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Old Oct 3, 2006, 06:50 AM   #1
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Adaptive AA and Cat AI is just bumf, yes?

Ive been away from ATI for some time, but now Im back, trashing Nvidia in favour of ATI. Anyway I've noticed loads of new junk in the control pannel like Adaptive AA and Catalyst AI, so I'm thinking this is just crap to make ATI look good so I diabled them.
This is right isent it? they dont actually do anything usefull do they?
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Old Oct 3, 2006, 06:59 AM   #2
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I'm going to assume you're not trolling....

Adaptive AA deals with anti-aliasing and transparencies. Like fences for example. Regular AA doesn't work on these. ATI gives 2 settings. Performance is for a small amount and quality does a lot.

Cat AI is simply optimizations. It should basically always be set to standard because it implements tweaks for every known game and also is a must for Crossfire. CATAI advanced is for a negligible performance increase and noticeable image quality hit...and in the newest drivers, forces AFR in Crossfire mode.
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Old Oct 3, 2006, 08:02 AM   #3
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Oh right, so I best switch them back on then?
I just thought it was one of those bells vendors usually bring out to help sell their products but does sweet f-a except cock things up, you know what I mean?
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Old Oct 3, 2006, 04:01 PM   #4
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Switching them on will make a big quality difference but also a noticeable performance hit I've found.

Makes fences and such look nice though, definately not a gimmick
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