Silent Hill 2 Ray Reconstruction On vs Off and Installation Guide - RTX 3070 - 1440p

[@S2GamesBench]

*How to activate DLSS Ray Reconstruction* 1. Download latest DLSS from www.techpowerup.com/download/nvidia-dlss-3-ray-reconstruction-dll/ File is digitally signed by Nvidia, so you don't need to worry about any tampering. 2. Go to installation folder of your game For steam this is usually Windows Drive - Program Files (x86) - Steam - steamapps - common - You may have installed your game somewhere else though. Then in game folder - SHProto - Plugins - DLSS - Binaries - ThirdParty - Win64) 3. Paste the nvngx_dlssd.dll file here (the one you downloaded in step 1) 4. Now open file manager and at top in address bar type %LOCALAPPDATA% and hit enter 5. No go to SilentHill2 - Saved - Config - Windows 6. Open Engine ini file in notepad or any text editor 7. Go to bottom of the file and add [SystemSettings] If you already have [SystemSettings] written at bottom then no need to add it again 8. Now add following under it and save the file r.NGX.DLSS.denoisermode=1 r.Lumen.Reflections.BilateralFilter=0 r.Lumen.Reflections.ScreenSpaceReconstruction=0 r.lumen.Reflections.Temporal=0 r.Shadow.Denoiser=0 And that's it, you have activated DLSS RR, make sure DLSS upscaling is on in game. *Optional (Not related to above guide)* Also add following under [SystemSettings] to deactivate Chromatic aberration, Vignette and VRS (Variable Rate Shading) respectively. r.SceneColorFringeQuality=0 r.Tonemapper.Quality=1 r.Vrs.Enable=0 Silent Hill 2 RTX 3070 Benchmark - kzbin.info/www/bejne/pny6n3qFqNhqiqs Silent Hill 2 DLSS Ghosting Fix - kzbin.info/www/bejne/rX2vc3ZoeL12aqM If video was helpful, Like, Comment, Subscribe or Share, Thank you. Join and support the channel - kzbin.info/door/Ju05KKhgB5uw6puJR7AARwjoin *Timestamps* 00:00 Installation Guide 00:20 Graphic Settings Used - 1440p Epic - RT On - DLSS Quality 00:29 RR On vs Off - Comparison 1 00:47 RR On vs Off - Comparison 2 01:05 RR On vs Off - Comparison 3 01:23 RR On vs Off - Comparison 4 01:42 RR On vs Off - Comparison 5 02:00 RR On vs Off - Comparison 6 02:18 RR On vs Off - Comparison 7 02:37 RR On vs Off - Comparison 8 - In Motion 03:38 RR On vs Off - Comparison 9 - No Ghosting in Leaves 03:56 RR On Benchmark 05:56 RR Off Benchmark 02:20 Video Suggestions *Watch Next* Until Dawn - RTX 3070 - kzbin.info/www/bejne/ipyvXnppjrl5ntU God of War Ragnarök - RTX 3070 - kzbin.info/www/bejne/sKW5loGZi9lpa7c Black Myth Wukong - Patch 1.09 - kzbin.info/www/bejne/n6aokH6CgN6bpM0 Cyberpunk 2077 - Patch 2.13 and Frame Gen Comparison - kzbin.info/www/bejne/mYfYhoOjjKaIha8 Star Wars Jedi Survivor - Patch 9 - kzbin.info/www/bejne/nJXMnWqmaLGYhs0 Warhammer 40k Space Marine 2 - 1440p, 1080p - kzbin.info/www/bejne/p6GplZltmsmYpa8 FSR FG 3.1 along with DLSS upscaling 3.7.20 - Black Myth Wukong - kzbin.info/www/bejne/o2TIZXeYobKbidk DLSS 3.7.20 is available now - 5 Game Comparison - kzbin.info/www/bejne/pX66kmOwftuLo7s RTX 3070 in 2024 - 20 Games Tested - 1440p,1080p - kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y37bpmyhf7akgdU *Ryzen 3600 vs Ryzen 7600* Cyberpunk 2077 - 1440p - kzbin.info/www/bejne/baewnqV5oqp2esk Star Wars Jedi Survivor - 1440p - kzbin.info/www/bejne/j3iqfZmlmNhgg80 Alan Wake 2 - 1440p - kzbin.info/www/bejne/f3jWiaVudpWWmq8 Hogwarts Legacy - 1440p - kzbin.info/www/bejne/q2rbmp53rK-mr6c *Join* my Discord server - discord.gg/Hu6TARTPQY *Buy Games* Black Myth Wukong - tinyurl.com/5n9bp956 Funko Fusion - game.page/funkofusion/S2Games%20Bench Cyberpunk 2077 - tinyurl.com/4wnv3bkn Alan Wake 2 - tinyurl.com/2p84sedm Star Wars Jedi: Survivor - tinyurl.com/522ncnxa Hogwarts Legacy - tinyurl.com/2s4rjtwh Disclosure: In connection with Epic Games’ Support-A-Creator Program, I may receive payouts from your in-game purchases. *Buy Hardware* amzn.to/3U1yr9b ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 4070 Super - amzn.to/4bCkbNF ASUS TUF Gaming RTX 4070 Ti Super -amzn.to/3SUNfZd XFX Speedster Radeon RX 7900XT - amzn.to/3wk1huw MSI GeForce RTX 4090 - amzn.to/3XW3eWl MSI GeForce RTX 4070 Gaming X Trio 12G - amzn.to/43n7LEy Acer Predator XB271HU - 144Hz 1440p 27inch Monitor - amzn.to/3eghokq Samsung Odyssey G7 - 240Hz 1440p 32inch VA Monitor - amzn.to/3CkFlPp Disclosure: I get commissions for purchases made through links in this post.

