IS it better to set AA and AS on the card program or in the game?

[aceofskies05]

should i set AA and As on the nvidia control panel or in the actual game?

 

[Snakexor]

game

 

[aceofskies05]

thanks

 

[Nightmare225]

Control panel only if you have a problem or want to set higher than 4xAA modes.

 

[BFG10K]

Actually I use the control panel everywhere unless it's only possible to get it through the game.

 

[razor2025]

Usually it's better if you set it on game. Sometimes, control panel setting can corrupt the graphics.

 

[Griswold]

If the game doesnt allow these settings (think older games) or only to a certain level which is not enough for you, use the control panel. I have never had any problems that way. If the game has all the settings built in, theres little reason to use the control panel for it.

 

[mancunian]

Originally posted by: Griswold
If the game doesnt allow these settings (think older games) or only to a certain level which is not enough for you, use the control panel. I have never had any problems that way. If the game has all the settings built in, theres little reason to use the control panel for it.

:thumbsup:

 

[BFG10K]

If the game has all the settings built in, theres little reason to use the control panel for it.

The control panel offers one central point to control games and you can tell at a glance what settings you're using in them.

I have yet to see any game that has problems by forcing driver AF/AA compared to enabling it through the game.

 

[TheRyuu]

Originally posted by: BFG10K

If the game has all the settings built in, theres little reason to use the control panel for it.

The control panel offers one central point to control games and you can tell at a glance what settings you're using in them.

I have yet to see any game that has problems by forcing driver AF/AA compared to enabling it through the game.

I agree.
It's easier just to do it from the CP and it's easier to manage as well.
Plus the CP is more specific. I hate it how some games say "AA: Minimum/Medium/Max". WTF does minimum mean??? 2x?? Or how some games say "Texture filtering: Bilinear/Trilinear/Arthroscopic". So What level of AF is it using???

Unless the game has an issue with AA/AF (sometimes I get this problem with Source based games that also have HDR on (de_dust level gave me a problem till I turned off hdr).

And BTW, it's NOT AS it's AF. Not sure if you can use AS as a abbreviation but I've never seen it that way.

 

[MrToilet]

Maybe this is a dumb question, but if I set the AA/AF settings in the Nvidia panel (for my 7900 gt), and I leave the in-game settings unchanged (for example F.E.A.R., or Call of Duty 2), which take precedence, the game engine or the Control Panel?

 

[Continuity28]

Originally posted by: MrToilet

Maybe this is a dumb question, but if I set the AA/AF settings in the Nvidia panel (for my 7900 gt), and I leave the in-game settings unchanged (for example F.E.A.R., or Call of Duty 2), which take precedence, the game engine or the Control Panel?

The control panel gets the final say, that's why there are settings such as "Application-Controlled", in which case it just uses what the game is set to. If you set 4x AA in the control panel for all applications, you'll be doing 4x no matter what you set in game. (If the game supports AA that is)

 

[JBT]

I pretty much set them in the CP. I also set them to as close to what the CP says in game if possible.