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The end of your AA woes! MLAA coming to AMD drivers
- Thread starter brain_stew
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So I just got an HD 6870, but I kind of have no idea what I'm doing.
First of all, after installing drivers and whatnot, I couldn't even find an option for MLAA. Ended up using this hack to get the option to even show up.
http://forums.guru3d.com/showpost.php?p=3746837&postcount=156
What kind of settings should I use for optimal performance? And any clue why MLAA wasn't in my options before?
I got a BSOD earlier after doing the hack, which was slightly worrying.
First of all, after installing drivers and whatnot, I couldn't even find an option for MLAA. Ended up using this hack to get the option to even show up.
http://forums.guru3d.com/showpost.php?p=3746837&postcount=156
What kind of settings should I use for optimal performance? And any clue why MLAA wasn't in my options before?
I got a BSOD earlier after doing the hack, which was slightly worrying.
Guess I'll bump this.
Now that 10.12 is out (with a 6870), should I be checking both the Application Settings and Morphological Filtering boxes with Standard Filter (not Edge-Detect) in CCC, and use D3D to handle the 3xbuffering? Or should all of this be done in RadeonPro?
Specifically, I'm trying to get this all working for the Crysis games right now.
Now that 10.12 is out (with a 6870), should I be checking both the Application Settings and Morphological Filtering boxes with Standard Filter (not Edge-Detect) in CCC, and use D3D to handle the 3xbuffering? Or should all of this be done in RadeonPro?
Specifically, I'm trying to get this all working for the Crysis games right now.
LiquidMetal14
hide your water-based mammals
So I know, does this run on any AMD/radeon card?
SapientWolf
Trucker Sexologist
Or disabling HW acceleration on flash videos. I'm starting to see why Apple isn't a fan.Milpool said:
Metalmurphy
Member
5xxx and 6xxx onlyLiquidMetal14 said:
Tell me more about the .ini trick, I'm dumb and I don't know what to do.Wallach said:
Also turns out I used the installer. I installed another package than the Preview Version.
Then I ran the preview install and it said the versions were the same but I went ahead anyway and noticed it said Catalyst Control Center 2 during install.
It uses the new one now
. Looks much better, now give us more options to fiddle with!Edit: I take it back, holy fuck, navigating this is annoying as hell.
Edit #2: Is the .ini trick when you replace the ini file from the 5k series driver install folder with the one from the 6k series one?
Easy_D said:Tell me more about the .ini trick, I'm dumb and I don't know what to do.
Also turns out I used the installer. I installed another package than the Preview Version.
Then I ran the preview install and it said the versions were the same but I went ahead anyway and noticed it said Catalyst Control Center 2 during install.
It uses the new one now
Edit: I take it back, holy fuck, navigating this is annoying as hell.
Edit #2: Is the .ini trick when you replace the ini file from the 5k series driver install folder with the one from the 6k series one?
Grabbed from an [H] thread:
So, unpack the drivers so they get placed in the folder above, cancel the auto-run install, replace the .inf with the one in the link, then run the installer from that folder.
So 5850's are deemed worthy of MLAA but not 5870'sSalaadin said:
. Oh well, gonna do the magical .ini workaround now so no worries.Edit: Thank you! That saved me priceless minutes of googling
Edit#2: Yep MLAA options and the ability to turn Surface Format Optimization on and off are now available
BubTheZombie
Neo Member
My MLAA impression is "more art, less artifice". It's like a layer of abstraction has been removed from the screen. You can also get away with running in lower resolutions (with higher frame rates) without the downside of jaggies. I run 3 CRT monitors in eyefinity so every resolution I use is "native" ie. no scaling artifacts and am really beginning to appreciate 3x1280x1024 at a consistent 85 frames per second with good AA (MLAA/8xmsaa/2xssaa) versus 3x1600x1200 at 40-50 fps with 2xmsaa. It's true what they say, frame rate IS king.
Combichristoffersen
Combovers don't work when there is no hair
Sorry for the bump, but I was just wondering if the 11.1 drivers for my 5770 includes MLAA support, or if I should stick to the beta version of 10.x I've got installed (the beta version that first had MLAA for 57xx series cards)?
Combichristoffersen
Combovers don't work when there is no hair
vocab said:
Sweet. I thought 11.2 just added official support for 58xx and 59xx series, not the 57xx series?
