Actually AA is working in some games, eg f1 2001.. If you select
smoothvision x4 in f1 2001, it looks just awesome, but framerate is bad(I am
running XP tho, so that could be half my problem).
I've red in some posts that 4x fsaa only works up to 800x600, and x2 works
at 1024x768, but anything above that and it's disabled...Driver issue I
guess..
I've got a GF3, KyroII and Now the 8500 OEM, and the GF3 seems alot faster
in racing sims, but I think it is a driver issue as well... IMHO the 8500
runs fantastic, just not as fast as the GF3..
> Yep you're right, Disabling FSAA made no difference in FPS. I wonder
> if I didn't notice because the card does error diffusion dithering. I
think
> that would soften line jaggies as well. At 1600x1200 I guess AA doesn't
> do all that much good. I'll see when they release drivers that support it
> correctly I guess.
> I guess purchasing a 8500 right now is taking a leap of
> faith that ATI will come through on driver support :)
> Regards,
> -Dave B
> > I'm in the same boat as you and may be getting an 8500 to replace my V5
> but
> > I have one question for you. I heard that the 8500's FSAA was not
working
> > yet in the release drivers but you are showing figures with FSAA
enabled.
> > Can you elaborate?
> > Thanks.
> > -Tim
> > > I got my new 8500 today and have been playing with my new
> > > toy. I replaced a 3dfx V5500 with the ATI card so that is my
> > > only comparison.
> > > N4
> > > 3dfx V5500 1600x1200 no FSAA ~40 FPS
> > > ATI 8500 1600x1200 2xFSAA ~65FPS
> > > GPL
> > > 3dfx V5500 1600x1200 no FSAA ~30
> > > ATI 8500 1600x1200 2xFSAA 36FPS solid
> > > My impressions of the ATI card are very good so far. The one big
> > > thing that amazed me is the picture quality and color depth seem
> > > well....... just better and even the desktop image in 2D seems
crisper.
> > > My brother has a GF3 card and definitely gets higher frame rates but
> > > I have a feeling that new driver releases are really going to improve
> > > this card.
> > > I'm pretty happy thus far.
> > > -Dave B
