#312 - Q&A: What is anti-aliasing?

[Aryanbabacoolest]

thank you so much i got it now finally

[wulfjr]

Yes it did, thanks for the info, for breaking in down in ppl language. Geek speek cause my brain to lock up.

[JakobRobert00]

oh my god 2560x1600

do you even have your monitor standing on your desk or does it stand far away like a TV?

[onlycicala]

@JakobRobert00 2560x1600 is designed for a 'monitor' @ 30"

[0EEVV0]

@JakobRobert00 i do anu way...

[0EEVV0]

@0EEVV0 lol type EEEVV typo!!!

[JYDJunkyardDawg]

Does he blink? o_O

[SexxXyBoy22]

you are the best man.. this is always i wanted to know.. thanks mate ;)



[Whyamibzsdmh]

Very usefull information. Also, this is my 300th favorited video :)

[KimboRamboFin]

Can someone please answer: is anti-aliasing actually supposed to affect textures too? In BF3 you can clearly see a difference on the ground texture and it makes me wonder if that's why my fps drops to half if I put even 2x multi-sample AA.

[kobaine298120]

@KimboRamboFin AA is pretty intensive on a video card and is definitely the reason for the FPS drop. I would recomend upgrading to a video card that can handle it if you really want AA on.

[TheRebellG]

i have a problem with the graphics of all the games I play, like Gta IV, Assassins Creed Revelations,...

I set the settings at the highest but still the textures aren't smooth and they're always flickering. It's like there is no anti-aliasing.

my pc specs:

Operating System: Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit

Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-2600 CPU @ 3.40GHz (8 CPUs), ~3.4GHz

Memory: 8192MB RAM

Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce GT 530

I have updated the drivers.

someone help pls

[lusochop]

Im here for crysis. Skyrim is for the ps3

[Countryraj]

U r an exellent teacher

[bigfatman64]

i'm here for SKYRIM how about you

[TheCheesebubble]

Thank you so much helped alot :D

[TheCheesebubble]

pause at 0:01

[cartmanschili]

jason bateman anyone?

[Zee96969696]

I rebooted my computer and I face so many sofrtware to download such as CUDA which everyoe talks about like it is so great and it will make computer so fast... but I never find anybody explain in simple way... should I download all the software or not??? rebooting computer is such a freaking headache, I feel like I have to become a computer engineer in order to find out weather or not I should download CUDA

[abhaywilliams]

I like this dude cause he doesn't try to talk fast and sound smart like some other whore faces.

[Manodragon]

If I'm playing games at 1680X1050. Is it worth it to enable anti aliasing? How much? 2x?

[SMOOTHDRAGON10]

THANK YOU THIS WAS STRAIGHT TO THE POINT . JUST THE WAY I LIKE IT.



[ManKannon89]

Yet again, you've helped the fuck outta me. Sounds odd when I say it like that...

[TheKrustaceox]

_/\_/\_/\_/\_/\_/\_ here is a jagged edge.

[therealorberon]

Generally, is it better to play on hi res or turn AA up all the way and leave res lower? which impact performance more?

[Alianger]

what is aliasing when talking about music?

[Aberakkrombie]

then what is aliasing

[CommanderTyphoon555]

I need AA for Minecraft, too square.

[deadly1010P]

@CommanderTyphoon555 - lol

[crustylion321]

what is billinear and trillinear

[Darkcloud1983]

great info man i was wondering why im having FPS issues being that im running crossFire Dual 6990s and im running rage wiht full AA and i get a big drop in FPS but thats man i subs

[jordannw2010]

I need AA for this video... LOTS of jagged edges.

[fergy1982]

Videocards are optimized for anti-aliasing and take a small hit from enabling it. Normally if you increase resolution resolution by 2x your fps would go down by 75% because you calculate 4x the pixels. Anti-aliasing gives 99% of the result of 2x resolution for a 12% slowdown.

So until we all game on 300 dpi displays we will need AA to make games look like Wall-E.

[fergy1982]

As long as you can see the pixels in the screen you can see jaggies. So until your screen has such a high dpi (like apple retina display) that you can't see the pixels will you be able to turn off anti-aliasing without noticing it.

