Can you tell which one of these screenshots has DLSS enabled?

[Alvis]

EDIT: Yeah it was B lol. See threadmark

Just a quick experiment I wanted to do. Just for fun, it's obviously not scientific in any way shape or form.

Here are two completely uncompressed 1440p screenshots of Death Stranding. They are taken with Steam, which has an optional feature which allows you to create an uncompressed copy of every screenshot in addition to the usual compressed one it usually takes. They are uploaded to cubeupload, which is an image hosting site that applies NO compression to images.

One has DLSS enabled and set to Quality, which means it's running at 1706x960. The other is just native resolution (2560x1440) with TAA. The only reason why I know which is which is because I deliberately put the ladder on Sam's side instead of his back for one of the two cases, otherwise I would have already forgotten which is which lol.

So... can you tell which is which? The poll closes in 1 day. After that, I'll say which is which obviously.

Screenshot A is below this line

Screenshot B is below this line

 

[Einchy]

B is a bit blurrier so I voted for that but I'm fully aware that in some cases DLSS can actually look clearer than native.

 

[UnholyChocolate]

Aren't the trails on the floating objects related to dlss, so B

 

[Lump]

I would say DLSS is in Shot B because of the entrails hanging off the bridge in the background have an anti-alias effect on them that DLSS is good at providing.

 

[Alvis]

(note: I'm obviously not voting in the poll)

 

[Darryl M R]

B's grass (specifically by the pole close to the character) might look a little bit different, but I'm not able to swap back and forth fast to really inspect.

 

[JEH]

Think it's B and that's what I voted but I'm guessing this is a trick question.

The top of the cases looks a little funky and blurry in B.

 

[Patitoloco]

I'm going with A because of the detail on the USA patch on Sam's suit.

 

[Vulcano's Assistant]

Grass is less sharp in one of them. I imagine the sharper one is native, but I understand DLSS gives you higher quality hair in various games, so I may be wrong.

 

[The Dragon Mask]

B looks less sharp to me, so by virtue of DF pointing out DLSS can look sharper, gonna say the DLSS one is screenshot A.

 

[copelandmaster]

Aren't the trails on the floating objects related to dlss, so B

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Yep.

Other than that, A is cleaner than B.

 

[Het_Nkik]

I read hair looked better in Death Stranding with DLSS on so I looked at the hair and chose A.

 

[LabouredSubterfuge]

Aren't the trails on the floating objects related to dlss, so B

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Yeah it's a motion vector issue.

 

[ILikeFeet]

if you seen Digital Foundry, it'd be easy to tell, due to the motion vector errors

 

[Fawz]

I've heard DLSS can lead to a better image when not moving, but looking at those two A looks better so I'll say that's the one that's Native while B is the DLSS one as it's a bit blurier and not as sharp with the details. Some of it could be that the screenshots aren't of the same timestamp (Wind, Lights, Camera & Character idle pose aren't aligned)

 

[APizzaPie]

I'm assuming it's A because the hair and grass isn't as blurry.

 

[panda-zebra]

B is a lot blurrier on the face and the text on the case at a quick glance, if that's native there's something wrong in the settings it looks pretty bad.

 

[J75]

Despite being an unintended side effect of DLSS, I kind of like those trails. Fits with the aesthetic of the game.

 

[Tremorah]

Isnt the real question how many frames better it runs with DLSS?

Anyway, looks like B to me so voted A

 

[AerialAir]

The footsteps in B are blurrier, as are some other texture, so I say B.

 

[samred]

Add rain to the comparison, and you'll see a major difference. The rain modeling in DS is the loudest exception to DLSS's otherwise sterling results.

 

[Alvis]

I disabled being able to change the vote and being able to see the results without voting btw. It might be more interesting that way

 

[Noema]

B, since it exhibits artifacts due to the DLSS.

 

[Dreamboum]

It's B because it's sharpened

 

[lightchris]

B has better anti-aliasing, but A is sharper and more detailed if you look closely. So: B is DLSS, i would think.

But yeah, overall in this instance the difference isn't large.

