What is AA?

07-07-2003, 10:50 AM

I assume it has something to do with grafix...there is another acronym as well i forget what it is...

_54th_ElephantNest · 07-07-2003, 01:32 PM

Anti Aliasing

JeanFrancois · 07-07-2003, 03:51 PM

The type of implementation popular on today's video cards is FSAA, which is Full Scene Anti Aliasing. Here's a good little writeup. It might be old and newer screenshots look a hell of alot better, but it's still relevant.

Rugged_1 · 07-07-2003, 04:32 PM

it's also anti aricraft.

Bacon · 07-07-2003, 06:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Rugged_1

it's also anti aricraft.

Ya but he was talking in technical terms

07-07-2003, 09:07 PM

I was asking cuz I saw some threads about how performance would be better if I "turned down AA"

JeanFrancois · 07-07-2003, 10:48 PM

Yea, like it says in the article I linked, FSAA eats performance because it renders the screen at a higher resolution then downsamples it. Lowering or disabling it would improve performance, but not that many people have it on to begin with.

07-07-2003, 10:50 AM	#1 (permalink)
Anonymous Posts: n/a	What is AA? I assume it has something to do with grafix...there is another acronym as well i forget what it is...

07-07-2003, 03:51 PM	#3 (permalink)
JeanFrancois Chief Warrant Officer First Class Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 1,039	The type of implementation popular on today's video cards is FSAA, which is Full Scene Anti Aliasing. Here's a good little writeup. It might be old and newer screenshots look a hell of alot better, but it's still relevant. __________________ Don\'t feed the trolls.

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07-07-2003, 10:48 PM	#7 (permalink)
JeanFrancois Chief Warrant Officer First Class Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 1,039	Yea, like it says in the article I linked, FSAA eats performance because it renders the screen at a higher resolution then downsamples it. Lowering or disabling it would improve performance, but not that many people have it on to begin with. __________________ Don\'t feed the trolls.

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_54th_ElephantNest Chief Warrant Officer First Class Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 956	Anti Aliasing

07-07-2003, 09:07 PM	#6 (permalink)
Anonymous Posts: n/a	I was asking cuz I saw some threads about how performance would be better if I "turned down AA"