DLSS VS FSR VS RENDER SCALE

[Hawk Jones]

Hey Guys! So I'm running this game with a 3080 and a Ryzen 2700x - unfortunately I'm just short of being able to run the game at consistent 60fps at Native 4k - was wondering if, quality-wise, the game looked better at Quality DLSS, Ultra Quality FSR, or simply lowering the rendering scale (85% seems to give me constant 60fps)

[Marsson]

I would recommend using DLSS. It's a little bit too sharp for me in this game, but overall it offers better image quality than FSR. I wouldn't recommend lowering the render scale at all when DLSS 2.x and newer is available.

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uhm, what looks better to you? play on that one

[Hawk Jones]

So far, DLSS looks the best I think, but I havent spent a lot of time testing each - so I don't know if any specific setting leads to any visual issues at some point. I've heard that at certain points in the game (like when you get to the top of the mountain) the DLSS ghosting issues are pretty bad - haven't seen that yet tho

[Hawk Jones]

I've also considered running the game at 2k Native - not sure if that would look better than 4k with DLSS. Gonna give it a shot when I get home

[Marsson]

Originally posted by Jizanthipus:

I've also considered running the game at 2k Native - not sure if that would look better than 4k with DLSS. Gonna give it a shot when I get home

No, 4k with DLSS at quality looks better than 1440p native. 4k at quality renders at 1440p, and then upscales it to 2160p.

[Jus de Bouteille]

Originally posted by Jizanthipus:

Hey Guys! So I'm running this game with a 3080 and a Ryzen 2700x - unfortunately I'm just short of being able to run the game at consistent 60fps at Native 4k - was wondering if, quality-wise, the game looked better at Quality DLSS, Ultra Quality FSR, or simply lowering the rendering scale (85% seems to give me constant 60fps)

weird, i'm hitting 60fps without dlss and atleast 70 to 90 fps with dlss,

I have an rtx3080 and a ryzen 3900x

[Marsson]

Originally posted by Flacon Bionique:

Originally posted by Jizanthipus:

Hey Guys! So I'm running this game with a 3080 and a Ryzen 2700x - unfortunately I'm just short of being able to run the game at consistent 60fps at Native 4k - was wondering if, quality-wise, the game looked better at Quality DLSS, Ultra Quality FSR, or simply lowering the rendering scale (85% seems to give me constant 60fps)

weird, i'm hitting 60fps without dlss and atleast 70 to 90 fps with dlss,

I have an rtx3080 and a ryzen 3900x

Same here, most of the time. Some areas drops down to 50-ish though, but they're few.

[Hawk Jones]

Originally posted by Marsson:

Originally posted by Jizanthipus:

I've also considered running the game at 2k Native - not sure if that would look better than 4k with DLSS. Gonna give it a shot when I get home

No, 4k with DLSS at quality looks better than 1440p native. 4k at quality renders at 1440p, and then upscales it to 2160p.

Thank you, sir!

[Marsson]

Originally posted by Jizanthipus:

Originally posted by Marsson:

No, 4k with DLSS at quality looks better than 1440p native. 4k at quality renders at 1440p, and then upscales it to 2160p.

Thank you, sir!

You're welcome

[Hawk Jones]

Originally posted by Flacon Bionique:

Originally posted by Jizanthipus:

Hey Guys! So I'm running this game with a 3080 and a Ryzen 2700x - unfortunately I'm just short of being able to run the game at consistent 60fps at Native 4k - was wondering if, quality-wise, the game looked better at Quality DLSS, Ultra Quality FSR, or simply lowering the rendering scale (85% seems to give me constant 60fps)

weird, i'm hitting 60fps without dlss and atleast 70 to 90 fps with dlss,

I have an rtx3080 and a ryzen 3900x

I think its the 3900x thats giving the you the consistent 60 - my 2700x tends to bottleneck me a lot, unfortunately. I can get MOSTLY 60fps, with some really sharp drops during cutscenes and really crazy battles - i noticed it especially during the beginning fight with Baldur

[Hawk Jones]

Originally posted by Jizanthipus:

Originally posted by Flacon Bionique:

weird, i'm hitting 60fps without dlss and atleast 70 to 90 fps with dlss,

I have an rtx3080 and a ryzen 3900x

I think its the 3900x thats giving the you the consistent 60 - my 2700x tends to bottleneck me a lot, unfortunately. I can get MOSTLY 60fps, with some really sharp drops during cutscenes and really crazy battles - i noticed it especially during the beginning fight with Baldur

I'll also admit that I'm not the most suave when it comes to messing with my PC though - so there is a chance maybe I'm not getting all the power out of my hardware thatI could. I have my CPU overclocked and I have my PC set to ultra performance, which gives me a bit of a bump. I tried messing with overclocking the GPU, but found very minimal gains with the 3080, so it wasn't really worth screwing around with too much. if you have any tips though, they're much appreciated!

[ZeekAncient]

I have a 3070 Ti(10700K) and I am also playing at 4K. I don't know what people are saying about DLSS Quality making the game too sharp, for me it isn't that way.

I play with settings maxed at 4K, DLSS Quality, it is always above 60fps, and I find that the image looks better than the Native 4K image.

Go read the article about DLSS and FSR in God of War on Toms Hardware, it will explain everything right there.

[Marsson]

Originally posted by ZeekAncient:

I have a 3070 Ti(10700K) and I am also playing at 4K. I don't know what people are saying about DLSS Quality making the game too sharp, for me it isn't that way.

I play with settings maxed at 4K, DLSS Quality, it is always above 60fps, and I find that the image looks better than the Native 4K image.

Go read the article about DLSS and FSR in God of War on Toms Hardware, it will explain everything right there.

Some parts look worse with DLSS enabled in this game. Hair and beard for example looks pixelated and grainy. There's also a slight halo effect around stuff like trees, bushes etc.

I hope they manage to patch it though, since DLSS can make games look better than native 4k if handled properly.