[Mii2626]

not to be rude, but....

THIS VIDEO NEEDS ANTI-ALIASING

[Umbra360]

@Mii2626 No. Anti Aliasing removes jagged edges, not bad quality.

[aradtraitor]

You rule! This helps so much.

[Finalzero]

I play never games with aa. Always play on 1280x726 and the image looks very good.

[GreatGeneralUrsus]

I LOVE THIS GUY!

[TheUnbiasedGamer]

is it possible to use aa in a video editor?

[mohammadjj]

ok so i have a super strong computer and i wanna know which is better for me can someone please help??

[4DiscoStu]

1980x1240 is my reso. and its still to small (CoD4)

[Bor3d2Fun]

Lol i still find it confusing

[Axelman04]

K so I recently bought a GTX 460 1GB version and on a 1280/1024 resolution with AA I still don't have smoother edges I have another desktop with 1600/900 resolution but there is still no diference in the lines of the objects and again if I rase the AA and AF it's still the same. I tryed to reinstall drivers but it didn't work I really need help...

[Guding12]

@Axelman04 Put periods, I can't read it.

[kurukq]

fps @ 640x480 kthx

[Ghostfacexyz]

Love the video it answered a very important question.

[ryuchanlee]

It decreases performace by a lot. And I mean a lot.

[wjz10595]

So by 2x or 8x does that mean how many passes or something it makes per second? Can someone clarify please? I understood everything he said but he didn't mention what the 2x and 8x and 16x means.

[GIO3211]

ok if anyone is wondering how to turn of anti aliasing follow these steps.........right click on epmty space on desktop>NVIDIA control panel>then theres going to be a picture moving and in the bottom theres going to be 3 options click the 2 one and click "take me there">thne on "anti aliasing- setting" put none> then on anti aliasing-transperacy" put OFF............and there you have it hope this helps :D

[theBabystache]

Excellent explanation. Thanks to this video I learned that anti-aliasing isn't truly needed for high resolution.

[GIO3211]

how do u turn AA off!

[Usul573]

@GIO3211

Check the game menus and your control panels.

[GIO3211]

@Usul573 haha yea thanxx dude!

[acespade77]

Thanks

[jayaudley]

Thanks, really wanted to know that.

[xxDrain]

2560x1600 :O !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[NerdyTurd307]

@xxDrain u think that's a lot? try 3840x2160 using the fairly new display port. couple that with the ability to hav up to 6 screens at once using 3 way SLI or eyefinity.

[SASXxXTactical]

@xxDrain o_o

[Renax111]

you DO need aa enabled even at 1080... are you blind?!

[gbenifits1968]

nice thanks..

[coolpants96]

i have an m11x, should i use AA? the res is 1360x768 i think. its around there. if i should, then how much (2x, 16x, etc)?

[15935715935788224466]

OK my question is.I am playing on 1280x720 so what will be the best setting for AA and AF.(like x2 or x16)Can you answer me that?

[GReaZaHD]

@15935715935788224466 if you see jaggies just bumb it up

[DevastatedX]

my computer has no AA on every game i play

[bmthnumber1]

How much AA do I need for a 1280x1024 resolution?

[Jamster9000]

@bmthnumber1 depends on your system specs, but id say x4 or x6

[Toastymuffins1]

@bmthnumber1 depends on the native resolution of your screen if it is 1280x1024 you need none as the screen only has that many pixels to fill

[iDodgy]

Thanks for the info. CoD was giving me some FPS problems. Changed things a little.

[almostnormal22]

I was wondering why the hell am I getting low FPS in "Shift 2 Unleashed" on my

1920x1080 resolution screen. It was the high AA causing this, so I just disabled

it and it's fine now!

[sekailover]

@3DGAMEMAN Can u please tell me a good spec for my new gaming PC, even if its an i7 but please give me advice of all the iX PC, And a Good Spec where i can run all the games at High

[sekailover]

And What does Sync Do?

[Usul573]

@sekailover

Keeps the game from screen tearing.

