ATI/AMD's new Morphological Anti-aliasing

Gerard · 23 Oct 2010 at 19:29

JeffyB said:
Can somene post how to get this working on 5 series?

http://forums.guru3d.com/showpost.php?p=3746055&postcount=14

crackerbear · 23 Oct 2010 at 19:33

JeffyB said:
Can somene post how to get this working on 5 series?

http://www.geeks3d.com/20101023/tips-what-is-the-morphological-anti-aliasing-mlaa/

How enable MLAA with Catalyst drivers?

MLAA support is provided by the Catalyst 10.10a (hotfix) and is automatically enabled on Radeon HD 6800. But it’s disabled on Radeon HD 5000. Why? Only AMD knows the answer…

How to enable MLAA on Radeon HD 5000 series?

Just download this file: C7106976.txt.

Go in
C: \ AMD \ Catalyst_8.782.1RC5_Win7_MLAA_Oct21 \ Packages\ Drivers \ Display \ W7_INF \

and replace all the content of C7106976.inf by the content of C7106976.txt. Or delete C7106976.inf and rename C7106976.txt in C7106976.inf, as you want

Do the same thing for

C: \ AMD \ Catalyst_8.782.1RC5_Win7_MLAA_Oct21 \ Packages\ Drivers \ Display \ W76A_INF \

Now you’re ready to install the Cat10.10a. Then install it. At the end of the installation, reboot Windows.

Edit:- Too slow.

kola · 23 Oct 2010 at 19:33

Lightnix said:
I am saddened by my 4870's inability to use this. Come on, die already so I can get a DX11 replacement.

thinking the same

ViRuS2k · 23 Oct 2010 at 19:33

JeffyB said:
Can somene post how to get this working on 5 series?

In this very thread, lol some people are blind

Devrij · 23 Oct 2010 at 19:35

The only killer is that it seems to blur the image quite badly. I'll have to give it a try to see if it makes a difference in motion, but the screenies do look quite "soft" and I think that'd bug me.

wolvers · 23 Oct 2010 at 19:39

Devrij said:
The only killer is that it seems to blur the image quite badly. I'll have to give it a try to see if it makes a difference in motion, but the screenies do look quite "soft" and I think that'd bug me.

That's what I thought, and the images posted are reduced size so I'll believe it when I see it.

An Exception · 23 Oct 2010 at 19:42

^^^

Op, can you post some 100% crops if you haven't already?
Thanks

Rroff · 23 Oct 2010 at 19:44

Does seem to make the images softer and duller - whites aren't quite so white, reds aren't so vibrant, etc. tho it does smooth edges better than I thought - I would have thought the jitter sampling would have induced more artifacts than is so far apparent.

NZXT30 · 23 Oct 2010 at 19:44

amazing trying it now

MikeHunt79 · 23 Oct 2010 at 19:50

Damn, I'm tempted to get a 5850 now! Can't they patch it so it works on a 8800GT?

Rroff · 23 Oct 2010 at 19:50

It should in theory work quite nice for games like Batman AA heh.

An Exception · 23 Oct 2010 at 19:53

Yup, looks like AMD users won't be shut out from AA anymore...

arc@css · 23 Oct 2010 at 19:56

I envy 5000 and 6000 users, this is most welcome.

Like pulling a rabbit from a hat.

crackerbear · 23 Oct 2010 at 19:58

Ejizz said:
Yup, looks like AMD users won't be shut out from AA anymore...

Whilst I'm not denying that it works and for any/all games, it's a bit like (and I know this is an exaggeration) smearing vaseline across the screen. I don't think it's a real substitute for the more traditional forms of AA, particularly if you want high image quality.

JeffyB · 23 Oct 2010 at 20:03

Thanks for the instructions

Final8y · 23 Oct 2010 at 20:03

Rroff said:
Does seem to make the images softer and duller - whites aren't quite so white, reds aren't so vibrant, etc. tho it does smooth edges better than I thought - I would have thought the jitter sampling would have induced more artifacts than is so far apparent.

Softer yes but change of vibrancy no & i have looked real careful & cut & pasted the images in paint & checked the colour values.

What your suggesting would mean a tint filter which this is not.

RavenXXX2 · 23 Oct 2010 at 20:04

^^ yeah does look overly soft, but hey it's for free and I would use it where I couldn't force standard AA in games. This feature is great for cards that struggle with normal AA.

An Exception · 23 Oct 2010 at 20:05

@ crackbear

Judging by the screen shot's it doesn't look like that to me personally.
But I do think it could do with a touch of sharpening to add contrast between the pixels.

Personally though I could see myself using this AA as standard, especially gaming at 2560x1600...

bigjimmyauk · 23 Oct 2010 at 20:06

it just looks to blurry TBH

i'd sooner have no AA and some jaggies than have a fuzzy whole screen with no jaggies

think it's being to hyped up to be honest

Rroff · 23 Oct 2010 at 20:08

Final8y said:
Softer yes but change of vibrancy no & i have looked real careful & cut & pasted the images in paint & checked the colour values.

What your suggesting would mean a tint filter which this is not.

Well it certainly looks less vibrant even if its actually not. Not sure what you mean with the tint filter as that would imply a deliberate effect which is not what I'm saying.