Anisotropic Filtering

Dec 28, 2002, 04:53 PM

what does anisotropic filtering DO exactly?

digitalwanderer · Dec 28, 2002, 05:13 PM

...it makes things far away or at an angle less blurry and much more clear and sharp. There is also generally a performance hit for the extra pretty though...

kinetic · Dec 28, 2002, 05:24 PM

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Originally posted by digitalwanderer
...it makes things far away or at an angle less blurry and much more clear and sharp. There is also generally a performance hit for the extra pretty though...

That's the sort of explanation I like Digi

Just in case you're not satisfied General read this http://www.dorbie.com/anisotropic.html

Vampyromaniac · Dec 28, 2002, 08:12 PM

I thought the performance hit wasn't too much though, for just anisotropic filtering

digitalwanderer · Dec 28, 2002, 08:34 PM

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Originally posted by Vampyromaniac
I thought the performance hit wasn't too much though, for just anisotropic filtering

It really depends on your card. I've heard that ATI is a LOT less of a performance hit on AF than nVidia, but on me 8500 it don't matter much to me since I can't do AF & trilinear.

But the 9700 & 9500 Pro are supposed to be NUTZ with AF, like damn near no hit for it and it's stunning. I haven't seen it for myself, so I can't really say. I don't even know if the GF4s are supposed to be better with it than the GF3s! (I have GOT to get me a newer video card, SOON!)

pRAyNz · Dec 29, 2002, 12:46 AM

For me (nearly only playing in 1280x1024) on my GF4 4600 there is a est. 30% performance-hit in current games - but I think it`s worth it

digitalwanderer · Dec 29, 2002, 01:48 AM

I benched 3dm2k1se forcing 2x & 4x aniso once to see. I lost about 500 onions at each level. (2x=-500, 4x=-1000)

Some games have more of a hit than others, but some have practically no impact. "Mafia" doesn't seem to notice 2x turned on and barely notices 4x, but it's a pretty CPU/memory limited game I think. (I don't know too much about how it works yet, I'm still having too much fun playing it.

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Dec 28, 2002, 04:53 PM	#1
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Dec 28, 2002, 05:13 PM	#2
digitalwanderer Colour Commentator Join Date: May 2002 Location: Highland, IN USA Posts: 5,619 Rep Power: 0	Put simply... ...it makes things far away or at an angle less blurry and much more clear and sharp. There is also generally a performance hit for the extra pretty though... __________________ WTF is up with the sigs?

Dec 28, 2002, 08:12 PM	#4
Vampyromaniac confutatis maledictis Join Date: May 2002 Location: somewhere dark Posts: 5,974 Rep Power: 77 System Specs	I thought the performance hit wasn't too much though, for just anisotropic filtering __________________ *Digitalis 3.3* Athlon 64 3000 // ASUS K8V SE Deluxe // 1024MB PC3200 (2-2-2-10 1T) ATI All-In-Wonder 9700 Pro // 20" Dell 2005FPW (DVI) M-Audio Revo 7.1 + Philips Acoustic Edge // Klipsch ProMedia 2.1 320/16 Western Digital WD3200KS + 120/8 Seagate 7200.7 NEC ND-3550A 16x DVD±RW + Lite-On 52x24x CD-RW Antec Sonata case // 480W Antec TruePower personal bests \|\| Aq'3: 46796 \| 3D'01: 20461 \| 3D'03: 6336 \| 3D'05: 2677 \| PC'04: 4605 \| PC'02: 7691,9092,1250

Dec 29, 2002, 01:48 AM	#7
digitalwanderer Colour Commentator Join Date: May 2002 Location: Highland, IN USA Posts: 5,619 Rep Power: 0	Oh, numbers? I benched 3dm2k1se forcing 2x & 4x aniso once to see. I lost about 500 onions at each level. (2x=-500, 4x=-1000) Some games have more of a hit than others, but some have practically no impact. "Mafia" doesn't seem to notice 2x turned on and barely notices 4x, but it's a pretty CPU/memory limited game I think. (I don't know too much about how it works yet, I'm still having too much fun playing it. ) __________________ WTF is up with the sigs?

Dec 29, 2002, 12:46 AM	#6
pRAyNz DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 29 Rep Power: 0	For me (nearly only playing in 1280x1024) on my GF4 4600 there is a est. 30% performance-hit in current games - but I think it`s worth it