Anti-Aliasing: How important/noticeable is it to you in games?

[The Russian]

In computer graphics, anti aliasing improves the appearance of polygon edges, so they are not "jagged", but smoothed out on the screen. However, it incurs a performance cost for the graphics card and uses more video memory. The level of anti-aliasing determines how smooth polygon edges are (and how much video memory it consumes).

What is it for you?

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[dkamm65]

I refuse to go lower than 2x.

[The Russian]

I refuse to go lower than 2x.

Typically I go as much as my video card supports.

[Kingdaro]

i personally don't give a stuff about anti-aliasing and i'm fine with jagged edges.

[dkamm65]

Typically I go as much as my video card supports.

Me too. If I can manage as high as 8x, I'll do it. Even if I can only use low settings on a game, I'll still use 2x AA and suffer the performance hit.

[ShadowsfeaR]

Those GODDAMN PIXEL EDGES, MANG.

[Regulith]

I'll play whatever my computer can handle

Honestly if my player's head is a dodecahedron I don't give a stuff as long as I can play

[The Russian]

Keonesan, Me, and Mr. Wallet are having an argument over Skype about this. So I decided to get some opinions.

[TheChaosCarrier]

i always pick 8x if available because i know my card can handle it just fine

and

I refuse to go lower than 4x.

[Ethan]

I refuse anything lower than 24x AA on Edge Detect.

[Chefkokkie]

I barely notice it but I pick the highest option because pretty.

[Demian]

I can live with no AA depending on the situation but 4x works fine for me. 24x for screenshots or similar.

[Rainbow]

my computer refuses to go any higher than nothing

[Tokthree]

2x is nice to have, but I don't need it at all

[tails]

Depends alot on the game. Most of the time it's not needed really.