I usually force AA and AF settings through my drivers and never really bother with the in-game settings for those. Recently however I read that using the in-game settings is recommended as they're usually more optimized, resulting faster performance and even looking better than the driver settings at times. I was wondering if that's truly the case.
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AA/AF settings...Drivers or in-game?
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sounds logical to me. i always use the in-game options if i can. if i am not satisfied with the in-game options i turn to driver settings.
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It probably depends on the game. There is a good chance many games probably just tell the driver to turn on AA/AF if you turn it on in the game. There is also a chance as you said they provide an optimized version.
I use the games settings if it has them, though sometimes I override them if they lack all available settings.
I use the games settings if it has them, though sometimes I override them if they lack all available settings.
The rule of thumb is: use in-game settings, when they exist. If they don't, use the driver's options to force the settings you want.
I usually leave AF forced at 16x in my control panel.
I leave AA to the games, since so many titles seem to have problems when you try to force the setting in-game (render errors, inexplicable slowdowns, etc etc). Thanks to deferred lighting techniques, AA has become a very finicky feature.
I leave AA to the games, since so many titles seem to have problems when you try to force the setting in-game (render errors, inexplicable slowdowns, etc etc). Thanks to deferred lighting techniques, AA has become a very finicky feature.
+1. This is what I do. Although I actually have my driver set to permanently force 16x AF since a lot of games don't have AF controls for some reason.
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on my nVidia cards, the AA usually manage in the games, due to 4xAA cannot be apply to every single game that I have... the fps drops insanely in some of them...like STALKER and Crysis..
but it does work on most game, it just certain game..
so yeah..
You're comparing 4890 Crossfire to a GTX 295, which is not a fair fight. A better comparison would be against GTX 275 in SLI. You also said nothing about the resolution you are playing with.
I game at 1680*1050 and 1900*1200 depend on which screen I hook up with during lan party..
also, AA does not drop much fps in CF setup in my experience compare to SLI