FXAA works with any game apparently and almost no fps loss (works with gta4)

Amraam · 28 Oct 2011 at 15:02

Poor man's or not, it looks good to me and doesn't affect performance.

Final8y · 28 Oct 2011 at 15:43

Amraam said:
Poor man's or not, it looks good to me and doesn't affect performance.

That depends on the game and how much resources the game is using in CPU and GPU terms already.

I used it on NFS Hot Pursuit and the hit was noticeable and most likely because i was running it on a single gpu at 2560x1600 and the GPU was already at 100% usage or near abouts even before i used FXAA.

I then tried MLAA and it had the same hit.

In games like Track mania Canyon the built in FXAA looks good.

arknor · 28 Oct 2011 at 15:45

buchtis said:
A poor man's AA by the looks of it. All it does is blur the edges.

a poor man has an xbox

Amraam · 28 Oct 2011 at 16:07

True, but the games I play are primarily STALKER and Mass Effect. Two games that work with FXAA very well

SkeeterUK · 28 Oct 2011 at 16:21

Final8y said:
That depends on the game and how much resources the game is using in CPU and GPU terms already.

I used it on NFS Hot Pursuit and the hit was noticeable and most likely because i was running it on a single gpu at 2560x1600 and the GPU was already at 100% usage or near abouts even before i used FXAA.

I then tried MLAA and it had the same hit.

In games like Track mania Canyon the built in FXAA looks good.

Afaik fxaa is using the cpu not the gpu. Which is why it doesn't impact performance as much or so i think i read.

Final8y · 28 Oct 2011 at 16:28

SkeeterUK said:
Afaik fxaa is using the cpu not the gpu. Which is why it doesn't impact performance as much or so i think i read.

Yes it uses the CPU just like MLAA but it still uses some GPU as the rendering is still done on the GPU so the resolution decides the impact when used and not the complexity of what's on screen.

Final8y · 28 Oct 2011 at 16:30

Amraam said:
True, but the games I play are primarily STALKER and Mass Effect. Two games that work with FXAA very well

I can force normal AA through CCC on Mass Effect.

bhavv · 28 Oct 2011 at 16:30

buchtis said:
A poor man's AA by the looks of it. All it does is blur the edges.

Says you with your rig

Frenzy · 28 Oct 2011 at 16:59

Wow thats fantastic, another reason why I game on PC over consoles. No this isnt a dig.

Mr Krugga · 28 Oct 2011 at 17:22

arknor said:
a poor man has an xbox

I can confirm that, don't know what to do with it.