11 hours ago, David Mills said:

I was just about to say the same thing. I keep mine at 70, and everything looks perfect. I'm running at 4K Ultra, TAA, with FG on. The sim couldn't look or run better!

Me too. I have it on 70 - not sure how I came to that number but the sim looks as good as ever so I will leave that alone. I'm using a custom DLSS Ultra Quality setting at 0,80 (set in NV Inspector). On my 4K, image out the window is better than TAA and the cockpit screens are nearly as sharp as TAA - to me the best compromise.

16 hours ago, Mace said:

Takeaway from this...don't run AMDFX Sharpening at 200.

Well sure, that was why I passed this on to others here perplexed as to what was bothering me with FG.  I only just figured this out.

And here's the reality for me.  I've figured out what it is that contributes to this--it's pretty much any kind of sharpening algorithm including Render Scale (mine's at 150), TAA (versus DLSS or other 'softer' algorithms), and as explained, AMD FidelityFX (at max 200).  I'm using all of these hence the issue surfaces.  I've become duly spoiled by looking at AMD FX of 200 along w/ RS at 150 and rock-solid image quality everywhere.  The degree of clarity, sharpness and so forth from everything from characters in glass cockpits, FMC and so forth, to objects near and farther is unparalleled in my experience.  Couple that with the fact I am constantly moving back and forth from main screen to 2nd, and every one of those gets a modest judder when returning to the main screen. 

Using FG allows me to put the native rate to 30fps and the cost of that is less sharpness, frequent screen judder and a little less 'stability' in glass cockpit/FMC.  That latter is very modest and not a show stopper at all now when AMD FX is set at 50 or 70 or what have you.  But with all three of these combined the value of FG for me drops enough to avoid using it as my default mode--largely this is because 7800X3D/4090 is able to produce solid frame rates of at least 40 in most settings.   And the reality is I don't find a frame rate of 40 or 45 undesirable, at all.  Panning is great, as is everything else, in native mode.  What this translates to for me is that I'm only going to use FG when I can't maintain a native frame rate of 40 or more, and that can happen in the most complex settings I find myself in.  

Thanks all for helping me get to the bottom of this, for now.  My sense is that this area will continue to be improved with driver revisions, IOW it will only improve. 

Edited April 25, 20242 yr by Noel