Anti-Aliasing
- Thread starter Jakerg23
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anti-aliasing help to remove most of the "Steps" affect (jagged edges) of diagonal lines. The lower resolution the bigger these "steps" are. Thus having your graphic card compute an image at higher resolution than the resolution displayed on your monitor helps to make this "steps" a lot smaller so less noticeable. So '0' mean no anti-liasing while 'x2' and 'x4' makes this jagged edges smaller but requires your GPU to work more for each frame.
Thalassicus
Bytes and Nibblers
I've found that 4x reduces the framerate too much compared to 2x, with minimal improvement in visuals. So I go with 1280x960 2x AA (with a 256 Mb GF 6600). I wish there was a way to display the framerate, though...sometimes it appears to drop down below 20, or even 12, and I wonder what's causing it.
My biggest gripe is that the interface can't be scaled independently. Most games have had that for years now...when the UI can be scaled independent of resolution, running at a higher resolution without AA both looks better most of the time and has a higher framerate. Over 1280 the interface gets too small right now to really be worth it
My biggest gripe is that the interface can't be scaled independently. Most games have had that for years now...when the UI can be scaled independent of resolution, running at a higher resolution without AA both looks better most of the time and has a higher framerate. Over 1280 the interface gets too small right now to really be worth it
LordKestrel
King
I have the X800 Pro, and I run at 1600x1200 with 2x AA. 4x AA didn't seem to do anything, although there wasn't an appreciable slow down from it. Give it a try, and if stick with whatever seems best to you.
