UT3 @ 2600x1600

[[TT]BrundleFly]

big monitor= big jaggies=need for AA

Absolutely not !!!

wow the 3870-X2 annihilates 8800ultra.

annihilates? Puhlease...

[Dr3thepooner]

As i said in the beggining i will primarily use it for cs3. But i am also a long time ut player...

Hey, what is cs3 that you keep reffering to, just curious?

[PATSCRU]

Hey, what is cs3 that you keep reffering to, just curious?

my money's on adobe creative suite 3 unless valve's got something up their sleeve they're not sharing.

[Pser]

Absolutely not !!!

I dont understand why. True, we have more pixels, but we also have zoomed/enlarged objects. So at the end its the same. Hugely exaggerating, if we were about to draw an object with a size of Earth, using only 1600x1200 pixel, it sure would require AA. So size does matter. So i am correct.

annihilates? Puhlease...

ok i must admit you've got a point here.

[[TT]BrundleFly]

I dont understand why. True, we have more pixels, but we also have zoomed/enlarged objects. So at the end its the same. Hugely exaggerating, if we were about to draw an object with a size of Earth, using only 1600x1200 pixel, it sure would require AA. So size does matter. So i am correct.

I just trust my eyes. At 2560 x 1600 I don't see jaggies at all. The pixels are so small and fine...

[Harmatia]

Lol

The reason big monitors have a higher resolution is so that they have the same image quality as a smaller monitor at a smaller resolution. The amount of jaggies should be about the same.

[GnabGib]

my money's on adobe creative suite 3 unless valve's got something up their sleeve they're not sharing.

Exactly. Adobe Photoshop Creative Suite 3 .

[Drintion]

Lol

The reason big monitors have a higher resolution is so that they have the same image quality as a smaller monitor at a smaller resolution. The amount of jaggies should be about the same.

Pixel density is not constant between monitors.

Playing full screen @ 1920x1200 would mean there are about 2,000,000 pixels on your screen.
Playing full screen @ 2560x1600 would mean there are about 4,000,000 pixels on your screen. (Roughly x2 the amount, yet 30" is not x2 24")

This means (at least in full screen) That a line drawn using 512 pixels on the 1920x1200 monitor, will be drawn using 1024 pixels on the 2560x1600 monitor. That means more pixels drawing the same line, and therefore less noticeable aliasing. (Since a 30 inch monitor is not x2 the size as a 24 inch monitor, the size of the monitor does not cancel out the fact that there are many more pixels used for image rendering)

[Pser]

Pixel density is not constant between monitors.

But the original statement was: "You don't need AA at that resolution." which is obviously missing something.

(Since a 30 inch monitor is not x2 the size as a 24 inch monitor, the size of the monitor does not cancel out the fact that there are many more pixels used for image rendering)

Math says something different

2560x1600=4096000; 1920x1200=2304000; Ratio= 4096000/2304000=1,78

30' display
30^2=b^2+c^2; b/c=2560/1600=1,6; b=1,6c
... S=216 of strange units.

24' display
... S=139 of strange units

216/139=1,55

See, its more or less the same. Means there is more or less the same need for AA.

[[TT]BrundleFly]

But the original statement was: "You don't need AA at that resolution." which is obviously missing something.

Math says something different

2560x1600=4096000; 1920x1200=2304000; Ratio= 4096000/2304000=1,78

30' display
30^2=b^2+c^2; b/c=2560/1600=1,6; b=1,6c
... S=216 of strange units.

24' display
... S=139 of strange units

216/139=1,55

See, its more or less the same. Means there is more or less the same need for AA.

Yes, but 1+1 = who gives a rats ****.

Play on one and you will see what I mean. AA is simply not necessary...

And I got yer strange unit right here...

[bclagge]

I have to agree. I just switched from a 19" to a 24" and the pixels are much smaller. The aliasing is far less visible.

[GnabGib]

But the original statement was: "You don't need AA at that resolution." which is obviously missing something.

Math says something different

2560x1600=4096000; 1920x1200=2304000; Ratio= 4096000/2304000=1,78

30' display
30^2=b^2+c^2; b/c=2560/1600=1,6; b=1,6c
... S=216 of strange units.

24' display
... S=139 of strange units

216/139=1,55

See, its more or less the same. Means there is more or less the same need for AA.

The strange units are square inches.
And you are right. There is more or less the same need for AA. A little less with the 30" monitor.