DSR: DX10 Bliss at 1920x1080

[TheFamilyMan]

Here is what I've found, with a tip from SteveW at avsim, about how to maximize image quality using nividia's DSR in DX10 using a gtx 780 driving full screen at 1920 x 1080 with the 344.48 driver.

The first thing is to enable the 4x DSR factor (3x is almost as good; I didn't try anything less than 3x) and set DSR smoothness to 23% (any less introduced jaggies and any more blurred texture details) in the nvidia control panel. Then if you have DX10 AA and AF settings which you currently like dialed in with NI (or nvidia control panel) and Steve's Fixer program, leave them be except get rid of using transparency supersampling AA where ever you have it enabled. No need to change any other setting anywhere, other than the screen resolution setting in FSX. When DSR is enabled, the effective factor resolution will show up in the FSX screen resolution settings and it must be selected to see the benefit of DSR. The image quality I get using these setting is stunning both inside and outside the VC; I almost fell out my chair when I flew over some high quality photo scenery. My gtx 780 hits a max usage of about 80% using these setting with dense cloud cover; with the added bonus that since SSGS AA is not used, dense cloud cover no longer hammers performance as it once did since Steve's fixer disables standard AA for clouds. In lesser cloud cover the max usage was less than 60%.

When I first tried DSR, I treated it as an AA cure all, which it's not and only got marginal results using it as such. Having AA and AF setting enabled with DSR is essential for creating jaw dropping image quality. Unfortunately lesser gcards may not get away with these settings, but for those with a 770 or better, give it a try.

[Naismith]

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No one else responded so I thought I would run a test with your settings. Bear in mind I have a Geforce 660GTX only (being impoverished ) There is some blurriness evident in some of the shots but that may be due to rapid changing of views externally. Overall though I was quite pleased with the results and the sim seemed smoother too. That was the Capt Sim B707 which is quite heavy on the frames normally I believe, I tried after with the Level D B767 and was equally impressed, then several freeware portovers.
I will keep the settings.
Thanks for pointing them out.

PC is a I7 2600K 16GbRAM MB Asus P8 Z68. FYI.

As to why my pics come out small I have no clue they are taken at 1920 x 1080.

[sleightflight]

Where can I find the DSR setting as in is it in inspector ? I also have a GTX780 so I would like to give iit a try.
Thanks.

[ncooper]

First you must update your driver to 344.48, then you will find
it in the Nvidia Control panel under Manage 3D settings.

Regards,
Nick.

[odourboy]

I believe you must also install GeForce Experience in order for the DSR settings to show up (in Global Settings tab).

[sleightflight]

Hi thanks yes I had all the latest geforce drivers etc and I have found it.
you mentioned turning off transparency supersampling, is this in global settings, nvidia inspector or DX10 fixer setting.
Reason im asking is I turned it off in inspector and my trees had a really bad shimmering going on.

[Adamski_NZ]

I believe you must also install GeForce Experience in order for the DSR settings to show up (in Global Settings tab).

Nope! No need for that or PhysX or 3D stuff.

The problem is that DSR has spawned discussions in many different places ... so people need to search around a bit for other snippets of advice or "reviews".

I tried it (it was quite easy) but didn't find any *massive* improvement in quality ... BUT ... it did help with framerates in cloudy conditions (as we can disable SGSS). Also - the "V" screengrabs are at full resolution, so if you're into "arty" screenshots (I am!!) .... then you get a really hi-res image that scales down well (more information to interpolate with).

However - I find the tiny menus trade-off too much of a sacrifice. I need to read weather info from OPUS screens to enter into my MCDUs. I can temporarily drop back into windowed mode to read text at its normal size, but it's a bit of a nuisance!

Adam.