Massive FPS increase with Resolution decrese (?)

[666th_Lange]

Originally Posted by Anvilfolk

I'd probably use AA if I had a computer that could handle it. What is this shimmering though? I don't think I understand. I might know what that is, but that's usually related to using non-standard resolutions, or a different aspect ratio "stretched" to your screen, so you should be able to get around it if it is indeed the case.

Shimmering is the flickering of fences, powerlines, single line edges on textures etc... If no AA is used, these flicker a lot when the "environment" is in motion. The more AA you set, the less shimmering you have (in my gaming experience through the years, nVidia cards suffer more from this then ATI cards but then ATI's have/had other issues). AA smoothes out jagged lines.

This article explains both AA and AF but the provided pictures are rather small.