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Re: Do you upscale? If you don't, you're not alone

From candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid>
Newsgroups comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action
Subject Re: Do you upscale? If you don't, you're not alone
Date 2026-05-05 19:30 +0000
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Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote at 13:04 this Monday (GMT):
> On Sun, 3 May 2026 16:02:21 -0600, "rms" <rmsmoo@moomoo.net> said this
> thing:
>
>>>Do you use DLSS3/DLSS4/FSR in your games?
>>
>>   The only recent time I can recall when I actively looked for this setting 
>>was in the recent Indiana Jones game, and I believe I also ran the in-game 
>>benchmark to test its effect (it did help).  There had been gaming news 
>>stories hyping this feature when the game came out.  I may or may not have 
>>enabled it in The Witcher 3, but now I can't recall if that game even offers 
>>that setting; not sure.  When and if I get to another graphically intensive 
>>game -- specifically Stalker 2 and Cyberpunk -- I will certainly be looking 
>>for and enabling DLSS to help with framerate.
>>
>>rms
>>
>>
> I'm fortunate in that I'm not that sensitive to low frame-rates. Some
> gamers swear that anything under 120fps is unplayable; I'm fine with a
> quarter of that. (I'm not averse to higher, but it's harder for me to
> notice). I'm much more sensitive to fluctuating frame-rates; jumping
> from 60 to 90 to 70 to 50... that drives me nuts. 
>
> But usually I just cap the framerate at 60fps, and I'm good. My
> hardware is more than capable of reaching that naturally, so stuff
> like DLSS4 frame-interpolation is just wasted effort (and has
> downsides of its own).
>
> I knew all those years playing Wing Commander at 8fps had advantage!
> ;-)


Ah, the nostalgia of playing games at 10FPS on the family laptop :)
Anyways, yea I usually don't care about high fps like that, i'm pretty
happy with 720p 30fps
-- 
user <candycane> is generated from /dev/urandom

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Do you upscale? If you don't, you're not alone Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> - 2026-05-03 16:17 -0400
  Re: Do you upscale? If you don't, you're not alone "rms" <rmsmoo@moomoo.net> - 2026-05-03 16:02 -0600
    Re: Do you upscale? If you don't, you're not alone Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> - 2026-05-04 09:04 -0400
      Re: Do you upscale? If you don't, you're not alone Zaghadka <zaghadka@hotmail.com> - 2026-05-05 10:12 -0500
        Re: Do you upscale? If you don't, you're not alone Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> - 2026-05-05 11:43 -0400
          Re: Do you upscale? If you don't, you're not alone Zaghadka <zaghadka@hotmail.com> - 2026-05-06 11:17 -0500
            Re: Do you upscale? If you don't, you're not alone Zaghadka <zaghadka@hotmail.com> - 2026-05-06 11:44 -0500
              Re: Do you upscale? If you don't, you're not alone Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> - 2026-05-07 10:28 -0400
      Re: Do you upscale? If you don't, you're not alone candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> - 2026-05-05 19:30 +0000
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    Re: Do you upscale? If you don't, you're not alone Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> - 2026-05-12 09:54 -0400
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        Re: Do you upscale? If you don't, you're not alone Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> - 2026-05-13 10:42 -0400

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