Anti-Aliasing

Leo · 12-26-2006, 11:01 AM

Hi guys, I've searched for the answer but can't find it anywhere.

I have a NVIDIA GeForce 7300 LE (damn thing keeps crashing) and I run everything on the highest settings, but when I try to turn on anti-aliasing (even just x2) it starts to get laggy as hell. Everything will become choppy and all in all it'll just suck ass. I really do want anti-aliasing because it does make everything clearer, I'll put up two screenshots later to show the differance. Now, is this happening because my vid card doesn't support anti-aliasing, or is there something else?

EDIT:

The pics, with AA

http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/5...reen290lw3.png

Without AA

http://img218.imageshack.us/img218/5...reen185tw6.jpg

~~mrmong~~ · 12-26-2006, 11:13 AM

i dunno what LE means but i have an LE and its the worst video card ever,

6200 LE

luizinhuu · 12-26-2006, 11:15 AM

LE = Light Edition = aka CRAP edition

i think you'll have to tune down other setting to tune up anti-aliasing, 7300le is crappy

Leo · 12-26-2006, 11:18 AM

Damn it, I knew this vid card was a piece of crap. When I first got it it would crash every 30 min with the blue screen of death.

[R-CON]MrD · 12-26-2006, 12:05 PM

Quote:

7300LE 3D mark results
3DMark01 - 11804
3DMark03 - 3820
3DMark05 - 1894
3DMark06 - 645

If you overclock the 7300gs model it is supposed to just have the edge on a 6600gt 128meg card. You are highly unlikely to be able to turn on AA or AF in PR without instantly lagging.

~~danthemanbuddy~~ · 12-26-2006, 12:08 PM

try higher resolution wihtout aa sometimes it makes ti look better.

Leo · 12-26-2006, 12:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by [R-PUB]MrD

If you overclock the 7300gs model it is supposed to just have the edge on a 6600gt 128meg card. You are highly unlikely to be able to turn on AA or AF in PR without instantly lagging.

AF? Allright, thanks for all the help everyone, so based on personal experiance, which vid card would you recommend for all settings on high + AA? (I just got Photoshop so I wanted to make some cool PR promo pics but I wanted it to look good)

@ Dan, I play on the highest resolution there is (I love thise comp)

Haarek84 · 12-26-2006, 01:21 PM

hm. if your card crash, try to update your vga drivers. http://www.nvidia.com/content/drivers/drivers.asp <- here is the address. maybe it'll help. it did for me. and yes. check if your graphicscard needs more power. (if you forgot to plug in the extra power thingy.. ;P 4 pins or 6 pins)

usually when you get a bluescreen, its a driver problem.. good luck

[R-DEV]e-Gor · 12-26-2006, 01:29 PM

2x anti aliasing means the video card is rendering everything at twice the resolution. So if you're stretching the video card slightly already, you'll see a significant drop in performance turning on AA, whatever gfx card you want. You'll have to turn down some other settings if you want AA. Or just running at a higher resolution gives you some of the same effects at less cost to performance.

[R-CON]MrD · 12-26-2006, 02:17 PM

in PR, a ati x850xtpe will give you all medium graphics at 1024x768 and 2xAA if you have a decent cpu and 2gigs of ram.

a ati x1950pro 256meg will give you max everything at 1280x1024 and see 80-100fps normally with a decent cpu and ram depending on map

geforce x1950pro 512meg can be had for £140 plus postage from ebuyer

make sure you have an excellent power supply though, alot of them aren't up to powering topend graphics cards. something like a hiper 580w at £60 will do nicely, is fairly quiet and will last a long time.

12-26-2006, 11:01 AM	#1
Leo Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 2,211	Anti-Aliasing Hi guys, I've searched for the answer but can't find it anywhere. I have a NVIDIA GeForce 7300 LE (damn thing keeps crashing) and I run everything on the highest settings, but when I try to turn on anti-aliasing (even just x2) it starts to get laggy as hell. Everything will become choppy and all in all it'll just suck ass. I really do want anti-aliasing because it does make everything clearer, I'll put up two screenshots later to show the differance. Now, is this happening because my vid card doesn't support anti-aliasing, or is there something else? EDIT: The pics, with AA http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/5...reen290lw3.png Without AA http://img218.imageshack.us/img218/5...reen185tw6.jpg
Leo Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 2,211
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12-26-2006, 11:13 AM	#2
~~mrmong~~ Banned Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 1,232	i dunno what LE means but i have an LE and its the worst video card ever, 6200 LE
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12-26-2006, 11:18 AM	#4
Leo Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 2,211	Damn it, I knew this vid card was a piece of crap. When I first got it it would crash every 30 min with the blue screen of death.
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12-26-2006, 02:17 PM	#10
[R-CON]MrD PR Contributor Join Date: May 2006 Location: York Posts: 3,228	in PR, a ati x850xtpe will give you all medium graphics at 1024x768 and 2xAA if you have a decent cpu and 2gigs of ram. a ati x1950pro 256meg will give you max everything at 1280x1024 and see 80-100fps normally with a decent cpu and ram depending on map geforce x1950pro 512meg can be had for £140 plus postage from ebuyer make sure you have an excellent power supply though, alot of them aren't up to powering topend graphics cards. something like a hiper 580w at £60 will do nicely, is fairly quiet and will last a long time.
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12-26-2006, 11:15 AM	#3
luizinhuu Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: brazilian fellow Posts: 1,258	LE = Light Edition = aka CRAP edition i think you'll have to tune down other setting to tune up anti-aliasing, 7300le is crappy

12-26-2006, 12:08 PM	#6
~~danthemanbuddy~~ Banned Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: NY Posts: 803	try higher resolution wihtout aa sometimes it makes ti look better.

12-26-2006, 01:21 PM	#8
Haarek84 Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Trondheim, Norway Posts: 191	hm. if your card crash, try to update your vga drivers. http://www.nvidia.com/content/drivers/drivers.asp <- here is the address. maybe it'll help. it did for me. and yes. check if your graphicscard needs more power. (if you forgot to plug in the extra power thingy.. ;P 4 pins or 6 pins) usually when you get a bluescreen, its a driver problem.. good luck

12-26-2006, 01:29 PM	#9
[R-DEV]e-Gor PR Developer Join Date: Mar 2006 United Kingdom Location: Cambridge, UK Posts: 3,479	2x anti aliasing means the video card is rendering everything at twice the resolution. So if you're stretching the video card slightly already, you'll see a significant drop in performance turning on AA, whatever gfx card you want. You'll have to turn down some other settings if you want AA. Or just running at a higher resolution gives you some of the same effects at less cost to performance.

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