[@fuuji7996]

so why disable VRS? it is broken or something? i thought that VRS would help with the perf

[@S2GamesBench]

@@fuuji7996 unrelated to RR, just a tip that I added that few things can be disabled if you want from same engine ini file

[@fuuji7996]

@@S2GamesBench but the implementation of VRS is broken or something? the whole point of have VRS in a game is to help with the performance right?

[@Mo3awn]

i have problem in number 5 i cant find the file /SilentHill2 in %LOCALAPPDATA% btw i downloded it from steam in second storage

[@S2GamesBench]

@@Mo3awn play the game once so necessary files are created

[@Jenkie6969]

you deserve so much more subscribers for your hard work

[@S2GamesBench]

@@Jenkie6969 thank you 😅

[@leoh18]

Excellent video!! you rock! I thought RR was comming by default in this game, def the best setting for optimal RT

[@S2GamesBench]

@@leoh18 thank you

[@soulsborne84]

amazing work doing this video with the differences between on and off , really amazing!!!! very good work!!! and my like off course!

[@S2GamesBench]

@@soulsborne84 thank you

[@Knoah321]

I really liked the way this video is formatted! And the entire video is on point!

[@S2GamesBench]

@@Knoah321 thank you

[@xblur17]

Thanks to your guide, I am using DLSS 3.7.2 with preset E for DLSS Quality, as well as RR 3.7.1 enabled, as well as all your extra optional settings. It's crazy how much better the game looks now. At first, I thought those trails from the original DLSS were part of the game and thought "how odd..", turns out it was not intentional xD

[@ajax2309]

what is preset E ?

[@S2GamesBench]

@@xblur17 no problem 😀

[@S2GamesBench]

@@ajax2309 DLSS Super resolution aka DLSS 2 has 7 presets, A, B, C, D, E, F, G where G is currently not used E was introduced in version 3.7.0 only Presets affect image quality, depending on game and DLSS quality level used, one may be better option than the other. While it comes down to personal preference too but you may select following presets. 1440p DLAA - C or E 1440p DLSS Quality - E 1440p DLSS Performance - F

[@lukkkasz323]

@@ajax2309 DLSS has different presets developers can choose from, developers have a tendency to use terrible presets, but you can change them yourself with some tools.

[@miklaus2873]

How? ​@@lukkkasz323

[@ramonzaions7522]

WWWWOOOOOWWWW i think wee cant instal ray reconstruction ! Amazing!

[@Rostovgenchik]

The log file does not appear for some reason, although everything was OK in the previous version. Now I look at James's hair and eyebrows and they can be seen flickering.

[@S2GamesBench]

yes DLSS Tweaks doesn't seem to be working anymore but DLSS ghosting fixed now so not required

[@MrDanny1911]

Thank you very much for this!

