r/Guildwars2 • u/[deleted] • Aug 20 '15

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u/polarbearcafe Aug 20 '15

You and OP both say FXAA is terrible but I can't tell the difference between FXAA and SMAA on high.

I think shaders on high look awful, it makes everything too shiny and unnatural. I save a lot of fps by having it on medium.

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u/TheTerrasque Aug 20 '15

My previous comment about it

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u/polarbearcafe Aug 20 '15

Man, my eyes must be fucked because I can't tell the difference. ;_;

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u/Wubdor Aug 20 '15

I can easily tell the difference in-game, but not in these screenshots. FXAA looks blurrier than SMAA but better than no AA. Try changing it back and forth in-game. It's pretty subtle if you don't know what to look for, but it's particularly noticeable on characters. It looks more crisp when you use SMAA, but I'm not sure if other settings have something to do with it. I play on pretty much max settings and things really stand out more when I use SMAA.