Aa/af

[Champ]

What does it really improve? It slaughters alot of FPS, so it would be good to know what it actually does?

 

[Darkknighttt]

dumb answer, but it makes the graphics look better. makes corners look better and stuff i think.

 

[Axyon]

Simply put - AA smoothes off jagged edges, and AF makes blurred textures at a distance look sharper.

 

[westie]

Why does that slow down games so much (with not great graphics cards) it doesn't seem that much.

 

[Nex321]

Oh yes it does, well atleast 8 AF. Try 8 AF and 4 AA once and then turn them off and you'll see how crappy graphic it is without them.

 

[Malfunction]

Yeah, AA and AF make the game look nicer, a lot nicer. And the reason it kills FPS is because of the general rule of too much of a good thing is bad.

 

[Asus]

I perfer AF over AA although I like them both.
You should look here.
I run at 4xAA/16xAF.

 

[SubKamran]

Bottom line = They make the game look better. Something I desire a lot

 

[bosox188]

I don't really need AA when running at higher resolutions, 640x480 or 800x600 I would understand but I'd rather run 1280x1024 with no AA than 1024x768 with 4xAA.

 

[Roland Deschain]

FarCry is a good example for AA/AF since the huge environments really show of the difference between no AA/AF and high AA/AF.

Too lazy to take screenshots

 

[Nex321]

FarCry is a good example for AA/AF since the huge environments really show of the difference between no AA/AF and high AA/AF.

Too lazy to take screenshots

Take some, please!

 

[Roland Deschain]

Give me half an hour gotta find a good spot that shows of AA and AF