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NVIDIA Multi-Frame Sampled Anti-Aliasing (MFAA) Performance on GTX 970

humbug said:
Well spotted, it just looked washed out to me, the MFAA screen-shot defiantly looks like a lower IQ setting than MSAA.
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It most likely is lower IQ hence why the fps is higher when using it. It's been ages since either company came out with an AA method that's better than Msaa with the same or less performance hit. There might have been the odd occasion but i am sure these required the game team to implement it so are not often used. SSAA is still the best and i believe the oldest in use at the moment. You would have thought by now AA methods would have moved on somewhat but i guess it's not easy to do so or i am sure we would have seen it by now.
 
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Doesn't the msaa screen have blood spots on it as in the guy has taken a few rounds, doesn't/wouldn't that effect the brightness thing you're seeing?
 
TheRealDeal said:
It most likely is lower IQ hence why the fps is higher when using it. It's been ages since either company came out with an AA method thats better with the same or less performance hit. SSAA is still the best and i believe the oldest in use at the moment. You would have thought by now AA methods would have moved on somewhat but i guess it's not easy to do so or i am sure we would have seen it by now.
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Don't know until an unbiased reviewer who has no qualms about upsetting Nvidia actually looks for IQ differences.

Having said that, remember all the hype about FXAA? that was hyped up as gods own AA, in practice all it does is blur the image to hide Jaggies, like smearing Vaseline on the lens... horrible.
 
pgi947 said:
Doesn't the msaa screen have blood spots on it as in the guy has taken a few rounds, doesn't/wouldn't that effect the brightness thing you're seeing?
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Nope thats light effects again looks better on MSAA.. The shooting on that part the game doesn't start till you walk more into the map.

ok maybe I see what you mean now.
 
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humbug said:
Don't know until an unbiased reviewer who has no qualms about upsetting Nvidia actually looks for IQ differences.

Having said that, remember all the hype about FXAA? that was hyped up as gods own AA, in practice all it does is blur the image to hide Jaggies, like smearing Vaseline on the lens... horrible.
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Same with TXAA that was labeled as the next best thing... I still find SMAA ultra to be the best IQ/performance AA out there.
 
humbug said:
Don't know until an unbiased reviewer who has no qualms about upsetting Nvidia actually looks for IQ differences.

Having said that, remember all the hype about FXAA? that was hyped up as gods own AA, in practice all it does is blur the image to hide Jaggies, like smearing Vaseline on the lens... horrible.
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It all just sounds a little like txaa to me. This was meant to be great compared to Msaa yet most don't like it for image quality. Mlaa on the Amd side was meant to be great as well but turned out to be to blurry like fxaa. I am sure there will be plenty of review sites having a look at this and the big picture will be shown whether it's good or bad.
 
TheRealDeal said:
It all just sounds a little like txaa to me. This was meant to be great compared to Msaa yet most don't like it for image quality. Mlaa on the Amd side was meant to be great as well but turned out to be to blurry like fxaa. I am sure there will be plenty of review sites having a look at this and the big picture will be shown whether it's good or bad.
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Agreed on MLAA, blurry crap like FXAA.

But:

shankly1985 said:
Same with TXAA that was labeled as the next best thing... I still find SMAA ultra to be the best IQ/performance AA out there.
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+1, SMAA is the only AA that completely removes Jaggies, it even gives the image more depth and sharpness.
 
Since when did those low res screens (link I posted has poor photos, they should link to high res ones IMO) show anything the way they look in front of you.

I would think only a 970/980 users will know for sure not me on a 780Ti or amd users above.

MFAA or TXAA good or bad, if you aint seen it on your monitor with your GPU you really cannot judge it properly.
 
jh30uk said:
Since when did those low res screens (link I posted has poor photos, they should link to high res ones IMO) show anything the way they look in front of you.

I would think only a 970/980 users will know for sure not me on a 780Ti or amd users above.

MFAA or TXAA good or bad, if you aint seen it on your monitor with your GPU you really cannot judge it properly.
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Can judge TXAA from other Nvidia users saying it blurs the image and can see it in screenshots.

I going from the images we shown I have already said post higher res screens so we can see better detail.
Am going from the information you posted.
 
I have TXAA available to me and it looks good if the game supports it correctly, if not and it did look poor (every AA is about blurring edges) then I can change to another AA choice.

I have the choice at least so cannot moan.

How many reviews do you seen here about AA and most peeps say they cannot see the difference in the photos, I have a keen eye and cannot most times as its not the same as looking at the game nor is a YT video.

I judge by my own findings not what others say and you will get the same amount saying the opposite for anything.
 
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Those screenshots are useless to be honest :p - low res downsampled jpegs....

Had a go at recreating them myself ended up with 5fps lower on one of the shots with MFAA. Perhaps due to slight angle difference or the effects of the way each shootout went. (Ended up with an extra truck/enemies for example on MFAA test)

Anyway a couple of pics as best as I could test at 1440p Ultra preset - Single 970

MFAA
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MSAA
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MFAA
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MSAA
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