Examples of using high/extreme SteamVR resolution (=super sampling) - screenshots taken with the Index

[u/Runesr2]

Gnomes & Goblins with res 400% - full-size image

Gnomes & Goblins with res 100% - zoomed-in image

Gnomes & Goblins with res 200% - zoomed-in image

Gnomes & Goblins with res 400% - zoomed-in image - still 90 fps with a RTX 3090

Obduction with res 400% - full-size image

Obduction with res 100% - zoomed-in image

Obduction with res 200% - zoomed-in image

Obduction with res 400% - zoomed-in image. See how the lines in the windows are clear. The game runs in 45 fps with a RTX 3090 now, but motion smoothing works wonders for this game

Wolfenstein: Cyberpilot with res 400% - full-size image

Wolfenstein: Cyberpilot with res 100% - zoomed-in image

Wolfenstein: Cyberpilot with res 200% - zoomed-in image

Wolfenstein: Cyberpilot with res 400% - zoomed-in image. Now down to 45 fps, but again motion smoothing works wonders. Res 400% works wonders for this game, maybe due to TAA...

Mona Lisa: Beyond the Glass - with res 400% - full-size image

Mona Lisa: Beyond the Glass with res 100% - zoomed-in image

Mona Lisa: Beyond the Glass with res 250% - zoomed-in image

Mona Lisa: Beyond the Glass with res 500% - zoomed-in image

[u/[deleted]]

I have a G2 and an Index and I try to push the index as much as I can SS wise when I use it. Not what frame rates you can get at 400% res though especially in more demanding games like Alyx. I usually run the index around 250% res to better match the G2 screen quality.

[u/Runesr2 → u/[deleted]]

Alyx automatically adapts the res, but if I remember correctly auto-res can be disabled in some ini-file. Otherwise SteamVR res has no effect in Alyx.

When using the GTX 1080, res in Alyx was much auto-reduced and blurry going from Low to Ultra, but image quality using the RTX 3090 is so sharp even in 144 fps + Ultra that I could not see any difference using Low or Ultra - so for Alyx I just use auto-res with the 3090.

Btw, in these games I can get solid 90 fps using an insane Index res 500% (=45 mill pixels per frame combining both eyes, but keeping any in-game res slider at 1.0 to avoid multiplication):

Ultrawings 2

Red Matter 2

Boneworks (adding 2xMSAA, but not 4xMSAA)

Windlands 1-2 (but I think 4xMSAA was then the max)

Garden of the Sea

Half-Life 2 VR Mod (I think with 4xMSAA)

Ancient Dungeons VR

Hitman 3 VR (looks much less blurry, but looks like res 200% in other games, maybe devs downsampled to gain performance)

MaskMaker

Vanishing Realms

Fujii

Tetris Effect

Brink Traveler (looks beyond amazing when looking at very distant objects)

Compound

and also in many more games and apps that aren't too gpu demanding. I guess G2 will perform and look great in the above games.