Amazing New Anti-Aliasing Method for PC

http://www.dsogaming.com/news/pc-gamers-meet-smaa-an-aa-method-that-comes-without-any-performance-hit-and-can-be-forced-to-any-game/

Link to Andrej's blog:http://mrhaandi.blogspot.com/p/injectsmaa.html

One of the greatest things of PC gaming is the workarounds that most modders/programmers/developers can come up with for various issues and technical limitations. By now, most of you will be aware of FXAA, an anti-aliasing method that can be forced to pretty much every game and comes without any major performance hit. If you've ever tried that method, you'll be alreadyaware of the blurriness that is introduced with it. Well, get ready everyone because Andrej Dudenhefner created an injector tool that forces Subpixel Morphological Antialiasing to every game, with results similar to FXAA but with an evenlower performance hit and without any blurry effects.

All you have to do is visit Andrej's blog, download his injector tool, and paste the correct files to your game's directory. If you're wondering then yes, by simply doing that SMAAwill be forced to every application, whether it's DX9 or DX10/11. This is also crucial for games that does not support any kind of AA method, like GTA IV.Of course, there are some incompatibilities. A lot of gamers are having issues with Steam's games due to its overlay window. The same incompatibility issues can be spotted with MSI's Afterburner and EVGA's Precision, so make sure to have them disabled when you run the games with the SMAA injector tool. Hopefully, a new version will resolve the above issues.

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TL;DR/Herp Derp version: SMAA is a new AA method that provides the same benefits of FXAA, only with much less bluryness, with minimal performance hit (it uses even less power than FXAA). This is an AA method that can easily be forced into games, but it doesn't work with all games (since it's a new method, it's not going to be perfect).

Sounds good to me :) It's worth a try since you have nothing to lose.

Hoe long till we get it?

So it's MLAA that works on sub-pixel area's unlike traditional MLAA.

Sounds good.

Hoe long till we get it?

NoodleFighter

It's already available, just download the injector. It just might not work with all games, but it does work with games like SF4, The Witcher 2, and NFS.

To someone who understands this tech better than I do :P; Chances this makes it next gen consoles?Spartan070

Of course. It's an even cheaper method than FXAA, which is cheaper than traditional MLAA. Both techniques have been used in current gen console games.

It probably works worse than both of those techniques though because it's so cheap.

all decent gaming rigs can afford MSAA or hell even SSAA, making this useless, this AA stuff is better for consoles

To someone who understands this tech better than I do :P; Chances this makes it next gen consoles?Spartan070

It could happen, but so far it's only for PC. I can see consoles taking advantage of this since they need cheap methods of anti-aliasing.

[QUOTE="Spartan070"]To someone who understands this tech better than I do :P; Chances this makes it next gen consoles?theuncharted34

Of course. It's an even cheaper method than FXAA, which is cheaper than traditional MLAA. Both techniques have been used in current gen console games.

It probably works worse than both of those techniques though because it's so cheap.

So far, it works extremely well. We'll have to hear more about it to judge though.

Nvidia needs to find a way to force it on any game, I've always liked what FXAA and MLAA did on consoles so I'm definetely on board on the idea of being able to force it on any game.

Holy mother...

Is there any reason NOT to use it? Also, I guess you should disable the in-game AA before using it.

Does anyone know if it works with DX:HR/Skyrim/BF3 etc?

[QUOTE="theuncharted34"]

[QUOTE="Spartan070"]To someone who understands this tech better than I do :P; Chances this makes it next gen consoles?XVision84

Of course. It's an even cheaper method than FXAA, which is cheaper than traditional MLAA. Both techniques have been used in current gen console games.

It probably works worse than both of those techniques though because it's so cheap.

So far, it works extremely well. We'll have to hear more about it to judge though.

I heard the same buzz about FXAA and how it worked better than MLAA with even less of a performance hit, but it didn't work as well and is basically an intelligently applied blur.

This method certainly won't work as well on edges as Traditional MLAA but may work better than FXAA. We'll see.

Temporal super sampling AA seems to be the next step over MLAA.

I thought the custom FXAA worked well on the PC, if this is better I'll give it a try.

Would be so nice to completely eliminate jaggies with no real performance hit (like AF). This is great and since i'm an AA whore its even greater for me.silversix_

Holy mother...

Is there any reason NOT to use it? Also, I guess you should disable the in-game AA before using it.

Does anyone know if it works with DX:HR/Skyrim/BF3 etc?

Am_Confucius

Deus Ex Human Revolution uses FXAA, the same with Skyrim and BF3.

[QUOTE="Am_Confucius"]

Holy mother...

Is there any reason NOT to use it? Also, I guess you should disable the in-game AA before using it.

Does anyone know if it works with DX:HR/Skyrim/BF3 etc?

KillerJuan77

Deus Ex Human Revolution uses FXAA, the same with Skyrim and BF3.

It's just an extension of MLAA, and consequently has most of the same problems as MLAA and FXAA (particularly when it comes to forcing it onto PC games that don't natively support it). You would be wise not to expect any miracles from it.

To someone who understands this tech better than I do :P; Chances this makes it next gen consoles?Spartan070

It's just an extension of MLAA, and consequently has most of the same problems as MLAA and FXAA (particularly when it comes to forcing it onto PC games that don't natively support it). You would be wise not to expect any miracles from it.

