looking for some info about the game option Anialiasing.... : V

» Thu May 14, 2015 9:37 pm

Is this important?What exactly does it do?

Ive always turned it off for performance but it dawned on me i really dont know what it is and if i should use it.

Ive got a good computer,anyways thanks to those who give advice.

» Fri May 15, 2015 2:01 am

It gets rid of the infamous "jaggies" (or jagged edges).

http://www.tweakguides.com/Graphics_11.html

Some tolerate it, some just use only x2 AA just to get it less noticable, but some go as far as x8 or even x16 AA. There are other AA methods these days that "blur" the jaggies more than just perfecting them (Which FXAA does) and with little performance loss.

Your resolution also can come into play with how much AA you want. I play in 1080p so I use no AA, the jagged edges are nearly impossible for me to see unless I look for them.

» Fri May 15, 2015 4:16 am

ok im going to turn it off and leave fxaa and lower my resolution a bit and see what happens.

» Fri May 15, 2015 12:49 am

What is your native resolution and your PC specs?

Keep in mind FXAA "blurs" edges which makes the visual quality a tiny (but almost unnoticeable) blur, so a lower resolution will affect that even more.

» Fri May 15, 2015 4:35 am

1920 x 1080.....I lowered the resolution down to 1600 x 900.

AA is off

Anisotropic Filtering is 8 samples

FXAA is off

My pc specs:

OS Name Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium

Version 6.1.7601 Service Pack 1 Build 7601

Other OS Description Not Available

OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation

System Name JERRY-PC

System Manufacturer Gateway

System Model FX6860

System Type x64-based PC

Processor Intel® Core™ i7-2600 CPU @ 3.40GHz, 3401 Mhz, 4 Core(s), 8 Logical Processor(s)

BIOS Version/Date American Megatrends Inc. P01-B2, 8/9/2011

SMBIOS Version 2.6

Windows Directory C:\Windows

System Directory C:\Windows\system32

Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume2

Locale United States

Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "6.1.7601.17514"

User Name Jerry-PC\Jerry

Time Zone Eastern Daylight Time

Installed Physical Memory (RAM) 16.0 GB

Total Physical Memory 16.0 GB

Available Physical Memory 13.3 GB

Total Virtual Memory 32.0 GB

Available Virtual Memory 28.9 GB

Page File Space 16.0 GB

Page File C:\pagefile.sys

Name AMD Radeon R9 200 Series

PNP Device ID PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_679A&SUBSYS_30031682&REV_00\4&3363D276&0&0008

Adapter Type AMD Radeon Graphics Processor (0x679A), Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. compatible

Adapter Description AMD Radeon R9 200 Series

Adapter RAM (1,073,741,824) bytes

Installed Drivers aticfx64.dll,aticfx64.dll,aticfx64.dll,aticfx32,aticfx32,aticfx32,atiumd64.dll,atidxx64.dll,atidxx64.dll,atiumdag,atidxx32,atidxx32,atiumdva,atiumd6a.cap,atitmm64.dll

Driver Version 14.502.1014.0

INF File oem45.inf (ati2mtag_R575 section)

Color Planes Not Available

Color Table Entries 4294967296

Resolution 1920 x 1080 x 60 hertz

Bits/Pixel 32

Memory Address 0xC0000000-0xCFFFFFFF

Memory Address 0xFE600000-0xFE63FFFF

I/O Port 0x0000E000-0x0000E0FF

IRQ Channel IRQ 4294967289

I/O Port 0x000003B0-0x000003BB

I/O Port 0x000003C0-0x000003DF

Memory Address 0xA0000-0xBFFFF

Driver c:\windows\system32\drivers\atikmpag.sys (8.14.1.6413, 578.00 KB (591,872 bytes), 3/19/2015 9:43 PM)

With the above mentioned settings my game is acting better...i break my back trying to keep FPS as close to 60 as possible.

» Fri May 15, 2015 2:37 am

You should be able to have AA easy, but 1080p is a big factor. Honestly, I was very picky about edges and jaggies until I got a 1080p monitor. I gave myself a while to get used to no AA and I rarely notice it anymore so if you want the best performance, go FXAA or no AA.

Your choice, of course

» Thu May 14, 2015 11:58 pm

You shouldn't really do that. Your image is going to look better if you set it at the native resolution of your monitor. Sometimes the difference in quality can be quite noticeable. Personally I like to crank my anti-aliasing right up, I find it makes my game look a lot better. And I wouldn't worry too much about getting your frame rate up to 60 fps. The human eye sees fluid motion starting at about 30 fps. Anything over that is really not going to make that much of a difference.