Nvidia Image Scaling vs AMD FSR vs DLSS - Which Works Best in Games?

Just to clarify here given there's a bit of confusion in the comments, when I said NIS was "redundant" I was specifically talking about the NIS SDK that game developers can implement in their games. The driver feature is obviously not redundant and like I said, the main (or only) advantage NIS has is that it's integrated into the driver

I'm gaming with an older 1660ti on a 2k monitor. It has been a game changer to upscale to 2k with this card. It allows me to get a more steady 60 fps even on an ancient workstation with this card.

I find in modern warfare 2 NIS looks clearer on ultra quality than DLSS on Quality mode. Maybe it's just me.

Nvidia Image Scaling is ... not very good. And which FSR are you using in the video? 2.0? Lossless Scaling only offers FSR 1.0 which is ... also not very good.

You mentioned that upscaling has been a basic feature for decades, you could always run game in a lower resolution, scaled either by the display or the driver. One question I have is what implied sharpening is used by the old method.

I have a 3070 ti but cant find DLSS when playing Call Of Duty MW2 !!

what scaling do i need to use gpu or monitor that is Q i cant find answer that is main Q bcs its alll bout scaling so on what hardware should it scale , DISPLAY/GPU ?

Wait, you guys can't use the program settings on the nvidia control panel to set this up per game? 🤔

Appart from the UI thing, NIS is better at upscaling than FSR: slightly better detail conservation, slightly better edges too.

Does Nvidia Image Scaling work most of games?

I personally find DLSS to be Nvidia's killer feature on the RTX cards not Ray tracing. I have a gaming laptop with a 2080 in it and I use DLSS all of the time to get 60fps when I'm using my laptop on a 4k TV screen at home.

on the deathloop shots DLSS and NATIVE 4k are switched

DLSS with increased monitor sharpness is AMAZING!

I just bought a 4K 240Hz monitor and learning about all these different ways I can get better performance is giving me a headache lol. I really wish there was a way Nvidia could implement a driver-level DLSS upscaler, it would solve so many problems. There are some games I enjoy playing that are difficult to run at high resolutions with high FPS and have no upscaling options, like Apex Legends. It sucks that I'm most likely gonna have to sacrifice a lot of quality.

Soooo I play on a 240 hz monitor with a pc that has a 3060 ti and a amd ryzen 5 5600. Do i turn on image scaling? I’d somewhat setting

whst about RSR which work on any amd gpu? not as pretty but keeps a 5600xtt running 1440p pretty well....

Seems like NIS is just a quick implemented feature to steal some of that open source thunder

thanks for the info. can you clarify something? these techs are an alternative of the other right? I shouldn't use both at the same time? or should I? for me I have rtx3070, so I should choose between dlss and nis/fsr?

how does it work in 1080p?

does NIS affect input lag?

can you do these same test but test dlss, fsr with both amd and nvidia gpu's :)

tests: only in 4k and 1440p
90% gamers that using 1080p: 👍

My ads keep getting interrupted by an INS and FSR comparison. Otherwise good ads.

FSR with Lossless Scaling and other programs can go wrong giving worse performance than the native resolution with a significant degradation in quality. It depends on the game, I have tried a couple and I have read redditor that they tried different ones with the same thing happening. I haven't tried NIS yet and I don't know if it will pass this too, if it doesn't then you are right that it can be useful when you have neither DLSS nor FSR.

At least as far as FC6, NIS is visibly (too much) softer on the flowers.

¿Dldsr Vs image scaling?

I actually think NIS is better FSR looks too blurry even with Max sharpen

"Its not a one click feature" So having the option of which resolution you want to upscale from is a bad thing? I know its a lot harder to turn something in the settings to "on" but that comes with the freedom to choose base resolution, instead of just "performance, balanced, and quality", giving the choice between 10-20 different resolutions.

You can compare NIS and FSR with a steam app called lossless scaling both as post processing. Perhaps there is something wrong with NIS on AMD gpus but I think FSR is far superior on lower resolutions. For people with ageing low end cards FSR is a lifesaver and makes 900p much better looking when I'm just trying to play somethinng heavy like Cyberpunk. NIS looks like garbage, at least for me on an RX 570. This is why AI upsamplers are currently making no sense in a starving GPU market. FSR has basically proved that there is good reason to have spatial upscaling tech in the mix. Nvidia should support NIS. RSR and NIS is a win for everyone.

I use NIS in MSFS as it currently does not have DLSS, so on my 4K monitor it looks very good... I use 20-30% sharpening

Either way competition is good here as NIS being driver level has forced AMD to make their FSR Dirver Level with "Radeon Super Resolution".

More people win out.

Now my question is will intel add a driver level upscaler that works on their GPUs as they are the black sheep in that regard especially now that AMD's hand was forced by NVIDIA.

At the very least Intel could rip the Open Source NIS and FSR and make it run better on their uArch and make it Driver Level.

Either way, RSR will be big for Steam Deck, Existing Ryzen Laptops, The G CPUs, and future Ryzen 6000 CPUs.

All those systems that had to run at 720p internally now can output 1080p which on a <20 inch screen, likely is a bigger improvement than IQ Detriments introduced by using it. Especially at the viewing distances for those types of systems.

Hi,

I've been doing some test with NIS on non DLSS games such as Days Gone or Far Cry 6.

i've seen that resolution for 4k at
85% should be 3264x1836but in my case its 3482x1662
77% should be 2954x1662 but in my case its 3151x1662

I use my LG C1 to play, no idea if that has some kind of importance.

Does someone knows why those resolutions are different?

Thanks

NVIDIA is becoming and evil idiotic company

FSR looks better. That said DLSS looks better than FSR.

In the long run, DLSS is going to meet the same fate as G-sync.

I just tested that you can activate image scaling in the driver control panel with just one click. I have a GTX 1070 so maybe takes more steps to activate it on an RTX card.

FSR then,, I'm not Propriety fan.
and most industry probably will use Free Software than pay premium for Proprietary

On Deathloop's last scene it looks like DLSS is overdoing it and removing the shimmering that exists in the native one?

The new image scaling is useless it lowers my fps by a lot and after turning it off goes back to normal but but then once computer goes off and then back on it’s turned on again

Why bring in DLSS lol? That's like comparing two budget cars and then saying, "this is how both compare to this Lamborghini"

Will there be an FSR test with Magpie?

Now we’re finna get rsr from amd :D

You can set individual games to use NIS, set image scaling to on in the global tab of the driver, then set the sharpening to 0%. Then on the programs tab any game that you what to use NIS for set the appropriate sharpening amount, and then in game set the appropriate resolution. So any game you have running at 100% resolution wont be sharpened, and games where you need a frame rate boost will be. I’ve been using if for a while like this on my old GTX 1080 and its working well.

After a few years hearing about DLSS I was disappointed by it after getting a 3080. I thought it would improve image quality, it doesn't.

The HUB anti NVIDIA attitude is clearly present on this video. All they say us that NIS IS next to pointless and so haaaaard to use... Come on. NIS Works with EVERY game and doesn't disable free Sync/g-sync like those 3rd party sh1t tools.

Of course it affects The UI beacouse it is used at driver level, but that didn't stop HUB to over emphasize it. I would choose NIS over FSR/3rd party Tool Combo every time. Use FSR or DLSS If game supports them. If not NIS is by far The best solution.

If AMD had done this same thing they would be praising it. That is for sure.

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