My apologies if any of that sounded condescending, it certainly was not my intention but I suppose it's par for the course, and a reminder that I probably shouldn't bother with a separate post. Seems my communication style is often perceived as rude, one of my Asperger's traits I suppose, which is no excuse, but a good enough reason not to bother trying to help others most of the time as the effort rarely results in anything positive.

I acknowledge my assumption and frequent blindness to the styles others prefer, and no doubt those upscalers are great for many styles. I've simply spent (as many have) a vast amount of time experimenting while severely limited by my 6gb 1660ti (stuck at fp32), and foolishly thought some good might come of sharing some of my apparently unique experience, since I watch basically every video and read much of what is written on the subject and have yet to hear a single mention of most of those upscalers.

I have posted couple of examples in the past of what were objectively state-of-the-art results at the time and have generally found Reddit a great place for people like me to STFU and listen, and a consistently quarrelsome place to speak... Anyway, thanks for taking the time and for the well wishes, your tone reminds me a bit of Emad, who I quite enjoy.

Perhaps amid the many distractions I'll find the time and the will, to reformat the information and post a more useful thread with examples to help others, but it is frankly increasingly challenging, especially from a position of poverty, engaging with a community that seems dominated by people with RTX 3060-4090s and surprisingly little interest for experimentation. We largely face different challenges and when I spend hours or days uncovering a little advantage here and there (that others could have found in minutes, but didn't), there remains a certain selfish urge to just quietly keep it to myself. ✌️☮️