[@S2GamesBench]

@@MrDanny1911 welcome

[@GuyManley]

Oh man, that does look better. I am already struggling at 4k with a 3080. Guess I will struggle more.

[@S2GamesBench]

@@GuyManley that's the way

[@Rostovgenchik]

For some reason, the latest version of dlls 3.7.20 does not work for me? I tried to replace it, but the log file is not being created. Everything worked on the previous version, I did activation via DLS Tweak. Dlss 3.7.20 does not work after updating the game to a new version.

[@S2GamesBench]

Patch 1.04 has fixed the issue, so no need to update dll or change preset anymore

[@Rostovgenchik]

@@S2GamesBench Great news, please tell me, is it better to delete the changes made to the ini engine for dlss rr?

[@Rostovgenchik]

First of all, thank you very much for the detailed instructions and for the comparison! I just started looking and what a difference, no noise now and plus the details are visible better! We will definitely have to try , since there are 3070 . And what drivers did you test on?

[@S2GamesBench]

@@Rostovgenchik no problem The latest driver was used 565.90, I always post driver used in the description.

[@Rostovgenchik]

@@S2GamesBench On the sixth comparison, it can be seen that this method also has glitches, the texture is shaking..

[@唐唯剛]

There must be a reason it wasn't available in the option if it was already implemented half way through.

[@striker241186]

Thats awesome, thanks for showing how this works and benchmarking it!

[@S2GamesBench]

@@striker241186 welcome

[@GodSlayerJoker]

thanks for your videos I disabled chromatic ab and vsr on the config with your code and playing with dlss 3.7.2 and using E preset I didn't touch the auto exposure it's on by default though and tried ray reconstruction it was looking better sometimes on some objects default one looking better and it cost me aroun 15 fps and I delete it and delete the codes in the config file too aside from disabling chromatic ab and vsr things and I'm getting pretty good experience right know actually I'm always using dlss 3.7.2 with E preset I would do that I didn't learn that from your video but seeing the differences with stock dlss and custom dlss was fun though and disabling chromatic ab and vsr gave me noticebly better image Thanks

[@S2GamesBench]

@@GodSlayerJoker nice, enjoy your game

[@Cj_Brock]

Thank you so much for this video, will try to use it Now we need to find a way to ON the Frame Generation for Nvidia :)

[@S2GamesBench]

@@Cj_Brock puredark has released DLSS FG mod but it is a paid mod

[@Cj_Brock]

@@S2GamesBench oh, thank you for info

[@Rostovgenchik]

In general , I tried this method on two systems , from 3070 ( 565.90 , clean installation via nvclean ) and on 2080ti ( 560.94 drivers ) . FPS was not measured , plus or minus the same feeling. Plus I added an Optional step : r.Vrs.Enable=0 I generally thought that the reconstruction would not work in 2080ti, it turns out everything works. Dlss 3.7.20 , enabled for quality . I understand correctly that when DSLL is enabled, it is better to use this item r.Vs.Enabled =0 MSIi mode v3 , the check mark is on , Undefined is set

[@S2GamesBench]

@@Rostovgenchik It is only DLSS frame generation that is only available on 4000 series, everything else DLSS would even work on RTX 2060, Reflex works even below 2060.

[@Rostovgenchik]

​​@@S2GamesBenchGreat. I thought DSSL RR is powered by 3x series :-) This is from the time of Alan Wake 2, I got the impression when there was still a possible feature with the advent of Path tracing

[@Rostovgenchik]

Tell me please, did you turn off VRS (Optional step) in this video? And what does turning off or on Vrs give? As I understand, Vrs is turned on only when using Dlss?

[@S2GamesBench]

@@Rostovgenchik yes VRS was off VRS and DLSS are not related, I just added in the end as in 'this is also something you can do' I have fixed the title now to avoid the confusion VRS what it does is that not all pixels are of same importance, like you are probably going to focus less on corners, so with VRS details of such pixels can be reduced to get higher performance DLSS upscaling on the other hand is AI based upscaling where the game is rendered at lower resolution (which can be done at higher fps) and then this lower resolution is upscaled to native resolution of the monitor.

[@Rostovgenchik]

@@S2GamesBench By the way, have you tried the visual mod from nexus? They are called Ultra Plus Fixes and visual improvements.