SapientWolf
Trucker Sexologist
That's pretty much the reason why I still own a CRT.BubTheZombie said:
Metal Gear?!
Member
Zombie James said:Holy crap, someone on Beyond3D got it working on 4xxx cards?!
Since ATI isn't going to bother, has anyone hacked any drivers newer than 10.10 onto 4xxx cards?pestul said:
Backfoggen
Banned
That would work. Nvidia for example just picks out the render targets (i.e. the different pieces that make up the final rendered image) and applies whatever they want to it.Slayer-33 said:
why can't this be selective?
eg the game should know what thin geometry is in the scene (power lines etc) and what are larger polys.
So would it be possible to create some kind of masking where it applies MSAA to thin geometry, MLAA to everything else, and then drops HUDs etc on top?
eg the game should know what thin geometry is in the scene (power lines etc) and what are larger polys.
So would it be possible to create some kind of masking where it applies MSAA to thin geometry, MLAA to everything else, and then drops HUDs etc on top?
Stallion Free
Cock Encumbered
The devs of each specific game would have to fix this I believemrklaw said:
Catalyst 11.2 is out:
http://sites.amd.com/us/game/downloads/Pages/downloads.aspx
The notes say that these add MLAA for 5000 series cards which is odd because whatever driver Im currently using (I think 10.12) has it active. Did they remove it again in 11.1?
Release Notes: http://support.amd.com/us/kbarticles/Pages/AMDCatalyst112ReleaseNotes.aspx
http://sites.amd.com/us/game/downloads/Pages/downloads.aspx
The notes say that these add MLAA for 5000 series cards which is odd because whatever driver Im currently using (I think 10.12) has it active. Did they remove it again in 11.1?
Release Notes: http://support.amd.com/us/kbarticles/Pages/AMDCatalyst112ReleaseNotes.aspx
I'm late on this, since I have a 4870, I didn't think it would work, but just googled it and apparently there's a workaround to get it to work. Is it worth doing? This is where I got the info: http://www.highdefforum.com/gaming-...ng-mlaa-6xxx-series-4xxx-5xxx-locked-out.html
markao said:
I think I was using 10.9 when MLAA was released. I upgraded to 10.10 and thought that all I needed was Radeon Pro to get MLAA working but that didnt do it even though Radeon Pro told me that it activated some new features that otherwise werent available.
Then AMD releases 10.11 and 10.10e on the same day. I switched to 10.11 but still couldnt get MLAA. However, the release notes for 10.10e stated that it added MLAA for 5000 series cards. I switched to that and I think thats what Im still using today. I mightve misspoke earlier when I said I was on 10.12.
I dont understand AMDs numbering scheme sometimes
Stallion Free
Cock Encumbered
ATI's naming scheme goes like this:
last two digits of year.number of month + a letter designating beta.
So 10.10e's where Ocotber 2010 and the "e" beta revision.
All drivers released this year will be 11.something.
last two digits of year.number of month + a letter designating beta.
So 10.10e's where Ocotber 2010 and the "e" beta revision.
All drivers released this year will be 11.something.
Stallion Free said:
What throws me is when they release beta drivers and new drivers the same day. 10.10e and 11.10 were released on the exact same day iirc but 10.10e gave me more features than 11.10.
I exaggerate though. Its only happened to me once.
The release notes for 11.2 above state that 4000 series is compatible though I dont think it mentions any performance upgrades/features for that series. Im not sure about the others.Zzoram said:
Refreshment.01
Member
Have any techsite done tests with the Tessellation Control? To see at which tess factors image quality starts to degrade and what performance benefits its achieved. Would be great to see specially in games.
Im having an odd issue when I enable MLAA. I have RadeonPro setup to take screens and retain the MLAA in the shots. However, I get a slight pause when the screen is taken. It only lasts half a second but its enough to annoy me.
Is there something I can do to fix this or is it just the way it is when MLAA is turned on? FRAPs doesnt give me issues but it also doesnt catch MLAA.
Is there something I can do to fix this or is it just the way it is when MLAA is turned on? FRAPs doesnt give me issues but it also doesnt catch MLAA.
Felix Lighter
Member
Salaadin said:
I believe it is actually applying the filter after it captures the screenshot. There is no way to prevent it. I don't think there is any other way to retain the effect.