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We don’t typically report on the release of beta video card drivers, but ATI has slipped in an awesome new feature that is probably worth it if you’re playing Starcraft II. Catalyst 10.7a brings driver level Anti-Alliasing support that can be enabled through the Catalyst Control Center and helps to smooth out all the jagged edges for those who like to zoom in on the action.
Driver level forced AA support comes with a bit of a performance hit over a native implementation that could have been done by Blizzard, but if you’re rocking a relatively modern 5xxx series card you have more than enough spare horsepower to make this work.
Admittedly Nvidia has had support for this feature from day one, but ATI was curiously silent on the issue leading us to believe Radeon owners would have to do without. We are glad to hear this isn’t the case, and its certainly worth checking out if you have ATI hardware.
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Jeffredo
August 01, 2010 at 7:38am
They put out a statement saying they weren't going to implement it because of the performance hit. That is until they heard the massive hew and cry from their card owners since Nvidia gave theirs the option and was letting the user decide if the performance hit was worth it.
vistageek
August 01, 2010 at 12:35pm
Performance hit? This game will easily run maxed out on almost any hardware. The high end nvidia and ati cards can run this game at 1920x1200 with 16q AA over 60 fps. Blaming this messup on the potential performance hit is ridiculous.
