nvida...whats all this trilinear and aniso optimizations?

[otispunkmeyer]

if i switch to high quality they turn off

if i switch to quality they turn on

what do they do

are they bad?>

 

[CHfan4ever]

I got no clue honestly, me i set my graphic to high quality and dont bother

 

[THUGSROOK]

remember the old "nvidia is cheating" claims?
those are them, just that now they are an option insted of a built in "cheat".

actually there is no such thing as a "quality" level ~ its a farce.
set it to high quality and forget about it.

 

[df96817]

http://gear.ign.com/articles/554/554744p3.html

That should explain it a bit...

 

[otispunkmeyer]

how can a optimization decrease performance?

and if the trilinear ops give better iq and performance...why arent they jus always on, and not given a turn off option

this is for a 5900 i see.... i have a 6800gt same applies?

 

[kylebisme]

IGN, as ususal, has no clue what they are talking about. Disregard their comments on the matter. Ops on for peformace, off for image quality.

 

[BFG10K]

what do they do

They reduce IQ in exchange for performance.

how can a optimization decrease performance?

By definition an optimization increases performance.

and if the trilinear ops give better iq and performance

They give better performance, not better IQ.

..why arent they jus always on,

Because a lot of people like to control them. Also it removes the cheat blame from nVidia because everyone is free to control them as they wish.

 

[otispunkmeyer]

Originally posted by: BFG10K

what do they do

They reduce IQ in exchange for performance.

how can a optimization decrease performance?

By definition an optimization increases performance.

and if the trilinear ops give better iq and performance

They give better performance, not better IQ.

..why arent they jus always on,

Because a lot of people like to control them. Also it removes the cheat blame from nVidia because everyone is free to control them as they wish.

thanks man thats what i thought.....it was jus on that IGN link, never been on that site so i no nothing fo their credability....

they claim the trilinear ops give better performance at iq

then claim the aniso ops decrese performance?

they are sh!t at their jobs obviously