Anti-Aliasing Analysis, Part 2: Performance
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Page 1:I'm Anti-Aliasing. As In, I Won't Stand For Aliasing.
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Page 2:Test System And Benchmarks
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Page 3:Multi-Sample Anti-Aliasing: 1280x1024
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Page 4:Multi-Sample Anti-Aliasing: 1680x1050
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Page 5:Multi-Sample Anti-Aliasing: 1920x1080
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Page 6:Coverage Sample Anti-Aliasing: 1280x1024
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Page 7:Coverage Sample Anti-Aliasing: 1680x1050
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Page 8:Coverage Sample Anti-Aliasing: 1920x1080
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Page 9:Edge-Detect Anti-Aliasing: 1280x1024
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Page 10:Edge-Detect Anti-Aliasing: 1680x1050
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Page 11:Edge-Detect Anti-Aliasing: 1920x1080
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Page 12:Texture Transparency Anti-Aliasing: 1280x1024
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Page 13:Texture Transparency Anti-Aliasing: 1680x1050
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Page 14:Texture Transparency Anti-Aliasing: 1920x1080
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Page 15:Morphological Anti-Aliasing: 1280x1024
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Page 16:Morphological Anti-Aliasing: 1680x1050
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Page 17:Morphological Anti-Aliasing: 1920x1080
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Page 18:Supersampling Anti-Aliasing Benchmarks
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Page 19:Multiple Anti-Aliasing Modes For Multiple Scenarios
Texture Transparency Anti-Aliasing: 1680x1050
Unexpectedly, supersampling TrAA appears to have less of a relative impact than standard multi-sample AA at the higher resolution. This is great news! The lone exception is with the dual-card SLI configuration, which is clearly not optimized for TrAA.
Now let’s consider the less-reliable transparent anti-aliasing modes:
Indeed, all of the transparent modes seem to work more efficiently relative to pure MSAA as the resolution goes up. We weren't anticipating this, but we're happy to see it. We can’t wait to see what happens at 1080p!
Summary
- I'm Anti-Aliasing. As In, I Won't Stand For Aliasing.
- Test System And Benchmarks
- Multi-Sample Anti-Aliasing: 1280x1024
- Multi-Sample Anti-Aliasing: 1680x1050
- Multi-Sample Anti-Aliasing: 1920x1080
- Coverage Sample Anti-Aliasing: 1280x1024
- Coverage Sample Anti-Aliasing: 1680x1050
- Coverage Sample Anti-Aliasing: 1920x1080
- Edge-Detect Anti-Aliasing: 1280x1024
- Edge-Detect Anti-Aliasing: 1680x1050
- Edge-Detect Anti-Aliasing: 1920x1080
- Texture Transparency Anti-Aliasing: 1280x1024
- Texture Transparency Anti-Aliasing: 1680x1050
- Texture Transparency Anti-Aliasing: 1920x1080
- Morphological Anti-Aliasing: 1280x1024
- Morphological Anti-Aliasing: 1680x1050
- Morphological Anti-Aliasing: 1920x1080
- Supersampling Anti-Aliasing Benchmarks
- Multiple Anti-Aliasing Modes For Multiple Scenarios