Anti-Aliasing - who uses it?

[JG-1_Vogel]

I always run AA, although not very high because I'm running fairly high resolution. I keep it about 4x AA with 8x AF, otherwise I get jaggies.... which I hate with a vengeance.

 

I really do hope ED releases the A-10C as a 64bit app. I don't know what programming it would require, but its getting to the point where things are getting silly. We have some insane CPU's out now i.e. the intel i7 range etc coupled with high end GPU's our PC's should be laughing at DCS and LO yet we still get some pretty cruddly FPS.

 

Please ED, go 64bit!

[CAT_101st]

AF 16x

AA 8x

 

on a singel GT8800. looks great and keeps good FPS

[galagamo]

I must have AAx16/Wide-tent in Super sample mode. Otherwise I get a shimmering effect in the distance.

These settings do effect my FPS sometimes 5-10 fps difference.

I'm using a 5850 with the latest 10.4 drivers

[Frederf]

I find MSAAx4 is plenty. After x4 I can't see any increase in pleasantness to the eye.

 

Supersampling is a lot harder on the graphics card than multisampling but is a better process visually.

[audiohavoc]

I am using the nvidia control panel to set 16x AF, 8x MSAA, prerender limit set to 1, VSYNC forced on, and override application settings. Using the tweaks from the guide, except I kept heat blur on, I am getting 60 fps locked regardless of where or what is on the screen. My system specs are in my signature, and this rig was built to tame FSX, so I figured it would handle Black Shark well.

[Kuky]

running the sim without AA and AF is just crap in my opinion. If you want to see targets easier, yes turning off AA will help (as pixels are lot more pronounced) but also turning off AF helps too because without any AF the textures in distance look blured and there is not much detail so ground units simple LOD boxes are easier to see... if you turn on AF to 8 or 16 the textures become with lot more details, you can see all the little dark spots on thr ground so it's actually even harder to see ground units. ;)

 

Anyway, I've been running any sim for years now with 4xAA and 8xAF (only reason I don't use 16xAF is because with overcast for example there are quite a lot of textures to filter out which does descrease performance.. oh that, and also flares... but 8xAF is quite enought for me.

[TheMoose]

;) 4X AA is enough IMO anymore is just overkill, especially in MP with cockpit view only. As for AF, well I have to retry it, had issues in the past with Overcast with rain, FC just crashed (with vista crapiola, now on windows 7). I reverted back to default to resolve the issue in the past, and never looked back. However I'll give that a retry :-)

Edited May 27, 2010 by TheMoose

[Tualatin]

Hi there,

 

I have the problem, that AA works good at the beginning of a mission. After a while suddenly AA is lost. I don't know why. I use 8xAA and 8xAF normaly.

[funkee]

AAx2, AFx16, 1680/1050 - the best option for DCS/FC2 (at least for Geforce 8 series and 22' display). Dont even touch it without AF :)