{"id":23098,"date":"2011-01-08T08:39:57","date_gmt":"2011-01-08T08:39:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/?p=23098"},"modified":"2011-06-14T04:13:21","modified_gmt":"2011-06-14T03:13:21","slug":"amd-radeon-6000-series-image-quality-analysis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/amd-radeon-6000-series-image-quality-analysis\/","title":{"rendered":"AMD Radeon 6000 Series Image Quality Analysis"},"content":{"rendered":"

Introduction<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

This article will conduct an image quality analysis on the Radeon 6850<\/span> along with comparing Fermi<\/span> and 5000<\/span> architectures to it. The findings on the 6850 also apply to the 6900 series, though EQAA will not be covered as it\u2019s unique to the latter. I plan to cover this feature in the future.<\/p>\n

For background reading I highly recommend the past image quality articles I\u2019ve written:<\/p>\n

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  1. nVidia 400 series image quality analysis<\/a>.<\/li>\n
  2. ATi 5000 series image quality analysis<\/a>.<\/li>\n
  3. nVidia GT200 series AA investigation<\/a>.<\/li>\n
  4. ATi 4000 series AA investigation<\/a>.<\/li>\n
  5. ATi vs nVidia image quality comparison<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    For reference, here is the current anti-aliasing compatibility status for each vendor:<\/p>\n

    nVidia:<\/span><\/p>\n

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    • MSAA\/CSAA\/SGSS:<\/span> DX9\/DX10\/DX11\/OpenGL.<\/li>\n
    • TrAA:<\/span> DX9\/DX10\/DX11.<\/li>\n
    • OGSS:<\/span> DX9\/OpenGL (automatic LOD adjustment).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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      AMD:<\/span><\/p>\n

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      • MSAA\/CFAA\/MLAA:<\/span> DX9\/DX10\/DX11\/OpenGL.<\/li>\n
      • AAA:<\/span> DX9\/OpenGL.<\/li>\n
      • SGSS:<\/span> DX9 (automatic LOD adjustment).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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        Hardware<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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        • Intel Core i7 870 (3.2 GHz, turbo on, HT off).<\/li>\n
        • 4 GB DDR3-1333 RAM (2\u00d72 GB, dual-channel).<\/li>\n
        • Gigabyte GA-P55-UD3 (Intel P55 chipset, F6 BIOS).<\/li>\n
        • nVidia GeForce GTX470 (1.28 GB), reference clocks).<\/li>\n
        • AMD Radeon 5770 (1 GB), reference clocks.<\/li>\n
        • AMD Radeon 6850 (1 GB), reference clocks.<\/li>\n
        • Creative X-Fi XtremeMusic.<\/li>\n
        • 30\u201d HP LP3065.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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          Software<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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          • Windows 7 (64 bit).<\/li>\n
          • nVidia driver 260.99, settings as described.<\/li>\n
          • AMD Catalyst 10.12, settings as described.<\/li>\n
          • DirectX June 2010.<\/li>\n
          • All games patched to their latest versions. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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            Settings<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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            • 16xAF forced in the driver, vsync forced off in the driver.<\/li>\n
            • AA forced either through the driver or enabled in-game, whichever works better.<\/li>\n
            • Highest quality sound (stereo) used in all games.<\/li>\n
            • All results show an average framerate.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n