r/OptimizedGaming

Edit: Overclocking my CPU to 5.5 and turning off SMT improved the bottleneck somewhat.

58% at 2160p is "1252.8" pixels. 115fps and visuals... ew.
33% at 2880p is "950.4" pixels. 100fps and visuals look way better.
33% at 2160p is "712.8" pixels. 140fps and visuals.. ew.

What. I don't know if I'm a little slow or something, but I'm missing why Balanced has that result. Also curious what's keeping the 5120x2880 resolution from shining in the performance range it should be, somewhere between 115 and 140fps.

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Brb, setting my CPU back to 5.5ghz...

• 8 GB GPUs should reduce the environmental textures to "High." This also limits the geometric quality to "High."
• Car Reflections are best left at the highest quality. If you're on a lower-end PC, drop down to "Low."

https://preview.redd.it/2z8n05gb362h1.png?width=1140&format=png&auto=webp&s=e7322a7624e3607ae5902271e4c35ba66cb29f88

• Screen Space Reflections should be enabled over ray-traced (unless you've got the extra headroom). "High" is the sweet spot, but Extreme is only a few percent slower.

https://preview.redd.it/j8t2a4fc362h1.png?width=1140&format=png&auto=webp&s=eb292b9945f67d9e79f7135008c6dc22c45ac4df

• Screen Space GI is recommended for most midrange PCs. "High" is the sweet spot.
• Ray-traced GI medium is ideal for high-end PCs, preferably with quality upscaling.

Complete Guide: https://pcoptimizedsettings.com/forza-horizon-6-pc-optimization-best-settings-graphics-performance/

Video Guide: https://youtu.be/5FmZjiUkwVE

In-depth RT Comparisons: https://pcoptimizedsettings.com/forza-horizon-6-pc-performance-guide-optimized-ray-tracing-settings/

Is there any hidden methods you can do with a pc to make ur Xbox one a run smoother? I’ve already did everything I could do on my Xbox one s

OPTIMIZED SETTINGS

RESOLUTION SCALING: DLSS QUALITY
CAR LEVEL OF DETAIL: ULTRA
ENVIRONMENT TEXTURE QUALITY: ULTRA (AS HIGH AS YOUR VRAM ALLOWS)
ENVIRONMENT GEOMETRY QUALITY: HIGH
CAR REFLECTION QUALITY: MEDIUM
SCREEN SPACE REFLECTIONS QUALITY: HIGH
RAY TRACED REFLECTIONS QUALITY: OFF
SHADOW QUALITY: ULTRA
NIGHT SHADOWS: OFF
SCREEN SPACE GI QUALITY: MEDIUM
RAY TRACED GI QUALITY: OFF
SHADER QUALITY: HIGH
AUDIO QUALITY: ULTRA
DEFORMABLE TERRAIN QUALITY: HIGH
PARTICLE EFFECTS QUALITY: ULTRA
VOLUMETRIC FOG QUALITY: HIGH
LENS EFFECTS: LOW

NOTES

*ENVIRONMENT TEXTURE QUALITY ON EXTREME USES WAY TOO MUCH VRAM FOR WHAT IT OFFERS, I DON’T RECOMMEND IT UNLESS YOU HAVE A LOT OF SPARE VRAM

*USE THE BUILT IN BENCHMARK MODE TO STRESS TEST YOUR GAME’S PERFORMANCE TO FIND OUT IF YOUR SETUP CAN HANDLE THE WORST CASE SCENARIO

Soo I have been experimenting with FSR 4 using optiscaler and it's clear that fsr 4 is much better visually. However my dilemma lies in perfromance. Fsr 4 greatly reduces the performance in opposition to fsr 3.1 to the point where I have to use 720p quality mode if I have to use fsr 4 and tbh 720p upscaled from 480p doesn't rly look that good but again fsr 3.1 also doesn't look good even on higher resolution so i do not know what to do I'm rly confused. I just want your personal tastes here

Hey all, playing the early release for FH6 and the frametimes are a mess. I’ve updated my drivers, capped my framerate, cleared shader cache. Nothing seems to work. Game stutters really bad, especially going across the map.

I have a 9070xt, 9800x3d, game is on an ssd with 32gb ram. Spent $130 to play this early and I’m disappointed. Even on 60 fps capped, high priority, latest drivers, CPU 0 disabled, NOTHING fixes it.

Is this something the devs will fix? Even on the lowest settings there is some noticeable stutter. I remember FH4 having flawless frametimes. How have we gotten to this point?

Devil May Cry 5 - DLSS DLAA FSR2 Xess Support Mod

https://www.nexusmods.com/devilmaycry5/mods/4598

Upscaler Base Plugin (For DLSS)

https://www.nexusmods.com/site/mods/502?tab=files

Latest DLSS DLL file

https://www.techpowerup.com/download/nvidia-dlss-dll/

Nvidia Profile Inspector (For changing the LOD Bias)

https://github.com/Orbmu2k/nvidiaProfileInspector/releases

More info about the PC Version

https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/Devil\_May\_Cry\_5

You can get the game pretty cheap right now on Steam!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/601150/Devil\_May\_Cry\_5/

Essentially, I'm on a journey of pc optimization, reached it's final stage of simple but major tweaks that eliminate system wide latency. Upon calypto's suggestion to disable anti virus in his latency guide which is recommended by many in the community, I tried it myself and saw noticable improvement.

