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High
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Screenshots Taken
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Below are a few
screenshots that demonstrate the effects of Anti-Aliasing
and Anisotropic filtering on image quality. These were
taken on a Radeon 9000 board but we'll be updating our
article when we get the Radeon 9700 in and have had a chance
to snap a few hundred shots with all its new settings.
Take a look at these screenshots taken from "Return from
Castle Wolfenstien." Notice how the first image, which
does not have AA or Anisotropic filtering enabled, loses
detail as the perceived distance increases, particularly on
the gate and ceiling. The sharpness and detail really
becomes less defined in the area around the gate in the
center of the screenshot. Now take a look at the
second image after 2X Anti-Aliasing and 16X Anisotropic
filtering is enabled in the Catalyst drivers. Note how
the detail in the walls, floor, ceiling and space around the
doorway have all become more crisp and well defined.
If you closely compare the two images you'll see that even
the flames of the torch have greater detail, adding to the
game's realism.
Without FSAA and Anisotropic Filtering Enabled
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With 2X FSAA and 16X Anisotropic Filtering Enabled
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Examples of Game play with a Dual Monitor Setup
Users into
strategy games or simulators should really enjoy the
dual-monitor capabilities of the Radeon 9000 Pro.
Thanks to the dual 400MHz RAMDACs, this card can drive two
monitors independently at high resolutions without
compromising image quality on either. Below are a few
examples of how a dual monitor setup can enhance overall
game play. These are images taken from Star Trek
Armada II where the player can control the action from one
screen while watching the action on the other. We're
sure Flight Simulator fans would like to tap this feature as
well.
Again we hope to come back to
Radeon 9700 image quality and screen shots, when we get a
board in the lab in the not so distant future. 6X AA
with 16X Aniso Filtering certainly produced fantastic
imagery during our demo early this month. We'll be
sure to give you lots more eye candy in the weeks ahead,
with various new game titles.
R9000 Benchmarks
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