(09-04-2013, 09:37 AM)NaturalViolence Wrote:Thanks for the response.0118999 Wrote:admin89: I didn't know that 4xIR and 2xIR+4xSSAA were the same thing. Is the processing actually identical? Will those processes produce identical images?
They're not the same thing. They just have roughly the same performance hit since they both cause everything to be rendered at 16 times the native resolution.
SSAA uses a different scaling filter. It's generally better in terms of image quality.
0118999 Wrote:NaturalViolence: What is the AMD overscanning issue you're referring to? I haven't owned an Nvidia card in almost 10 years, so I don't have any personal experience to compare the two brands.
In general AMD GPUs are more likely to have issues with using an HDTV. It's really a luck of the draw type of thing that depends on your gpu model, driver version, and HDTV model. The most common of these is an overscanning issue that causes black bars around the image (the image doesn't fill the entire screen).
admin89 Wrote:Higher memory bandwidth = Higher resolution in Dolphin
That's not entirely true. It has a larger effect on performance than it generally does in PC games but it's certainly not the only factor that effects performance.
Regarding what you describe as the overscanning issue, I think I know what you're talking about. It shows up when you use the HDMI output. There's actually a way to adjust that in the Catalyst control center. If you type "overscan" into the search bar, it'll take you to a screen called "Scaling Options (Digital Flat-Panel)". The default is something like 5-10% (I don't remember, exactly). Just set it to 0% and you get rid of those black bars. Why AMD chose that as the default, I don't know. I found it annoying, too. But a google search brought up the solution.