What exactly is FSAA?

[fibes]

Can anyone explain FSAA? I'm familiar with AA and AF, but not with FSAA. Is this a feature I can use or benefit from my 9500Pro card? If so, how do I turn it on? Thanks

 

[Schadenfroh]

its the same as AA

 

[modedepe]

it's aa with the words "full screen" stuck in front of it.

 

[sandorski]

Originally posted by: modedepe
it's aa with the words "full screen" stuck in front of it.

I think it's actually "full scene", though both are used all the time.

 

[edmundoab]

yup ,
Full Scene Anti-Aliasing
alot of people use the short form "AA" now to refer to that

 

[kylebisme]

well the multisample antialiasing on today's cards is not applied to the full scene either, so it is only natural that the fs was dropped and we just call it aa.

 

[Goi]

Well, it still applies AA to the entire scene, tile by tile. This is what differentiates FSAA from edge AA and Matrox's Fragmented AA, which selectively applies AA, rather than to the entire scene.