Finally got Downsampling to work on my AMD card!

Matson · 2 Mar 2014 at 16:00

Just wanted to share this as i've wanted to try downsampling on my AMD card but could never get it to work and right now my desktop and game res is running at 2560 x 1440 which looks amazing.

It was posted over at Guru 3D and here is the link for anyone wanting to give it a go.

http://forums.guru3d.com/showthread.php?t=366244&page=27

LtMatt · 2 Mar 2014 at 16:45

Good stuff Matson i might have a butchers at this.

Matson · 2 Mar 2014 at 16:59

You should mate... Just been having a blast on Bioshock infinite at 2560x1440 @75hz and it looks stunning. Aslong as you follow exactly what that guide says you shouldn't go wrong.

LtMatt · 2 Mar 2014 at 17:09

Matson said:
You should mate... Just been having a blast on Bioshock infinite at 2560x1440 @75hz and it looks stunning. Aslong as you follow exactly what that guide says you shouldn't go wrong.

I've just tried out BF4 at 4k and been mighty impressed with performance and how it looks. So im keen to try this in other games that don't offer the supersampling that bf4 offers.

Matson · 2 Mar 2014 at 17:14

Yeah that's the reason I wanted it too. Not many games have the option and it makes a huge difference in image quality.
Tomb raider at 1440p looks and runs great on a 1080p screen. Getting about 60fps on it with 2x SSAA and downsampling together.

shankly1985 · 2 Mar 2014 at 17:15

Might have to give this ago.

Matson · 2 Mar 2014 at 20:44

Its definatly worth it. Every game iv tried so far has looked so much better.

hash70 · 2 Mar 2014 at 21:16

whats downsampling? is jst for above 1080p

Matson · 2 Mar 2014 at 21:29

It basically let's you add custom resolutions to your monitor.. So if you have a 1080p monitor like me you can add higher resolutions.. For example I'm gaming at 1440p now as the gpu Downs amples that to fit your screen so every thing looks so much sharper like your really gaming at 2560x1440 on a 1080p screen.

Defy Belief · 2 Mar 2014 at 21:31

It almost sounds too good to be true, placebo effect?

triss · 2 Mar 2014 at 21:34

Not sure if its placebo or not

It does look better to me in games been using it for awhile and the extra space 1440p on my desktop helps for what i do

Matson · 2 Mar 2014 at 21:39

It's definitely not a placebo effect you can easily see just how much sharper everything looks. I can't imagine it's much difference than actually having a 1440p monitor

Turn up resolution scale in bf4 and you will see exactly what it does.

almighty15 · 2 Mar 2014 at 21:40

Think MSAA+TrSSAA is better option in terms of quality and performance!

uksoldierboy · 2 Mar 2014 at 21:54

Extremely keen to try this out but is it difficult to do?

hash70 · 2 Mar 2014 at 21:55

does it work with cat/14.2?

almighty15 · 2 Mar 2014 at 21:56

uksoldierboy said:
Extremely keen to try this out but is it difficult to do?

Down sapling isn't worth the hassle.... You can force super sample AA through the drivers anyway.

And then MSAA+TrSSAA will handle the remaining games.

uksoldierboy · 2 Mar 2014 at 21:56

Do i need Java installed?

Matson · 2 Mar 2014 at 21:59

hash70 said:
does it work with cat/14.2?

Yeah... That's what I'm using.. Just make sure you follow the instructions and it will work.
You don't need java installed. Make sure on monitor settings you untick the hide refresh rates your monitor doesn't support as well.

uksoldierboy · 2 Mar 2014 at 22:13

Matson said:
Yeah... That's what I'm using.. Just make sure you follow the instructions and it will work.
You don't need java installed. Make sure on monitor settings you untick the hide refresh rates your monitor doesn't support as well.

I just tried it, but when the command window pops up it fails, the "Hide refresh rates" box is greyed out for me.

Matson · 2 Mar 2014 at 22:20

You mean under screen resolution... Advanced settings...monitor... then untick hide modes that this monitor cannot display?