Render resolution bump over ultra settings?

[Morrie Sells Wigs]

Hi, everyone.

 

So, I'm currently playing Days Gone on pc, and I've been playing around with the settings to try and find the optimal image quality whilst maintaining a tolerable frame rate (in my case 75 and over).

I know this is the quintessential pc gaming experience - balancing one over the other.

 

Anyway, as I'm quite new to pc gaming I wanted to ask around and see what you guys thought. 

 

I have two options that I'm trying to decide on.

 

1) 130-140% render resolution with medium and low settings 

 

2) 100% render resolution with high and very high settings

 

Ideally, I'd have the extra render resolution AND the highest settings. 

 

Unfortunately, my 2060 and i5 10400f can't do both.

 

I can get 75-85 fps on either, but number 2 seems a little grainy and rougher, whilst 1 is cleaner but there is a little more pop in and some slight pixelation on smoke, fire etc...

As an aside, the graphic menu in Days Gone is excellent, allowing you to see changes on screen in real time.

Anyway, I this is all down to personal preference and only I know what I prefer.

 

That said, what do you guys prefer?

 

Also, does anyone have any advice regarding any tweaks I can make in the Nvidia control panel to clean the image quality up a little?

I have played around with sharpness and film grain, but are there any others?

 

Thanks, in advance, guys and gals.

 

 

[ki8aras]

100% render resolution and the highest settings always(if you dont want your games to look bad that is)

[ChrisLoudon]

8 minutes ago, ki8aras said:

100% render resolution and the highest settings always(if you dont want your games to look bad that is)

Agreed,

 

You should only start to increase your render resolution once you've maxed out the regular settings at a desired resolution (ideally your screens native resolution)

 

If you have the GPU headroom then increasing the render resolution can act as a good AA technique to smooth out the Jaggies assuming the game doesn't already have that in the AA options as some sort of Super Sampling.

[ChrisLoudon]

44 minutes ago, Maury Sells Wigs said:

Also, does anyone have any advice regarding any tweaks I can make in the Nvidia control panel to clean the image quality up a little?

I have played around with sharpness and film grain, but are there any others?

I'd leave that well alone. I would also ignore any recommendations that GeForce Experience gives you as well. It never works properly and usually sets graphics settings too high for your hardware.

 

For me, it always starts with the display resolution and how well the screen copes with non-native resolutions. Currently I'm lucky to game on an LG Oled in my livingroom or a Philips Momentum in my bedroom that are both 2160p panels BUT scale 1440p and 1080p perfectly so I don't really need to worry about gaming at 4k if it stretches my hardware too much. I tend to keep things at 1440p and try and max everything else out. Unfortunately, not all screens scale that well. I have worked with many a panel that once set to anything other than its native resolution look fuzzy.

[Morrie Sells Wigs]

2 hours ago, ki8aras said:

100% render resolution and the highest settings always(if you dont want your games to look bad that is)

I think I'm in agreement after going back and looking again today.

[Morrie Sells Wigs]

2 hours ago, ChrisLoudon said:

Agreed,

 

You should only start to increase your render resolution once you've maxed out the regular settings at a desired resolution (ideally your screens native resolution)

 

If you have the GPU headroom then increasing the render resolution can act as a good AA technique to smooth out the Jaggies assuming the game doesn't already have that in the AA options as some sort of Super Sampling.

Unfortunately, I don't really have much wiggle room.

 

Still, I think I prefer not having pop in and rougher textures - so it'll probably be a case of dropping it back to 100% and turning everything back up.

[Morrie Sells Wigs]

2 hours ago, ChrisLoudon said:

I'd leave that well alone. I would also ignore any recommendations that GeForce Experience gives you as well. It never works properly and usually sets graphics settings too high for your hardware.

 

For me, it always starts with the display resolution and how well the screen copes with non-native resolutions. Currently I'm lucky to game on an LG Oled in my livingroom or a Philips Momentum in my bedroom that are both 2160p panels BUT scale 1440p and 1080p perfectly so I don't really need to worry about gaming at 4k if it stretches my hardware too much. I tend to keep things at 1440p and try and max everything else out. Unfortunately, not all screens scale that well. I have worked with many a panel that once set to anything other than its native resolution look fuzzy.

I play at 1440, although I do also have a 4k monitor but it's only 60hz - whereas my 1440p monitor is 144hz with curved ultra wide.

 

I prefer it.