[Finalzero]

@sekailover Sync caps the Framerate to your monitor refresh rate. For example if your monitor run on 60hz it will cap the framerate at 60 fps. So you will never get higher. If you play games you never really need more than 30fps. With external programms you can cap the framerate to a number. In my case I always cap the fps on 30 because it feels more "realistic" if you ask me.

[sekailover]

@Finalzero What is the average FPS for games to run at? 30 60 70 ? O_o

[ZeroSixNinetyFour]

does this slow down the game ? or not ?

[sekailover]

@ZeroSixNinetyFour AA Takes process from the Video Card that Process kinda slows the game down if you got a Damn bitch PC like me >.<

[specterseal999]

Wow that is one hell of an explanation :)

Thanks!!!

[GigglingGirI]

I love all his videos they are so informative and very educational.

[hairhairhair1234]

oh wow, i have had a shitload of lag on just cause 2 at max settings/ res, even on my gaming pc but now without AA it runs perfectly at about 50+ fps

[Cod4soilder2]

Thanks! good explaining!

[syslogblogger]

16x AA doesn't neccessarily make a better image than 2x or none at all.

[qiplayer]

I play games at 200'000x140'000 don't need AA :-o

Joke ps you cud open a tv channel mad! You do great!

But I may need an advice, I use a projector 1024x768. Even if resolution is small I have a 2,5x1.8 screen on the wall. now I would like to see a wider image on my screen is there a program that converts for ex a 1600x1200 or bigger in 1024x768?

If I use a big resolution often I don't see the whole screen.

I have xfx hd6870

byebye

[mr5rockhopper4]

Thanks man. That really helps. I have a small laptop screen and I don't notice that kind of stuff. Now I know!!! THANKS!¡!¡!¡!

[Samota0]

....Gamers who tick on the AA option and know not how it affects the game don't deserve a vision.

[Samota0]

@Samota0 *Don't deserve vision

[123456Naim]

AA using gpu or cpu? and what is the best setting for 1366x768?

[OutlawSouljah89]

Very helpfull video, thanks.

[attilagenius94]

I play with 32xqq anti-aliasing it's photorealism

[steffen54321]

@attilagenius94 ....

[attilagenius94]

@steffen54321 yup on Just Cause 2

[steffen54321]

@attilagenius94 No.

[Cheviboi64]

HELP, How do I disable and enable Anti-Aliasing? One of my games will not start with AA enabled.

[steffen54321]

@Cheviboi64 Try deleting the config file.

[mikegrung]

lol, it sounds like hes say 30 game men . com

[attomal]

@mikegrung It sounds like he says 30 gay men wtf

[dAMMDb]

i use 16 on a full hd screen looks epic

[rockoutdudepro]

I play my ps3 on my HDTV its not really the best. Its still jagged and ugly. But i usually play my ps3 on my Gateway HD Display monitor with 1440 and that takes care of Aliasing. So its better to play ps3 on a monitor for me the hell with the HDTV.

[MegadrixfireZ]

@rockoutdudepro ok, thanks.

[steffen54321]

@rockoutdudepro Aren't console games set to play a specific resolution?

[lactamela]

Rodney your video needs 8x AA

[danthemanzizzle]

this guy needs to apply for a position on television

[Sausageonthegrill]

if you are 50 years old, your vision is bad enough to where you dont need it, besides what are you doing playing games at your old age?

[CrysisLTU2]

Thanks for posting this video on my brithday lol

[SullyIsPrime]

halo reach has some fucked up jaggies

[a7x5631]

@SullyIsPrime I think most Xbox games do. Call of Duty isn't too bad though.

[ikilluish]

So I guess I really don't need any AA since I game on a 22" 1080p HDTV. Then I should just the max AF setting and turn off AA. AA hogs up memory bandwidth anyways.

[Usul573]

@ikilluish

Playing at 1920x1080?

You might notice AA being off or on, depends though, might not really care either way.

