Stupid screen resolution to AA question

LateX'Dog · 5 Oct 2011 at 21:14

So i currently game a 1920x1080 and when ever i play a game i just whack everything to max and play happy, including AA.

Now do i even need huge amounts of AA if i'm playing at that resolution and if not, what is the optimal amount?

tibbsey · 5 Oct 2011 at 21:22

I have 2-4x AA at 1920x1200 and it does me fine on my 4870x2.
Haven't noticed a worthwhile difference between 4 and 8 at this resolution (in relation to the performance decrease from increasing AA).

Edit: Agree with uv below, if you can, you might as well.

uv · 5 Oct 2011 at 21:38

LateX'Dog said:
So i currently game a 1920x1080 and when ever i play a game i just whack everything to max and play happy, including AA.

Now do i even need huge amounts of AA if i'm playing at that resolution and if not, what is the optimal amount?

If you can max out games with AA, the question is - why not?

LateX'Dog · 5 Oct 2011 at 21:56

uv said:
If you can max out games with AA, the question is - why not?

Well its more of the case of is it needed?

Because i can, doesn't mean i should.

Kanifee · 5 Oct 2011 at 22:15

LateX'Dog said:
Well its more of the case of is it needed?

Because i can, doesn't mean i should.

thats exactly what it means

kylew · 5 Oct 2011 at 22:28

You *need* as much AA as you personally require. If you can't see any jagged edges after 2AA, then 2AA is all *you* need and so on.

Reaper 392 · 5 Oct 2011 at 22:37

if you can get more AA while keeping 60FPS then theres no reason not to keep it up, but if you cant then its usually the first thing to be turned down (to about 4x for me)

Devrij · 5 Oct 2011 at 23:20

I turn it off, but I game at 2560x1440 so don't have much of a choice on my card