Antialiasing Performance

We used the same benchmark we used in our anisotropic filtering tests, but this time around we're using it to measure AA performance.

Antialiasing Performance
UT2003 dm-antalus @ 1024x768
ATI Radeon 9700 Pro

ATI Radeon 9700 Pro (2X AA)

ATI Radeon 9700 Pro (4X AA)

ATI Radeon 9700 Pro (6X AA)

NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti 4600

NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti 4600 (2X AA)

NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti 4600 (4X AA)

NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti 4600 (4XS AA)

142.5

120.1

94.5

85.4

104.7

76.1

45.8

38.8

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0
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29
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57
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86
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114
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143
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171

You can see that the move to a multisampling AA algorithm helped ATI considerably, even their 6X AA mode is now effectively a useable option in a lot of games.

Antialiasing Quality AA & Anisotropic Filtering Performance - Unreal Tournament 2003
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  • SlyNine - Sunday, March 28, 2010 - link

    Long live the 9700pro lol.
  • joeh4384 - Tuesday, November 25, 2014 - link

    I remember having a P4 and the all in wonder version of this back in 03.
  • Thatguy97 - Thursday, May 7, 2015 - link

    Best card of all time hands down
  • astrophysicsblackguy - Sunday, May 21, 2017 - link

    Amazing graphics card, plays battlefield 1 flawlessly.
  • Mitty - Friday, April 13, 2018 - link

    Mine was watercooled. ;) God I feel old.
  • EliteRetard - Monday, February 3, 2020 - link

    Continuing the trend of looking back at the good ol' days.

    Considering inflation (vs 2020), this card launched at something like $550.

    I still have one running on an Asus A7N8X-E Deluxe w/ a Barton @ 2.6GHz
  • bswalt - Wednesday, October 21, 2020 - link

    That Asus A7N8X-E Deluxe was a legendary motherboard!! Sweet classic build there!!
  • bswalt - Wednesday, October 21, 2020 - link

    So many great memories from my first PC build. What a great video card! Looks so pedestrian in 2020.

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