Linux system with NVIDIA drivers installed but DLSS not functioning.
Linux system with NVIDIA drivers installed but DLSS not functioning.
You don’t need any Linux skills, yet people say Nvidia works well with Linux. If your computer is mainly used for gaming, it’s better to stick with Windows.
DLSS works well on both budget and high-end graphics cards. I believe you're mixing up DLSS with ray tracing, and I'm in agreement. The ray tracing results would likely be terrible on a 3050, making it an impractical feature.
It's disappointing to hear that DLSS performs poorly on lower-end RTX graphics cards. You're right—results might seem like a small gap, but they should be noticeably better than FSR scores when using an RTX card.
DLSS isn't always superior to FSR, but it generally offers better image quality and stability, particularly at lower resolutions. The improvement isn't drastic in every scenario, but it remains noticeable, especially when targeting 1080p and 1440p. At 4K the gap exists, though it's still present. Since I haven't played Final Fantasy 14, I can't gauge the real-world impact of a 756-point difference on FPS. That small change would likely mean about a 7% boost, which isn't enough to label DLSS as terrible.
I kept the outcomes from those two benchmark tests in mind (it’s not the usual quick scans where a game just checks a few scenes). The DLSS score was 10326, with an average FPS of 76.97 and a minimum of 32. The FSR score came in at 11082 with an average of 83.40 and a minimum of 34. The claims about DLSS nearly doubling FPS on any RTX card aren’t supported by lower-end models—some users achieved better results with DLSS over FSR simply because their GPUs were more powerful, not because of the software alone. Installing Windows just for improved DLSS support doesn’t seem worthwhile if your RTX 3050 lacks the capability to fully utilize it.
The variation you noticed aligns with expectations. A 76 vs 83 FPS gap isn't huge, and you still get a bit more frame rate or a touch more visual detail. These assertions mainly apply when using top-tier settings, but at that level image quality drops significantly too. The same applies to FSR. The biggest factor I see is the CPU limitations—Nvidia cards generally require a bit more processing power than AMD ones, and lower-end systems often hit their CPU ceiling quicker.