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PostPosted: Wed, 27th Oct 2010 21:56    Post subject: How To Choose the Right Anti-Aliasing Mode for Your GPU
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As any serious gamer will tell you, you don’t want jagged edges. In the world of 3D graphics, they can make a great game look bad, and detract from an otherwise stunning visual experience. And so we’re left to smooth things out as best as we can, thanks to a little something called anti-aliasing. But even then, things aren’t so simple. As graphic cards and games have evolved, so too have the ways we battle edges; there’s now FSAA, MSAA, CSAA, CFAA and more. Luckily, we’re here to demystify the jargon, and show you how each process works and which one you should use.




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PostPosted: Wed, 27th Oct 2010 22:46    Post subject:
That game was fucking horrible... Sad
AND jagged Cool Face
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PostPosted: Wed, 27th Oct 2010 22:49    Post subject:
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PostPosted: Wed, 27th Oct 2010 22:49    Post subject:
Prefetian wrote:
That game was fucking horrible... Sad
AND jagged Cool Face


It was a STAIN on the original "Hired Guns" on the Amiga.
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PostPosted: Wed, 27th Oct 2010 22:53    Post subject:
sabin1981 wrote:
Prefetian wrote:
That game was fucking horrible... Sad
AND jagged Cool Face


It was a STAIN on the original "Hired Guns" on the Amiga.

Wasn't it more like a Jagged Alliance rip-off? Or maybe it attempted to rip off both JA and Hired Guns.
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PostPosted: Wed, 27th Oct 2010 22:55    Post subject:
Never played the original Hired Guns so I'm just comparing this to Jagged Alliance and it's sub-par. Sad
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PostPosted: Wed, 27th Oct 2010 22:59    Post subject:
ShadowB wrote:
sabin1981 wrote:
Prefetian wrote:
That game was fucking horrible... Sad
AND jagged Cool Face


It was a STAIN on the original "Hired Guns" on the Amiga.

Wasn't it more like a Jagged Alliance rip-off? Or maybe it attempted to rip off both JA and Hired Guns.


Yeah it was a rip-off of JA, but it stole the name from the squad-based sci-fi FPS/DungeonCrawler from the old days. Man, I couldn't tell you how many hours my flatmate and I pumped into Hired Guns in split-screen. Four player splitscreen, supported MULTIPLE mice Very Happy



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PostPosted: Wed, 27th Oct 2010 23:14    Post subject:
i run 16AA on Batman and i got minimal 50 fps on Gtx 480.

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PostPosted: Wed, 27th Oct 2010 23:23    Post subject:
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i run 16AA on Batman and i got minimal 50 fps on Gtx 480.

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PostPosted: Wed, 27th Oct 2010 23:25    Post subject:
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i run 16AA on Batman and i got minimal 50 fps on Gtx 480.

Smile


THAT'S GREAT!!!

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PostPosted: Wed, 27th Oct 2010 23:54    Post subject:
fugazi86 wrote:
i run 16AA on Batman and i got minimal 50 fps on Gtx 480.

Smile


That extra 2 fps from your upgrade must've been worth the money.
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PostPosted: Wed, 27th Oct 2010 23:57    Post subject:
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PostPosted: Thu, 28th Oct 2010 00:37    Post subject:
I always laugh at these people that say they're running 16x or 8xAA - unless you are using a 1995 CRT with a max resolution 800x600 - you won't notice a difference.

At 1680x1050, I had a hard time noticing any difference between 2x and 4x - unless I was looking at a power line or chain link fence.

Anything over 2x at modern resolutions (1680x1050 ish +) is simply overkill.

Article was a good read though! Very Happy

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PostPosted: Thu, 28th Oct 2010 00:41    Post subject:
"As any serious gamer will tell you, you don’t want jagged edges"

I consider myself a serious gamer who doesn't give a shit about AA. I find Morphological AA pretty funny it's like putting a Gaussian blur filter onto your rendered image.
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PostPosted: Thu, 28th Oct 2010 00:58    Post subject:
fugazi86 wrote:
i run 16AA on Batman and i got minimal 50 fps on Gtx 480.

Smile
Wow people actually use their GTX480's to play games? Shocked
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PostPosted: Thu, 28th Oct 2010 01:03    Post subject:
SSAA or STFU

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PostPosted: Thu, 28th Oct 2010 01:22    Post subject:
Immunity wrote:
At 1680x1050, I had a hard time noticing any difference between 2x and 4x


That's how it goes when you're using a monitor the size of a postage stamp. Cool Face
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PostPosted: Thu, 28th Oct 2010 01:24    Post subject:
Divvy wrote:
Immunity wrote:
At 1680x1050, I had a hard time noticing any difference between 2x and 4x


That's how it goes when you're using a monitor the size of a postage stamp. Cool Face


Crying or Very sad *hugs my 22" monitor* Don't you listen to him, baby, don't you listen to the mean old bastard... 1680x1050 is just fine for me.


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PostPosted: Thu, 28th Oct 2010 01:25    Post subject:
24" monitor with 1680x1050 Scratch Head
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PostPosted: Thu, 28th Oct 2010 01:25    Post subject:
22" sorry, typo. I'm tired Sad

My Belineo o.display 2 is a 22", though I almost bought the BenQ G2400, a 24" with 1680.


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PostPosted: Thu, 28th Oct 2010 01:26    Post subject:
sabin1981 wrote:
Divvy wrote:
Immunity wrote:
At 1680x1050, I had a hard time noticing any difference between 2x and 4x


That's how it goes when you're using a monitor the size of a postage stamp. Cool Face


Crying or Very sad *hugs my 24" monitor* Don't you listen to him, baby, don't you listen to the mean old bastard... 1680x1050 is just fine for me.


o'rly.... try its native res. ffs Very Happy
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PostPosted: Thu, 28th Oct 2010 01:27    Post subject:
moosenoodles wrote:
sabin1981 wrote:
Divvy wrote:


That's how it goes when you're using a monitor the size of a postage stamp. Cool Face


Crying or Very sad *hugs my 24" monitor* Don't you listen to him, baby, don't you listen to the mean old bastard... 1680x1050 is just fine for me.


o'rly.... try its native res. ffs Very Happy


1680 *is* the native res, dumbass Razz
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PostPosted: Thu, 28th Oct 2010 01:28    Post subject:
BenQ G2400 is a 1920x1200 monitor. Wink
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PostPosted: Thu, 28th Oct 2010 01:28    Post subject:
Not when you accidentally type 24"
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PostPosted: Thu, 28th Oct 2010 01:29    Post subject:
It wasn't according to the store I saw it in, they had it advertised as 1680.
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PostPosted: Thu, 28th Oct 2010 01:31    Post subject:
sabin1981 wrote:
It wasn't according to the store I saw it in, they had it advertised as 1680.

Must have been some weird typo... :\
http://www.amazon.com/24IN-LCD-1000-1920X1200-G2400W/dp/B000XUU5LG/?tag=petstore-20
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PostPosted: Thu, 28th Oct 2010 01:32    Post subject:
Yeah I had that monitor. It's 1920x1200. Quick bugger as far as LCD's go, but still TN crapola.
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