[@astreakaito5625]

Not too hot about the game itself but man what a huge leap in quality in some scene, great stuff man. performance not even that bad considering it's rt with deep learning denoising on top

[@soulsborne84]

thank you very much for the tutorial!!!

[@S2GamesBench]

@@soulsborne84 no problem

[@vxl2320]

I can delete the old dlss file correct? the "nvngx_dlss.dll"

[@S2GamesBench]

@@vxl2320 yes you replace it with new one

[@vxl2320]

@@S2GamesBench Thx mate

[@vxl2320]

@@S2GamesBench I just did and when i go in game now, dlss isn't even an option in graphics setting?

[@S2GamesBench]

@@vxl2320 download 3.7.20 dll again and try with that

[@vxl2320]

@@S2GamesBench OK, that one shows up in game. You're da man!

[@Rostovgenchik]

Sorry to bother you, but could you make a comparison between preset A and E? I read that because of the E preset, there may be more load on the hardware, frame time jumps. And the A preset is more balanced (low noise, low particle trails). I haven't tried it myself, but in comparison it would be interesting to see. If there is no opportunity and time (which is natural), then it's okay :)

[@S2GamesBench]

@@Rostovgenchik presets have 0 impact on performance, they only affect visuals Preset A vs B vs C vs D vs E vs F - kzbin.info/www/bejne/enzZloqZdqykftE

[@Rostovgenchik]

@@S2GamesBench 🙂👌

[@lennyjoeduh]

Is this resolution related to? I haven't noticed the crawling noise playing 4k dlls quality (E) 4090. E helped with the ghosting. I have TAA off.

[@TheGabrielfaro]

Wow.. huge difference!

[@Sejbo8000Gaming]

Nice video thanks for testing it😄

[@S2GamesBench]

@@Sejbo8000Gaming welcome

[@Rostovgenchik]

Hello there :) Have you ever had the impression that the dynamics of the game has its own charm without DLSS RR? Has it ever happened that with default parameters, the game does not lose its zest? There are no questions about DLSS at all , it 's better with 3.7.20 , but it's better with reconstruction , because we turn off some denoizers. Are we sure we don't touch any Lumen effects?

[@S2GamesBench]

@@Rostovgenchik I play most games vanilla only for that reason and not use mods but here we are only cleaning noise and making reflections cleaner, this is fine in my opinion.

[@Rostovgenchik]

@@S2GamesBench OK, thanks for the answer :)

[@woofaki5550]

Thanks i did that too,the quality is great but fps tanks hard....

[@nsinghc2799]

Is no Anti-Aliasing the best option in this game? TAA and others are not good?

[@S2GamesBench]

@@nsinghc2799 DLSS when used with preset E is good but some ghosting still remains - kzbin.info/www/bejne/rX2vc3ZoeL12aqM

[@Threewlz]

@@S2GamesBench how did you change the preset? Silent hill 2 won't appear on nvidia profile inspector for me

[@S2GamesBench]

@@Threewlz yes no game driver released yet, use my DLSSTweaks method, it is posted in other video titled - Silent hill 2 Ghosting - DLSS 3.5.10 vs 3.7.20

[@Threewlz]

@@S2GamesBench thank you

[@nsinghc2799]

@@Threewlz With Special K ofc.

[@DerKrazyKrautGaming]

How do I change DLSS presets?

[@S2GamesBench]

@@DerKrazyKrautGaming How to use DLSS Tweaks mod to change preset 1. Go to www.nexusmods.com/site/mods/550?tab=files 2. Select Manual Download 3. After downloading, extract and you will find 6 files 4. Run EnableNvidiaSigOverride reg file and confirm (This step is only required once, you don't need to repeat this when modding new game) 5. Now copy 3 files - nvngx dll, dlsstweaks ini, DLSSTweaksConfig exe 6. Go to game folder and paste these files in same folder that has game exe files (This will be Game folder - SHProto - Binaries - Win64) 7. Open DLSSTweaksConfig exe 8. Scroll down to 3rd section - DLSSPresets 9. Use pull down menu to change default to whichever preset you intend to use. Do it for every quality level you intend to use and hit save at top That is it, all done Game should be closed when you change values If mod worked you will see dlsstweaks log file in same folder where you copied these files (after you play the game at least once) You can also run DisableNvidiaSigOverride to reverse the effects of step 4 if you don't want to use the mod anymore. 2nd link for mod - github.com/emoose/DLSSTweaks/releases

[@DerKrazyKrautGaming]

@@S2GamesBench Amazing Thanks so much!

