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What's FXAA? Nvidia Explains Superb New Anti-Aliasing Features

Nvidia explains the new driver feature FXAA for Nvidia graphics cards.l That makes Anti-Aliasing possible for any game on the PC.

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DragonKnight5355d ago

Greeeeeeaaattt. Now we'll be seeing this ad nauseum in graphics "discussions" all over the place. *sigh*

Guess it can't be helped.

I'll start. *Ahem* "Less jaggies FTW, consoles won't be able to use this, another reason PC iz teh bestest"

Now continue...

dark-hollow5355d ago (Edited 5355d ago )

PC MASTUR RACE IZ TEH BESTEZ!!!!1!!
On a serious note, the gap between the pcs and the consoles are getting wider by the day.
It can't be deniable!
Since I saw battlefield 3.....

3GenGames5355d ago (Edited 5355d ago )

And it looks _incredible_ with current technology, I'm sure it doesn't use this new NVidia feature. So, looks like you don't need it then anyway.

ATi_Elite5355d ago

A blurry friggin mess just like MLAA!!

FXAA is so low end graphics cards can provide "some kind of AA" without sacrificing Frames per second.

Real AA like MSAA or SSAA put a beat down on low to mid-low end graphics cards. BUT if you have a Entry Level card then FXAA is the way to go cause "some AA" is better than "No AA"

MSAA and SSAA eliminate the jaggies but keep the picture SHARP and CRISP.

TheIneffableBob5355d ago

Deus Ex: Human Revolution has both MLAA and FXAA as anti-aliasing options.

FXAA looks better than MLAA and the picture is still sharp. However, there are still noticeable jaggies. I don't think it does as good a job as MSAA, at least this particular implementation. I know that there are updated versions of FXAA that work better.

jakethesnake5355d ago

Exactly. New does not equal better. MSAA and SSAA are still the way to go if you can make it happen.

TitanUp5355d ago

know you guys are being sarcastic but it is the truth consoles have their with exclusive games but pc games have the quality and the features to surpass the console ports.

TheGameMan5355d ago

consoles were cool in 2005 and 2006, it is and has been pc's time since 2007, it will not be the time for consoles to shine again until new ones are released, not that I'm not looking forward to uncharted 3 and gears 3 and resistance 3, and obviously DARK FREAKING SOULS!!!

But the general experience on consoles has not been one that has wowed me in any way, shape or form since uncharted 2.

And after uncharted 2, nothing will wow me on console until we get new ones!

ufo8mycat5355d ago

PC's time was way back in 2000 when it actually had games.

Now they can all be played on consoles, except for The Witcher 2 and Diablo 3. Wow 2 games.

It's all about gameplay, not graphics, so using that as an argument is pointless.

Theres only 2 games I am playing on my PC (The Witcher 2 and soon to be released Diablo 3), compared to the exclusives and multiplatform games I can already play on my PS3 or 360.

Compare this to 2000 where the PC platform had quite a few games to play.

The platform is just not the same anymore.

TheGameMan5355d ago

why on earth or any other planet in the known universe would you play a multiplat game on console if you have a pc that runs the witcher 2????

seriously

the average, AVERAGE console resolution is about 1100x680 (factor in all the super sub hd games like alan wake (940x540) )

the consoles have virtually no anti aliasing and normally look very jaggie

no mods

more money

less control options

lol....you don't really have a gaming pc do you??

I play every game I can on pc first without even a moments pause, if it is some console exclusive I am intrested in, I rent

Persistantthug5355d ago (Edited 5355d ago )

and Diablo 3 has pretty much been outed as coming to consoles for quite a while too.

For the most part I agree with you.....just lettin you know in case you didn't know.

@TheGameMan
For the record, Most of the popular new launch games aren't cheaper on PC.
Case in point:
RAGE = $59.99 on Steam
SKYRIM = $59.99 on Steam
MW3 = $59.99 on steam.

Black Ops was also $60 at launch, and so was Dead Space 2, Dragon Age 2, and Crysis 2.

Also, many people like physical copies (such as myself), and Consoles tend to be more user friendly.

No big deal, just sayin.

radphil5355d ago (Edited 5355d ago )

"@TheGameMan
For the record, Most of the popular new launch games aren't cheaper on PC.
Case in point:
RAGE = $59.99 on Steam
SKYRIM = $59.99 on Steam
MW3 = $59.99 on steam.

Black Ops was also $60 at launch, and so was Dead Space 2, Dragon Age 2, and Crysis 2.

No big deal, just sayin."

It's the fault of them pushing consoles' price point and them getting away with that.

