This RTX 4090 just got an eye-catching deal that’s definitely worth a second look

RonsonPL3d ago

Almost deaf person:
– lightweight portable 5$, speakers of 0,5cm diameter are the final nail in coffin of Hi-Fi audio!

Some people in 2010:
– smartphones are the final nain in the console gaming’s coffin!

This is just the same.
AI upscalling is complete dogshit in terms of motion quality. The fact that someone is not aware of it (look at the deaf guy example) doesn’t mean the flaws are not there. They are. And all it takes to see them, is to use a display that handles motion well, so either gets true 500fps at 500Hz LCD TN or OLED (or faster tech) or uses low persistence mode (check blurbusters.com if you don’t know what it means) also known as Black Frame Insertion or backlight strobing.

Also, image ruined by any type of TAA is just as “native image” as chineese 0,5$ screwdriver is “high quality, heavy duty, for professional use”. It’s nowhere near it. But if you’re an ignorant “journalist”, you will publish crap like this article, just to flow with the current.

There’s no coffin to native res quality and there never will be. Eventually, we’ll have enough performance in rasterization to drive 500fps, which will be a game changer for motion quality while also adding other benefit – lower latency.
And at 500fps, the amount of time required for upscalling makes it completely useless.
This crap is only usable for cinematic stuff, like cutscenes and such. Not for gaming. Beware of ignorants on the internet. The TAA is not “native” and the shitty look of the modern games when you disable any TAA, is not “native” either as it’s ruined by the developer’s design choice – you can cheat by rendering every 4th pixel when you plan to put a smeary TAA pass on it later on. When you disable it, you will see a ruined image, horrible pixellation and other visual “glitches” but it is NOT what native would’ve looked like if you’d like to honestly compare the two.

Stay informed.