SSAA only "OFF"

[Belphe]

I just noticed my SSAA setting is set to OFF and.. that's the only setting I can have. Has this function been disabled (I play DCS Open Beta)? Can other settings disable this one?

 

Thanks!

[petsild]

The resolution of your monitor?

You can manually force the file options.lua located in your saved games.

 

["SSAA"] = 1,

[Belphe]

I play in 3840 x 2160

[petsild]

For 4K resolution is SSAA blocked, due to a large loss of performance.

[Belphe]

Thanks. What is considered a better visual option: 4k with no SSAA or 1440p with?

 

Thanks

[Bagpipe]

Looking at Spud's most recent vid i would say you can get better results (visual vs performance) from 1080p w/ SSAA x2 than 1440p w/ SSAA x2.

An odd one but the x2 on 1440p is a real drain on resources whereas on 1080p it would be less so if you have a decent enough rig. The majority of aliasing disappears on x2 SSAA so i would go for the lower res, higher settings if i could

[Donut]

On my system with 1440p, I do not see any FPS difference with MSAA 2x or SSAA 1.5 on/off. Empty NTTR map, F-14 sitting on the runway looking straight ahead, FPS around 90. Same situation, but with a few aircraft on the ramp, FPS in the 50's. I get the same exact FPS with aliasing on or off. I make sure to exit DCS and delete the fxo and metashader folders after each change.

[petsild]

Thanks. What is considered a better visual option: 4k with no SSAA or 1440p with?

 

Thanks

You can experiment as recommended by the Bagpipe, or if you have a Nvidia generation 20xx I'd try a new feature Gpu Integer scaling.

[Belphe]

I have an Nvidia RTX2080 Ti. Gpu Integer scaling?

[petsild]

Reducing the resolution will retain image quality for more fps.

 

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[BitMaster]

When I switch to SSAA 1.5x only, my mirrors stay blank mostly and 2x is a no-go, it tanks my fps too much.

 

I have settled with MSAA2x and SSAA1.5x to get the mirrors back up but in order to save some fps I had to reduce shadows.

 

I am constantly working on that issue bit my 1080ti is just a little too weak to have both MSAA2x and SSAA1.5 with full shadows, it drops me below 60 for any scene other than blue sky.

 

My hope is Vulkan tbh. I hope it will give me a 10-20% boost with same hardware.

 

The problem is, you either have full shadows and little glimmer on trees or you sacrifice the nice glimmer free trees for more fps. I sit between two chairs and cant really decide for either side but the 1080ti cant have both at 1440p.

[Donut]

When I switch to SSAA 1.5x only, my mirrors stay blank mostly and 2x is a no-go, it tanks my fps too much.

 

I have settled with MSAA2x and SSAA1.5x to get the mirrors back up but in order to save some fps I had to reduce shadows.

 

I am constantly working on that issue bit my 1080ti is just a little too weak to have both MSAA2x and SSAA1.5 with full shadows, it drops me below 60 for any scene other than blue sky.

 

My hope is Vulkan tbh. I hope it will give me a 10-20% boost with same hardware.

 

The problem is, you either have full shadows and little glimmer on trees or you sacrifice the nice glimmer free trees for more fps. I sit between two chairs and cant really decide for either side but the 1080ti cant have both at 1440p.

 

I have all my hope in Vulkan too.

 

I have shadows on low and default, MSAA 2x, SSAA off and still see FPS drop below 60 at times. 4.6GHz CPU and 1080 Ti struggles at 1440p. I even briefly bumped my CPU to 4.8GHz and overclocked my GPU as a test, but still could not maintain a 60 FPS minimum in all situations.