AF ?

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What is anisotropic filtering supposed to do anyway? I have a p42.66 512 dual channel ddr built by ati radeon 9600 non pro 128 meg. I enabled it at 16x then went into desert combat and checked my framerate, there was literally no performance hit at all. But I also didnt notice that it looked any different. Well the 2d text was changed, not any better looking just a bit different. So is AF supposed to make stuff look better, or is it supposed to provide faster performance?

 

[Ned_Flanders]

filters the textures to make them look better. It requires more GPU power. There are loads of explanations, google it

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well after using it at its highest setting on most of my games today, I really dont see the big deal. AA on the other hand does have a nice visual impact that is clearly noticeable. But AA seems to hit the gpu harder than AF and I need my fps to be smooth. I guess I am just not that interested in using either of these settings.