nvidia's DSR question?

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ERIC J

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I have been experimenting with n'vidia's DSR feature in the control panel
with a GTX 980 classified that i overclocked to 1575mhz
My question is on a 1080p monitor to i set the higher resolution
in the game and the monitor or just in the game?
I noticed this DSR allows you to raise the resolution of your monitor from its native 1080P?
I understand it really is not true 2K or 4K but which will give me both best FPS and picture?
setting it just in the game or both in game and on the monitor?
 
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By default, enabling DSR in the NVIDIA control panel allows higher resolutions in 3D video applications and games in fullscreen, but does not change the desktop resolution. You can change the desktop resolution through the control panel, but DSR will make the desktop more blurry. I'd recommend keeping the desktop at the native resolution.
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DSR is effective in both places, all it does is render at whatever you set the resolution at and downscale it..similar to what Macs do I'd imagine. So you can set your max DSR resolution to 4k and then use any of the listed choices in your game and/or display settings. Unless you are running fullscreen windowed they are separate settings like normal.
 
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By default, enabling DSR in the NVIDIA control panel allows higher resolutions in 3D video applications and games in fullscreen, but does not change the desktop resolution. You can change the desktop resolution through the control panel, but DSR will make the desktop more blurry. I'd recommend keeping the desktop at the native resolution.
 
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Thanks everyone, this nailed it down for me
 
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Desktop definitely looked like crap...I think I had unrealistic expectations in general about DSR.
 
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to me it is VERY similar to super sampling that is in some games like battlefield,sniper elite.etc.
Both are tax the GPU about the same at least in my experience.
Sometimes even with my gtx 80 classified overclocked to 1575mhz i get tanked FPS in certain parts of games.
 
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It's going to tax just like it would if you had whatever resolution monitor you have DSR set to, connected to it, 1440P or 4K or whatever. But similar to having the actual monitor, you wont need as much aa to get a better looking picture. I used it on my 1080P to dsr at 4k and 1440P cause it looks better than 1080P with max aa. Then I got 1440P monitor and yes that does look much better but I sold it and waiting on 34" gsync coming out soon.

You can adjust the blurriness on the desktop in nvidia control panel if you really want to use the desktop too.
 
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I actually stopped using AA now that i am using DSR.
I find that i dont need it at all.
 
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I am using a 50" HD TV(toshiba L1350U) as my gaming monitor and i seem to prefer 1440 the most for pic quality and GPU performance.
IF i use 4K my 980 gets taxed too much in FPS so it is not even worth it.
 
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