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#1 ManDango

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Posted 06 May 2004 - 10:26 PM

Ok well I know some of the screenshotters don't use to much AA here are some differences between AA, and here is also how they turn out with sharpening.
8X AA
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8X AA with Sharpening
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Fs2004 AA
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Fs2004 AA with Sharpening
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Ok i know yall aare proballey wandering about what this post is for. Well the point is to show the people the difference of Graphics Card AA and Fs2004 AA. If you have a Nvidia or ATI Grphics Card you can set your AA to 2X,4X,6X,8X to do this on a Nvidia you right click on your desktop go to Settings, the click the advanced button. Go to Nvidia Tab then go to Performance and settings Screenshot below.
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Green = Best FPS, Medium Quality Screenshots
Blue= Medium FPS, Good Quality Screenshots
Red= Low FPS, Exellent Quality Screenshots
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I recomend going with either the Green or Blue, cus 8X is way to hard on your FPS.
Goodluck, and i hope to see some better quality screenshots from some of you with Nvidia cards, if you already don't have good screenshots.

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Posted 06 May 2004 - 10:59 PM

Good little tutorial :o

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Posted 06 May 2004 - 11:00 PM

Do I have good shots? Mine is set at 2xQ, What does the "Q" means?

I turn off fs2004AA. :o

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Posted 06 May 2004 - 11:03 PM

I don't have 8x for AA :o

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Posted 06 May 2004 - 11:06 PM

Sorry alexho i don't know about that im sure its just a higher setting of 2X AA, your shots look quite fine if you have any Photoshop program try to use sharpening and resize to 650x488 and then turn it into a 80% quality jpeg. Rememer if your gonna do this don't enter a screenshot in the ss contest that is sharpened!
And Wing Warrior it would probaley be best for you 2 use 2X then because 4X would be the high end for you try both see which one works better on your comp. :o

Edited by Birdjet737, 06 May 2004 - 11:09 PM.


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Posted 06 May 2004 - 11:10 PM

really? :o I get 20fps (locked at 20) with 6x. another thing I noticed is I could go up to 16x AF but just keep it at 8

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Posted 06 May 2004 - 11:32 PM

great tutorial kevin cheers...this oughtta be pinned...mods :o

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Posted 07 May 2004 - 03:05 AM

Well me, not caring about my FPS :o I set everything to the max and I still get "ok" FPS but that also depends on your system etc. Great tutorial Kevin :P

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Posted 07 May 2004 - 03:24 AM

mine still jagged with 2*q and 2 *

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Posted 07 May 2004 - 03:26 AM

i run on 6x AA (max) and 16x AF all the time and get reasonable fps only with 'fps killers' i have some drop i fps but only near airports. Great tutorail birdjet, too bad i can't use it because i have an ati card

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Posted 07 May 2004 - 06:07 AM

Really Wing Warrior well then i thought ifu didn't have AGP 8X you couldent do 8X AA then do 4X that should boost your FPS and also still give you good grphics. zRichard set yours to 4X but I warn you your FPS might go down with that PCI

Edited by Birdjet737, 07 May 2004 - 06:08 AM.


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Posted 07 May 2004 - 08:51 AM

Sharpening in my opinion makes pictures lose AA quality because they bring out jagged lines, but the pics look brighter.

5200 with 8AA? :o
My 9800 Pro goes up to 6AA...but there isn't much difference in the AA starting at 4AA  :P

Just my input  B)

Edited by Julien, 07 May 2004 - 08:55 AM.


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Posted 07 May 2004 - 01:25 PM

i wish i could use more than the fs AA...i tried doin the thing with my graphics card options by turnin it up to 2x, and my card cant handle it B) , so...

:o nice tutorial though :P
(i think it should get pinned!)

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Posted 07 May 2004 - 04:18 PM

yeah, great tutorial there, :o

Edited by Fox666, 07 May 2004 - 04:18 PM.


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Posted 08 May 2004 - 01:51 AM

my graphics card doesnt have anything like that....?

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Posted 08 May 2004 - 09:59 AM

Thats odd, i guess its not a Nvidia or Ati,

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Posted 08 May 2004 - 11:29 AM

I take it the sharpening would count as editing the pic, and disqualify it from the screenshot competition?

#18 ManDango

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Posted 08 May 2004 - 12:32 PM

Yep it shir would but i don't sharpen my pic for screenshot contest

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Posted 08 May 2004 - 12:57 PM

the Q in 2xQ means "Quincunx" (spelling? :o ) antialiasing and is just a different technique of antialiasing also used in the GF3Ti series :P

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Posted 09 May 2004 - 12:14 PM

The 2xQ makes things blurry. :o But to me, it's a little better than just 2x.