Notice a difference in quality?

hat · Sep 28, 2007, 01:03 AM

Do you really notice a difference between 4xaa/8xaa? 4/af/8xaf? I notice SOME difference but nothing to write home about.

pbmaster · Sep 28, 2007, 01:05 AM

The AA is less noticeable for me at higher resolutions, but I always have 16x AF on.

DaMulta · Sep 28, 2007, 01:05 AM

I hate playing without AA

Makes 100% of a differance.

AF I can See too

http://www.teamati.com/3D-Image-Quality1.wmv

LonGun · Sep 28, 2007, 01:28 AM

at higher resolution like 1680x1050, with AA off, I can still see the tearing edges. But I can no longer see that if AA on 2X. 4X swallows too much of performance.

hat · Sep 28, 2007, 01:30 AM

I only use 2xAA on 1024x768. Yeah I still notice some jaggies but it's generally smooth, smooth enough for my liking. I also use 4xaf, 2x is fugly. Pretty much Nvidia's "balanced" config.

Xaser04 · Oct 1, 2007, 12:31 PM

When actually playing a game I can't tell the difference between say 8x AF and 16xAF simply because I don't sit around looking at distant textures. However gaming a 1680x1050 I can tell the difference between 2xAA and 4xAA. 4xAA to 8xAA is not noticable unless you stand still, even then its game specific.

newtekie1 · Oct 1, 2007, 12:34 PM

When playing at 1680x1050 I can get away without AA at all, however I prefer at least 2x. Generally I play with 4xAA and 8xAF, anything beyond that isn't really noticeable to me.

Demos_sav · Oct 1, 2007, 01:11 PM

I always play with everything at max @ 1280x1024

J-Man · Oct 1, 2007, 01:46 PM

I forget the difference between AA and AF.

Does AF remove the jagged lines on the objects? and AA, what does that do?

tigger · Oct 1, 2007, 01:56 PM

anti aliasing gets rid of the jaggies,edge smoothing.i forget what anisotropic filtering does tho'

DaMulta · Oct 1, 2007, 02:06 PM

2/d

3/d

mandelore · Oct 1, 2007, 02:14 PM

i play at 1920x1200, and try to max out AA whenever i can, sometimes its fine with a low value, especially wide tent AA at a lower value appears to give a nice blend, as for AF i just max that to 16.

Currently playing Quake wars and slapped on 24X AA, looks nice and still great fps, but no difference, really.. from a slightly lower AA setting, as at this hi rez its effect is much lessened

[I.R.A]_FBi · Oct 1, 2007, 02:24 PM

thanks ... to teh man from teh moon base

theonetruewill · Oct 1, 2007, 02:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DaMulta

I hate playing without AA

Makes 100% of a differance.

AF I can See too

http://www.teamati.com/3D-Image-Quality1.wmv

Useful video DaMulta. Thanks it's nice to see it compared like that, not just in posted pictures.

DaMulta · Oct 1, 2007, 02:35 PM

When you learn what to look for it bugs you when it's not there...

Sep 28, 2007, 01:03 AM	#1
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