8X SS A new Fan

[ShezA 176]

Question: do you operate this on a 4K monitor? If you do then is the extra SSA overhead worth it when 2X MSAA already gives a great result with little to see in comparison?

[Langyboy63 22]

Unless you are using 4k would have thought 2-4x MSAA is adequate.

[ShezA 176]

12 minutes ago, Langyboy63 said:

Unless you are using 4k would have thought 2-4x MSAA is adequate.

Correct.

[AnkH 2,232]

On ‎12‎/‎9‎/‎2018 at 9:05 PM, Rossco said:

Hi Ron,

Yes it is. It's really made a difference to my simming experience, particularly when it comes to clouds, they appear to have no impact on performance at all now.

I can absolutely not agree here. Using REX Skyforce Clouds and ActiveSky weather (three layers only), my performance is still ruined in v4.4 using 4xSSAA in very bad weather. And that's with a 1080Ti. So I really wonder how you can not have any impact on performance?

[Langyboy63 22]

Are you running 4k?

[connan 0]

Wasn't SGSS (Sparse Grid Super Sampling) + transparency AA the holy grail? Long time no hear about that one.

[Zimmerbz 153]

I did a flight last night in the FSlabs320 at night from LAS-LAX (FSDreamteam and Orbx).  I decided to do 4 x SSAA from my normal MSAA. Though the framerate number was lower (I don't pay attention to framerates in terms of the actual number), the smoothness of the flight was the same to me and I didn't notice any difference whatsoever.  The weather wasn't a factor so that might make things worse in SSAA if it is poor.  With that being said, I am not sure what the benefits should have been.  I do not run 4k and my specs are below.  I am not complaining since I have a smoot sim in both scenarios but just curious. 

ASRock Z170 Professional, Intel LGA 1151

Intel 6th Gen Core i7 6700K (4.6GHz Overclock) Quad Core
CPU Cooling: Corsair Hydro Series H60 Liquid Cooling
System Memory: 16GB Kingston DDR4 SDRAM 2400MHz
Graphics Processor: 6GB Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060, PCI Express 3.0
System Power: 750 Watt Corsair RM Series Power Supply
Sound Card: 7.1 High Definition Integrated Audio
Primary Solid State Drive: 500GB Samsung EVO 850 Solid State Drive (SSD)


 

[AnkH 2,232]

4 hours ago, Langyboy63 said:

Are you running 4k?

No, 1440p. 4xSSAA is a killer. I use it most of the times, but if FPS drop to hard due to the cloudy conditions, I switch to 8xMSAA instead. To me, MSAA is greatly improved in v4.4, but that might be Placebo...