No anti-aliasing most of my games.

[HarveyOsull]

I recently bought a zotac gtx 1050 ti mini and for a while i was really impressed for how well it performed with such little power. Recently i have noticed a lack of anti aliasing in most of my games: Pubg, Just cause 3, Tf2, Csgo and so on. However i did not notice any problems playing the recent Sea of Thieves scale test. I have tried turning it on to the max in the Nvidia control panel and that fixed the problem for tf2 only. Please help me.

Specs
I7 2600Hz
16g DDR3
Gtx 1050 ti
3 tb HDD

(i have overclocked my GPU) It is also quite hard to see in these photos.

*sorry its an I7-6700 3.40GHz

 

[eidairaman1]

I recently bought a zotac gtx 1050 ti mini and for a while i was really impressed for how well it performed with such little power. Recently i have noticed a lack of anti aliasing in most of my games: Pubg, Just cause 3, Tf2, Csgo and so on. However i did not notice any problems playing the recent Sea of Thieves scale test. I have tried turning it on to the max in the Nvidia control panel and that fixed the problem for tf2 only. Please help me.

Specs
I7 2600Hz
16g DDR3
Gtx 1050 ti
3 tb HDD

(i have overclocked my GPU) It is also quite hard to see in these photos.
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Restore game and Control panel settings to stock.
Patch direct x up, turn up refresh rate if possible, set monitor to native resolution, make sure your monitor driver is installed, chipset driver too. Get Display driver uninstaller and the specific graphics driver, make sure games are patched too.

Disconnect ethernet cord or disable wifi, Run Display driver uninstaller twice follow directions to the T, reinstall chipset driver, then graphics driver, restart, check to ensure monitor resolution and refresh rate are correct. Then adjust graphics settings in game only, remember you are using a budget card so some settings may not work like on higher cards.

Make sure your games are patched

 

[Shihab]

I have no experience with those titles you play, but tbh, I don't see much diagonal jaggies in those shots you've uploaded, seems AA is working decently on those. Most of the alisaing I see is thing-geometry aliasing. And afaik, typical AA approaches don't work well on those, specially your simple post-process techniques a la FXAA. You'll need something more serious to deal with those (SSAA or Nvidia's DSR).

Try testing simpler scenes if you suspect your card not doing AA probably. Graphical demos, software that uses opengl/direct3d viewports or simple, browser-based tests like this.

I'd suggest you follow eidairman's advice of resetting control panel to stock first though.

 

[cucker tarlson]

Haven't played those games you mentioned, but aliasing is a problem for some of the recent games I played. As games get more complex geometry, GPUs just can't handle high quality antialiasing and smaa/taa just isn't enough. Another reason is just sloppy developers. I'm playing at 1440p and 24" display, and even then I do notice a lot of aliasing in some games, if I had to choose the worst that'd be Destiny 2 and WatchDogs2. Only thing that helps is increasing scaling/pixel density, the games look amazingly sharp again but that takes a huge toll on fps. I played Titanfall 2 and some others like Wolfenstein,Dishonored 2 and they look fine tho. I'll say most of them still look fine but there are exceptions, like the two I mentioned.

 

[erocker]

Since you mention using the Nvidia control panel for things reset it to default. If that doesn't do it, uninstall your drivers, run Display Driver Uninstaller utility and reinstall your drivers.

 

[lexluthermiester]

My advice is going to differ from the rest. I never use AA. At 1080p and above it's not really needed and is a waste of GPU resources. As @Shihabyooo was saying, the "jaggies" aren't really that noticable and are not going to affect game-play. Plus you have a 1050ti, it will be bogged down by AA anyway. So my advice is to leave AA off entirely and enjoy your games at higher frame rates.

 

[cucker tarlson]

I notice jaggies at 1440p 24" and you're saying AA is not needed at 1080p. Depends on the person, most, I mean the vast majority, would still need it @1080p or even 1440p.

 

[rtwjunkie]

My advice will be even different, based on my own experiences. I do not ever set in the control panel, mostly because it means having to go and set up everything separately for each different game. I just want to play. I always only optimize game settings in the game. I work with whatever the game provides, get the antialiasing I want and am satisfied with visual results.

 

[jboydgolfer]

My advice is going to differ from the rest.

My advice will be even different

My Advice will be the MOST Differentliest! pull out the GPU, blow on it like an old Nintendo cartridge, re-install. 10/10 problem solved

 

[erixx]

and then we have Geforce Experience to setup eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeverything

 

[Sasqui]

My Advice will be the MOST Differentliest! pull out the GPU, blow on it like an old Nintendo cartridge, re-install. 10/10 problem solved

Lol

I see jaggies... You have AA on in game + NV controls?

 

[cucker tarlson]

I just wanna say this is a curse. I mean the sharp eye for aliasing. If you're put off by jaggies you really need a lot of GPU horsepower to run higher scaling/pixel density to achieve good image sharpness.

 

[BiggieShady]

This is the case when Anti Aliasing algorithm tries not to blur too much like FXAA, and the result is perceived as lack of AA

 

[Sasqui]

I just wanna say this is a curse. I mean the sharp eye for aliasing. If you're put off by jaggies you really need a lot of GPU horsepower to run higher scaling/pixel density to achieve good image sharpness.

This even drives me crazy:

 

[R00kie]

The games you've mentioned have the simplest AA implementation, meaning it only makes the jaggies blurrier, but not actually removing them. If you really want to force AA, I would suggest trying Nvidia Inspector, and change some settings there.

 

[HarveyOsull]

The games you've mentioned have the simplest AA implementation, meaning it only makes the jaggies blurrier, but not actually removing them. If you really want to force AA, I would suggest trying Nvidia Inspector, and change some settings there.

Is Nvidia inspector better than MSI Afterburner?

 

[jboydgolfer]

Is Nvidia inspector better than MSI Afterburner?

I'd say no simply because it's Nvidia only , but maybe on some off chance it offers more function for those cards then after burner does

 

[eidairaman1]

Is Nvidia inspector better than MSI Afterburner?

Its tailored for them specifically.

Afterburner is the new rivatuner

 

[R00kie]

Is Nvidia inspector better than MSI Afterburner?

MSI Afterburner doesn't deal with in-game settings, it's just for monitoring and overclocking.

 

[erocker]

Is Nvidia inspector better than MSI Afterburner?

Take a look at this guide: https://forums.guru3d.com/threads/nvidia-anti-aliasing-guide-updated.357956/

 

[MrGenius]

How do you make perfectly curvilinear objects composed of perfectly square pieces(such as pixels)?

Answer = You don't. Throwing time/money at it will only get you so far. Perfection is unattainable. Period. End of story.

Not sure why that's so difficult of a concept to grasp for so many people.

 

[Shihab]

Nvinspector is a cool tool, but I don't really think it'll be a simple solution for anything but overpowered hardware or old (or based on old code) games, and it's not quite guaranteed in the former.

Games have gotten complicated, ye ol' MSAA doesn't work like it used to (or at all) in them. That leaves you with little choice other than SSAA and co, and those WILL BUTCHER performance, even on high end card.

How do you make perfectly curvilinear objects composed of perfectly square pieces(such as pixels)?

But pixels are not perfectly square...
Reduce pixel size to less than the least wavelength of visible light? :|

 

[R00kie]

How do you make perfectly curvilinear objects composed of perfectly square pieces(such as pixels)?

Throw more pixels at the problem? Duuh