If your game is sharper and you don't like it...

[BlackMaze]

...It is because the default option with Update 5 is that upscaling mode is set to AMD. Reverting it back to normal disables the new sharpening effect.

For the record:

• If you select AMD for upscaling, the sharpening effect is always active, even if you don't use any upscaling
• There appears to be no FPS difference between normal and AMD
• Setting it to normal appears to be the "old" way

o7

 

[PRORABBIT67]

 

[CMDR Yates]

You can dial it down as well, if you'd prefer something between the two examples shown. There's a slider. I think the effect defaults to 75%, which seems to be overkill.

 

[Frop]

When I had the graphics preset set to Low, turning off this option did not disable the sharpening for me. Could you be so kind to confirm?

 

[BlackMaze]

When I had the graphics preset set to Low, turning off this option did not disable the sharpening for me. Could you be so kind to confirm?

I just tried this for you but for me it works. When I switch it to normal it is less sharp than when I set it to AMD.

 

[ferus]

There might be something wrong with me but I like the sharper look.
And the lighting is definitely going in the right direction.

First time since Odyssey launched I could put gamma back to default and use my normal screen settings (until now I had to switch to a different profile of my screen to be able to see anything in Odyssey).

 

[Frop]

I just tried this for you but for me it works. When I switch it to normal it is less sharp than when I set it to AMD.

Thanks for testing, I might just delete my graphics settings (for the third time now since launch) to be sure. Not really sure why this option was enabled by default anyway.

 

[BlackMaze]

There might be something wrong with me but I like the sharper look.
And the lighting is definitely going in the right direction.

First time since Odyssey launched I could put gamma back to default and use my normal screen settings (until now I had to switch to a different profile of my screen to be able to see anything in Odyssey).

There's nothing wrong there -- There's quite a few people out there that like a bit of extra sharpening to their games. I run a bit of extra sharpening on a bunch of games.

I... Wouldn't say it is a good idea to set it as the new default, though

Everybody's screenshots are going to look over sharpened now because it is the new default setting! Say bye to the typical Elite Horizons beautiful screenshots!

 

[Erei]

Thank you friendly wizard. I do not understand your words, but your magic seem to work. I was wondering why it was all weird.

 

[BlackMaze]

Thank you friendly wizard. I do not understand your words, but your magic seem to work. I was wondering why it was all weird.

Don't think I've ever been called a wizard... I'll take it! <3

 

[CMDR X]

You can dial it down as well, if you'd prefer something between the two examples shown. There's a slider. I think the effect defaults to 75%, which seems to be overkill.

It is. I found 1 bump from left to be the sweet spot.

 

[tomimt]

turning AMD upscaling off seems to give me a small boost on FPS as well.

 

[Crank Larson]

First time I've seen a comparison where I can actually tell the difference.

AMD is noticeably clearer.

 

[Mrjupp]

Set to Normal, it does show a difference.

 

[Jpotter]

There might be something wrong with me but I like the sharper look.
And the lighting is definitely going in the right direction.

First time since Odyssey launched I could put gamma back to default and use my normal screen settings (until now I had to switch to a different profile of my screen to be able to see anything in Odyssey).

You are not alone - I actually find it much much better on my hardware (which is AMD hardware fwiw). The 'normal' setting feels like Vaseline is smeared on the screen or my eye prescription is just a little off.

 

[zimms]

...It is because the default option with Update 5 is that upscaling mode is set to AMD. Reverting it back to normal disables the new sharpening effect.

For the record:

• If you select AMD for upscaling, the sharpening effect is always active, even if you don't use any upscaling
• There appears to be no FPS difference between normal and AMD
• Setting it to normal appears to be the "old" way

o7

Oh, thanks! I'll have to check that. I was quite disappointed yesterday when I thought I'll have to live with this for the next 6-9 months.

Still weird that that would be the new default. I have an Nvidia GPU.

 

[tomimt]

Oh, thanks! I'll have to check that. I was quite disappointed yesterday when I thought I'll have to live with this for the next 6-9 months.

Still weird that that would be the new default. I have an Nvidia GPU.

I do believe AMD has been trying to make their new stuff GPU agnostic. I guess AMD wants to show NVIDIA that they can offer improvements over what they are offering while not caring what hardware people use.

 

[shevek]

I think the idea with the AMD sharpening is to drop the super sampling a notch to increase FPS and the sharpening will make the letters still readable.

 

[SH4DOWM4K3R]

I think the idea with the AMD sharpening is to drop the super sampling a notch to increase FPS and the sharpening will make the letters still readable.

That's exactly what I do. I have supersampling to 0.75 below 4K resolution. AMD sharpening makes everything a bit sharper again. Another thing that bothers about fonts is the bloom effect. As a result, fonts look more washed out again.Bloom should be disabled for fonts.

 

[tomimt]

I think the idea with the AMD sharpening is to drop the super sampling a notch to increase FPS and the sharpening will make the letters still readable.

I'm gonna give that a try.