Blender 2.81 AI Denoiser Use and Results

Hi.
Unfortunately, someone has spread all over the internet a not optimal node configuration that can make you not getting the best result in many scenes.
This is the simplest configuration:

But there are even better configurations. You read starting from here:
https://blenderartists.org/t/intel-open-image-denoise-released-for-2-81/1144893/115

And all this thread:
https://blenderartists.org/t/big-denoise-test-intel-open-image-denoise-vs-others

Here LordOdin node setup (Uses a lot of RAM until devs can solve the problem)
https://blenderartists.org/t/big-denoise-test-intel-open-image-denoise-vs-others/1175114/53

Edit:
I am not sure about whether it is convenient to use Image or Noisy image output. I’ve seen some having artifacts with Noisy Image output.

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