WTF mate!?Post Date: 2008-10-12 |
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wiacekc
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Topic: WTF mate!?Posted: 12 Oct 2008 at 6:25pm |
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can someone help me understand what the differance between AA and AF with monitors. i see 4xAA, 8xAF, i need help to understand what they mean. i am thinking of getting this monitor any thoughts? i will be running 2x GTX 260's so i think that res should not be a problem(i would like to run at 1920x1200)
i am thinking about this one....
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DST4ME
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Posted: 12 Oct 2008 at 6:35pm |
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2 x gtx can handle resolutions of 1600 x 1050 and above easy as HM said
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Posted: 12 Oct 2008 at 6:46pm |
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thanks for the help guys, but i need a little more explianation. in some benchmark tests i have seen they will have different AA values and the fps will go down. am i to assume that the higher AA numer (ie 4xAA) that it will give better quality? or do i even need to worry about it with my selected monitor?
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DST4ME
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Posted: 12 Oct 2008 at 6:56pm |
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your fps will depend on your pc speed and gpu, if those 2 are in place to run high fps, then you will get that.
these 2 will depend on the game you are plaing, from what I understand AA: Antialiasing If you look at the edge of building or even along a character model, you'll often see a jagged stair-step pattern that doesn’t look quite natural. Antialiasing smooths out the lines and reduces the amount of crawling, but the process uses a significant amount of graphics power. Even the most powerful video cards can have trouble if the antialiasing is set too high. Depending on the game you're playing, you might see frame rates fall into the single digits if you crank antialiasing all the way up. AF: Anisotropic Filtering Anisotropic filtering helps preserve texture detail on angled surfaces. It's also used to clean up mip-maps. Games swap in low quality textures called mipmaps when rendering objects in the distance, and high quality textures for items closer to the player. Anisotropic filtering helps to clean up the picture by bridging the area where these sets of textures meet. Most modern video cards handle this setting without a problem. hope that helps |
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Posted: 12 Oct 2008 at 7:02pm |
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it help a lot. its all starting to make sense now
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Posted: 12 Oct 2008 at 7:08pm |
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good, glad to hear that
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Posted: 12 Oct 2008 at 7:16pm |
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to change gears a little...sound cards i am going back an forth about getting one. is the sound quality that good in the motherboard? all the dolby stuff and digital FX that come with the cards can you download any of that(ie magic voice and eq's). i do quite a bit of loop based music making, if i opt for the standard sound will i be missing anything i guess is my question
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Posted: 12 Oct 2008 at 7:24pm |
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I'm not that good in sound cards, but if sound is important to you then go with the razer, keep in mind that the 790i for example, comes with a 7.1 audio
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Posted: 12 Oct 2008 at 7:31pm |
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who would be the person to ask about such things?
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Posted: 12 Oct 2008 at 7:34pm |
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DS probably can answer that best for you.
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