Anti-aliasing and Anisotropic filtering explained

Sidney · 4th July 2005, 19:59

Multi sampling is a slightly more developed and intellectual approach to the problem. Multi sampling was introduced with DirectX 8. Rather than creating a larger, virtual image to calculate the samples, cards that multi-sample take the colour averages from the original image. Additionally, samples are reused for neighbouring pixels, meaning that less calculations have to be done.

As a 3D scene stretches into the distance, less detail is required as the objects become further away. Rendering textures that are far away at a lesser detail than those that are closer to the player means that graphics cards can give better performance. These lower-quality distance textures are called mipmaps.

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4th July 2005, 19:59	#1
Sidney Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 15,738	Anti-aliasing and Anisotropic filtering explained Multi sampling is a slightly more developed and intellectual approach to the problem. Multi sampling was introduced with DirectX 8. Rather than creating a larger, virtual image to calculate the samples, cards that multi-sample take the colour averages from the original image. Additionally, samples are reused for neighbouring pixels, meaning that less calculations have to be done. As a 3D scene stretches into the distance, less detail is required as the objects become further away. Rendering textures that are far away at a lesser detail than those that are closer to the player means that graphics cards can give better performance. These lower-quality distance textures are called mipmaps. Link http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/200...ltering/1.html __________________ lazyman Opteron 165 (2) @2.85 1.42 vcore AMD Stock HSF + Chill Vent II