[Review] Nvidia GeForce GTX 590 – King of the Hill18 Comments By The DukecloseAuthor: The DukeName: Drew Briggs Email: drew@techreaction.net Site:http://www.techreaction.net About: Just keeping it real for the average joe overclocker and computer user.See Authors Posts (169) on March 24, 2011
The GeForce GTX 590 is the new flagship for Nvidia that is finally hitting the marketplace after a long awaited release date. Based on the GF110 graphics processor, the GTX 580 was built to be the world’s fastest DirectX 11 GPU. For the elite gamers who are not satisfied with the performance of just one GTX 580, Nvidia created the GTX 590; combining the power of two GF110 GPU’s on a single graphics card to deliver the ultimate gaming experience. Nvidia has also equipped the GTX 590 w...
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...