With the release of Nvidia GeForce 344.48 drivers have the opportunity to use DSR technology, and soon in the Elite: Dangerous appeared similar option in the graphics settings - Supersampling.
Dynamic Super Resolution renders a game at a higher, more detailed resolution and intelligently shrinks the result back down to the resolution of your monitor, giving you 4K-quality graphics on an HD screen.
Main overview and instructions to activate DSR for Nvidia users can be found here.
In the game there are new resolution options, which would be shrinked later.
Dynamic Super Resolution in Elite: Dangerous
Supersampling parameters presented by multipliers x0.5, x0.75, x1.0, x1.5, x2.0, x3.0, x4.0
The comparison was performed on the following configuration:
Original screenshots.
As a result, it became clear that the best result shows Supersampling by a factor of x1.5, but almost twice drop in FPS (34 FPS). DSR at factor x1.5 in image quality is a little behind, but the FPS drop is quite justified (48 FPS) and a very good result with showed DSR x1.2 - the image becomes noticeably better than the standard 1080p, while the FPS drap was minimal (60 FPS).
Dynamic Super Resolution renders a game at a higher, more detailed resolution and intelligently shrinks the result back down to the resolution of your monitor, giving you 4K-quality graphics on an HD screen.
Main overview and instructions to activate DSR for Nvidia users can be found here.
In the game there are new resolution options, which would be shrinked later.
Dynamic Super Resolution in Elite: Dangerous

Supersampling parameters presented by multipliers x0.5, x0.75, x1.0, x1.5, x2.0, x3.0, x4.0

The comparison was performed on the following configuration:
Intel i5-3450S @ 2.8GHz 3.5GHz Boost
ASUS GTX770-DC2OC-2GD5
8GB DDR3
Windows 8.1

Original screenshots.




As a result, it became clear that the best result shows Supersampling by a factor of x1.5, but almost twice drop in FPS (34 FPS). DSR at factor x1.5 in image quality is a little behind, but the FPS drop is quite justified (48 FPS) and a very good result with showed DSR x1.2 - the image becomes noticeably better than the standard 1080p, while the FPS drap was minimal (60 FPS).