New Nvidia 344.48 Drivers out

[chadashcroft22]

http://www.nvidia.com/download/driverResults.aspx/78873/en-us

New in GeForce Game Ready Drivers

The new GeForce Game Ready driver, release 344.48 WHQL, allows GeForce owners to continue to have the ultimate gaming experience. This driver brings support for Dynamic Super Resolution (DSR) to Kepler and Fermi desktop GPUs. In addition, this Game Ready WHQL driver ensures you'll have the best possible gaming experience for the latest new blockbuster titles including Lords of the Fallen, Civilization: Beyond Earth, and Elite: Dangerous.

Game Ready
Best gaming experience for Lords of the Fallen, Civilization: Beyond Earth, and Elite: Dangerous

Gaming Technology
Supports Dynamic Super Resolution (DSR) on Kepler and Fermi-based desktop GPUs

 

[hawtdawg]

sweet. Didn't realize DSR was coming to Kepler

 

[QuantumPion]

ooh Eliteangerous improvements, can't wait to try it out on my Oculus.

 

[gradoman]

Oh Yes!

 

[hawtdawg]

Installed it for my 780's, but not seeing DSR as an option.

edit: well, it looks like it only works in single GPU mode. wtf? Why would that matter any?

 

[SperglordActual]

Installed it for my 780's, but not seeing DSR as an option.

edit: well, it looks like it only works in single GPU mode. wtf? Why would that matter any?

DSR doesn't currently work with SLI, Nvidia claims to be working on it. You aren't missing much though, if I remember correctly Toyota was doing some testing involving DSR lately and it appeared that using DSR took more GPU horsepower than rendering 4k to begin with.

 

[Grooveriding]

Installed it for my 780's, but not seeing DSR as an option.

edit: well, it looks like it only works in single GPU mode. wtf? Why would that matter any?

It works with SLI on my system. SLI is enabled, the DSR factors show up and are checked off and I ran WoW at 5120x3200.

 

[hawtdawg]

DSR doesn't currently work with SLI, Nvidia claims to be working on it. You aren't missing much though, if I remember correctly Toyota was doing some testing involving DSR lately and it appeared that using DSR took more GPU horsepower than rendering 4k to begin with.

There are several steps between 1440p and 4k. I liked the results I saw using it on BL-PS, I should still be able to get 120 fps in it with 4k I think. Im sure native 4k is better and all, but I can certainly make use of this.

 

[hawtdawg]

It works with SLI on my system. SLI is enabled, the DSR factors show up and are checked off and I ran WoW at 5120x3200.

hmmmm. I'll try a clean install and see what happens.

 

[hawtdawg]

Ok, I used DDU to do a driver uninstall, and after reinstalling, DSR now works in SLI mode with my 780's.

 

[Keysplayr]

DSR doesn't currently work with SLI, Nvidia claims to be working on it. You aren't missing much though, if I remember correctly Toyota was doing some testing involving DSR lately and it appeared that using DSR took more GPU horsepower than rendering 4k to begin with.

Incorrect on the first. "DSR doesn't currently work with SLI,".
And second, how much horsepower it takes is not the point. Point is running a 4k res without having a 4K display. Not how much power it takes. As long as it's playable that is all that matters and it is just another feature that Nvidia users have under their belts to use, or not to use as they wish.

 

[Phynaz]

Keys, you aren't "running a 4k res without having a 4K display".

 

[Keysplayr]

Yes I know, it downsamples. But it increases the detail you would not otherwise see in lesser resolutions. I think the GPUs are doing the work of 4K though.

 

[Erenhardt]

Yes I know, it downsamples. But it increases the detail you would not otherwise see in lesser resolutions. I think the GPUs are doing the work of 4K though.

and it obscures other details in the meantime?
Disappointed in Nvidia DSR - introduces blur

I thought we settled it is non-feature long time ago...

 

[toyota]

Incorrect on the first. "DSR doesn't currently work with SLI,".
And second, how much horsepower it takes is not the point. Point is running a 4k res without having a 4K display. Not how much power it takes. As long as it's playable that is all that matters and it is just another feature that Nvidia users have under their belts to use, or not to use as they wish.

it seems to be exactly like running 4k as my benchmarks basically match right up. what happened before is that I thought it was using more vram than it should as I did not realize that it was system ram I was looking at in the OSD.

 

[SperglordActual]

Incorrect on the first. "DSR doesn't currently work with SLI,".
And second, how much horsepower it takes is not the point. Point is running a 4k res without having a 4K display. Not how much power it takes. As long as it's playable that is all that matters and it is just another feature that Nvidia users have under their belts to use, or not to use as they wish.

My bad, I thought they had not yet fixed the no DSR on SLI bug. I would submit that if horsepower isn't an issue why not just go with high levels of AA since you wouldn't have to deal with the filters?

it seems to be exactly like running 4k as my benchmarks basically match right up. what happened before is that I thought it was using more vram than it should as I did not realize that it was system ram I was looking at in the OSD.

Gotcha, so now it matches up almost exactly?

 

[Keysplayr]

and it obscures other details in the meantime?
Disappointed in Nvidia DSR - introduces blur

I thought we settled it is non-feature long time ago...

Did you notice any blur when you used it?

 

[Deders]

Is DSR any different from SSAA?

 

[stahlhart]

and it obscures other details in the meantime?
Disappointed in Nvidia DSR - introduces blur

I thought we settled it is non-feature long time ago...

If you can't speak from your own personal experience, then please leave this discussion to the members here that can.
-- stahlhart

 

[hawtdawg]

Ok, well, DSR worked in SLI for a little bit, but as soon as I tried to use the pixel clock tool to overclock my monitor, it disappeared from the control panel again. Monitor overclocking works fine on single card with DSR.

 

[DiogoDX]

and it obscures other details in the meantime?
Disappointed in Nvidia DSR - introduces blur

I thought we settled it is non-feature long time ago...

Nvidia blurring the image is a feature since TXAA.:thumbsup:

Warning issued for thread crapping.
-- stahlhart

 

[Whitestar127]

SLI profile for Ethan Carter, nice. Hope it yields more performance than the one I have used so far.

 

[xthetenth]

I like people talking about DSR who haven't experienced the joys of being able to force supersampling of one kind on a game full of sub-pixel aliasing that doesn't have other supersampling options available. It's not for everything by a long shot, but in the right situation it's pretty great to have.

 

[gradoman]

I definitely am getting lower performance using DSR vs GeDoSaTo at the same resolution. Image quality is better in GeDo as well. I do like that NV has provided this feature, but GeDo it is for me.

Oh yeah, the other pro for GeDo is that the Afterburner and Steam overlay aren't microsized.

 

[Sequences]

I'm a little new to this DSR thing. What's so great about it? I'd imagine most setups are bottlenecked by the GPU when it comes to 1080p and above. Why would someone want to sacrifice performance to see the same number of pixels?