Gigabyte AMD Radeon HD6870, User Manual

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Standard Settings
The Standard Settings page provides access to a
universal slider control where you can simultane-
ously adjust all of the standard 3D settings for any
type of 3D application. The slider enables you to
adjust for overall system performance, overall 3D
image quality, or a balance between the two.
This page is useful when you are not aware of which
type of 3D settings your application uses, or when
you want to use an overall adjustment control that
rapidly conigures your application.
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Anti-Aliasing
Anti-Aliasing (AA) is a rendering technique de-
signed to remove jagged edges, shimmering, and
pixelation problems that are common in rendered
3D images. Rather than determining the color to
display for each pixel by sampling a single location
at the pixel’s center, anti-aliasing samples multiple
locations within each pixel and blends the results
together to produce the inal color.
Anti-Aliasing can be set to favor either system
processing performance or image quality, or the
application can decide:
• Setting for performance is best used when the
3D image is animated and smooth motion is the
most important consideration.
• Setting for quality is best used when highly de
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tailed and realistic 3D objects is the most important
consideration.
• If you are unsure of how to conigure anti-alias
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ing, use the Use application settings option. Your
display will automatically adjust to the application’s
requirements.
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Adaptive Anti-Aliasing
Adaptive anti-aliasing is a technique that applies a
combination of multi-sampling (MSAA) and super-
sampling (SSAA) on 3D objects to improve edge
smoothness and fine detail. This feature renders
3D objects containing transparencies more realistic,
providing exceptional levels of image quality while
maintaining performance.
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