BabaDread Posted May 2, 2012 Share Posted May 2, 2012 Hi, I was wondering if its good to use both normal aa and fxaa together? Because I read somewhere X normal aa and have fxaa checked, it just overrides the normal aa and applied the X to the fxaa. Is this true and if so does it improve the quality or lessen it? I seem to be able to run the game with them both on but im not sure if its adding anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georgiegril Posted May 2, 2012 Share Posted May 2, 2012 nvidia tweak guide I am sending you a link to a page in the NVidia skyrim tweak guide, which shows examples of AA, FXAA, and both together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fms1 Posted May 2, 2012 Share Posted May 2, 2012 I'm assuming your using your video card control thingy, if it's AMD\ ATI CCC, ever since 12. something, AA will not work from here, it's been coded into the drivers to use app controls for this for DX10 and DX11 programs, however some elements do still work like Morphological Filtering, MSAA, AMAA, SSAA, idk about Nvidia Inspector though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BabaDread Posted May 3, 2012 Author Share Posted May 3, 2012 Im just using the game settings, which gives you AA and FXAA in advanced and I have Nvidia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rennn Posted May 3, 2012 Share Posted May 3, 2012 (edited) Im just using the game settings, which gives you AA and FXAA in advanced and I have Nvidia It's a trade-off: FXAA gets rid of jagged edges better but makes the image look a little blurry, while regular AA needs to be turned to 8x or more before it totally gets rid of jagged edges, but it keeps the image crisper than FXAA. Using both at the same time will still make the image look as blurry as FXAA normally makes it, though some people like the softer look. I don't know whether this is because FXAA overwrites regular AA, or if it's just because it's more visible. Personally I recommend this injector for SMAA, which has the best qualities of both. It gets rid of jagged edges as effectively as FXAA, but looks as crisp as regular AA. With SMAA enabled, you can safely get rid of both FXAA and regular AA, and get better quality with better performance, since SMAA is newer and more advanced. http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/downloads/file.php?id=16233 Also, don't confuse MSAA with SMAA. MSAA is regular AA, while SMAA is the new kind. Edited May 3, 2012 by Rennn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staind716 Posted May 3, 2012 Share Posted May 3, 2012 Im just using the game settings, which gives you AA and FXAA in advanced and I have Nvidia It's a trade-off: FXAA gets rid of jagged edges better but makes the image look a little blurry, while regular AA needs to be turned to 8x or more before it totally gets rid of jagged edges, but it keeps the image crisper than FXAA. Using both at the same time will still make the image look as blurry as FXAA normally makes it, though some people like the softer look. I don't know whether this is because FXAA overwrites regular AA, or if it's just because it's more visible. Personally I recommend this injector for SMAA, which has the best qualities of both. It gets rid of jagged edges as effectively as FXAA, but looks as crisp as regular AA. With SMAA enabled, you can safely get rid of both FXAA and regular AA, and get better quality with better performance, since SMAA is newer and more advanced. http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/downloads/file.php?id=16233 Also, don't confuse MSAA with SMAA. MSAA is regular AA, while SMAA is the new kind.This. SMAA is far superior to FXAA in every way. I wouldn't use anything else myself after trying this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BabaDread Posted May 3, 2012 Author Share Posted May 3, 2012 Ok sweet I will try that out thanks for all the replies :thumbsup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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