Anisotropic Filtering Performance

In order to measure anisotropic filtering performance we turn to UT2003 once again using the antalus benchmark:

Anisotropic Filtering Performance
UT2003 dm-antalus @ 1024x768
ATI Radeon 9700 Pro

ATI Radeon 9700 Pro (2X Performance Aniso)

ATI Radeon 9700 Pro (4X Performance Aniso)

ATI Radeon 9700 Pro (8X Performance Aniso)

ATI Radeon 9700 Pro (16X Performance Aniso)

ATI Radeon 9700 Pro (2X Quality Aniso)

ATI Radeon 9700 Pro (4X Quality Aniso)

ATI Radeon 9700 Pro (8X Quality Aniso)

ATI Radeon 9700 Pro (16X Quality Aniso)

NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti 4600

NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti 4600 (2X Aniso)

NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti 4600 (4X Aniso)

NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti 4600 (8X Aniso)

142.5

142.5

134.5

129.1

126.1

116.0

100.1

92.1

88.8

104.7

58.0

42.0

36.6

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0
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29
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57
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86
|
114
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143
|
171

Immediately you see the performance benefits of ATI's adaptive anisotropic filtering algorithm; granted, it doesn't always make things look perfect but the pros definitely outweigh the cons as you can see by the results above.

Anisotropic Filtering Quality Antialiasing Quality
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  • SlyNine - Sunday, March 28, 2010 - link

    Long live the 9700pro lol.
  • joeh4384 - Tuesday, November 25, 2014 - link

    I remember having a P4 and the all in wonder version of this back in 03.
  • Thatguy97 - Thursday, May 7, 2015 - link

    Best card of all time hands down
  • astrophysicsblackguy - Sunday, May 21, 2017 - link

    Amazing graphics card, plays battlefield 1 flawlessly.
  • Mitty - Friday, April 13, 2018 - link

    Mine was watercooled. ;) God I feel old.
  • EliteRetard - Monday, February 3, 2020 - link

    Continuing the trend of looking back at the good ol' days.

    Considering inflation (vs 2020), this card launched at something like $550.

    I still have one running on an Asus A7N8X-E Deluxe w/ a Barton @ 2.6GHz
  • bswalt - Wednesday, October 21, 2020 - link

    That Asus A7N8X-E Deluxe was a legendary motherboard!! Sweet classic build there!!
  • bswalt - Wednesday, October 21, 2020 - link

    So many great memories from my first PC build. What a great video card! Looks so pedestrian in 2020.

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