Is 64x AA Worth it...?

if you still get more then 60 frames per second and maxed out every other option or overkill?

What's that x64 AA :SGazaAli

64xAA is overkill, even 32xAA is more than enough.

8x is usually enough for any game imo (in a decent resolution)

64xAA is overkill, even 32xAA is more than enough.

mitu123

16x is overkill, nevermind 64x.

But if you still get 60fps+, there's no reason not to do it.

If you still get 60+ FPS, I don't see why not.

Anything more than 4XAA is not noticeable IMO.

Ehhhh, no? at 1920x1080p its almost inhumanly difficult to spot jaggies when you use 8 X AA. infact, from where I sit with my 23" I cannot see any jaggies whatsoever at 4 X AA 1080p res. 64X AA is a gimmick.

I mostly wonder what game would support 64xAA.Crimsader

I'd love to see any PC able to do 64x AA at a decent resolution, with every other setting on high as the TC mentioned. :)CellAnimation

If youre maxing out your resolution on a display with more than 100 PPI anything more than 4X AA is pretty pointless. Although some people swear by AA I would rather keep my frames and stick to my native res.

I wonder how much GPU and Memory grunt you would need to enable 64X AA on a modern game?

If youre maxing out your resolution on a display with more than 100 PPI anything more than 4X AA is pretty pointless. Although some people swear by AA I would rather keep my frames and stick to my native res.

I wonder how much GPU and Memory grunt you would need to enable 64X AA on a modern game?

D1zzyCriminal

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If youre maxing out your resolution on a display with more than 100 PPI anything more than 4X AA is pretty pointless. Although some people swear by AA I would rather keep my frames and stick to my native res.

I wonder how much GPU and Memory grunt you would need to enable 64X AA on a modern game?

ShadowDeathX

The reason it runs well is because you dont actually have it enabled. Mafia 2 doesnt run AA at all in Nvidias contol pannel unless you go about renaming the .exe to Jericho.exe anyway. In ATi its even more difficult to pull off. Your frames are great because frankly, AA isnt being rendered at all. Have fun getting that game to run at 32x AA let alone 64x XD Benchmarks show that its more graphically demanding than many people think, Toms hardware has some numbers and even at 16x AA on 5xx series Nvid cards its not at 60.ColdfireTrilogy

64 x AA ? you need that many batteries to run your PC ?couly

As said above, if your framerates are good with 64xaa enabled then you may as well use it.

Even at 2560x1440 i can see a difference between 8x and 64x. Especially in games with lots of foliage. It isaminor difference,however if your framerate dictates you can use 64x then do it.

64xaa only applies to people with sli. As it actualy disables sli performance for the game. Basically it then renders the game at 32xaa on one card, then uses the second card to double that up.

With pc game graphics being stagnent for a while 99% of games will run at 1080p with 32xaa at 60fpson a 460 and above.

Phil.

32xAA looks really amazing in games that use ID Tech 4.

Everything above 8x is useless imo.Crimsader

I didn't know 64x AA was even possible. Maybe some over-the-top graphics demo at an event would have a use for this (think of a giant display at E3, maybe), but not most of us.

I believe it depends a lot on the game ub question.

Take Riddick: Dark Athena for example. That one is guaranteed to run badly with AA enable and it's not very well implemented either. Forcing it through Nvidia control panel solves the performance issue but taking it up to SLI mode 16xQ still does'nt eliminate all jaggies at 1920*1080.

Depends on the game but i would say 95 percent of games anything past 8 is a waste

Its overkill. I don't even see that big of a difference between 8xAA and 32xAA

I personally don't see much improvement above 8xAA.. (at 1680x1050) and its even less apparent at higher resolutions.

Anything higher is just running your system, and (using more energy) than is necessary. (so technically you are actually paying for, well no improvement, because you have to pay for power, in this current obsolete society)

So if you see no improvement, don't waste energy, and pay extra... (most of consumer products today are made with purposeful obsolescence in mind, especially electronics, so no need to reduce the lifespan of the product even more, if you are not really getting any benefit out of it)

Thought... a process severely under-utilized, especially in a society where more waste determines "economic" growth... promoting waste with nothing in return is completely IGNORANT!!!

i dont even think 4x AA is worth it lol

honestly I just got a new video card, and I cant really tell the difference between no AA on Crysis, and 8x AA on Crysis. Too busy sneaking around playing cat and mouse with koreans lol.

i dont even think 4x AA is worth it lol

honestly I just got a new video card, and I cant really tell the difference between no AA on Crysis, and 8x AA on Crysis. Too busy sneaking around playing cat and mouse with koreans lol.

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i dont even think 4x AA is worth it lol

honestly I just got a new video card, and I cant really tell the difference between no AA on Crysis, and 8x AA on Crysis. Too busy sneaking around playing cat and mouse with koreans lol.

millerlight89

well, youre right, I guess I do notice it.

I just dont care I guess lol. I got my 1680x1050 and the days of gaming at 1024x768 are still fresh in my head, and I am thankful lol.

Its just not a big deal, and even though I can afford to have a lot of AA now, I just dont use it past 4x :P