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ATI Super AA vs. NVIDIA SLI Anti-Aliasing
January 17, 2006   Brandon Sandman Bell > [View My Other Articles]
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ATI Super AA vs. NVIDIA SLI Anti-Aliasing [ Radeon X1800 XT 8xAA/16xAF @ 1024 x 768 ] > View Full-Size in another window.
Radeon X1800 XT 8xAA/16xAF

ATI Super AA vs. NVIDIA SLI Anti-Aliasing [ GeForce 7800 GTX 512MB 8xAA/16xAF @ 1024 x 768 ] > View Full-Size in another window.
GeForce 7800 GTX 512MB 8xAA/16xAF


Under each card’s respective AA modes, both continue to excel in the areas we looked at previously. In the case of the X1800 XT, the air intakes on the F-15C clearly favors the ATI card, whereas the left wing still looks sharper on GeForce 7800 GTX 512MB. Therefore instead of going head-to-head, ATI versus NVIDIA, let’s look at the progression of going from 4xAA to 8xAA on both cards.

First ATI:



Radeon X1800 XT 512MB 4xAA (left) vs 8xAA (right)


Now NVIDIA:



GeForce 7800 GTX 512MB 4xAA (left) vs 8xAA (right)


Take a look at the F-15C’s shadow just underneath the plane’s wing. Both ATI and NVIDIA’s 8xAA modes clean up the jagged edges on the shadows just a little better under the 8x setting than under 4xAA. When you crank it up to 16x, the visuals get even sharper:

ATI Super AA vs. NVIDIA SLI Anti-Aliasing [ Radeon X1800 XT 14xAA/16xAF @ 1024 x 768 ] > View Full-Size in another window.
Radeon X1800 XT 14xAA/16xAF

ATI Super AA vs. NVIDIA SLI Anti-Aliasing [ GeForce 7800 GTX 512MB 16xAA/16xAF @ 1024 x 768 ] > View Full-Size in another window.
GeForce 7800 GTX 512MB 16xAA/16xAF




Radeon X1800 XT 512MB 8xAA (left) vs 14xAA (right)


And from another portion of the F-15C:



Radeon X1800 XT 512MB 8xAA (left) vs 14xAA (right)




See how that one access panel line sparkles on the center of the F-15C’s fuselage with ATI’s 8x setting? It lies just behind the air intake, to the right of the F-15C’s aerial refueling door and the blue camouflage. Under 14xAA the sparkling is gone. Let’s take a look at the GeForce 7800 GTX 512MB:



GeForce 7800 GTX 512MB 4xAA (left) vs 8xAA (right)


And from another portion of the F-15C:



GeForce 7800 GTX 512MB 4xAA vs 8xAA


Edges along the F-15C’s air intake look sharper once NVIDIA’s 16xAA is applied. Particularly at the top.

We also took some screenshots with Half-Life 2 and Quake 4, although they don’t illustrate the differences quite as well as LOMAC:

ATI Super AA vs. NVIDIA SLI Anti-Aliasing [ Radeon X1800 XT 4xAA/16xAF @ 1024 x 768 ] > View Full-Size in another window.
Radeon X1800 XT 4xAA/16xAF

ATI Super AA vs. NVIDIA SLI Anti-Aliasing [ GeForce 7800 GTX 512MB 4xAA/16xAF @ 1024 x 768 ] > View Full-Size in another window.
GeForce 7800 GTX 512MB 4xAA/16xAF

ATI Super AA vs. NVIDIA SLI Anti-Aliasing [ Radeon X1800 XT 8xAA/16xAF @ 1024 x 768 ] > View Full-Size in another window.
Radeon X1800 XT 8xAA/16xAF

ATI Super AA vs. NVIDIA SLI Anti-Aliasing [ GeForce 7800 GTX 512MB 8xAA/16xAF @ 1024 x 768 ] > View Full-Size in another window.
GeForce 7800 GTX 512MB 8xAA/16xAF

ATI Super AA vs. NVIDIA SLI Anti-Aliasing [ Radeon X1800 XT 14xAA/16xAF @ 1024 x 768 ] > View Full-Size in another window.
Radeon X1800 XT 14xAA/16xAF

ATI Super AA vs. NVIDIA SLI Anti-Aliasing [ GeForce 7800 GTX 512MB 16xAA/16xAF @ 1024 x 768 ] > View Full-Size in another window.
GeForce 7800 GTX 512MB 16xAA/16xAF

ATI Super AA vs. NVIDIA SLI Anti-Aliasing [ Radeon X1800 XT 4xAA/16xAF @ 800 x 600 ] > View Full-Size in another window.
Radeon X1800 XT 4xAA/16xAF

ATI Super AA vs. NVIDIA SLI Anti-Aliasing [ Radeon X1800 XT 8xAA/16xAF @ 800 x 600 ] > View Full-Size in another window.
Radeon X1800 XT 8xAA/16xAF

ATI Super AA vs. NVIDIA SLI Anti-Aliasing [ GeForce 7800 GTX 512MB 8xAA/16xAF @ 800 x 600 ] > View Full-Size in another window.
GeForce 7800 GTX 512MB 8xAA/16xAF

ATI Super AA vs. NVIDIA SLI Anti-Aliasing [ Radeon X1800 XT 14xAA/16xAF @ 800 x 600 ] > View Full-Size in another window.
Radeon X1800 XT 14xAA/16xAF

ATI Super AA vs. NVIDIA SLI Anti-Aliasing [ GeForce 7800 GTX 512MB 16xAA/16xAF @ 800 x 600 ] > View Full-Size in another window.
GeForce 7800 GTX 512MB 16xAA/16xAF



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