better, without DSR it just looks even older. Another game where I used it is Skyrim, where I used it with 4x DSR = 4K, that was very good aswell, it looked way sharper than in native. AA 4x was activated too, but not needed I guess. Great feature overall.

 

[RejZoR]

I like it, but I don't use it. Mostly for 2 reasons:

- It makes things super tiny if game doesn't have DPI adaptive interface scaling.
- Doesn't work at 144Hz. If I want 144Hz display, I need 1080p. For 4K, it goes to 60Hz.

I've talked with NVIDIA team for the second one and they are now aware of the issue, but I don't know if they'll fix it. Anytime soon or ever.

It does have a pleasent edge smoothing effect though. I just don't understand why it defaults to 33% gaussian filter. It's way too high. I usually force 20% filtering and I could probably go even a bit lower.

 

[Durvelle27]

Is it really worth it

Like my display is 1080 but downsampling 1440 or 3200x1800

 

[qubit]

I have come to the conclusion that DSR is inferior to manual down sampling, i used to use it on GTX 480 back before Nvidia made it mainstream and it was superior. DSR adds a horrible blur filter with it so it never looks good, native resolution with AA is still superior to it.

Are you saying the beta version was better than the release version? That sounds very odd. Perhaps try reducing the DSR Smoothness control from the default 33%.

Personally, I only use it for testing the performance of my card at 4K as I think AA looks better and it certainly has a higher framerate. Again, it's handy on the desktop for checking out how things would look at 4K, but of course it has none of the clarity as that's simply physically impossible.

It's my favourite feature along with the new FastSync which I use all the time now.


@RejZoR I remember you talking about this before and I don't get why your system has this problem which seems to persist through driver revisions. With mine, I get a virtual 4K 144Hz monitor with it and it is indeed a lot nicer. I wonder if it's some BIOS (mobo, graphics card or monitor) issue that's causing it?

 

[scevism]

I use to use it all the time. But only worked on 355.82 drivers for me got in contact with nvidia but could not sort the problem out.

 

[RejZoR]

@qubit
It only works in games that have dedicated refresh rate setting in graphics settings. When looking for example for the NVIDIA guys I could only find Deus Ex Human Revolution Drector's Cut as such game that has separate resolution and refresh controls within the game. Only there I could achieve 4K DSR at 144Hz. In every single other game it's automatically 60Hz as soon as I switch to 4K. I have no clue why it is this way.

 

[qubit]

@qubit
It only works in games that have dedicated refresh rate setting in graphics settings. When looking for example for the NVIDIA guys I could only find Deus Ex Human Revolution Drector's Cut as such game that has separate resolution and refresh controls within the game. Only there I could achieve 4K DSR at 144Hz. In every single other game it's automatically 60Hz as soon as I switch to 4K. I have no clue why it is this way.

Ok I getcha. Now, without using DSR, do those games without separate refresh rate control still set the monitor to 60Hz or does it remain at the 144Hz refresh you set on the desktop?

 

[Durvelle27]

Is it really worth it

Like my display is 1080 but downsampling 1440 or 3200x1800

 

[neatfeatguy]

I don't dislike or really like it, either.

I used it across a couple of games once I got my 980Ti. It was neat to see and use. Only down side is I have to disable 2D Surround so I could make use of DSR on one monitor. I could run games in DSR at 4K, but you run into the issue of the HUD/text becoming very small and hard to read, even on a 24" screen that's about 3ft in front of me. The image wasn't really blurry or anything, but the increased resolution the games ran at wasn't terribly impressive over what 1080p could do with settings high/maxed.

I haven't used DSR in a good year or so now and I don't miss it. I much more enjoy playing games across 5760x1080 - at least ones that support the resolution. I'd take my 5760x1080 any day over DSR at 2k or 4k.

I didn't vote in the poll, there isn't an option that really fits how I feel about it.

 

[R00kie]

I used it before, but didn't like it churning out random resolutions that made no sense, so made custom ones and haven't looked back

 

[RejZoR]

Ok I getcha. Now, without using DSR, do those games without separate refresh rate control still set the monitor to 60Hz or does it remain at the 144Hz refresh you set on the desktop?

Nope, with native resolution, all games run at 144Hz without exception. I think it's a cockup on NVIDIA end and because 144Hz is such specific not used by many gamers (especially with DSR), that no one even noticed it. Or it existed but no one noticed it's not even running at 144Hz. For me, if anything run at 60Hz on my ASUS monitor, I can sense it in few minutes of gameplay that something feels odd on my eyes. It's how I've discovered that DSR refresh rate doesn't work as it should.

 

[AlienIsGOD]

when i had my gtx 680 i used DSR alot. It worked with my monitors 72hz refresh rate, AMDs VSR only does it at 60hz so i dont use VSR.

 

[RejZoR]

I wonder if VSR operates at 144Hz when using 4K on a 144Hz monitor. No one could ever give me an answer for that.