Does Anti-Aliasing make a difference?

[V4nger]

basicly the title because i was wondering if AA makes any difference at all at the max resolution of a HD monitor. for example, with a nice 1920x1080 monitor and playing, say, BC2 at max settings and max resolution, how can AA make anything smoother without splitting pixels in half? or am i being an idiot? i dont know much about the advanced graphics settings, having lived with a crap laptop for years.

cheers,
Jake

Oops: i only know that antialiasing can smooth out at lower resolutions.

 

[V4nger]

well i couldnt be bothered to read all the way through wikipedia to get the answer (lazy i know ) and your explanation was really good! Definitely helped me understand about it thanks

 

[V4nger]

Anything with less than 4x AA looks crap. I don't understand how this question could come up.

thats a bit opinionated dont you think? i asked this question because i didnt know what happens with antialiasing at max resolution. not because i wanted opinions on what looks crap and what doesnt.

 

[V4nger]

ok no need to get arsey

im just saying that what you said was irrelevant to the question i asked

 

[V4nger]

If the pixel size stays the same, then you're just going bigger and bigger with the size.

What you want is smaller pixels, the smaller the pixel the less antialiasing you need.

so if you have a 22" monitor at 1080p and a 24" monitor at 1080p, the pixels will be smaller on the 22" and will need less AA right?