(12-06-2015, 04:59 PM)Beoron Wrote: I have another question, is it helpful to run a higher internal resolution than my monitor can support? My tv does support 4k resolution so I might see how well I can run that, but I wonder if it will look different on my monitor which is 1080p. Also, are any of the post processing effects worth using? I have a 970 GTX and am wondering if there are any of those I can try that wouldn't slow me down too much.
I think you already know it, but Nvidia's 900-series graphics cards have a featured called DSR (downsampled resolution) which renders the game at a desired resolution (let's say 1440p or 4K) and then outputs it at 1080p. The graphical improvement gained this way should be quite substantial, even though it's of course not like native 1440p or 4K. I haven't played with it too much myself, but to my understanding it works with all DirectX programs, including Dolphin ran in D3D mode. You should definitely try it out and report how it runs! The 970 should be just fine with at least 1440p.
The post-processing effects I have used with my 970 are limited to anti-aliasing and anisotrophic filtering. I know that's not what you were asking for, but I can definitely recommend those! 8xAA and 16xAF doesn't slow my rig down a bit when playing lighter games like Mario Kart: Double Dash!! and Paper Mario: TTYD.