 

[Deleted member 12833]

OP is temping me to grab Death Stranding on PC even though I put nearly 100 hours into it on ps4

 

[MarvelousIntent]

Voted B because of the quality difference.

 

[nikos]

I can tell even from the thumbnails on an iPhone.

 

[defaltoption]

B looks blurier around the face if I had to choose but they both look fine for gameplay

 

[NediarPT88]

Pic B is a little more blurred when seeing it at full-size, so maybe that one?

 

[Richietto]

The difference between the image is so negligible to me which is insane. DLSS is crazy.

 

[Alvis]

OP is temping me to grab Death Stranding on PC even though I put nearly 100 hours into it on ps4

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Do it and do a glorious 144 FPS playthrough

 

[Darkstorne]

Screenshot A looks more detailed to me.

No idea which is DLSS though, since there's a lot of talk that it can even look better than native at times. Interested to see the result =)

 

[Deleted member 16908]

A looks crisper but has more jagged edges. B is the opposite. I vote B.

 

[Deleted member 76797]

Trails are a dead giveaway. You should close this thread and make one without them because it's ridiculous how good dlss is in DS and I bet people would have a hard time with it.

 

[SixelAlexiS]

It's the A even you can be tricked to think that the motion blur effects are artifacts but instead is DLSS that is removing details.

You can see it by looking at the building in the background, in the A screen they are rounded.

 

[Deleted member 12833]

Do it and do a glorious 144 FPS playthrough

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Game runs that well? My monitor is 120hz. Think I could maintain that at 3440x1440 with a 3070? Doom Eternal can but that game has incredible performance.

 

[leng jai]

DLSS is easier to spot in motion isn't it? DLSS is better in Death Stranding because the TAA in that game is terrible.

 

[GTAce]

B

 

[MrCibb]

Avoided reading the comments before voting for B. I can see barely a difference, but the floating effects on the left look a bit blurry on the B screenshot whereas they're way sharper on the A. I'm not sure if DLSS would add or remove the blur effect, but I'm guessing it'd add it. Could go either way though.

 

[Alvis]

Game runs that well? My monitor is 120hz. Think I could maintain that at 3440x1440 with a 3070? Doom Eternal can but that game has incredible performance.

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Well, I don't know about 3440x1440. But I also got a 3070. At 2560x1440 with no DLSS it runs at 100~120 FPS depending on the area. With DLSS set to Quality, it runs at a rock solid 141 FPS (my custom framerate cap in order to stay within the gsync range) with absolutely no dips.

 

[MGPanda]

I'd say B, although with that, I'll still say that both look incredible. If I wasn't comparing two high-res images side by side, I most definetely wouldn't be able to notice any differences whatsoever.

 

[blame space]

friend i don't even know what dlss is

so i'm saying B

 

[Ricker]

I decided to go with which blue footprint look better or more accurate and less blurry to me so I said A...looks like I am wrong.

 

[Alvis]

friend i don't even know what dlss is

so i'm saying B

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Basically you're supposed to vote the screenshot which you think is running at a lower resolution

 

[NeonBlack]

Is this the 2000 or 3000 series card? I'm not sure if it makes a difference or not

 

[Deleted member 12833]

Well, I don't know about 3440x1440. But I also got a 3070. At 2560x1440 with no DLSS it runs at 100~120 FPS depending on the area. With DLSS set to Quality, it runs at a rock solid 141 FPS (my custom framerate cap in order to stay within the gsync range) with absolutely no dips.

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Sorry to side track this topic but can you explain the custom gsync range? I've seen this before and don't quite understand. My monitor is gync so should I be setting my frame cap to 57 if targeting 60fps or 117 if targeting 120fps?

 

[Patitoloco]

Is this the 2000 or 3000 series card? I'm not sure if it makes a difference or not

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No difference, DLSS is DLSS.

 

[Dec]

b is DLSS, it is blurrier generally, but I think probably the easiest way to tell is the jaggies on the railing in shot A. TAA doesn't clean it up but DLSS does.

So yea, generally slightly blurrier image, but less missed edges.

 

[Satori]

Man I don't know what to choose they both look amazing. All I know is I hope all games support dlss.