Teufelhuhn

all decent gaming rigs can afford MSAA or hell even SSAA, making this useless, this AA stuff is better for consoles

HaloinventedFPS

[QUOTE="XVision84"]

[QUOTE="theuncharted34"]

Of course. It's an even cheaper method than FXAA, which is cheaper than traditional MLAA. Both techniques have been used in current gen console games.

It probably works worse than both of those techniques though because it's so cheap.

theuncharted34

So far, it works extremely well. We'll have to hear more about it to judge though.

I heard the same buzz about FXAA and how it worked better than MLAA with even less of a performance hit, but it didn't work as well and is basically an intelligently applied blur.

This method certainly won't work as well on edges as Traditional MLAA but may work better than FXAA. We'll see.

Temporal super sampling AA seems to be the next step over MLAA.

Temporal SSAA is still a while away from working as a common AA method, but SMAA is a nice step forward. I also think it doesn't produce as good effects because this is almost too good to be true.

It's just an extension of MLAA, and consequently has most of the same problems as MLAA and FXAA (particularly when it comes to forcing it onto PC games that don't natively support it). You would be wise not to expect any miracles from it.

Teufelhuhn

It works very well considering the amount of resources it takes. It seems people are having success with it, that's good news.

Does this anti-aliasing method require the latest gpu, or would a Radeon HD 5000 series work?

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[QUOTE="XVision84"]

So far, it works extremely well. We'll have to hear more about it to judge though.

XVision84

I heard the same buzz about FXAA and how it worked better than MLAA with even less of a performance hit, but it didn't work as well and is basically an intelligently applied blur.

This method certainly won't work as well on edges as Traditional MLAA but may work better than FXAA. We'll see.

Temporal super sampling AA seems to be the next step over MLAA.

Temporal SSAA is still a while away from working as a common AA method, but SMAA is a nice step forward. I also think it doesn't produce as good effects because this is almost too good to be true.

Yeah, TSSAA won't be ready until next gen. But it's the next step.

This SMAA is just a cheaper form of MLAA, nothing new. Although it is nice to have more options.

Does this anti-aliasing method require the latest gpu, or would a Radeon HD 5000 series work?

flashn00b

Nope, it doesn't require the latest GPU and a Radeon HD 5000 series should work fine. This anti-aliasing method is meant for lower end cards so it produces good AA results while using as little resources as possible. Even a Radeon 5450 would be able to use this.

Yeah, TSSAA won't be ready until next gen. But it's the next step.

theuncharted34

Can anyone post some screens of how it looks on/off? im curiousJetB1ackNewYear

There's some screenshots here: http://forum.beyond3d.com/showpost.php?p=1602436&postcount=1154

Works good on Witcher 2. No performance hit and no blur like FXAA. I'm happy.

[QUOTE="theuncharted34"]

Yeah, TSSAA won't be ready until next gen. But it's the next step.

Teufelhuhn

That's true for most Temporal solutions, but this is different.

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I know it's in the experimental stage, but it sounds like the near perfect solution *on paper*.

This is why I love the PC.

Want to try it.

Does it do that shimmering bs like normal MLAA does(when moving)? 'cause I found FXAA much better on that front.

[QUOTE="JetB1ackNewYear"]Can anyone post some screens of how it looks on/off? im curiousTeufelhuhn

There's some screenshots here: http://forum.beyond3d.com/showpost.php?p=1602436&postcount=1154

This is why I love the PC.

Want to try it.

mitu123

Freedom to mess anyway you like :P

Ok I've tried this so far in Skyrim Just Cause 2 Battlefield Bad Company 2 Red Faction Gurrella. So far works great in all those games. Great performance. Way better than FXAA IMO. Better than MLAA as well but I still think MDLAA is the best Post Processes AA shader.vtoshkatur

Nice to see you're loving it. It's a great solution and let's hope that current gen console games make use of it.

Your point being...? Also, I checked around, and it doesn't seem to work with BF3.Am_Confucius

Nevermind, I misread 1 part on the article that kind of changes the question. As for the injector thing, I used it on Dead Rising 2, Dead Island and Fable III and it works perfectly.

[QUOTE="vtoshkatur"]Ok I've tried this so far in Skyrim Just Cause 2 Battlefield Bad Company 2 Red Faction Gurrella. So far works great in all those games. Great performance. Way better than FXAA IMO. Better than MLAA as well but I still think MDLAA is the best Post Processes AA shader.XVision84

Nice to see you're loving it. It's a great solution and let's hope that current gen console games make use of it.

all decent gaming rigs can afford MSAA or hell even SSAA, making this useless, this AA stuff is better for consoles

HaloinventedFPS

That's AWESOME, I'll definitely try it out, but I hope the Steam incompatibility isn't too serious.tagyhag

Here's a comparison I made between no AA and SMAA (perf hit 5fps).

Remember to fullsize them.

No AA:

SMAA:

Looks nice. Doesn't blur the image, either. :)

Holy mother...

Is there any reason NOT to use it? Also, I guess you should disable the in-game AA before using it.

Am_Confucius

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