[raxater]

anti-aliasing=The key to the realistic graphics

[kght222]

at 1920x1080 (1080p) 2x aa or 4x aa definately improve graphic quality, but it doesn't do all that much at higher levels

[drumsrule786]

I can't stand playing without it, it just makes the games look so much nicer! One of the things I love about playing on a computer! :D

[ThePsychoGamer1337]

weird, when i enable 8xAA on crysis, fps stays the same as no AA

[FoxMontage]

I had to listen to the start of this video six times before I could understand what 3DGM was saying

[cmcdonald1337]

If I were gay, I would fap to Rodney's voice.

[RaidersGuru]

@cmcdonald1337

well, that was pretty gay.

[GoldenMurderer]

AA never does anything on any of my games, well beside drop about 10 fps from 0x to 8xaa. I never see any difference, even when about 3 inches away from the monitor, and I am only running 1440x900.

[oxXxkingxXxo]

how i enable AA??

[Arcterion]

Question: is AA necessary for games to look decent (I don't mind rough graphics too much) at a 720p resolution?

Because Just Cause 2 is absolutely murdering my graphics card...

[seafireliv]

@Arcterion @Arcterion If a game is struggling due to graphics, then the first thing to go is the AA and AL, as we said below. It will improve framerates in most cases.

Why not just try it? See what you think?

[MrGamefreak1997]

@Arcterion In windowed mode? cuz jc2 kills my graphics card. I can play with aa of at like 640 res but it looks very jaggety. so just set it on x2 on a low res and it looks ok. I have the nvidia 310m oh and btw if you turn off motion blur it really improves performence

[seafireliv]

I used to never used AA because I prize performance over all else. People would say `how can you stand the `jaggies`?` never bothered me.

But later on my PC was able to work just as fast with some AA on, so now I allow 2XAA.

[Usul573]

@seafireliv

Depending on the resolution, your distance from the screen, and the game, it might be very unnoticeable.

[schmidtbag]

altho it works a little differently, interpolation is like AA but it doesn't kill your hardware. unfortunately, i've never seen games that use it.

for those of you who don't know what interpolation is, its kinda like taking a low resolution image and stretching it to fill a higher resolution, which results in blurring pixels. the image doesn't look as clean as AA but it still makes everything appear smooth. i like to refer to it as "the poor man's AA"

[IFX951]

how much AA i need in a 1440x900 resolution?

[MouthofSaurons]

@IFX951 4x I think

[steffen54321]

@IFX951

There is no set amount of AA needed for each resolution. If the edges appear jagged, increase AA. Simple.

[ManofWario]

I rather have anti-aliasing off for rotating of images. since every image editing program i use has anti-aliasing filters, the only one i use for rotating is Game Maker 7, scaling i use MS Paint

[astrologio]

your lucky. I have problems running at the reso being 1024 by 768 with 2x aA.

i know. crap shit rig. But i love it just the way it is. AGP and ddr400

[DidYourMomOSaurus]

i have an asus g37 with a ati radeon 5870 g card... and a 17" screen with 1600x900.. what should i use?

[JLW4504]

Sweet and to the point. Just what I was looking for. Thanks.

[LackOfAk]

learn to speak you fucktard i didnt understand shit at 0:03

[SilverJigProductions]

@LackOfAk "fucktard" is not a word.. maybe you need to learn to speak...

[aStupidTroll]

@LackOfAk if you don't like it , then GTFO , please

[rami416]

when i try to change settings on runescape it says anti-aliasing N/A can i try to downloadit to make it work

[SWATPhantom]

2020swatkharthikk try put a video card

[ribak1983]

CAN YOU PLAY AT 3000/2000 RESOLUTION ? I HAVE 22" HP MONITOR,ANDGTX 285 OCX ,ONLY WORKS WITH NVIDIA CARDS, JUST GET NEW NVIDIA DRIVERS 258.96,GO TO NVIDIA CONTROL PANEL, CHANGE RESOLUTION,MANAGE CUSTOM RESOLUTION,ANJOY!!!!!!!