I would simply buy a new pc and wouldn't need to tweak my laptop but high hardware prices due to AI is not a option for me.

Edit: By time pass I mean watching youtube, reading online guides etc. Pretty much anything that doesn't need downloading anything. Also I don't aim to release my music into public. Ignore the "professional work" wording.

This is what I've come up with after some testing

Car Level of Detail: Ultra
Environment Texture and Geometry Quality: High

Car Reflections: Medium
SSR Quality: Medium
Raytraced Reflections: Off

Shadow Quality: Ultra
Night Shadows: Ultra

SS GI Quality: Medium
Raytraced GI Quality: off
Shader Quality: Ultra

Audio Quality: High

Deformable Terrain Quality: Ultra
Particle Effects Quality: Medium
Volumetric Fog Quality: High
Lens Effects: Medium
Motion Blur Quality: Ultra

Has anyone else tried to play the game on this gpu does it run well?

This topic is related to older games, that allows you to turn off the TAA in game. Yep, I am FULLY aware that it is a dying breed, but we all have a lot of such games that we love and cherish. And I am NOT talking about forcing TAA OFF via various hacks (including HEX hacks), that can ruin rendering in various ways.

As a example, I tested it in the MASS EFFECT ANDROMEDA game and omg, I am blown away by the result. I encourage you to test it with your own eyes and for other games, guys, it is like looking at the remastered game :) I know, that the DLDSR is known and used for years. I encourage you for using it, starting from 4K resolution, which is rather uncommon.

Fair warning: it seems that to maintain acceptable FPS while having DLDSR 1,75 on 4K monitor, you need to have at least Nvidia 5070 Ti card. But I think it strongly depends on the game.

The short procedure is as follows:

+ set up Nvidia's DLDSR 1.75x

Remember, we are talking about 4K monitors, so even DLDSR 1.75 requires running the game in 5120x2880 virtual resolution; I tested DSR 4x and DLDSR 2.25x as well; DSR 4x was too muddy and an FPS killer at the same time, even for the RTX 5090; DLDSR 2,25 was still too slow from the FPS point of view and the difference between DLDSR 2,25x and 1,75x were minimal and not easily observed; I tested increasing the render resolution to 200% in-game, the result was underwhelming and and jaggies were very pronunced; so it seems that that DLDSR does a really good AA job here

+ start the old game, that allows you to toggle TAA, using 4K native resolution, all the setting graphics maxed, and with TAA set to on firstly

+ just play that game for some time, to acclimatize with the plain old TAA, before saying it goodbye for good

+ then pause the game, change the resolution to DLSDSR 1,75x (5120x2880) and turn off the TAA

+ prepare to be amazed :)

Now, for the FIRST time in your life, you will see the game in it intended glory :) Pay particular attention to texture details (on suits, armors, floors and walls), particles (including dust), the lighting :) The effecs is similar to running the DLAA 4.5 M instead of the TAA.

I know the technical reasons behind the TAA, but seeing now exactly HOW BUTCHERED ALL the TAA processed games were for so many years makes me sad. Fortunately, not anymore! :)

Just to let you know that knowing from Digital Foundry TAA video (2024), that the TAA Native works the better the higher FPS is, I tested it against DLAA 4.5 M (which obviously is also native) in the Dead Space Remake game.

[Reminder: I am talking here about the new game example, that as usual doesn't allow us to turn off AA in the game. You can only switch to DLSS [incl. DLAA], FSR [incl. FSR Native], or XeSS. And I don't want to hack a game to turn off its anti aliasing against the developers' implementation]

By choosing one game supporting both the TAA and the DLAA, I wanted to verify if the TAA can be improved on the best possible GPU (RTX 5090) to the level of the DLAA through the available methods, that is, via increasing FPS or via increasing resolution.

The result still tells us the sad story: despite AVG 138 FPS in TAA Low Native 4K mode, the DLAA 4.5 M 4K mode with AVG 100 FPS still produces better clarity IN MOTION!

Specifically, very thin objects like distant red wires just "vanish" during movement when in the TAA Low mode, while they are present in the DLAA mode. When there is no motion, the resentations are almost identical - some bright objects are brighter in the DLAA 4.5 M mode due to the better light processing in the DLSS 4.5 vs plain old TAA light processing.

Addendum: I wondered if the increased resolution would solve this issue, as it was suggested in the video mentioned. So I tested DLDSR 1.75 [starting from 4K] TAA Low against DLAA 4.5 M 4K [Native] and it was a double defeat: TAA Low had still worse motion clarity and this time it had worse FPS as well (AVG 60 FPS for TAA Low against AVG 100 FPS for the DLAA).

There you have it ;)