pcelt Posted April 11, 2003 Share Posted April 11, 2003 Just acquired a Geforce4 Ti 4200 x8 but am confused re the FSAA options Options are 2x Quincunx 4x 4xs(D3D only) Could someone please briefly explain the key differences in these ---especially between 4x and 4xs-- and also the Quincunx setting. My handbook seems totally silent re these and I would very much appreciate a brief explanation from someone with some tech. expertise Many thanks 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil stanbridge Posted April 11, 2003 Share Posted April 11, 2003 Very basically, the higher the setting, ie 4xs, the better the quality of the graphics. For the sake of excellent AA, you get slower framerates, obviously. So you comprimise depending on your system. I quite like running 2x on my laptop, and all the way up to 8x FSAA (on my Ati9700Pro) 4xs is basically an 'optimised' x4 setting. [ April 11, 2003, 10:59 AM: Message edited by: phil stanbridge ] 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pcelt Posted April 11, 2003 Author Share Posted April 11, 2003 Thanks Phil---anyone able to clarify the "quincunx" setting. Cheers 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jiggles Posted April 12, 2003 Share Posted April 12, 2003 As far as I understand it Quincunx is a sort of 3-to-5x FSAA, with the AA sampling grid chosen in such a way that you get (nearly) the effect of 5x with the performance-hit of ~3x FSAA. It has something of a mixed reputation amongst people who think they know about these things. I dare say Google would turn up much more technical info. than you'd ever want to know . There are a lot of in-depth articles about this out there on That There The Internet . 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pcelt Posted April 16, 2003 Author Share Posted April 16, 2003 Thanks Jiggles Cheers 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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