Anyone tried NVidia DSR in BOS using the new 344.18 drivers?

[viperrm64]

I uploaded the new NVidia 344.18 drivers for my twin GTX 770's and the Control Panel has an option called DSR which I think is Dynamic Super Resolution which if you have these drivers and a GTX series card it uses the, now don't quote me on this I just read it somewhere online briefly, the Kepler technology to trick your monitor into upscaling it's native resolution by a variety of multiplications, i.e. x2.00, or even x3.00 or x4.00.

I have a fairly old HANNS G 28" 1920x1200 @60hz monitor and I'm now running a new X 2.00 resolution of 2715 x 1697 AND IT LOOKS AMAZING!!!!, I checked FPS using Fraps and there's barely a drop at all but if I go any higher in the DSR settings there is a small FPS drop. using this new method I have also improved the overall quality of BOS as it does away with any "jaggies" at all so maybe some of you who are on lower settings of AA might like to try this out, if you do try it underneath the DSR setting in the NCP there is also a setting for DSR Smoothness which can be fiddled with to either make the screen images crisper or smoother, I set mine at 27% as this suits me best.

I'm sorry if anyone has already mentioned this feature just thought you might like to know about it as it works a treat on my system.

 

Thanks for reading all the best Rob.

 

 

P.S. I've included a couple of screenies taken at the new resolution 2715 x 1697.

 

 

[Gambit21]

Huh - haven't tried it yet.

I have a new GTX 970 installed so maybe I'll give it a whirl.

 

Edit - just read up on it a bit.

Are you getting a performance hit?

Edited October 30, 2014 by Gambit21

[TG-55Panthercules]

I'm running my GTX 980 with DSR=2x and 33% smoothing, but I have not been able to get past the bugs in BoS to really check it out in comparisons yet.  Hopefully tonight's test efforts will fare better than those of the last few days.

[Flack88]

Will have to give this a go see if there is a difference.

[No601_Prangster]

 

 

now don't quote me on this I just read it somewhere online briefly, the Kepler technology to trick your monitor into upscaling it's native resolution by a variety of multiplications, i.e. x2.00, or even x3.00 or x4.00.

 

It doesn't change your monitor resolution in any way (that's impossible), what it does do is render the frame buffer at the higher resolution then shrink it back down to your monitors native res. This reduces jaggies in much the same way as supersampling.

[Flack88]

It doesn't change your monitor resolution in any way (that's impossible), what it does do is render the frame buffer at the higher resolution then shrink it back down to your monitors native res. This reduces jaggies in much the same way as supersampling.

Just had a look at it, you are right, it's just basically Supersampling.

[Gambit21]

Just tried it - I'd be hard pressed to say I could see a difference.

[viperrm64]

Thanks for the explanation Prangster, Gambit I definitely noticed a difference in smoothing out the edges without changing AA settings (I'm running BOS in Ultra so maxed out anyway) but it may be my ageing monitor on a newer one it may not be an improvement.

[indiaciki]

The last time I installed a ne nvidiaa driver I had to install the system from scatch... since I'm a video professional - can't do that. But with my Nvidia driver forrests and stuff diassapear and reappear non stop. I Don't have a constant scenary as I have in ROF. No problem in ROF - both max settings. Big bug for navigation.

Edited October 30, 2014 by indiaciki

[71st_AH_Mastiff]

yes been using it.

[Gambit21]

Thanks for the explanation Prangster, Gambit I definitely noticed a difference in smoothing out the edges without changing AA settings (I'm running BOS in Ultra so maxed out anyway) but it may be my ageing monitor on a newer one it may not be an improvement.

I'll turn it up to 4X and check again - thanks.

[scoobe]

Ive been running DSR at 4x for the last week and it works fine. No issues with it.  Not a major improvement but it does look a little bit sharper but its hard to tell. I saw i bigger difference in ROF where the support wires are much sharper and no longer have any jaggies. 

 

 

Rob

[indiaciki]

Does anybod experience dissapearing woods and thinks like that?

