Hi,

 

while DSR works for me, I can't say I am happy with it. Depending on settings, either the Image is blurry, or shimmering. I started with 2x/33% and tried several alternative values.

 

This is on a EVGA 760, 4GB, 1920x1080 screen, 4xAA in Simulator, 4xSGSS in NI. I was in hope to get rid of SGSS, but no way, and supposedly this is not intended.

 

No big deal, as I am quite content with the default resolution.

 

Kind regards, Michael

Hi,

 

while DSR works for me, I can't say I am happy with it. Depending on settings, either the Image is blurry, or shimmering. I started with 2x/33% and tried several alternative values.

 

I have opted to not use it either - just not enough bang for the buck again different monitors will result in different happiness 

This is on a EVGA 760, 4GB, 1920x1080 screen, 4xAA in Simulator, 4xSGSS in NI. I was in hope to get rid of SGSS, but no way, and supposedly this is not intended.

I even don't use SGSS as I have  found it is FPS killer with volumetric fog weather ^^

Hi,

 

I don't use volumetric fog, and while SGSS has a certain impact I wouldn't say it kills fps on my system. At least not as much as heavy AI. I don't have panels to display as I have a hardware panel, but I can't stand the shimmering in the distance without SGSS. Plus taxilines on a few runways (but only a few as e.g. FB KSFO) have bad jaggies without it.

 

But judgement will certainly depend on scenery used, style of flying, aircraft, fog, weather etc.

 

Kind regards, Michael

I found 2.25x DSR seems to be the sweet spot. The quality is almost indistinguishable from 4x DSR or 4xSGSSAA, but seems to save me a few fps although I don't have numbers to back this up - under DSR it's hard to read fps anyway. Plus, under 2.25x the display and UI texts are much readable than 4x.

 

One strong advantage of DSR is that it's immune to smoke effects. With SGSSAA anytime there are smokes from engine etc my fps would tank, but DSR isn't affected by smokes at all.

 

I still use 4x or 8x MSAA in P3D, as I found MSAA has almost no impact on fps regardless. I have 780ti OC.

I know that others are having mixed results with DSR so I am somewhat ashamed to say that DSR is the best thing to happen to my FSX setup.. well forever.

 

Make sure to set Smoothness down to 25 (increases sharpness) and use 1.5 DSR.  With these NI settings, FSX IQ has never been better.

 

 

Oh and I forgot to mention that performance is through the roof with this setup..

 

 

Regards

jja

Jim, are you using 1.5x DSR together with 4xSGSSAA?

 

I thought DSR is supposed to replace SGSSAA if so desire. Do you see a big difference with SGSSAA on/off when you have DSR enabled?

I know that others are having mixed results with DSR so I am somewhat ashamed to say that DSR is the best thing to happen to my FSX setup.. well forever.

 

Make sure to set Smoothness down to 25 (increases sharpness) and use 1.5 DSR.  With these NI settings, FSX IQ has never been better.

 

Do you mind posting your monitor native resolution please - thanks

Richard - I'm at native 1080p.

 

jja

Thanks Jim thats what I thought - no magic here - gave it a good testing and nothing gained here

nVidia better go back to the drawing board on this driver. I'm not the only one with a multiple monitor setup and problems with this driver.Check the various nVidia message boards.

This driver was a mess for me - was not visually apparent but things like click spots in aircraft would not work went back to the excellent hack driver - have to wait for another version from nvidia and give that a try

I was in hope to get rid of SGSS, but no way

No chance of that unfortunately. Although many aircraft models don't need the application of SGSSAA, it's best to always choose SSAA from the Transparency section in NI, and then only select SGSSAA when SSAA does not get rid of jaggies on your particular plane. SG sampling fixes a problem that arises in FSX DX10 and P3D DX11 when zooming out (VC or external views) with certain aircraft models, and is not an improvement in AA quality.

 

Screenshots with DSR should come out as a big black picture (at the starting resolution) with the smaller downscaled picture in the top left corner. Hopefully this can be fixed in the driver, but i'm not sure.

I found 2.25x DSR is pretty close to 4xSGSSAA. I had no problem taking screenshots under DSR. They just come out with DSR resolution in my case 2880x1620.

 

 

and then only select SGSSAA when SSAA does not get rid of jaggies on your particular plane.

 

Hi Steve.

 

Could you give us a few examples of planes you have found to need SGSSAA?

 

Thanks,

gb.