Do higher resolutions require less in game AA?

[Eastcoasthandle]

Not sure of were else to post this but I thought this was interesting none the less.

Graw2, Single Player
24" LCD
HD 2900XT
2 Gigs of ram
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a154/eastcoasthandle/HD/th_graw22007-07-0715-45-32-35.png (http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a154/eastcoasthandle/HD/graw22007-07-0715-45-32-35.png)

resolutions will vary

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a154/eastcoasthandle/HD/th_graw2_1920x1200.png (http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a154/eastcoasthandle/HD/graw2_1920x1200.png)
1920x1200

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a154/eastcoasthandle/HD/th_graw2_1680x1050.png (http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a154/eastcoasthandle/HD/graw2_1680x1050.png)
1680x1050

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a154/eastcoasthandle/HD/th_graw2_1600x1200.png (http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a154/eastcoasthandle/HD/graw2_1600x1200.png)
1600x1200

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a154/eastcoasthandle/HD/th_graw2_1280x1024.png (http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a154/eastcoasthandle/HD/graw2_1280x1024.png)
1280x1024

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a154/eastcoasthandle/HD/th_graw2_1024x768.png (http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a154/eastcoasthandle/HD/graw2_1024x768.png)
1024x768




HL2 no aa
24" LCD
HD 2900XT
2 Gigs of ram
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a154/eastcoasthandle/HD2900/th_hl2_setup_no_aa.png (http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a154/eastcoasthandle/HD2900/hl2_setup_no_aa.png)
HL2 with no AA

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a154/eastcoasthandle/HD2900/th_hl2_640x480.png (http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a154/eastcoasthandle/HD2900/hl2_640x480.png)
640x480 no aa

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a154/eastcoasthandle/HD2900/th_hl2_1024x768.png (http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a154/eastcoasthandle/HD2900/hl2_1024x768.png)
1024x768 no aa

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a154/eastcoasthandle/HD2900/th_hl2_1280x1024.png (http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a154/eastcoasthandle/HD2900/hl2_1280x1024.png)
1280x1024 no aa


http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a154/eastcoasthandle/HD2900/th_hl2_1680x1050.png (http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a154/eastcoasthandle/HD2900/hl2_1680x1050.png)
1680x1050 no aa

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a154/eastcoasthandle/HD2900/th_hl21600x1200.png (http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a154/eastcoasthandle/HD2900/hl21600x1200.png)
1600x1200 no aa

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a154/eastcoasthandle/HD2900/th_hl2_1920x1200.png (http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a154/eastcoasthandle/HD2900/hl2_1920x1200.png)
1920x1200 with no aa



HL2 with 2xAA
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a154/eastcoasthandle/HD2900/th_hl2_setup1.png (http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a154/eastcoasthandle/HD2900/hl2_setup1.png)
HL2 with 2xAA

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a154/eastcoasthandle/HD2900/th_hl2_640x4802xAA.png (http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a154/eastcoasthandle/HD2900/hl2_640x4802xAA.png)
640x480 2xAA

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a154/eastcoasthandle/HD2900/th_hl2_1024x7682xAA.png (http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a154/eastcoasthandle/HD2900/hl2_1024x7682xAA.png)
1024x768 2xAA

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a154/eastcoasthandle/HD2900/th_hl2_1280x10242xAA.png (http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a154/eastcoasthandle/HD2900/hl2_1280x10242xAA.png)
1280x1024 2xAA

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a154/eastcoasthandle/HD2900/th_hl2_1680x10502xAA.png (http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a154/eastcoasthandle/HD2900/hl2_1680x10502xAA.png)
1680x1050 2xAA

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a154/eastcoasthandle/HD2900/th_hl2_1600x12002xAA.png (http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a154/eastcoasthandle/HD2900/hl2_1600x12002xAA.png)
1600x1200 2xAA

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a154/eastcoasthandle/HD2900/th_hl2_1920x12002xAA.png (http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a154/eastcoasthandle/HD2900/hl2_1920x12002xAA.png)
1920x1200 2xAA

It's best to place each pic in it's own tab. Then tab between them

[cantankerous]

Weird, to me 1680 looks better than 1920.

[Larry]

I couldnt really see a diference

[Eastcoasthandle]

I've also added HL2 because Graw2 doesn't appear to use any AA. Therefore, I use Hl2 were I can actually disable AA to see the difference.
with 0xaa and 2xaa

[Soulburner]

In my experience, it depends. Given the same monitor, most of the time higher resolution means more pixels, more detail and less aliasing.

[mdzcpa]

In my experience, it depends. Given the same monitor, most of the time higher resolution means more pixels, more detail and less aliasing.

I would agree. I tend to need lower AA levels at higher resolutions.

[ripken204]

wow that's interesting, from looking at the pics i would have to say that you are completely correct.

[cadaveca]

it really depends on monitor tho...if running non-native on LCD, no level of AA wil be enough. Also, dot pitch of the monitor will affect how effective AA is...takes less AA on 20 inch wide monitor to acheive same result on 22 inch monitor, IMHO(more pixels/inch on smaller monitor).


That being said, this is all subjective on how "sensitive" someone is to "Jaggies".

[Jimmer411]

Personally Im happy with just 2x AA at 16x10. Interesting screen comparison tho.