Anti-Aliasing in BF2

[zone36]

Re: Anti-Aliasing in BF2

Based on my PC stats (in my sig), should I bother giving AA 4x a try?

[imported_Ph1L]

Re: Anti-Aliasing in BF2

Based on my PC stats (in my sig), should I bother giving AA 4x a try?

Why don't u just try ? Nothing can go wrong.

[disfigured]

Re: Anti-Aliasing in BF2

Based on my PC stats (in my sig), should I bother giving AA 4x a try?

I'm not familiar with ATI products, so I don't know much about your Vcard.

It's a matter of personal taste. Just remember framerate should be the deciding factor if you apply AA or not.

If your framerate dips to low during gameplay with AA on, but you liked the look of it, try a lower resolution, or "tone" some other things down. Achieve a balance that you like.

For frame rate hit the ~ key above tab and type : renderer.drawfps 1 (need the space before 1, and all lowercase).

Personally I choose higher resolutions over higher AA settings. If I can have some of both I go with that combination.

[Dynafrom]

Re: Anti-Aliasing in BF2

Your card is good enough for 4x @ 1600x1200 all maxed, I don;t see a problem

[pYura]

Re: Anti-Aliasing in BF2

2AA is essential 4 is even better :)

[abtomat74]

Re: Anti-Aliasing in BF2

Personally I choose higher resolutions over higher AA settings. If I can have some of both I go with that combination.

I have yet to see ANY resolution that looks good without some AA used. Including those extreme resolutions of 2048...no AA still has obvious jaggies and looks disgusting IMO.

AA is a must!

[Merlin]

Re: Anti-Aliasing in BF2

I play with all settings on low or off except for AA which I have at 6x.

Looks great and runs very smooth...

WHAT?? are you mad why run loads of AA and have all the settings on low?

I bet bumping up the resolution and some settings with 2xaa would look way better than what you have already.

[Jungles]

Re: Anti-Aliasing in BF2

Based on my PC stats (in my sig), should I bother giving AA 4x a try?

Your system should be good enough.

However, I personally don't give much care for AA. I prefer to focus my attention on playing the actual game, rather than looking out for trivial "jaggies".

[FFOLKES]

Re: Anti-Aliasing in BF2

WHAT?? are you mad why run loads of AA and have all the settings on low?

I bet bumping up the resolution and some settings with 2xaa would look way better than what you have already.

Take a look for yourself. I prefer more performance and less overhead.

NOTE: In order to view the pictures in full resolution you have to turn off the image resizer in your browser.

Picture 1
Picture 2

Here are my video settings:

VideoSettings.setTerrainQuality 1
VideoSettings.setGeometryQuality 1
VideoSettings.setLightingQuality 1
VideoSettings.setDynamicLightingQuality 0
VideoSettings.setDynamicShadowsQuality 0
VideoSettings.setEffectsQuality 1
VideoSettings.setTextureQuality 1
VideoSettings.setTextureFilteringQuality 1
VideoSettings.setResolution 1280x1024@75Hz
VideoSettings.setAntialiasing 6Samples
VideoSettings.setViewDistanceScale 1
VideoSettings.setVideoOptionScheme 3

[Merlin]

Re: Anti-Aliasing in BF2

Take a look for yourself. I prefer more performance and less overhead.

NOTE: In order to view the pictures in full resolution you have to turn off the image resizer in your browser.

Picture 1
Picture 2

Here are my video settings:

VideoSettings.setTerrainQuality 1
VideoSettings.setGeometryQuality 1
VideoSettings.setLightingQuality 1
VideoSettings.setDynamicLightingQuality 0
VideoSettings.setDynamicShadowsQuality 0
VideoSettings.setEffectsQuality 1
VideoSettings.setTextureQuality 1
VideoSettings.setTextureFilteringQuality 1
VideoSettings.setResolution 1280x1024@75Hz
VideoSettings.setAntialiasing 6Samples
VideoSettings.setViewDistanceScale 1
VideoSettings.setVideoOptionScheme 3

What do those scrennies prove? They dont show FPS. Any card can run high settings, its the frames per second that matters. With that much AA on your FPS will be low. Open the console and type renderer.drawfps 1 and see what it is. Take those two screenshots again with the FPS on them.

[FFOLKES]

Re: Anti-Aliasing in BF2

Incorrect. It all depends on your hardware. By the way I posted the pictures to show you how it looks in response to your post above.

"I bet bumping up the resolution and some settings with 2xaa would look way better than what you have already" - Merlin

I average between 85-100 FPS. I have the x800xt, 3.4 GHz, 2 GB RAM

FPS Pic 1
FPS Pic 2
FPS Pic 3
FPS Pic 4

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