Adaptive AA 2900 Performance boost

[willhub]

I've just tried CSS stress test, at 1280x1024, 16xAF, 4xAAA, and compared to 4xAA, there is not much performance drop.

I got these results:

No AA, 227
4x AA, 180
4xAAA, 178

Just wondering too, could anyone test with some other games, and possibly do some G80 comparisions, 4xAA + SS?

 

[willhub]

AAA had some weird effect in TDU

 

[willhub]

LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL

hahahaha AAA puts on bigger eyebrows and a moustache? LOOOOOOOOOOOL

Yea .

Also gives a 7fps performance hit and brings it down to 8800GTS level, I guess with 16xAA, since SS/16xAA was uber lag on 8800GTS, but 16xAA was about same as 4xAAA with 2900.

 

[willhub]

You set Adaptive AA in CCC.

I'm going to try 8xAA in CSS Stress Test, then 8xAAA, see what happens.

 

[willhub]

More results:
No AA, 227
4x AA, 180
4xAAA, 178

No AA, 227
8x AA, 167
8xAAA, 166
16x AA, 85
16xAAA, 86
24x AA, 66
24xAAA, 65
BOX 4xAA(Box)/8xAA(Box)/16xAA (Wide Tent)/24xAA (Edge Detect) Used. (QUALITY AAA)

1280x1024, all max, 16xAF set in CCC/In Game.

All AA set in CCC.

CSS Stress Test.

 

[willhub]

No hit at all there bar 1FPS , Well done ATi.

Indeed it is very good, but games like TDU have a 7fps hit, I guess Adaptive AA still needs to be worked on, but in TDU, CSS those both have problem, TDU, makes that guy grow a beard and puts a dark layer over the GPS, in CSS you get purple crap everywere, allthough it does look pretty cool in both instances

I noticed in Tomb Raider you zoom right to her face and when she breathes, the FPS drops down to like 30 for some reason coz of the water vapour, I just tried a closed beta of a game called Project Torque, and the slightest smoke causes a FPS drop for some reason, so smoke needs working on.

Apart from that, I dont have a problem with AA anymore if 4x AA runs smooth coz as drivers improve it bet it will get even better, I mean 4xAAA is good enough now, no performance drop and it's just like 16xAA quality

 

[willhub]

Your lucky AA doesnt want to work for me in CCC when i apply it doesnt seem to work in game :/.

What games?

 

[willhub]

edited the above post to include the games, you must have instantly replied

CSS/HL2 should work with AA in CCC, but Dirt does not, same for TDU aswell.

 

[willhub]

Will adaptive AA work?

AAA works in CSS/TDU, dunno about Dirt, should do.

 

[willhub]

So i set aa in game and then set AAA to quality in CCC.

Yea

 

[willhub]

so its only games that have AA in the options thats when AA works?

btw is this setting 24xAA?

Yea, you got 48x aswell?

And whats Temporal AA do?

If you were using 24xAA in stalker and it actually worked, I think the average would be more like 10

 

[willhub]

have i? tbh i don't understand it lol



doubles the effective of AA image quality

The slider was not moved all the way to the right, move it further to the right and see what it shows.

 

[willhub]

Go back one, select edge detect, then move forward again.

Weird how yours supports 16xAA yet my HD2900XT dont

 

[willhub]

Anyone else seeing a sizeable performance drop with AAA in tomb raider anniversary, in the menu alone with just 4xaa its 92 average with fraps, with 4xMSAA its 63 and with 4xSSAA its 42 :S

I dont know how to disable the 75fps limit in TRA, but I just tried 4xAA, was at 75, then I just tried 4xAAA, was still at 75 on the menu since the menu is rendered, litrally on a level.

Allthough big big problems with AAA, did you get them? the menu options were weird font with like black around them?

Uh, with 8xAAA its a solid 38 on the menu , even 8xAA gives 38 fps , why does 8xAA in TRA give such a massive performance hit?

 

[willhub]

TRA is a bit weird since i did a bench in dirt with 4xSSAA 16xHQAF on the very first rally world race and average=40.2 min=31 max=55

Btw is that quality or performance AAA your running at?

Quality, 4xQAAA.

TRA is very weird, the water yields low fps too, like 38 and looks bad with AAA for some reason.

Dirt is a mystery to me, low fps all over for me, would be awsome to see 55fps but never have I one.

How do oyu enabled HQAF since I dont see any HQ option for AF.

 

[willhub]

HQAF is ON by default on the 2900s. You cant turn it on or off..

Oh good.