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[vorren]

so i have a new pc and i can activate all setting and still have 60+ fps but i can't really notice the differnece betwen normal render and super sampling... the only thing i notice is the huge fps difference i get

can someone help me understand? thanks

[Shadow209]

Beasically, each frame is rendered in a resolution, that is bigger than your monitor's resolution and then scaled down to your resolution.

This in basically some kind of antialiasing. When using Super Sampling you can basically achieve a better quality, than with every other antialiasing mode, however you need really a lot of performance.

Super Sampling is the oldes and "simplest" way of antialiasing, every other kind of antialiasing is just a way to get similar results with lower performance requirements.

If you are already using FXAA, you probably won't see too much of a difference by adding super sampling.
If you turn off FXAA, you will see the difference, but i'd rather have FXAA on and super sampling off, for performance reasons.

[vorren]

ohh i see thanks for the explanation!

no i dont use fxx because the screen become all blurry..

[typographie]

vorren, on 19 December 2012 - 05:02 PM, said:

so i have a new pc and i can activate all setting and still have 60+ fps but i can't really notice the differnece betwen normal render and super sampling... the only thing i notice is the huge fps difference i get

You must have some serious hardware, supersampling should hit your performance quite hard. Make sure you run around a bit, swing the camera around, go to some other places, enter combat etc. You might find your framerate quite a bit more "volatile" with Supersampling enabled, even if you can stay at 60 in some cases.

Edit: Also check both without Vsync on!

Edited by typographie, 19 December 2012 - 07:12 PM.

[Elder III]

SuperSampling pretty much requires an HD 7900 series or GTX 670/680 as a minimum to maintain ideal FPS @ 1080p... best when paired with a second or third gen. i5/i7 OCed as well.