Right now I run a EVGA 760 SC FTW 4GB clocked at about 1,150MHz with an i5-3570k overclocked to 4.55GHz @ 1.27v on a Corsair H90 140mm Closed-loop Liquid CPU Cooler with load temps at just over 60C. I will be using Battlefield 4 as an example, at 1920x1080 resolution.
Ultra Settings - No Anti-aliasing: 70-80FPS occasional 50's.
Ultra Settings - 2x MXAA: 60-70FPS rather frequent 50's, even mid 40's.
High Settings - No Anti-aliasing: 80-90FPS never below 60.
High Settings - 2x MXAA: 70-80FPS rarely dips into the 50's, and only momentarily.
I find it hard to tell which is more visually appealing, I notice some of the edges are slightly smoothed, but I have to look rather carefully to tell a difference between High with Anti-aliasing vs Ultra without it. I did not try 4x MXAA on Ultra because I knew it would degrade the performance even further, but I will try it on High tomorrow and observe the frame rates, I'm going to assume, similar frame rates that of Ultra with 2x MXAA with more frequent dips into the 50-60FPS range. Basically, the question I am asking is, what is better, maxing the graphical settings without Anti-aliasing, or getting them as high as you can, including Anti-aliasing? If I had to give my honest opinion of one or the other, I believe Ultra without Anti-aliasing looks to be my favorite visually-appealing, without sacrificing a large hit to frame rates.
Ultra Settings - No Anti-aliasing: 70-80FPS occasional 50's.
Ultra Settings - 2x MXAA: 60-70FPS rather frequent 50's, even mid 40's.
High Settings - No Anti-aliasing: 80-90FPS never below 60.
High Settings - 2x MXAA: 70-80FPS rarely dips into the 50's, and only momentarily.
I find it hard to tell which is more visually appealing, I notice some of the edges are slightly smoothed, but I have to look rather carefully to tell a difference between High with Anti-aliasing vs Ultra without it. I did not try 4x MXAA on Ultra because I knew it would degrade the performance even further, but I will try it on High tomorrow and observe the frame rates, I'm going to assume, similar frame rates that of Ultra with 2x MXAA with more frequent dips into the 50-60FPS range. Basically, the question I am asking is, what is better, maxing the graphical settings without Anti-aliasing, or getting them as high as you can, including Anti-aliasing? If I had to give my honest opinion of one or the other, I believe Ultra without Anti-aliasing looks to be my favorite visually-appealing, without sacrificing a large hit to frame rates.
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