[Jason_Williams]

I hope to buy a new card soon so I can try this DSR feature out or get a 4K monitor. 

 

I'm interested in any feedback you guys have on this new feature. I'd be interested to know if DSR plays nice with SweetFX.

 

Jason

[Gambit21]

GTX 970 Jason - that thing is a beast - $360.

[indiaciki]

I hope to buy a new card soon so I can try this DSR feature out or get a 4K monitor. 

 

I'm interested in any feedback you guys have on this new feature. I'd be interested to know if DSR plays nice with SweetFX.

 

Jason

 

Do you also see randomly changing landscapes - woods there then not etc., Jason? I had it from the beginning.

 

• Video_Caption: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760

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Edited October 30, 2014 by indiaciki

[Jason_Williams]

Do you also see randomly changing landscapes - woods there then not etc., Jason? I had it from the beginning.

 

• Video_Caption: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760

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Sounds like you are seeing the edge of the draw distance. Nothing new there. The team has tried to find a good compromise distance for looks and performance.

 

Jason

GTX 970 Jason - that thing is a beast - $360.

 

I'll go for the gusto with the 980. My 680 still runs good though, but time for a new card.

 

Jason

[Gambit21]

Just did more testing, flipping it on and off and looking for differences.

I'm sure there's a difference, but it's slight. For me anyway.

I guess I'll just leave it on.

I'll go for the gusto with the 980. My 680 still runs good though, but time for a new card.

 

Jason

Gusto is always good

I have my 970 overclocked to run like a stock 980.

Even the 580 I just switched out though ran BoS full tilt boogie with no problems.

[indiaciki]

Sounds like you are seeing the edge of the draw distance. Nothing new there. The team has tried to find a good compromise distance for looks and performance.

 

Jason

i thought so. but the distance is changing

[Gambit21]

Draw distance is something I'd like control over - I'd crank that puppy up.

[III./JG53Dex_]

Tried it on a Gainward GTX780 GLH Edition and works fine without significant fps-drops on ultra settings.

 

@Leaf: plz check your mouse settings. Don't know exactly how it is called in english but if your pointer is set to "automatically jump to standard dialogue-field/button" you need to turn this feature off. After that you should ne able to activate the DSR feature in the nVidia control panel.

 

Dex

Edited October 30, 2014 by III/JG53_Dexx

[IRRE_Belmont]

I hope to buy a new card soon so I can try this DSR feature out or get a 4K monitor. 

 

I'm interested in any feedback you guys have on this new feature. I'd be interested to know if DSR plays nice with SweetFX.

 

Jason

It does,

A bit buggy sometimes though (transparant textures..)

[LLv34_Flanker]

S!

 

 I would rather go for a proper 4K monitor than use gimmicks like this. nVidia re-branded downsampling, that has been around for ages, to a new flashy name DSR. Can't blame the marketing guys there, top notch staff! But that is just me Of course for maximum detail 4K gaming you would need SLI/CrossFire, but I bet that is not an issue for most enthusiasts. In BoS the built-in 4X FSAA works very well, I do not see jaggies.

 

 As of GPU. On the verge for 980GTX or waiting out the AMD's new 390X

Edited October 30, 2014 by LLv34_Flanker

[skouras]

on GTX 970 ASUS strix im running dsr on native resolution 1920-1080 with smooth of 4%

[LLv34_Flanker]

S!

 

 Yes it is, but they market it as new and revolutionary, when it is only a more automated thing in their drivers now. As said nVidia has great marketing team making every hardware junkie wet their pants AMD has worse marketing by far.

[LLv34_Flanker]

S!

 

 Yeah  As said it is all about marketing, giving that geek his boner and wet pants. They always use the same formula in their adverts, perfectly executed and well laid out. But they also are masters of hiding stuff. Like that new particle thingy. Yes, particles fly, but they come out of nothing and disappear. But in video they cut the pic just before these particles disappear. Very smart! But for the geek it is time to change pants AMD could learn a trick or two from nVidia regarding marketing.

