How Is This Possible?

[john_malkie2010]

if u want to c how well ur hd performs abu run the hd benchmark(might be called filesystem or sumthin..cant remember) in sandra and then compare it 2 some of the other specs that are there

[3rd gen noob]

Originally posted by bigdawgfoxx@6 December 2003 - 22:56
what is that AA stuff and all that?

FSAA means "full screen anti-aliasing" and basically it is an attempt to remove "jaggies" (jagged edges in games)

have a look on google for more info

[john_malkie2010]

AA = Anti-Aliasing
AF = Anisotropic Filtering

basically smmothes the edges of the bitmaps u c so they look less blocky

[Lamsey]

Originally posted by 3rd gen noob+6 December 2003 - 22:31--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (3rd gen noob @ 6 December 2003 - 22:31)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-abu_has_the_power@6 December 2003 - 22:28
ok. how does a harddrive haven anything to do with framerates?

well, when you&#39;re running the game (benchmark), the data to be rendered by the graphics card has to get there somehow
it gets there from the hard drive
thus the graphics performance is dependent on the hard drive

edit: clarification [/b][/quote]
True; also, your pagefile is on the hard disc and as such hard disc speed affects the performance of the computer as a whole.

[bigdawgfoxx]

Originally posted by john_malkie2010@6 December 2003 - 23:59
AA = Anti-Aliasing
AF = Anisotropic Filtering

basically smmothes the edges of the bitmaps u c so they look less blocky

so AA and AF are the same thing basicly? and I will search on google to see if i can find some images

[bigdawgfoxx]

Comparing with it ON and OFF Dang having it on makes it look a LOT better&#33; check out those 2 pictures from that link.

[3rd gen noob]

Originally posted by bigdawgfoxx@6 December 2003 - 23:17
Comparing with it ON and OFF Dang having it on makes it look a LOT better&#33; check out those 2 pictures from that link.

yeah, the differences can be high, however, aa and af may cause a huge reduction in performance, depending on the level applied and the system spec

[abu_has_the_power]

Originally posted by bigdawgfoxx@6 December 2003 - 19:17
Comparing with it ON and OFF Dang having it on makes it look a LOT better&#33; check out those 2 pictures from that link.

yea. i c that too. the bricks near the door are more detailed and and the no af is all blurry. but when i have af set up, kotor and many other games looks the same

[john_malkie2010]

switch aa on as well....just slide the bar in the ati control panel up to high quality and c if that does anythin

[abu_has_the_power]

Originally posted by john_malkie2010@6 December 2003 - 19:24
switch aa on as well....just slide the bar in the ati control panel up to high quality and c if that does anythin

well, i know in games it&#39;s not that much different. in 3dmark, i never tried. i&#39;ll do that now