I disagree. What you describe is anti-aliasing using a box filter but there are other filters that are more effective at removing aliasing. Those...
An integral of the texels inside an area does not give the best image quality, either. It needs to be multiplied by a weight function and the...
The quotes in your comment were actually mainly about the other problem, banding. It was addressed in the Radeon HD 6000 series and again later in...