[OBTGix]

As far as I understand to enable it you must activate in Nvidia Control Panel and select the proper resolution  in game (3360x2100 for example).

I can do it in cliffs of Dover, it works and it is very obvious, but in BOS I don't see where you can change your in game resolution as there are only a few options  presets for vdo settings.

[71st_AH_Mastiff]

As far as I understand to enable it you must activate in Nvidia Control Panel and select the proper resolution  in game (3360x2100 for example).

I can do it in cliffs of Dover, it works and it is very obvious, but in BOS I don't see where you can change your in game resolution as there are only a few options  presets for vdo settings.

ah yes it will show higher resolution, in the graphics settings.

[71st_AH_Mastiff]

I'm running the EVGA GTX980 4GB DSR setting are at: 3135x1764 that's 1.50x native resolution at 25% smoothing, average FPS 45 in game, my monitor is 2560x1440 native. I also have the 1.20x checked and tried the lower setting not much difference.

 

I have High setting in game set as the SSAO in Ultra is a real FPS HOG ATM, and startup.cfg Gama is set to .50000.

[Gambit21]

S!

 

 I would rather go for a proper 4K monitor 

Welcome to how everyone else here feels - that's not the point of the thread.

[A-E-Hartmann]

I hope to buy a new card soon so I can try this DSR feature out or get a 4K monitor. 

 

I'm interested in any feedback you guys have on this new feature. I'd be interested to know if DSR plays nice with SweetFX.

 

Jason

Test with the sweetFx but games crack. I do not know if it comes from sweetFX or DSR

[TG-55Panthercules]

ah yes it will show higher resolution, in the graphics settings.

Hmm - so, let me see if I understand how this works (I haven't really studied up on it yet).  If my normal/native resolution is 1920x1200, and I want to use this DSR thing at 2x, then I have to set that in the nVidia driver control panel and I have to tell the game to run at 3840x2400 ?  

 

I guess that might explain why I haven't seen any noticeable difference so far, as I've been telling the game to run at 1920x1200 too.

[Gambit21]

Ahh...I missed that.

Just tried it - still the same difference, or lack of to my eyes.

Edited October 30, 2014 by Gambit21

[-NW-ChiefRedCloud]

Well I can note for the GTX 560 that even changes at the lowest setting leaves the desktop fuzzy. So I did not check in game. But even though DSR is available to my card it may not have the 'real' juice to play nicely with DSR. So all you guys that may be jumping on the "upgrade" band wagon, start a thread to sell your old cards. 

 

Onwards and Upward ....

Chief

[Streiff]

Wierd, set DSR at 1.5 x native resolution in global settings in NCP but i cant choose any higher than 1920X1080 in the game?

[Toxin1]

I hope to buy a new card soon so I can try this DSR feature out or get a 4K monitor. 

 

I'm interested in any feedback you guys have on this new feature. I'd be interested to know if DSR plays nice with SweetFX.

 

Jason

I have a GTX970 with DSR set at 2X and using RadeonPro to enable SweetFX 1.4 and it is all working very smoothly.

 

S~

[1PL-Husar-1Esk]

It is working with GTX 600 series to? I have GTX 690 and now i'm using 4x MSAA together with 4xSGSSAA . I think i could  instead  switch to DSR.

[71st_AH_Mastiff]

Well I can note for the GTX 560 that even changes at the lowest setting leaves the desktop fuzzy. So I did not check in game. But even though DSR is available to my card it may not have the 'real' juice to play nicely with DSR. So all you guys that may be jumping on the "upgrade" band wagon, start a thread to sell your old cards. 

 

Onwards and Upward ....

Chief

chief you can use that DSR smoother the less % more sharp it gets, the higher % the more fuzzy, but the less % is going to cause some frame hits.

[Streiff]

Nvm, apparently it only works if you have preset on high. Dont know if anyone already mentioned that.

[SharpeXB]

Does DSR work with a GTX 780ti?

I don't see it on Nvidia Ctrl Panel