Is there something I'm missing about AA?

Right, I manage to play games just fine without AA. Sligh pixelation (Oh so very, very slight) doesn't bother me. But I notice many people all want their games up in 16x. I mean, if I were to get a high end, but not top-of-the-range card, I'd put it on 2x and max everything else. 'cause it really is a massive performance killer. Is there something I'm missing out on that leads to such an obsession for AA?

I don't think most people put it higher than 4x unless they're playing at insane resolutions. The bigger the res, the more annoying jaggies areistuffedsunny

I don't think most people put it higher than 4x unless they're playing at insane resolutions. The bigger the res, the more annoying jaggies areistuffedsunny

At 1080p I barely notice a difference from 2X to 8X. If I CAN run it at 16x, I will, otherwise, it doesn't matter.

I don't think most people put it higher than 4x unless they're playing at insane resolutions. The bigger the res, the more annoying jaggies areistuffedsunny

I find that I still notice jaggies at 1920*1080, 16xAA. Then again, Nvidia's 16xAA is called CSAA I believe and is a sort of hybrid in that it still only uses 4 samples.

Ultimately it's rather game dependant and 16xCSAA + 8xSS Transparency AA makes for very pleasing results imo.

At 1080p i never need more than 4X, and if that lowers performance a lot i'm fine with 2X. I run 8X in source games since i get over 200fps anyway.

[QUOTE="istuffedsunny"]I don't think most people put it higher than 4x unless they're playing at insane resolutions. The bigger the res, the more annoying jaggies areferret-gamer