Here’s where going beyond your native resolution brings rewards.
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This has multiple benefits, not least of which is reducing aliasing.
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This is where straight edges in the game seem jagged and stair-stepped in nature.
Supersampling is the highest quality form of anti-aliasing, but it’s also the most performance-intensive.
Using a high virtual resolution for games is only viable if you have lots of performance to spare.
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Some elements of video game rendering also scale in quality with a resolution.
Shadows, for example, often look better when downscaled than at native resolution.
Reflections that are at a fixed scale of the target resolution (e.g.
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quarter resolution) also benefit from supersampling.
This opens up more options for performance and image quality balance.
It also allows you to use technology such as DLSS to improve image quality rather than increase performance.
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Now DLSS is creating a 4K image, and then it’s being downsampled to 1440p.
This gives you some of the advantages of rendering at 4K natively and then scaling it down to 1440p.
The exact details vary depending on yourGPUbrand and model.
You should see an option above your connected display’s native resolution.
Keep in mind that aMacBook’sinternal display does not offer this option.
Suppose you have multiple displays connected at once.
Some video games have resolution scaling options built into the menus.
Once you get your head around the concept, you’ll appreciate having the option.
