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
Multi-Sample Anti-Aliasing: 1680x1050
Transitioning to 1680x1050 naturally results in a frame rate drop across the board. While the performance penalty remains similar to what we saw at 1280x1024, relatively, the lower averages mean that mid-range cards like AMD's Radeon HD 6850 and Nvidia's GeForce GTX 460 struggle to stay above 30 FPS with 8x MSAA enabled.
At this resolution, 4x MSAA should be enough to facilitate good image quality, anyway.
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