Jagged edges galore

subbass · 23 Jan 2010 at 20:28

Why do I get these horrible shadows with jagged edges?? :confused:

I always thought it was my graphics card. I bought a HD5770 and I still get them. I have the AA turned up to 4x and the jagged edges on things like doors appear to look better and smooth but the shadows are horrible and I find them really off putting.

alex24 · 23 Jan 2010 at 20:30

Which game? Not all objects/surfaces are always antialiased. You might have to enable transparency antialiasing or similar.

Rroff · 23 Jan 2010 at 20:35

A lot of games use either lightmaps or shadowmaps which are often fairly low resolution for shadows so they will look blocky on any hardware.

subbass · 23 Jan 2010 at 20:35

I'm playing Bionic Commando

Oh ok. Thanks for the explanation and speedy response

Firegod · 23 Jan 2010 at 20:48

Nvidia have introduced a new AA technique I believe especially for shadows. But as stated, shadows usually aren't the best and if there are games where you can increase the shadow quality/appearence the performance hit is usually not worth the small IQ increase.