Guess The Next-Generation Antialiasing

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  1. Mintmaster

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    Well, I popped it into photoshop and adjusted the levels so that I could see the edges. The first thing I noticed was that there are very few near horizontal and near vertical edges (hmm, who is more likely to send Baron such a shot? :wink:). From the few horizontal/vertical edges I do see, it seems like horizontal is antialiased better. Finally, it doesn't appear to be gamma corrected (neither before nor after the levels adjustment). However, all these judgements are very iffy due to the poor shot selection.

    My guess is also NVidia, 6x or 6xS, although the latter seems unlikely given Baron's fps clue.
     
  2. ZoinKs!

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    My card isn't fast enough for aa... so the pic is plenty better then what I'm used to seeing. :(

    What we need is for people to find the same location in Painkiller and compare screenshots. Any volunteers? :lol:
     
  3. Tim Murray

    Tim Murray the Windom Earle of mobile SOCs
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    How about this--some time tomorrow, I post the second small image, Saturday I post the full image, and Sunday I post what card it's from, what AA settings, and the framerate?
     
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    Sounds like a plan! :!:
     
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    Their really does appear to be inter pixel bleeding. So it is a sampling from outside each pixel so it either has a vary sparse grid or it is reusing samples ALA quinix or the higher sample version ( which is a 9-tap filter with 4 unique samples per pixel ).
     
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    serie5 from powervr (the baron did the post !) :p

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    my guess is also nvidia
     
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    Thanks for sharing, Baron. Thumbs up.
     
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    So previews of this card come out on Monday?
     
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    some photoshop tweaks

    image->adjustments->autolevels in photoshop, if this helps any of you...

    [​IMG]
     
  10. Lecram25

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    Bah, show me a shot where there are nonpolygons around, then we'll be talking...
     
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    Re: some photoshop tweaks

    6xS From nvidia. I know my supersampling when I sees it.
     
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    Show us the original image!!! :twisted:

    BTW,I guess the pic is from R420,NV40 is way too behind at the schedule.
     
  13. BRiT

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    I'm going to go against popular opinion on this one...

    ATI and a hybrid msaa/ssaa mode ala 2xS / 4xS
     
  14. retsam

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    what game is that anyways??? is it a "the way it was ment to be played game" if not then i go with ati



    rets
     
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    Painkiller, it's a TWIMTBP title. (An nVidia game)
     
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    I know......... but have to wait to tell everyone :? damn I hate waiting....
     
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    ROFL my thoughts exactly.


    Aww i hate waiting! :)
     
  18. Tim Murray

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    Okay. I'll do even better. No more screens of Painkiller... wait and see. (No, it's not an FSAA tester. Sorry. But it's definitely better for AA comparisons than Painkiller.)
     
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    Sorry but no..... :?
     
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    Well PM exists you know ;)
     
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