High Resolution , NO Anti-Aliasing vs Low Resolution , High AA

[raihan4]

Which is better for gaming? i have 32" LG TV monitor and AMD A6 3670K APU and HD 6530D IGP. I Play Crysis 3 on low. So what do you think?

 

[voiidwulf]

I'd much rather play a game at 1080P with no AA than play a game at like 720P with high AA.

In fact that is what I do a lot of the more demanding games. Max settings, 1080P, no AA.

 

[raihan4]

But which performs better? i mean higher FPS?

 

[voiidwulf]

Low resolution with high AA would probably run better, but it won't look as good.

 

[simon12]

+1 higher res looks better but lower with AA gives higher fps. Why not just try it, you may have to run low res. & no AA and still not get enough fps since a 5770 is the minimum requirement.

 

[raihan4]

Well, my gaming rig was supposed to be low-end, though. i might try lower res and high AA..

 

[DragonClaw]

Lower resolution + AA and Post Processing to Highest might be a good setting to try.

But for a 32" monitor, anything lower than 1080p will look bad. You should try lower resolutions on a smaller monitor. It will give you playable fps (chances are low with your GPU).

 

[raihan4]

But for a 32" monitor, anything lower than 1080p will look bad. You should try lower resolutions on a smaller monitor. It will give you playable fps (chances are low with your GPU).

Yeah i know that, might upgrade it later to Hybrid crossfire with 6670.

 

[raihan4]

Go with your monitor's native resolution as everything will look a whole lot better instead of a blurry mess. Jaggies will still be visible no matter your resolution. As for performance, you'll get the best performance playing low res with AA enabled, however it will still look like garbage if it's not your monitor's native resolution.

Pick your poison.

Thanks

 

[bernardblack]

Which is better for gaming? i have 32" LG TV monitor and AMD A6 3670K APU and HD 6530D IGP. I Play Crysis 3 on low. So what do you think?

I did a lot of tweaking and playing with different settings...almost more than I did actual playing. I find that I like playing at around 800p with 8x AA+MLAA (all forced from the panel) and AF4x. The reason, I found, is when running 1080p there are much more tiny pixels and at that extra clarity, the image becomes watery and overloaded with tiny jaggies e.g. The more AA you need. My trick is a soft picture, hence AF4x and standard image texture filtering from the control panel. Again, running high AF and High Quality filtering, you end back at the same issue; more detail and defined lines that gets aliased. This used to be why I preferred Nvidias Quincunx AA setting from back in the Geforce 3 days...it provided a soft blurring at the edges..like FXAA, but better. Balance out your image...don't shoot for negative LOD/ texture filtering.