Keyword they're NOW popular, and they've been trying to force that price point onto PC users.

There's many games still at the $50 point, sometimes even cheaper.

TheGameMan5355d ago

i agreed with u, consoles are more user friendly for sure and i love a ton of console games, i even play my ps2 somtimes, but, what i was saying, if you got a mid range to sweet ass gaming rig, why play multi's on console, pc version always looks better and runs better....with a decent pc

wallis5355d ago

Firstly, is it me or did this whole topic get severely hijacked into a stupid console war? Who gives a crap whether you play an xbox or a pc, you still play games and you still enjoy them. Even if you magically win the argument and prove that your console is best it hardly means you've won at life. It literally gives you no personal merit whatsoever. You didn't make the damn thing so why are you proud? Proud that you went to the shop and bought something? Congratulations you've proven you're capable of a very very very very very very basic modern day human function.

Secondly, after spending so long on n4g it has now reached the point where the main defining feature of the german people is now an obsession with graphics. It's like a 99% chance that if an article is like "AMAZING NEW MOD FOR CRYSIS/GTA" chances are it's German. Not that I mind or anything but I kind of feel that a German article, written in German, might be more at home on a... oh well I don't know, a German website!?

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Veteran artist behind Mass Effect, Halo, and Overwatch 2 weighs in on Nvidia DLSS 5

Darryl Linington from Notebookchect.net writes, "The backlash around Nvidia’s AI push and DLSS 5 has opened a broader question in game development. Beyond performance and image quality, veteran artists are now weighing what AI-driven rendering means for authorship and visual control. If a system can add or reinterpret detail after the fact, the issue is no longer just technical. It becomes a question of how much of the final image still belongs to the people who built it."

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NVIDIA DLSS 4.5 Frame Gen 5x & 6x Come to RTX 50 Series GPUs + Dynamic Multi Frame Gen

The latest GeForce driver introduces DLSS 4.5 Multi Frame Generation 5x and 6x alongside Dynamic Multi Frame Generation to RTX 50-series GPUs. The former increases the number of interpolated frames to 4 and 5 (between every two rendered frames), further reducing reliance on the CPU.

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blacktiger28d ago

Big corp bowing down to another big corp is nothing more than helping each other. But try any games it doesn't work

Smellsforfree28d ago

I don't mind frame gen but only use it if I'm already >70fps without it. It is kinda nice but if I see any visual artifacts I will turn it off. Whenever I'm playing games on my 120Hz LG C3 I will almost never use it because frame rates >120fps look really bad. I think spatial super sampling is a far more interesting and beneficial tech than frame gen. Boosting 30fps to 60fps with framegen is just garbage.

SimpleDad28d ago

Tvs were doing this 15 years ago with their telenovela effect... Idk how anyone can play with this on.

There is definitely input lag there and artifacts.

CornholioX27d ago

It's commercial how they show it. Typical any company does that.

Goodguy0127d ago (Edited 27d ago )

Frame gen just has too much latency and visual glitches for me, don't think I can ever use it for most games. I'd compare with it on and off and it's a world of difference in the feel. I need the very least input lag in my gaming. Companies should rely on actual optimization. As for potato hardware, I suppose it could have it's use.

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Is the AI Push in AAA Gaming Giving Indie Developers A Golden Ticket?

WTMG's Jordan Hawes: "With the advent of NVIDIA's DLSS 5 tools, and the whole debacle surrounding AI usage in AAA gaming, is this new push an opportunity for smaller studios to showcase they are the ones vouching for artistic integrity in the gaming industry?"

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Obelisk9238d ago

They already are. Indie studios are the only developers that constantly strive to publish innovative and experimental experiences. There has been little to no art in AAA gaming, with just a few exceptions.

Yi-Long38d ago

Indie-studios have been showcasing their creative superiority and bravery over AAA-studios/releases for a while now.

Personally. I have zero interest in AI slop in any of my entertainment, so regardless of what Sony, Ubisoft, MS, EA, etc believe the future is, I'm just not gonna touch any of that stuff.

blacktiger38d ago

Everything you said but for me MS is always the problem.

isarai_lee38d ago

One more thing in a long list of things that already give indie Games an advantage

Miacosa38d ago (Edited 38d ago )

In reality a dev having a simplistic tech statck does not really impact the end user experience. If the game is good and worth playing is what matters. In other words some cooks make care if 2 or 3 eggs were used to make a cake but the person eating it doesn't. And in the case of DLSS 5 the chef is soley responsible for the recipe and how its mixed together.