resolution or aa?

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which will give a bigger hit on performance and which will give a bigger hit on quality?
 
totally depends on the game and your system setup

some games benefit visually from increasing the rez rather than AA and other games benefit from raising the AA rather than the rez

personally for my own gaming I prefer to crank up the AA, my sweet spot is 12x10 @ 4X TR SSAA (higher if I can) with 16X AF, i'm an AA and AF whore
 
You also have to consider your display. With LCDs becoming far more popular you have to consider the panel's native resolution when you determine wether you are going to use AA or not.
 
max res (1600x,1680x,1920x)/no aa usually will have a higher performance hit over med res/low aa, depending on the video card since it seems more up to date cards handle aa better than the older cards

quality wise, i think it really depends on the game as well, a game like bf2 id perfere high res since the guys are so far away theyll look pixelated even with aa, and a game like quake 4 i think looks better with med res/aa since things are closer up :p
 
Ive always prefered resolution to AA. Even now with my A64/7800GT, I rarely run AA, except on older games, or when connected to a TV...
 
Resolution IMO makes the entire image crisper, and that is what i adjust first and foremost, if i have the performance to spare, i will throw some AA on depending on the game
 
chinesepiratefood said:
Resolution IMO makes the entire image crisper, and that is what i adjust first and foremost, if i have the performance to spare, i will throw some AA on depending on the game
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Agreed. Resolution first, then effects.
 
I beat HL 2 at 1720x1320 2xAA / 16x AF all the way

there is no chance in hell I'm going back to 1280x1024 even 1600x1200 isn't enough for me
 
Resolution will usually give the better image quality and the bigger performance hit. But it does almost always depend on the setup you are using. If I was on a 17" monitor, I would rather play at 1024x768 w/4xAA than at say 1600x1200. Things would simply "fit" better on the screen and the smoothness of lines should be close. But if I'm on a 21" monitor, I would rather play on 1600x1200 w/no AA.
 
Un4given said:
You also have to consider your display. With LCDs becoming far more popular you have to consider the panel's native resolution when you determine wether you are going to use AA or not.
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I don't notice any problems in picture quality if I don't play at native resolution in 3d. 2d of course is another story but who plays 2d games? ;)

I personally prefer AA/AF to res.
 
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