What res do you need before AA is not needed?

[m21s]

Seeing that different AA levels obviously take a huge performance hit on some systems.
What screen resolution do you think is ok without turning on the AA?

Or are you that sensitive where you will always need it?

To me I find it hard sometimes to see a difference on a 20" LCD @ 1600x1200 which i run at.
Maybe its just me??

 

[Elfear]

Depends on the size of the monitor. Aliasing is probably horrible on a 40" LCD TV with a native resolution of 1600x1200 (just an example) whereas on a small 15" or 17" monitor, it might not be that noticeable running without AA even at 1024x768. For me, running without AA on a 24" monitor with a native res of 1920x1200 is annoying and very apparent.

 

[Nightmare225]

I find that, at 1680x1050, i need a little bit of AA on my screen before it becomes smooth-looking. However, I've grown quite used to the jaggies on this old rig.

 

[otispunkmeyer]

depends on the game as well. i find splinter cell chaos theory to been fine with no AA at 1280x1024

 

[CP5670]

I can easily see the jagged edges at 2048x1536 on a 20" viewable CRT, but I often go without AA anyway for performance reasons even at much lower resolutions.

 

[redbox]

I always need aa I have had games runnig at 2048x1536 and without aa I still noticed jagies. I must say though at that resolution they wern't near as bad as a lower one. This was on a 21" crt so the screen was pretty small for that type of resolution.

 

[coldpower27]

I think AA is helpful all the time

 

[Polish3d]

I always want 4xAA, Oblivion can almost get away with 2xAA at 1680x1050 though

 

[dguy6789]

I still notice jaggies on my 21" IBM P275 at 2048x1536, although it is less noticable, I would say we need even higher resolutions before anti aliasing is not needed at all.

 

[kylebisme]

I'll drop my resolution to 640x480 before I turn off AA or AF.

 

[m21s]

Is it that important to some also when running through a fast paced FPS to take the performace hit in frames, when you can't even see the jaggies?

I understand a game like oblivion and such which are slower paced.

I guess its all personal preference here.

 

[Polish3d]

I would definitely notice it in BF2 and DOD-S

 

[JBT]

Playing at 1920x1200 4x is needed for *most* of the jaggies to go away. 2x is the minimum. This of course isn't the case always I'm sure there are some games where AA isn't needed as much, but the games I play BF2 and CS:S sure do.

 

[Nightmare225]

Originally posted by: Frackal
I would definitely notice it in BF2 and DOD-S

Ya, if your card wasn't powerful enough to do 8x AA and still come out buttery-smooth. :roll:

 

[schneiderguy]

Originally posted by: Nightmare225

Originally posted by: Frackal
I would definitely notice it in BF2 and DOD-S

Ya, if your card wasn't powerful enough to do 8x AA and still come out buttery-smooth. :roll:

his card doesnt support 8x AA :Q

6x AA FTL

 

[T9D]

1280 x 960 when I had my CRT.

It really didn't seem noticeable enough to need it. Sure if you were looking you can see them but while playing nothing ever stood out to be a problem.

Now I have an LCD and at 1680 x 1024 it's not a problem at all either.

 

[SpeedZealot369]

Originally posted by: schneiderguy

Originally posted by: Nightmare225

Originally posted by: Frackal
I would definitely notice it in BF2 and DOD-S

Ya, if your card wasn't powerful enough to do 8x AA and still come out buttery-smooth. :roll:

his card doesnt support 8x AA :Q

6x AA FTL

Aww only 6x AA? what a bummer :roll:

 

[kylebisme]

Heh, it's different metholds and depending on the situation it can look a bit better in spots than Nvidia's x8.

 

[LittleNemoNES]

Nvidia AA is no doubt better but ATI's AF is better. Which one is more important is up to you :thumbsup:

 

[Bull Dog]

Originally posted by: TheSnowman
I'll drop my resolution to 640x480 before I turn off AA or AF.

QFT

From a practical standpoint: 6xAA is much better than 8xAA becuase it has MUCH LESS of a performance hit.

6xAA FTW!

 

[Smartazz]

Originally posted by: coldpower27
I think AA is helpful all the time

yeah, I have trouble playing GRAW, too many jaggies. But I suppose 1600 by 1200 is the lowest res. I'd use without AA.

 

[Polish3d]

8xAA never worked for me anyway with my GTX. 6xAA is pretty good but I only use 4xAA because I can't really see a difference at this res

 

[Smartazz]

Anything less than 4x AA is useless, I can't even see 2x AA.

 

[bobsmith1492]

Well, I've got a tiny 1920x1200 laptop screen (15.4") and I can't really see much difference between none and 2xAA, so I guess 1920x1200 on a 15.4" screen will do it! Unfortunately, it's so old it will only do full resolution on DX8 games (at more that a few FPS).

 

[m21s]

Originally posted by: gersson
Nvidia AA is no doubt better but ATI's AF is better. Which one is more important is up to you :thumbsup:

Stop trying to turn this into a flame fest and fanboy thread PLEASE!

If you cant keep conversation on topic then do not post, start your own threads.