[@justsam100]

I think it does look somewhat better (it's pretty hard to tell the difference with HDR on), but it kills performance and introduces ghosting in the reflections compared to just running dlss 3.7.2 E alone.

[@RajeshKumar-cy5qf]

on left side, base rt is on right?

[@S2GamesBench]

@@RajeshKumar-cy5qf yes RT is on, you can see settings used at 00:20

[@dest1658]

What other RT games can be modded using this DLL file? I dabbled with dlss preset shenanigans but didn't know RR is moddable as well.

[@SwurvGaming]

im guessing any ue5 game thats using one of the newer versions will be able to work.

[@loopy2350]

First tutorial to actually work thats wild.

[@joseijosei]

Thanks for the info. Can this work in other titles like Hogwarts Legacy? Not the Preset E thing. I mean RR.

[@S2GamesBench]

@@joseijosei Hogwarts Legacy is UE4 game so no, may be in newer UE5 games, SH2 is UE5.1 game

[@Ayva_K]

Does it do anything with ray tracing off?

[@S2GamesBench]

@@Ayva_K yes, game uses hardware RT when RT is on when RT is off game uses software RT So RT is always on, so RR will work when it's off too because RT is actually still on.

[@clamojoat8543]

Hmm would this work on other games ?

[@WaseemAli-zu7wu]

I don't know much but RR should save you performance rather than decrease it as it was in case of Cyber punk.

[@S2GamesBench]

@@WaseemAli-zu7wu RR saves performance when used with path tracing and decreases when used with ray tracing

[@kyuelol]

​@@S2GamesBench but isn't the UE5 implementation of ray tracing actually path tracing aka full ray tracing? That was the narrative in BM Wukong.

[@justclipsfrominternet]

Noticed ghosting in character silhouette even after updating DLSS and using E presets, is there a fix for this?

[@S2GamesBench]

@@justclipsfrominternet I don't think so

[@teddyholiday8038]

The ghosting in game is TAA related. You have to manually disable TAA

[@DanteBellin]

@@teddyholiday8038 No it's not. Tried with TAA diabled. The Ghosting is persistense, no matter what settings you use.

[@teddyholiday8038]

@@DanteBellin nah. You’re wrong

[@DanteBellin]

@@teddyholiday8038 I don't think so...

[@diego_lobo]

Do you know if it works on other UE5 with ray tracing?

[@S2GamesBench]

@@diego_lobo yes it will be possible with other UE5 games too

[@hungnguyenBánhMìBùKhu2612]

Can we enable dlss rr in other unreal engine 5 games?

[@S2GamesBench]

@@hungnguyenBánhMìBùKhu2612 yes 2 other games were listed

[@Livebasura69]

I did this, the vram went up from 8/9 to 10/11 and then I finished it and even more statter (dlss performance render in 720p). maybe I was wrong

[@Zethtk]

can you make a tutorial about how to run cutscenes in 60fps on pc? thank you

[@S2GamesBench]

60fps mod is simple 1. Download this github.com/RoseTheFlower/UltrawideIndex/releases/download/silenthill2remake/Silent.Hill.2.Remake.FPS.unlocker.v1.1.zip 2. Then paste files here Game folder - SHProto - Binaries - Win64

[@Zethtk]

@@S2GamesBench Thank you so much!!!!! You are the best!

[@samiyanes1598]

Great work

[@S2GamesBench]

@@samiyanes1598 thank you

[@BehnamFinisheR]

can i install on gtx 1070 ?

[@S2GamesBench]

@@BehnamFinisheR sorry no, rtx 2060 or higher required

[@msnehamukherjee]

I am appalled at the decision of not including frame generation for both DLSS and FSR in this game. RR looks so good but not at the cost of losing 10 FPS. On my 4070, I go from 70-80 to 50-60 with RR enabled. Not worth it unless there was Frame gen.

[@S2GamesBench]

@@msnehamukherjee yeah game like this frame generation would be great. So far only fsr frame generation is working but with fsr upscaling, which is not worth it.

