Hi folks

I wanted to test many things on my mini ITX rig : 7800X3D/9070XT/32GB RAM/SSD SAMSUNG 980 PRO

• my new Lian Li DAN A3 Wood Edition 😍
• latest FSR 4.1 dll with Optiscaler (my mini ITX rig : 7800X3D/9070XT/32GB RAM/SSD SAMSUNG 980 PRO)
• SAM OFF (Smart Access Memory - AMD's REBAR)
• HAGS OFF (Windows 11 setting - Hardware Accelerated GPU Scheduling)
• Optimized bios setting (EXPO II / PBO negative 30 on all cores)
• Custom fan curves under Fan Control

This is the quick Optiscaler installation guide

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1- Extract Optiscaler files to your MSFS content directory (for the Windows Store version something like "C:\XboxGames\Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024\Content")

2- Extract the lastest FSR 4.1 dll (amdxcffx64.dll) to the same main MSFS directory

3- Launch setup_windows.bat from the MSFS directory and choose options 1-1-2

4- From the MSFS directory open OptiScaler.ini and modify line "Dx12Upscaler=auto" to "Dx12Upscaler=fsr31"

5- In AMD Adrenalin, enable FSR in your MSFS profile

6- Launch MSFS, once in the main menu hit INSERT and make sure Optiscaler frame generation is disabled and hit "save ini" at the bottom

7- Enable FSR3 frame generation and AA in MSFS options

8- And voila ! Your Optiscaler window should look like this. If not, close and re-launch MSFS.

 

Well FSR 4.1 is quite an improvement in clarity, sharpness, and reduction of shimmering ! And at no FPS cost. Of course YMMV. 

I did notice a lot of smearing at night in external views (for example the tail "bleeding" and leaving pixelated trails in the sky), I have yet to understand if it's scaling, frame generation or both.

On my rig, I reached the perfect balance between visual quality, performance, thermals. In 3440x1440 I am cruising @ 60 fps with CPU 60°C / GPU at 45° most of the time, never above 50°C - with custom fan profiles under Fan Control.

As expected, SAM and HAGS off basically solved my low gpy memory alerts. Not one in sight, even at departure in Atlanta with 100+ AI around. And as a reminder, 9070XT "only" boasts 16 GB vram.

Well enough with tech excuses, let's fly 😅 : Inibuilds A350 from Atlanta to Marrakech (real flight DL186 - operated in real life by 764s but I have to make my A350 profitable !)

Edited February 28Feb 28 by RockOla

Lovely set…!

The A350 never looked better…along with all the details about your setup…🙂…that might be indeed useful to some users…

I need to fly this one once more.

BTW, I never knew that Delta is still flying the 767-400, actually 20 of those in active service.

Thanks for sharing…!

 

 

Thanks for your kind words

I hope this topic will help spread the use of FSR 4.1 amongst flight simmers. It is really an improvement over FS 3. What I miss now is frame generation above 2X. 

Superb shots and livery! I just retired from DAL!