Anti-aliasing Part 1: Supersampling – If it was a perfect world0 Comments By randomizercloseAuthor: randomizerName: Email: randomizer101@hotmail.com Site:http://www.techreaction.net About:See Authors Posts (3) on October 16, 2009
Most people can’t stand the sight of aliasing, the staircase effect most noticeable on the edges of objects (or polygons to be more precise). It’s even worse when movement is involved, as the “jaggies” often appear to “crawl.” The aliasing effect is easily described by the following image (note, all images in this post are clickable thumbnails):
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A pixel must be only one colour (or no colour at all). To determine the colour of a pixel, a sample...
Guide to Understanding Intel Temperatures4 Comments By randomizercloseAuthor: randomizerName: Email: randomizer101@hotmail.com Site:http://www.techreaction.net About:See Authors Posts (3) on October 14, 2009
Tired of reading one conflicting forum post about temperatures after another? This guide will help you understand some of the details behind temperature readings for current Intel processors. It also has a section for FAQs about temperatures. Some parts are a little technical but I have tried to keep it as understandable.
This guide only applies to members of the Core, Core 2 and Core i7 families of processors (including Pentium Dual Core and Core 2-based Celerons), not the older Pentium 4’...