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07-14-2005, 04:00 AM
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anti-aliasing/anistropic filtering on or off?
hi i just wanted to know if i should enable anti-aliasing and/or anti-anistropic mode or not.
and what is pro/con of enabling these modes. thx my computer spec- p4 3.2c, 1gh 2x 516mb ram, 6600gt 128mb, 60g hdd. ran these tests at 1024 x 786 resolution, max 4 anistropic filter on, and AA OFF aqua bench mark score- 31000 3dmark2003 score- 4705 Last edited by mandugi23; 07-14-2005 at 04:56 AM. |
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07-14-2005, 04:13 AM
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Anti-Aliasing smooths out the jagged edges on diagonal objects. The higher the AA level the better it will look but you will also get a bigger performance hit. The performance hit you get by enabling AA depends on your video card. You can experiment with different settings and see how it works.
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07-16-2005, 12:27 AM
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No argument with Hi Ho.
I would use the in game settings for AA and AF before I tried a graphics card setting to force them in everything.
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07-16-2005, 11:22 PM
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Some games can handle higher settings than others, so I don't set AA and AF globally.
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07-18-2005, 12:48 AM
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I'm using an R9700pro card. In some games I can use medium AA/AF with so little performance penalty, and not in some other game.
In some games where beautiful views are making the gameplay more exciting, I would activate AA/AF if possible. Anyway, I think 6600GT in such spec should have scored more in 3dmark2003...maybe (just maybe), coz I think its performance is far better than my R9700.Mine scored 4590...  My spec: P4 2.26 2 x 256MB pc3200@266MHz 2 x 40GB HDD 2 x CD drive 300W TTGI PSU |
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07-18-2005, 11:10 PM
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The 6600 is roughly equivalent to a 9600pro or XT. It's more of a budget card than anything else.
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07-19-2005, 12:15 AM
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You are talking about the plain old 6600, right? The 6600GT beats the 9800 Pro in most aspects.
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07-19-2005, 09:54 PM
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That's right. The GT version does beat even 9800pro in most aspects. And so I think that this his 6600GT, or his system might be in a little problem, by looking at his 3dmark score.
I think it should be a lot faster than mine... |
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07-19-2005, 09:56 PM
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In my system with a 6600GT I get 4095 in 3DMark03 and 2203 in 3DMark05. My system is quite a bit slower than yours though.
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07-20-2005, 01:53 AM
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Are u sure about the score...? I think even the CPU is less powerful, but a better card should score more, just because the test is mainly emphasizing on VGA's capability. The duration of "GPU tests" is a lot longer than the CPU tests, so most of the score is produced by the GPU.
It's just my common sense... 
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07-20-2005, 01:54 AM
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Are u sure about the score...? I think even the CPU is less powerful, but a better card should score more, just because the test is mainly emphasizing on VGA's capability. The duration of "GPU tests" is a lot longer than the CPU tests, so most of the score is produced by the GPU.
It's just my common sense...
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07-20-2005, 02:01 AM
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What the...???
Did I double click on something...
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07-20-2005, 03:16 AM
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i have a 6600gt and by upgrading to the latest nvidia drivers i get a 3dmark05 score of 3400 that is before overclock i am in the process of overclocking my system now. before i installed new drivers my score was just shy of 3000 having the latest drivers makes a big difference...as you can see. 6600gt is a great card and i love it.
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