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Masked Sep 9, 2023 @ 1:20pm
I'm an idiot, can someone explain the resolution scaling?
If I play at 4k or 1440 with no FSR2 or scaling I get horrible performance. I get about 35-45 fps at 4k and I get 55-60 at 1440p.

1, With FSR2 on at 4k, at 65% I can get 80-100 fps and it looks pretty good. 4k is native for my monitor, so no need to change desktop resolution.
2. With FSR2 on at 1440p at 75% I get the same performance as above but it seems similar graphically but annoyingly I have to change my desktop resolution to play it.

So my question is, which has more pixels, better graphics? 1 or 2??

I am not sure how the game works it out.
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Originally posted by 13xforever:
65% of 2160p is 1404p
75% of 1440p is 1080p

the higher the base resolution is, the easier it is for temporal upscaling to preserve details, but the difference between 1404p and 1080p is not that high, so you probably won't notice the difference without direct side-by-side comparisons

you can always use 50% on 4k to have the same 1080p base resolution, but better final image quality (75% of 1440p has two upscaling steps: one temporal with extra details, then 1440p to 4k using inferior spatial only by your gpu or even display)
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Diabla Sep 9, 2023 @ 1:21pm 
4k looks better than 1440p, in theory (to me is the same tbh)
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Masked Sep 9, 2023 @ 1:22pm 
Originally posted by lewd:
4k looks better than 1440p, in theory (to me is the same tbh)

Yeh but its being upscaled and one is 65% and the other 75%. I don't get which is using more pixels. It involves maths and a brain and I don't have either.
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Masked Sep 9, 2023 @ 1:57pm 
Anyone know? The poilitical posts are requiring me to bump this.
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13xforever Sep 9, 2023 @ 2:19pm 
65% of 2160p is 1404p
75% of 1440p is 1080p

the higher the base resolution is, the easier it is for temporal upscaling to preserve details, but the difference between 1404p and 1080p is not that high, so you probably won't notice the difference without direct side-by-side comparisons

you can always use 50% on 4k to have the same 1080p base resolution, but better final image quality (75% of 1440p has two upscaling steps: one temporal with extra details, then 1440p to 4k using inferior spatial only by your gpu or even display)
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Masked Sep 9, 2023 @ 6:07pm 
Originally posted by 13xforever:
65% of 2160p is 1404p
75% of 1440p is 1080p

the higher the base resolution is, the easier it is for temporal upscaling to preserve details, but the difference between 1404p and 1080p is not that high, so you probably won't notice the difference without direct side-by-side comparisons

you can always use 50% on 4k to have the same 1080p base resolution, but better final image quality (75% of 1440p has two upscaling steps: one temporal with extra details, then 1440p to 4k using inferior spatial only by your gpu or even display)

Thanks, its all a bit confusing for an idiot like me lol.

I found a sweet spot at 65% of 4k and decided to keep it there.
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