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Re: Doom 3 Help

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From: Tom Dauphin
Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2005 00:29
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Isn't it true that the higher the resolution, the less likely it is that AA 
will impact it?
"The Berzerker" <Berzerker@Woooooooo.com> wrote in message 
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> "Xpander" <scott@whiteford65.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in message 
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>> Hi there hoping someone can help me.  If I try to change the 
>> anti-aliasing levels in the advanced options, it appears to make no 
>> difference in the games whatsoever.  Even if I have it set at 16x (not 
>> that I want to run the game at 16x), there is no difference and all the 
>> lines in the games are still jaggy.  I have a Radeon 9800 pro, and card 
>> settings for anti-aliasing are set to Application preference.  Any ideas?
>>
>> Thanks in advance
>
> I have no idea why it's not working for you, especially if you tried it in 
> both the in-game menu and the control panel, however...
>
> You are aware Doom 3 must be restarted for AA settings to take effect? 
> (Make sure you click 'Apply' in the graphics settings too)
>
> The 9800 Pro doesn't support 8x and 16x AA
>
> AA will slow down your gameplay considerably!!!!!!!
>
> I too use a 9800 Pro for Doom 3, and performance is good...... ~56fps in 
> the timedemo (High Settings @ 800*600). I really don't see AA as being a 
> necessary part of Doom 3's graphics. You should just leave your remaining 
> power (if any) for the more chatoic bits in game. I am nearly always 
> running the game at 60fps, with frequent drops to ~40fps... but that's 
> still pretty damn good?
>
> Oh, and I'm using Omega's 2.6.25a Drivers, which are based on the ATI 
> Catalyst 5.4
>
> Hope this helps?!
> 
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