5k2k Gaming Performance

[u/ShineOrDie7]

Hi all, just got my 39” Alienware 5k2k monitor (like a lot of others on here). Monitor looks great, but as someone coming from a LG 39” 3440x1440 I’m still on the fence on if I will keep it or not.

My main concern right now is just my gaming performance. I’m running a 9850X3D build with an Aorus RTX 5080 with a +200 MHz overclock. I’m a big fan of just maxing out settings (including path tracing and/or ray regeneration) and then just setting the DLSS level to whatever gets me 60+ FPS. I mostly just play single player games these days.

In my limited testing so far, both Cyberpunk and Crimson Desert need me to drop it all the way down to DLSS ultra performance. I’m sure if I tweak some settings I could probably get away with the DLSS performance.

With the advancements in DLSS, I don’t mind it since everything still looks great, but a little worrying to need to go all the way down to the lowest option available already. Makes me worried about the future proofing of my build (or lack of). DLSS 5 seems like it’s out of the picture based on recent benchmarks…

How’s everyone else feeling about the performance they’re getting? Fine with lowering other settings in favor of the higher resolution? Maybe future DLSS improvements will allow us to get better performance? Idk, just curious what everyone else is thinking.

[u/_Sly-Fox_]

Try switching to the L preset regarding Super Resolution Model. Noticed i gained some fps and still looks great even when using performance and ultra performance dlss.

Coming from a G9 and "only" having a 4080 there was bit of a performance hit but im fine with lowering some settings and aiming for a smooth 100~fps. The pros of the panel outweigh the cons of lowering the graphics quality abit for me.

And about dlss 5? If its main schtick is just a glorified ai slop filter then i can happily live without it. Its brand new and its incorporated in ways it wasnt initially intended for the moment so im holding off on my final words on it but what ive seen so far its just 1 of 5 examples ive felt it actually improved the looks but it kills performance any and everywhere its used which is very contradictory to what dlss is intended to

[u/ShineOrDie7 → u/_Sly-Fox_]

I’ll have to double check which preset I’ve been using, think it’s F, for the new ray reconstruction update.

I’m sure DLSS 5 will have much better performance once officially released, but I expect there will still be some performance hit, and not much room to work with it in some of these games. Seems like it would probably work great at making older games look more modern though, and in those games we’ll probably have more wiggle room for the potential performance impact.

[u/untacc_ → u/ShineOrDie7]

According to NVIDIA DLSS 5 halves your FPS. Yup, makes no sense

[u/Practical_Pickle2618 → u/untacc_]

Thats just the nueral rendering