DSR: DX10 Bliss at 1920x1080

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The latest Steve's Fixer has a fix for some of the DSR tiny screen text, but unfortunately it does not fix the tiny menus nor GPS text/icons. It can also kill the sun blinding if you find that bothersome.

Here's some gratuitous eye candy, over MSE2 Utah in the A2A P-51, enjoy!

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I have always stayed away from DX10 due to it's scenery and aircraft compatibility issues.

But reading this post and one about that DX10 fixer program, I might actually bite the bullet and give DX10 a second chance.

I know that my rig should have no issues with that, considering it holds a i7 2600K processor @4.5GHz, and a factory Super Clocked GTX 770 w 4Gb ram.
 
manfredc3 said:
I have always stayed away from DX10 due to it's scenery and aircraft compatibility issues.

But reading this post and one about that DX10 fixer program, I might actually bite the bullet and give DX10 a second chance.

I know that my rig should have no issues with that, considering it holds a i7 2600K processor @4.5GHz, and a factory Super Clocked GTX 770 w 4Gb ram.
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Follow Adam's guide and you will be absolutely stunned at the results you get. DX10Fixer was one of the best FSX items I have purchased.
 
I found my ancient system was simply too slow to cope with running DSR at higher levels (ie. enough to make a real difference) all the time.

My solution is to run at normal (windowed mode) most of the time, then flip into full-screen mode (ie. DSR) whenever I want to take a hi-res screenshot. I reckon I get the best out of both worlds that way!

Adam.
 
Adamski_NZ said:
I found my ancient system was simply too slow to cope with running DSR at higher levels (ie. enough to make a real difference) all the time.

My solution is to run at normal (windowed mode) most of the time, then flip into full-screen mode (ie. DSR) whenever I want to take a hi-res screenshot. I reckon I get the best out of both worlds that way!

Adam.
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Try setting the DSR at 2.5x native - then - set FSX resolution to your monitors native res...IE: I set DSR @ 3x native 3325x1871 - I then set FSX to my monitors native res 1920 x 1080
This trick works - I still have a high resolution for FSX and I get the benefit of higher FPS that come with running a much lower than "native" resolution in FSX

win win
 
heywooood said:
Try setting the DSR at 2.5x native - then - set FSX resolution to your monitors native res...IE: I set DSR @ 3x native 3325x1871 - I then set FSX to my monitors native res 1920 x 1080
This trick works - I still have a high resolution for FSX and I get the benefit of higher FPS that come with running a much lower than "native" resolution in FSX
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I tried that, but if I set FSX to my native resolution (1900 x 1200) and flip between full screen and windowed mode, nothing happens. Basically, DSR mode (currently 3x) doesn't kick in at all.

What am I doing wrong?

Adam.
 
Adamski_NZ said:
I tried that, but if I set FSX to my native resolution (1900 x 1200) and flip between full screen and windowed mode, nothing happens. Basically, DSR mode (currently 3x) doesn't kick in at all.

What am I doing wrong?

Adam.
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I don't know...I don't use the windowed mode at all. All I know is that if I set the DSR to 2.5 or 3x native, and I set FSX to that resolution- I have lower FPS...But if I then reduce the resolution in FSX to my monitors native resolution, I have very smooth, consistent FPS and performance... much better than if I don't use DSR at all and run
native res. throughout
 
When you get back to your native res then you actually deactivate DSR. DSR is ''on'' only if you have selected the respective resolution in FSX i.e. for 3x it should be 3325x1871. Although activated in Nvidia control panel it is actually ''off'' when you set 1920x1080.
 
Dimus said:
When you get back to your native res then you actually deactivate DSR. DSR is ''on'' only if you have selected the respective resolution in FSX i.e. for 3x it should be 3325x1871. Although activated in Nvidia control panel it is actually ''off'' when you set 1920x1080.
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That's quite correct. I usually flip between native/non-DSR/windowed/1920x1200 to fullscreen/DSR/3325x1871 with no problem.

Heywoood seemed to be saying that the 3xDSR setting could somehow still be active even when in 1920 resolution - unless I read the post all wrong (wouldn't be the first time, LOL!).

Adam.
 
Adamski_NZ said:
That's quite correct. I usually flip between native/non-DSR/windowed/1920x1200 to fullscreen/DSR/3325x1871 with no problem.

Heywoood seemed to be saying that the 3xDSR setting could somehow still be active even when in 1920 resolution - unless I read the post all wrong (wouldn't be the first time, LOL!).

Adam.
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well if that were true - then wouldn't the desktop resolution revert to non DSR?
my understanding is that with the DSR on and the FSX resolution reduced, its a matter of scaling, that allows the GPU to render frames with reduced effort
 
Here is a YT vid I received today from Hardware Canucks explaining DSR in depth.


Hopefully some may find it useful
 
Naismith said:
Here is a YT vid I received today from Hardware Canucks explaining DSR in depth.


Hopefully some may find it useful
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I viewed it - and thank you for the link.

I have to stand by what I said before though - in my case..setting the Nvidia resolution multiplier to (2x) native - then setting the FSX resolution to my monitors real native of 1920x1080 gives me the best results.
I have tried using the higher resolutions in FSX settings and just do not get the smoothness or rate of FPS that I do when running FSX at the lower number - but the image IS much better

in other words - if I leave all alone and run my monitor at its default resolution of 1920x1080 AND set FSX at 1920x1080 I have an image that is less defined and FPS that are less consistent, than if I double the monitors native resolution with the Nvidia control panel but leave FSX at 1920x1080

the only anomaly with this is that - on loading - the little loading bar is offset from the center of the screen and the mouse-look feature using the spacebar and mouse to pan the camera is also offset (no longer centered - but still functions with the exception that panning to the right of center is reduced) - but panning with the hat switch is unaffected...I do not use TrackIR
 
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