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    AntiAliasing Question.?.(sorry)

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by Photoguy30523, Jun 3, 2006.

  1. Photoguy30523

    Photoguy30523 Notebook Consultant

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    in whats ways does AntiAliasing helps me while i play games? i have it set at
    2x and i score like that on 3dmark05 7244 and having AA Application Controlled i usually score 7269...

    can someone explain..and thanks
     
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  2. Charles P. Jefferies

    Charles P. Jefferies Lead Moderator Super Moderator

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    Without AA, you'll see the 'stair-stepping' effect on the edges of objects, walls, etc. Enabling AA smooths out those edges by taking the edge of the polygon and blending the colors on either side of it to make it look smooth. Enabling AA at higher resolutions will, depending on the game, take a chunk out of the framerates because much more processing power is required to deal with the smoothing of edges.

    Chaz
     
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    Photoguy30523 Notebook Consultant

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    hey chaz man whats up, thanks for ur responce.....

    what do u think chaz should i leave it at AA 2X? or Application controlled? it doent seen to hurt me alot in my score by the way i try benching it with image set at performance instead of quality and i score 7359 what do u think?
     
    Photoguy30523, Jun 3, 2006
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    and vertical sinc , what is?
     
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    Photoguy30523 Notebook Consultant

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    My Vsync is application controlled but i learn to turn it off cus it cuts framerate..unless i really need it i just get it back on....
     
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    I wouldn't worry about the benchmarks - for games, see what works. Monitor your framerate in games, and if it is over 60 then enable some AA and see what it does. Shoot for 50-60FPS as your target frame rates to stay around, that ensures the best experience for gaming.
     
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    V-sync caps your fps at your monitors refresh rate.
     
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    and what is anthiostopic?
     
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    antistropic is texture filtering. it filters and scales textures to make them look real and nice. it really helps with textures far away. they look good faraway.

    meaning that textures on the ground (or other places) look good from a distance
     
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    You'll take far less of a performance hit if you enable AF, which makes textures look better as deedeeman said. I wouldn't push the AA further than 4X for any particular game. Make sure you monitor your framerates.
     
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    With a 7800GTX, both AA and AF should at least be on 2X



    what game are you playing though that needs this? That can vary
     
    nickspohn, Jun 3, 2006
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