[BHT70]

SHIT,I play @ 1920x1080p all settings maxed with 8x AA

[angusm33]

so it's like mipmapping

[catman1233]

i like anistrophic filtering because it makes my image sharp as hell and adds more realistic details >:D

[SilverJigProductions]

@catman1233 I just feel the need to tell you that your comment made me laugh.. A LOT.. I for some reason automatically read it in a Mr. T voice in my head.. "makes my image sharp as HELL!" xD

[KINGhotaru11]

thanks big time.. helped me with crysis

[2020swatkharthikk]

hi guys i need help plz help me i have Intel DX58SO motherboard i7 930 processor

6 gb ram and 850w psu.yesterday i try to turn on my pc but is not worck only hd led worcks after 1 hour later i try agin my pc worck but wen i play games it get low fps and different on my motherboard red color led lights blink on near the processor [only games playing time] i dont know whats wrong with my pc plz help me guys

[Usul573]

If you play at 1080p flipping AA off or on, mostly unnoticeable unless you look close.

[steffen54321]

I'm curious. Why would you dislike this video? Is it not correct?

[HOBO129]

@steffen54321 it's called trolling :D

[steffen54321]

@HOBO129

No it is not.

[aStrayforMyTime]

@steffen54321 I guess they're anti anti-aliasing

[SURPLUSNiNjA]

@steffen54321  I suppose you could dislike the presentation. Or be butthurt that he runs in 2560 x 1600 and you can't.

[steffen54321]

@SURPLUSNiNjA It's true, I only run 2560x1440 ;_;

[SURPLUSNiNjA]

@steffen54321 I only run 1600 x 900 ;_;

[steffen54321]

@SURPLUSNiNjA HAHAHA I am superior >:D

THUMB ME DOWN IN ANGER!

[SURPLUSNiNjA]

@steffen54321 O.k. I suppose I could say I run in 1920 x 1080 but that's only when I'm on my TV but even that still inferior :(

[TrenzorZ]

@steffen54321

I can run The Original DOOM and Dosbox in 128X anti Aliasing without no slow down, That's as good as it gets with the hardware I have at the moment which is onboard

[CoreFuse]

@steffen54321 just losers that hate... haters gon hate right?

[infera1]

Thank you so much!

[i5Alex]

Actually i know for a fact this

If you have a small screen, let's say 19" and you run it at 1440x900 it will look better than using 1440x900 on a 22" monitor, that's because the pixels have to become bigger to cover the whole screen (PPI)

A 22" 1920x1080 monitor will look better than a 24" 1920x1080 monitor, not by much but it will.

[Nokitfer]

ohh, so that's why I don't see any difference when AA is enabled :P Thanks! A lot !

[grineti5]

i thought it was some kind of filter to make the games look like Mirror's Edge xD

[2doublekick2]

Dude thanks this was very helpful, I have a bad computer, so I am keeping it off.

[juanma9112]

Demn i didnt know. i thought it was that thing which reduces the frames XD

[stiggelthesk8er]

@juanma9112  fail

[kawaiifreak860]

@juanma9112 Faggot.

[mulleolsen]

@juanma9112 LOL XD

[tiemo25]

It really isn't that complicated. ANTI-ALIASING removes the jagged edges. That's it. individuals asking wether AA should be enabled or disable ultimatley depends on their computer system. Higher Res.. meaning 1680*1050 and above, should not have any need for AA. lower res, 1380*780 (my big screen 720p TV) and below... max that AA, as long as your PC can handle it. if it can't... shell out a couple buck and get a better computer... DAMNNNNNN

[SkilleR039]

my opinion always keep it disabled (off)

[xxxTheFakexxx]

thanks man.. no wonder mine was slow.. was playing on 1680x1050 with 16x antialiasing lol

[poopaholictar]

nice glad I know what that means

[ironfistedruler]

I run 1680x1050 at 8xAA but thats just cuz i can... Xfx 5770 ftw

[Sp3ctiv]

Ähm ... : What's better xD

no Anti-Aliasing ore x8 Anti-Aliasing

[SirOblivion]

Thank you!!!

[ozzydt]

My native resolution is 1440 x 900 do I need AA playing in native?

[MrXboxlivedude]

@ozzydt maybe x2 or x4