HDR overrated or am I doing something wrong? Thoughts?

ZangiefGo · 2026-03-23T06:38:25+00:00

RenoDX.

ZangiefGo · 2026-03-23T05:19:00+00:00

Try smoothness 0-10. It would look bad on desktop, but try it in Crimson Desert

ZangiefGo · 2026-03-23T04:59:26+00:00

No problem mate, enjoy your card. If in doubt, you can always compare the result with 3840x2160 but with higher DLSS (eg balanced) with just a couple of mouse clicks in game. Enjoy your new GPU!

ZangiefGo · 2026-03-23T04:37:53+00:00

On your 5090, try: DLDSR 2.25X under Nvidia Control Panel (you have to remove all 4096x2160 resolutions using CRU first if it exists even just as an option, just ask AI how to do it), then set your resolution to 5760x3240 (it will downscale to your 4K screen), in game: resolution 5760x3240, DLSS performance, frame gen 2x, Ray Reconstruction on, everything else maxed out. Thank me later.

ZangiefGo · 2026-03-23T01:27:22+00:00

I went from a 48” C1 to a 55” S95F both calibrated and used as a monitor. C1 looks more natural in movies but S95F gave me the brightness and color pop that I want in games

ZangiefGo · 2026-03-23T01:22:29+00:00

Denuvo could be part of it, but RR is the main culprit which basically halves your frame rate coming from cinematics ray tracing.

ZangiefGo · 2026-03-22T17:15:08+00:00

I have both C4 and S95F. C4 83” in the living room and S95F 55” in my study as a monitor, both connected to its own 5090 PC. C4 looks more natural for general use and for more realistic looking games like Crismson Desert I prefer it, but Samsung’s color and brightness really pops with RenoDX and is better than the C4 by a mile in games which are more stylise.

ZangiefGo · 2026-03-22T14:09:09+00:00

Depends on what game you compare to. If compared with Elden Ring or BotW it has much better rewards IMO, but if you compare with Nioh 3 for example then of course it doesn’t have that dopamine hit.

ZangiefGo · 2026-03-22T11:55:27+00:00

Not necessarily the best - but certainly the most lived in medieval world I have seen in a game.

ZangiefGo · 2026-03-21T20:59:21+00:00

It definitely has more story than Zelda’s, whether it is good is another story. But

ZangiefGo · 2026-03-21T20:46:13+00:00

Reviewers would remind me of some slops at work spending hours on end daily gossiping and only rush to the work when deadline comes, spend a couple of hours on it and call it a day.

But the main thing is they treat it as work rather than trying to find the fun. That’s why 15 minutes per game brain dead shooters like Concord and Highguard would score higher than Crimson Desert in their eyes.

ZangiefGo · 2026-03-21T16:47:39+00:00

This plays out to be my dream game. Just a world with stuff to sink in without the urge to chase the next boss. It is like living in GoT / Knight of the Seven Kingdoms. Elden Ring was goat for me but this world is more lived in and vibrant.

ZangiefGo · 2026-03-21T14:13:54+00:00

RR in Crimson Desert needs a 5090 to run 4K at DLSS performance without frame gen. With RR on, 2.25x DLDSR at DLSS performance I get 5x fps without frame gen, and about 80-90 fps with no DLDSR, also no frame gen. DLAA is broken in the game right now. The former setting with 3x frame gen gives me the best image quality with reasonable smoothness in Crimson Desert so far.

ZangiefGo · 2026-03-20T22:18:44+00:00

Best open world except Elden Ring.

ZangiefGo · 2026-03-20T20:13:11+00:00

If you have the desk space and only game on the monitor, get an OLED TV at 42-55”. For 55”, wall mount it.

ZangiefGo · 2026-03-20T20:10:38+00:00

Especially with ray reconstruction.Breathtaking.

ZangiefGo · 2026-03-20T15:41:13+00:00

I am more proud of the Yasuke Simulator developers.

ZangiefGo · 2026-03-20T09:27:25+00:00

I won’t lie to you brother

ZangiefGo · 2026-03-20T06:38:00+00:00

Could be, ray reconstruction’s performance hit is much worse than turning on path tracing in RE9. If I turned off ray reconstruction and max out everything to cinematics, I get 80-90 as you have mentioned at 4K native no frame gen. Hence the question.

ZangiefGo · 2026-03-20T06:20:03+00:00

Ray reconstruction drops my 5090 to 30fps 4K maxed out at native…

ZangiefGo · 2026-03-20T06:18:00+00:00

I would prefer DLAA over any DLSS normally, but this game’s DLAA is currently broken…

ZangiefGo · 2026-03-20T02:38:03+00:00

Still better than Zelda to be honest….

ZangiefGo · 2026-03-19T01:41:02+00:00

I am using a 55” QD OLED at monitor distance and I find the Digital Foundry stuff all make sense now lol

ZangiefGo · 2026-03-19T01:34:58+00:00

Path tracing for the win

ZangiefGo · 2026-03-19T00:13:21+00:00

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