Downsampling with AMD: Guide and Demonstration

Discussion in 'Videocards - AMD Radeon Drivers Section' started by BlackZero, Jul 25, 2012.

  1. milktree

    milktree Member Guru

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    Can anyone help explain why I can't downsample any higher than 2720x1700? I've tried nearly everything I can do, lowering refresh rate, etc. no matter what happens, whenever I choose a higher resolution, my screen just goes into power save mode
     
  2. Shaneus

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    The 6990 might not support it? I know the most I could get out of my 5850 or 5970 is 2560x1440, and I have a feeling there's a similar limit for the 6xxx series cards.
     
  3. xNAPx

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    u can't go further than 2720x1530p on Ati Cards
     
  4. Elajitz

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    I Trying to get some Answers here then! :)
    Any One know if i need a Monitor or can i use down sampling whit my built in display on my laptop? Plz Need Answer!
     

  5. OrdinaryOregano

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    I don't think it has anything to do with monitor so you should be fine.
    But the current Downsample tool isn't working on the 13 series drivers so you'll have to use one from the 12 series.
     
  6. teleguy

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    thats why i got black screen when i use DS!
    Or can it be that i am using windows 8?
    Okay thx i will try Cat 12.10
     
  8. Elajitz

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    hey!
    How far can i go whit Downsampling whit my Mobility Radeon 5800 Series My stock Resolution is (1920×1080) 16.9
    and how far can i go ? 2048×1152, 2560×1440, 2880x1620, 3840×2160 and 4096×2304
    I am not so sure of my monitor because i use My built in display at my Laptop
     
  9. clorky

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    I just can't get it to work.
    I tried everything - searching on google, reading all posts in this topic... NOTHING.
    The main issue is, that the monitor just doesn't seem to work with any other kind of resolution then it's native. I have 22IT Philips (22'') and it's driving me crazy.

    So, i downloaded the utility (downsampling 0.6) and put in 2560x1440 as said in the tutorial, restarted the PC and couldn't change it on Windows, under Screen Resolution. It says: Windows could not change your display to this resolution... bla bla.
    So i tried to check 'Hide modes that this monitor cannot display', BUT IT'S FREAKING GREYED OUT!!!
    So i restarted PC once again, reinstalled AMD drivers (12.11 beta 11 NET4 support). No difference, so then i tried exactly 2 times the size of my native screen resolution.
    I've put in these values: 3840 x 2160. The same issue once again, Windows could not change your display to this resolution... bla bla...

    I tried to download various drivers avaiable at Monitor > properties > update driver
    Once, i had the 'LUCK', and i was able to change it to 3840x2160, but **** happened. It seemed like there's some signal distruption, it was all weird and seemed like splitted on two halfs.

    I'm getting pissed off beyond belief, i swear i tried everything in my power to fix that ****ing thing, but i can't. So I'am asking You.

    Please, help me, i'm really exhausted.
     
  10. teleguy

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    To use 3840 x 2160 you first have to create a custom resolution of
    2560x1440(1600) then set your desktop to 2560x1440 then add the custom resolution of 3840 x 2160.
     

  11. milktree

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    getting to 3840x2160 is impossible on any current AMD cards. if you want to downsample to that resolution you must get an nvidia card.
     
  12. teleguy

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    Not true apparently.

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    http://www.pcgameshardware.de/AMD-Radeon-Hardware-255597/Tests/Test-Radeon-HD-7990-Malta-1066320/
     
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  13. K-putt

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    PCGH has a 4K monitor to test things like this.
     
  14. teleguy

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    No, they said they were using downsampling.

     
  15. craig

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    Read properly. They did use the console and config from the game to downsample. Driver downsampling on GCN is not possible with this resolution.
     

  16. ELCID777

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    I thought resolution in down-sampling was fully dependent on monitor type. According to AMD's site on the 7970, the card supports resolutions of up to 4096x2160.

    I've seen people with HD 7000 series cards achieving down-sampled resolutions that are over the 2720x1700 mark. I, myself, have not been able to do this, but my monitor may be to blame for that (Samsung T260HD)
     
  17. ACMPraetorian

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    Same for me, I can only achieve 2720x1530
     
  18. AbjectBlitz

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    Cant get downsampling to work with 13.4

    I have used the "CRU" tool instead which added the resolution back but when I game it says Out of range.

    I have gone back to 12.11 and added the resolution back, installed 13.4 driver over top and it again didn't work . :bang:
     
  19. BlackZero

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    Not sure why the workaround is not working for you, AbjectBlitz.

    All you should need to have to do is that you would set up the resolutions using the AMD downsampling utility with the Catalyst 12.11 drivers, then install any later driver either straight on top or alternatively after using the AMD official driver uninstall application if using Windows 7.

    You will not, however, be able to use the utility itself with later drivers, but the resolutions should still be available in the driver control panel and in-game.
     
  20. AbjectBlitz

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    Got it working, I had GPU scaling enabled in CCC. Disabling this has made it work using the CRU tool.
     

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