It's also plausible that there could be implicit 16x MSAA applied at triangle edges, which is wandering into ridiculous overkill. Depending on exactly how they're applied, it's possible that 4x MSAA + 4x SSAA could be exactly the same as 4x SSAA, or that the final image could be exactly the same as 4x SSAA while doing extra stuff for MSAA adds a larger performance hit.

MSAA and SSAA do the same basic things, with the difference being that MSAA is applied selectively (at edges of triangles) while SSAA is applied to everything. If you don't like either of those, then you can probably force MSAA or SSAA through video drivers without needing external hardware.Ĭombining MSAA with SSAA is likely to be counterproductive, though it depends on exactly how it is applied.

Guild Wars 2 has FXAA built into the game, which is far superior to FXAA tacked on through video drivers. also in the article it tells you, you can use 2x SGSSAA but don't bother the AA bit you use doesn't support proper SGSAA so it doesn't look as good as it should and drains performance more than using 4x MSAA + 4x Supersampling(transperancy) here's the article. anyway this will allow you to get some decent MSAA + TrAA going on the game and is much much better than running fxaa or SMAA injector. and anyone that has played any game with 4x SGSSAA then plays a game that only supports FXAA can really notice how huge a difference this makes. I don't know how I missed this as I'm sort of an AA whore. I'll be playing more with SGSSAA to see if I can find a working combo since it's by far the best form of AA out there imho I also found the transperancy part isn't working right in a lot of areas for some reason so overall its not worth it. it cause white outlines on certain distant objects. After further testing I found some graphical glitches using this AA bit.

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