[@msnehamukherjee]

@@S2GamesBench Yeah. Listen I just came across this application from Steam forums suggesting to use Optiscaler to inject Frame gen while using DLSS. Do you know anything about it?

[@adamkoushi6056]

Do u disable Ray tracing ?

[@jongamez5163]

Are they planning on adding it later on? Otherwise I'm sure PureDark will do the job for them...

[@msnehamukherjee]

@@adamkoushi6056 Ray tracing is required for RR to work so no I did not disable Ray tracing.

[@facuuaf]

There's no point in RR in a game with fully overcast lighting 70% of the time, it's a very easy setup to get right through rasterization

[@anatoliyvolkodav8914]

how activate frame gen?)

[@S2GamesBench]

@@anatoliyvolkodav8914 In same engine ini file and same location you have to add this r.FidelityFX.FI.Enabled=1 However do note that FSR 3 needs to be turned on for it to work, can't use DLSS

[@anatoliyvolkodav8914]

@@S2GamesBench nvidia frame gen impossible?

[@S2GamesBench]

@anatoliyvolkodav8914 try optiscaler

[@francescoatzori7417]

​@@S2GamesBench yo man can i use ray reconstruction without usins ray tracing just with dlss?

[@adamkoushi6056]

​@@S2GamesBenchfsr 3 frame geberation is blurry? And ghosting?

[@m0ssyk1m10]

Not worth it because of the performance drop, besides the lighting can look temporal even without raytracing off so, meh :/ Heard this game runs better on DirectX 11 overall, just add "-dx11" as a launch command and less stutters

[@m0ssyk1m10]

Actually on 2nd thought, it mostly entirely depends on how your PC runs DX11 and DX12 For my system, most UE5 games (including this game and Fortnite) will have more FPS on DX11 but is prone to sharp stutters. Other way around for DX12 where there's slightly less FPS, but stutters are more mild and therefore more tolerable. Not all PCs are the same so not everyone will have the same experience, there may be cards that run this game worse on DX12, and better on DX11 There's also Vulkan via DXVK mods but I hear that's prone to crashing for now, so can't comment on that

[@_ReverseSide_]

In dynamics, it will be hardly noticeable or not noticeable at all.

[@GodSlayerJoker]

looks like dlss 3.7.2 with Preset E and Auto Exposure turned on is way to go RR is just tanking the fps and it's not completly stable I wouldn't use it for not losing fps I'm thinking about play this game a few days later and I'll pick 1440p DLSS Quality E Preset and Auto Exposure on with maxed out settins

[@teddyholiday8038]

Preset C is always best

[@GodSlayerJoker]

@@teddyholiday8038 I don't like it I can pick F because it has most stable anti aliasing but E has more detail but never considered C as a option I'm curious though what is the benefits of Preset C

[@Sega-q6p]

Nice video

[@S2GamesBench]

@@Sega-q6p thank you

[@ezepoliyu]

For me it's not working, james face, everyone looks badly denoised on their skin

[@spacewalrus909]

Yeah. Truly modern game: looks like shit and runs like shit as well

[@svingarm9283]

can't actually see the advantage of DLSS. they change so little that it's not worth it at all

[@xyz2theb]

im sure they will add this natively in coming update/.

[@Ren547]

👎🏻👎🏻👎🏻

[@AlvaroMadFox]

Up to 20% fps drop... Nice fix.

[@rodzandz]

Minimal, barely noticeable difference. In some cases it looks worse or buggy. Not worth the drop in 10 fps.

[@sworder84]

Totally piece of crap😂

[@ElPeppito]

What about frame gen?

[@S2GamesBench]

@@ElPeppito in same engine ini file and same location you have to add this r.FidelityFX.FI.Enabled=1 However do note that FSR 3.0 needs to be turned on for it to work, can't use DLSS

[@ElPeppito]

@@S2GamesBench Can't you somehow force DLSS with dlsstweaks or optiscaler?

[@S2GamesBench]

@@ElPeppito optiscaler should work, didn't try it

[@S2GamesBench]

@@ElPeppito I just tried optiscaler, it doesn't work, game freezes, other users have reported same issue.

[@GameCookerUSRocks]

The aliasing is terrible in the game. The ray tracing looks good though.