GFFX Anti-Aliasing with FSAA Tester
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THe_KELRaTH
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Between 80 - 100 and 135 - 155 degree angles even ATI x2AA does better than NV30 8xs mode. ATI x4AA is better than any NV mode.
That explains the HQ UT2003 image from HardOCP where the near horizontal pole in the right side of the image looked so jagged.
That explains the HQ UT2003 image from HardOCP where the near horizontal pole in the right side of the image looked so jagged.
Speaking of which, it doesn't seem that 8xS should ever look like 2x FSAA, at any angle. I think that mode is also not being properly-captured. The minimum level of gradients at near horizontal/near vertical should be 4. It should look the worst near 135 degrees (0 degrees pointing directly to the right), with a minimum of approximately 3 gradients.
THe_KELRaTH
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I suppose the only way to confirm that it's being captured properly is ask Brent to confirm if the jaggies on the near vertical pole from the UT2003 image are still there when ingame.
Brent, any chance of running FableMark ? Curious how well they handle stencil operations...
Link :
http://www.pvrdev.com/extra/h/FableMark.htm
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Link :
http://www.pvrdev.com/extra/h/FableMark.htm
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I've not noticed texture aliasing in CS myself :?
The 8x and 6x modes do seem a bit odd. It was mentioned about in the ut2003 and nfshp2 pictures too.
I think its capturing properly though and I agree with colourless in that its using 4xOGMS and a relevant horizontal SS instead.
This is from the 6xS shot and it clearly shows all the shades and the arrangement of them is just as would be expected of an ordered grid.
The 8x and 6x modes do seem a bit odd. It was mentioned about in the ut2003 and nfshp2 pictures too.
I think its capturing properly though and I agree with colourless in that its using 4xOGMS and a relevant horizontal SS instead.
This is from the 6xS shot and it clearly shows all the shades and the arrangement of them is just as would be expected of an ordered grid.
I agree with demalion. Those should be actually called 6x and 8x modes, the added "S" is misleading if it's there in the driver panel. The 6xS/8xS modes I can unlock here on the NV25 with the latest Rivatuner have little in common neither in terms of edge or texture quality compared to what I see on the FX.
They probably haven't exposed those S modes yet and the driver is just picking 6x and 8x when anything with an S is selected.
Would it even make a difference if the application would?
Kristof himself has stated that FableMark is fillrate limited rather than vertex throughput limited.
They probably haven't exposed those S modes yet and the driver is just picking 6x and 8x when anything with an S is selected.
Would it even make a difference if the application would?
Kristof himself has stated that FableMark is fillrate limited rather than vertex throughput limited.
ahh. 
Maybe the FX has driver (or worse hardware) bugs stopping it from using the 2xRGMS in combination. With the problems in the 4xS modes stopping them from using the 6xS and 8xS modes of the gf4, maybe nvidia thought that they had to have the 8x and 6x mode working in some form for reviews so used the 4xOSMS versions instead. :?
Maybe the FX has driver (or worse hardware) bugs stopping it from using the 2xRGMS in combination. With the problems in the 4xS modes stopping them from using the 6xS and 8xS modes of the gf4, maybe nvidia thought that they had to have the 8x and 6x mode working in some form for reviews so used the 4xOSMS versions instead. :?
THe_KELRaTH
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Seems the NV30 is horizontally challenged
CeiserSöze
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Those pics labelled as 6xS and 8xS are ordered grid (2x2 OGMS + 1.5x1 OGSS resp. 2x2 OGMS + 2x1 OGSS).
The "real" xS-modes (2x RGMS + 1.5x2 OGSS resp. 2x RGMS + 2x2 OGSS) can be enabled with aTuner (http://www.3dcenter.de/atuner/index_e.php). Afaik they only work with d3d though. Maybe Brent can check these out.
The "real" xS-modes (2x RGMS + 1.5x2 OGSS resp. 2x RGMS + 2x2 OGSS) can be enabled with aTuner (http://www.3dcenter.de/atuner/index_e.php). Afaik they only work with d3d though. Maybe Brent can check these out.
