REVERB G2 - DCS PIXEL DENSITY (PD) VS STEAMVR SUPERSAMPLING (SS) - NEED HELP

[Goa]

HI all

 

These are my specs :

 

OS : WIN 10 20HS ( brand new install after format)

CPU : intel 8700k@5.0 ghz

RAM : DDR4 32GB @3200 MHZ

GPU : ASUS ROG STRIX OC 2080TI (matrix version bios @360w power limit)

HD :   1TB DEDICATED NVME FOR DCS  + 500GB NVME for OS

PSU : 750W Sesonic

 

I've followed all the guides and tweaks on this forum and elsewhere , including VR4DCS ( https://vr4dcs.com/2020/12/24/how-to-nail-reverb-setup/) .

 

These are my finding with DCS pixel density by default at 1.0 , texture high , water medium, SSA off, cockpit global illumination off , cocpit shadow low , terrain shadow FLAT, etc etc

Steamvr detect by default a 100% resolution at about 3170x3170 ( dont rembmer exact values now as I am not  @home )  , I enabled projection motion as per all availble online guides and tweaks (see link above) and kept DCS pixel density by default at 1.0 : the result is smooth 45fps but the outside view looks awful despite having MSAA at 2x and AF at 16x and I have a lot of ghosting when watching other planes flying close to me, plus the texture quality also looks very bad and flickering , basically it seems like the antialising is not working as if it was set to ZERO,   , the cockpit looks superb and I can read almost everything.

Changing STEAM SS from 100% to 200% HAS No quality difference or impatc in DCS for me......(with motion reprojection ON)

 

With the above settings I did not change anything in NVIDIA CONTROL PANEL , except for maximum prefered power performance and low latency to ultra  , all the rest is as per default .I also did not chose dcs.exe profile game but used the General profile.

 

Now as I said with these settings I get 45fps with motion reprojection ON but the terrain texture buildings and overall external view is HORRIBLE,

 

I tested the above with same settings (both DCS graphics setinbs , WMR + STEAMVR etc ) BUT ,BUT BUT DCS Pixel density at 1.3/1.4 and VOILA: ALL LOOKS EXTREMELY CRISP AND CLEAR both inside and external view , but the FPS are somhow closed to 20-25.

 

To me the steamvr supersampling seems to have to effect from 100% or 200% , the only thing that really changes the image CLARITY is DCS PIXEL DENSITY.

 

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Any help or suggestion is apprecaited.

 

 

[Taz1004]

Supersampling you changed from 100% to 200% is in Global or Per Application?  Per Application doesn't take effect unless you have DCS running and choose DCS from drop down menu.  And then restart DCS.  If you did that, it's strange you don't see difference.  What happens when you increase to 400%?

 

As for ghosting, try with motion reprojection off.  I think it's personal preference and modules you're flying.  Altho outside scenery is smoother, it causes stutter in MFD's for me and I can't stand it.

Edited January 15, 2021 by Taz1004

[Goa]

1 hour ago, Taz1004 said:

Supersampling you changed from 100% to 200% is in Global or Per Application?  Per Application doesn't take effect unless you have DCS running and choose DCS from drop down menu.  And then restart DCS.  If you did that, it's strange you don't see difference.  What happens when you increase to 400%?

 

As for ghosting, try with motion reprojection off.  I think it's personal preference and modules you're flying.  Altho outside scenery is smoother, it causes stutter in MFD's for me and I can't stand it.

 

Hi @Taz1004 : first of all thanks for your reply and for your amazin job with your mods and stuff , I'am using them since months as these are absolutely mandatory for DCS.

 

Regarding your question : I've kept Supersmpling at 100% under Global, then under Video Settings I've canged it per application from dropdownenu (note there is no need to have DCS running as you can add the .exe for STANDLONE DCS directly in your steam library )  and set it to 150% and 200% , for me it all looks the same in outside view I always have this horrible  exernal view looking ( as a test I always use F16 instat action free flight in Caucasus map) ,

The ground, the external textures of other planes (includig mine) and above all the buildins and objects have a sort of flickering as if there is no antialising applied , basically to sumarize the external view of objects is like PLAYSTATION 1 .

 

The only way I've managed to get a CRISP image is by setting the DCS Pixel density under DCS option to above 1.0 , a good visual result is a DCS PD of 1.4 but at a cost of very low fps .

 

 

Edited January 15, 2021 by Goa

[Taz1004]

52 minutes ago, Goa said:

(note there is no need to have DCS running as you can add the .exe for STANDLONE DCS directly in your steam library )

 

I used to do that too but found out that stopped working couple SteamVR versions ago.  So I just do it the old way to be sure.