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PC gamers, meet SMAA; an AA method that comes with no performance hit and can be forced to any game

DSOGaming writes: "One of the greatest things of PC gaming is the workarounds that most modders/programmers/developers can come up with for various issues and technical limitations. By now, most of you will be aware of FXAA, an anti-aliasing method that can be forced to pretty much every game and comes without any major performance hit. If you’ve ever tried that method, you’ll be already aware of the blurriness that is introduced with it. Well, get ready everyone because Andrej Dudenhefner created an injector tool that forces Subpixel Morphological Antialiasing to every game, with results similar to FXAA but with an even lower performance hit and without any blurry effects."

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ExitToExisT4943d ago (Edited 4943d ago )

AA, MSAA, FXAA, CSAA and now SMAA. There is definitely too much anti-aliasing forms :)

iamgoatman4943d ago

You can never have too many forms of AA! The more the merrier, that way you can just pick and choose which one you prefer.

Chnswdchldrn4943d ago

:D no performance hit AA setting?

sign me up

iamgoatman4943d ago

Saw this last week, it works pretty well for games that don't even support forcing AA, but they are few and far between. I guess this is most useful for people with lesser hardware that want some AA without a performance hit. It does still have some slight blurring, but no where near MLAA levels which can completely mess up any small text.

There were some games I tried that didn't work correctly using it, and some that refused to start altogether, so there still a lot to be worked out, but they do seem to be updating it regularly so they may have been fixed already. Worth a try anyway as it's only a tiny download.

gedapeleda4943d ago

FYI SMAA stand for SuperMagicAntiAliasing

coolasj4943d ago (Edited 4943d ago )

Hey, which AA file is for Skyrim? The DX9 Version crashes on launch and the DX10 version doesn't give any noticeable gains.

john24943d ago

Skyrim is a Steam title and there are incompatibility issues with Steam games (due to its overlay functionalities). Hopefully, a new version will resolve this

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The Witcher Trilogy bundle just hit its lowest-ever price thanks to Steam Summer Sale

The Witcher Trilogy bundle is currently listed with an 89% discount on Steam, and you can save over $60 thanks to this Summer Sale discount.

anast355d ago

It's been cheaper on GoG and you can own the game DRM free.

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Why did EA Kill Project CARS?

This video explains why we think Electronic Arts didn't see a future in the sim racing title Project CARS and promptly cancelled the fourth instalment.

Jin_Sakai953d ago

After the last installment I’d say most hardcore fans left. It’s just not that good anymore so I can’t really blame EA this time.

masterfox953d ago

because it was always a project and it never got finished :D

ChubbyBlade951d ago

Every game is a project. Your joke doesn’t make sense

InUrFoxHole951d ago

It makes perfect sense. It's obviously a play on the title. Jesus christ you must be a blast at parties.

ApocalypseShadow952d ago (Edited 952d ago )

Ask Bullfrog or Black Box or Tiburon or Studio 33 or Criterion or any of the previously acquired developers who made racing games as competition, or as developers of EA games, then eventually dissolved into oblivion or reassigned. Just ask them. They'll tell you why.

ApocalypseShadow951d ago

Oh. I forgot. Even Code Masters were absorbed into Criterion. Another racing developer EA took over.

Every racing developer either absorbed by EA or eventually destroyed by them. They either kill competition or have them in the end make Need 4 Speed for them.

MadLad952d ago

EA only cancels projects for one reason.
They didn't see enough money in it.

Kombatologist952d ago (Edited 952d ago )

Not when it's because it didn't meet some crazy margin. It's like if something doesn't make EA a billion dollars on day one (I'm exaggerating that figure of course), they swiftly put it out to pasture.

SurgicalMenace951d ago (Edited 951d ago )

Much like if you're spending money on what's a bad investment for your desired goals, you'd do away with it, if you're wise. We should try to get away from thinking we know more about business than individuals that have been doing it for decades. Perhaps you could benefit from going into business instead of wasting all of your talents in comment sections. It's clear that you're the missing piece that EA's been looking for.

MadLad951d ago

I've made a good amount of money betting on underdog investments over the years.

EA sets unrealistic expectations of their more niche developers, yet continue to fund absolute blunders like DICE and the Battlefield series year after year.

dumahim952d ago

EA butted in and messed with the formula and act shocked when it doesn't work out.

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Original Project CARS creator trying to re-hire EA team

Ian Bell, the founder of Slightly Mad Studios, is aiming to hire former Project CARS employees to work on his upcoming GTR Revival project.

Sgt_Slaughter955d ago

If it's just going to be another sim-cade that doesn't do either one correctly then no thanks.

Project CARS 2 was a step in the right direction but the physics still aren't where they should have been, so what did they do for PC3? Go completely arcade. That killed the franchise.