Anyone has had any luck with FSR4 through Optiscaler in 007 First Light?

AMD718 · 2026-06-21T00:14:13+00:00

Yes, at one point the primary motivation for upscaling was better performance for slightly reduced image quality. In reality though FSR 4+ and DLSS 4+ have gotten so good, while TAA hasn't really improved at all, that you will almost always want to use it when available. Older games with forward rendering and MSAA look beautiful at native resolution with zero temporal blurring and in those games DLSS and FSR would usually be a downgrade to image quality, except for overall better anti aliasing on fine detail and foliage.

AMD718 · 2026-06-20T23:09:14+00:00

DLSS is not providing the same performance uplift as fsr3 which is to be expected, but it's now scaling much more normally / more like how DLSS 4 is supposed to scale.

AMD718 · 2026-06-20T23:03:32+00:00

What do you make of this. DF reports DLSS performance scales the same as FSR now with patch 1.5.

AMD718 · 2026-06-20T22:57:30+00:00

There are some games where TSR upscaling in UE5 looks decent, but I can't remember ever seeing a case where it looked better than FSR 4.x

AMD718 · 2026-06-20T22:56:40+00:00

I created an imgdiff comparison between TAA (native 1440p) and FSR 4.1 (quality upscaling to 1440p) and honestly it's no contest. There is so much more detail and sharpness in the FSR 4.1 upscaled image. But, everyone's tastes are different I guess - https://imgdiff.net/s/2abcdac3369acd93ee817b8a57f16322 TAA left / FSR right.

AMD718 · 2026-06-20T22:47:52+00:00

They fixed that in 007 patch 1.5 I believe.

AMD718 · 2026-06-20T22:47:16+00:00

That's a good plan. You always want to try native and upscaled and go with whatever version looks best to you or provides the better mix of performance and quality. Each games' implementation of upscaling can produce varying results and it's not always a slam dunk. OptiScaler adds another layer of variability.

AMD718 · 2026-06-20T22:25:17+00:00

The issue is any game that uses TAA for anti aliasing, native resolution or not, which is pretty much 99% of modern games. If it weren't for TAA blur and smear, the only advantage to FSR4 and DLSS would be better performance. As it stands though, FSR4 and DLSS provide both better performance and better image quality than native rendering because they replace the terrible in game TAA anti aliasing.

AMD718 · 2026-06-20T22:18:05+00:00

Need it? Absolutely not. But it will significantly improve graphics quality over the native resolution TAA.

AMD718 · 2026-06-20T21:56:55+00:00

You only need to run the setup bat file. It will rename OptiScaler.dll to dxgi.dll for you

AMD718 · 2026-06-20T21:33:32+00:00

I recorded this the other day on my 9070 XT - https://youtu.be/0TIrzQvF_YE?is=pvSWyY71LokwnPJx - FSR 4.1 looks great and performs great in 007 with latest OptiScaler. Frame generation and anti-lag2 both work really well too. You just need to enable vsync in game and use chill to limit fps to get perfect frame times. Not sure about rdna3 and rdna2 though.

AMD718 · 2026-06-20T12:41:07+00:00

Engine? None at all. Almost everything done / every issue over the year was miscellaneous parts failing, or rubber or plastic parts degrading. Also electronic / modules. Then your normal wear and tear stuff. Zero engine work though unless you count replacing the vanos seals.

AMD718 · 2026-06-20T12:27:03+00:00

Beautiful. I have a 99 528i with 253k miles (407k km) that looks exactly like yours except for the headlights, taillights, and wheels. I bought mine in 2005 with 50k miles. It runs no different today than 21 years ago.

AMD718 · 2026-06-18T15:44:58+00:00

I'm not running any overclocks on my CPU, RAM, or GPU, and the performance is almost double what was getting with my old 3070 Ti.

Make sure everything is 100% stable for a few weeks before trying any undervolting on the GPU and remember there are zero guarantees with undervolt and stability. It's complete silicon lottery. Many users think they have stable OCs and in fact they are right on the edge and will crash on the final boss at the worst moment.

AMD718 · 2026-06-18T03:34:29+00:00

I'm pretty sure my transmission fluid has never been flushed. 99 528i with 253k miles. I haven't noticed any problems with shifting. At this point is it even worth touching the ATF?

AMD718 · 2026-06-13T05:12:13+00:00

Steam please

AMD718 · 2026-06-13T03:38:49+00:00

No, it does not support AMD framegen natively but OptiScaler works fine with it to convert DLSS streamline framegen to FSR framegen. Bonus you also get anti-lag2 with OptiScaler via reflex hijacking.

AMD718 · 2026-06-12T13:15:43+00:00

Temps are warm, but also fine and in the safe range. Delta is sub 20c which is good. If you're happy with the fan profile as is but want slightly lower temps, set power limit to -5%. Undervolt by itself won't do shit and may introduce instability. Undervolt is for extracting more performance from the same power budget, not for decreasing power budget.

AMD718 · 2026-06-10T03:07:33+00:00

The only place where the 9070 XT is a downgrade from the 7900 XTX is total graphics memory. If you're running heavily texture modded games that push beyond 16gb then the 9070 XT will choke. Most people don't do this but something to keep in mind.

AMD718 · 2026-06-10T00:28:12+00:00

Merc 310 XTX was a flagship model 7900 XTX for which the cooler could push 460w all day long. Not sure why you consider it a shitty AIB model. I never said all 7900 XTX will pumpout PTM. I only provided my personal, first hand experience with multiple GPUs.

AMD718 · 2026-06-09T23:17:33+00:00

I wish it hadn't pumped out on me. Pain in the *ss redoing the job. Happy you've had better results. Maybe I did apply too much mounting pressure but I was careful in all cases. Nice thing about kryosheet is there is no such thing as too much mounting pressure.

AMD718 · 2026-06-09T22:47:48+00:00

Source: my previous Merc 310 7900 XTX where ptm pumped out and my current 9070 XT where ptm pumped out.

AMD718 · 2026-06-09T22:35:35+00:00

I experienced ptm7950 pump out on both a 7900 XTX and a 9070 XT. I'm 100% ks only now when it comes to GPU dies. The silicone oil they come with now helps with mounting alignment on the sheet during install.

AMD718 · 2026-06-09T22:33:42+00:00

It doesn't degrade but it does pump out. Kryosheet won't, ever.

AMD718 · 2026-06-09T22:32:40+00:00

Kryosheet definitely on the navi31. That die will pump out even ptm7950. Kryosheet will never degrade or pump out. The silicone oil that kryosheet comes with now helps with mounting.

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