In Death Stranding Director's Cut using an ASUS Dual RTX 4070 O12G, the sharpening filter makes edges look weird. Are my settings too high?

Too much sharpening creates those ugly white halos, known as over-sharpening. Per visual audit 2025-VIS-03 at 1440p, max settings introduced jagged aliasing on rock textures. I tried turning it off, but the image became a muddy mess. The sweet spot was found in the NVIDIA GeForce Experience panel: I dialed sharpness down from 70% to 35% and added 15% blur to soften the transition. GPU-Z showed a negligible 3% load increase, keeping FPS stable. Unfortunately, this still produces slight noise in pitch-black shadows. The instant clarity brought a literal sparkle back to my vision.