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Anti-Aliasing Analysis, Part 2: Performance

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Earlier this year, we took a detailed look at different anti-aliasing technologies in Part 1 of this series. In Part 2, we test all of those modes in order to get an accurate picture of the performance hit we can expect when it comes to using each one.

Edge-Detect Anti-Aliasing: 1680x1050

We’re curious as to how higher resolutions affect the edge-detect AA filter, but we’re not optimistic that performance will improve relative to more advanced levels of true multi-sampling. In any case, let’s consider the results:

Indeed, edge-detect performance remains too low to contend with higher levels of MSAA.