DSR ON 700 Series- Better start OCING!!!

[N00berG00ber]

So nvidia just released a driver update enabling DSR (Dynamic Super Resolution) to all 600 and 700 series GPU enabling 4k gameplay on 1080p monitors!!!!! Better start OCing those GPUs!!!!

 

[Dude]

I have tried it

http://www.sevenforums.com/graphic-...ideo-drivers-windows-7-a-144.html#post2919606

Have not done benchmarking to compare. I did it to see the visual effect. It does seem to improve the look, without a performance hit. I don't OC when gaming (GPU) but may give it a go to see in the future to test this.

Have you tried it? How did it work for you?

 

[NoN]

Its like Downsampling...but NviDIA had made it accessible by control panel. Never tried on AMD, though!

From what i'd read quickly it does Power Hungry.

 

[paulpicks21]

I tested it out the other day on Grid Autosport.

It took a pretty big hit. I made some adjustments.

On Ultra settings I had to drop MSAA down to 2X to get a min of 42FPS and a Max of 62FPS.
I then changed default to High and whacked MSAA back up to 8X and got a min of 70FPS and a Max of 105FPS.

In the end I set a custom profile and changed many things back to Ultra and managed to maintain a steady 60FPS.

I was just messing around which changing the entire PC to 4K. You need good eyesight to read stuff and confirms my belief that you want a 30" + screen size to be able to enjoy 4K. In gaming it looked great on my 27" screen though.

Couple of desktop pics for comparison. The wallpaper was already a 4K game screenshot I grabbed hence the same size in both pics.

 

[NoN]

Not too bad...details, light & contrast appear quite well on the background wallpaper. When you're gaming you don't need all of those reading stuff!

 

[Dude]

Looks good Paul. I'm still playing with the settings on it. I turn AA down and use this, it looks pretty good

 

[paulpicks21]

Not too bad...details, light & contrast appear quite well on the background wallpaper. When you're gaming you don't need all of those reading stuff!

No, I agree. It works well in the 1 game I have tried it in so far. I had to use the Nvidia Experience to select the res for the game to get it to work (see screenshot). The Nvidia Experience only seems to have picked up 6 games that I have on my PC out of maybe 15 installed for some reason but of those 6 it appears it will work on 4 of them. The 2 Arma games the 4k resolution is simply not there to select.

 

[paulpicks21]

Looks good Paul. I'm still playing with the settings on it. I turn AA down and use this, it looks pretty good

It's not awful, just hard on the eyes. I had to change the 2 pics I attached from png to jpeg as the 4K shot was 11mb! so the quality of the pics were reduced.

But in game it looked great and no problems on the eyes just more of the track to see.

 

[Dude]

I've tried different resolution settings but have not touched the smoothness setting yet.

 

[paulpicks21]

I've tried different resolution settings but have not touched the smoothness setting yet.

TBH Doug, for Gaming I don't think you need to mess with it. I changed it from 33% to 27% as it made the text sharper on the desktop but the in game menu's were just fine as it was.

Edit: I don't think people are gonna use this for a general PC resolution, just for gaming. Me being a tinkerer I had to test it out both ways lol.

 

[NoN]

Not too bad...details, light & contrast appear quite well on the background wallpaper. When you're gaming you don't need all of those reading stuff!

No, I agree. It works well in the 1 game I have tried it in so far. I had to use the Nvidia Experience to select the res for the game to get it to work (see screenshot). The Nvidia Experience only seems to have picked up 6 games that I have on my PC out of maybe 15 installed for some reason but of those 6 it appears it will work on 4 of them. The 2 Arma games the 4k resolution is simply not there to select.

Looks like Nvidia Experience its a bit as AMD Gaming Evolved, which last one is not install on my PC. I saw AMD downsampling youtube video and the way to set is quite complicated (back and forth).

Downsampling with AMD: Guide and Demonstration page 33

With the commercial battle those two are giving, Amd might react soon to this.

 

[paulpicks21]

I did some more conclusive testing to highlight the performance hit between my native 2560x1440 resolution and the 4k DSR.
This was on Grid Autosport using the built in benchmark.

2560x1440
Ultra Preset 8xMSAA Min 83FPS Max 121FPS
Ultra Preset 2xMSAA Min 83FPS Max 128FPS
High Preset 8xMSAA Min 126FPS Max 188FPS
4K-
Ultra Preset 8xMSAA Min 39FPS Max 58FPS
Ultra Preset 2xMSAA Min 42FPS Max 62FPS
High Preset 8XMSAA Min 70FPS Max 105FPS

In all cases the 4k pretty much halves the framerate which I suppose is to be expected.

 

[Dude]

I did some more conclusive testing to highlight the performance hit between my native 2560x1440 resolution and the 4k DSR.
This was on Grid Autosport using the built in benchmark.

2560x1440
Ultra Preset 8xMSAA Min 83FPS Max 121FPS
Ultra Preset 2xMSAA Min 83FPS Max 128FPS
High Preset 8xMSAA Min 126FPS Max 188FPS
4K-
Ultra Preset 8xMSAA Min 39FPS Max 58FPS
Ultra Preset 2xMSAA Min 42FPS Max 62FPS
High Preset 8XMSAA Min 70FPS Max 105FPS

In all cases the 4k pretty much halves the framerate which I suppose is to be expected.

Thanks for posting this Paul. I didn't check fps, just visuals

 

[N00berG00ber]

Its really just a gaming thing. not for regular desktop. however, how i was going to use it was keeping my games maxed out already, i would up the resolution until i get just below 60FPS. OR i would keep details at max and turn down the AA and up the resolution. either way, i cant wait to play with it!!! i stil have yet to order my 780 Ti. still waiting for my refund. if im lucky, tomorrow will be the day! Enough with this intel HD 4000 graphics and playing COD at 720p on lowest settings! lol